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Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age Character Trailer

2018/08/03
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LOS ANGELES, CA (Aug. 3, 2018) – The diverse lineup of characters in DRAGON QUEST® XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age™ is on display with today’s new trailer.

Designed by famed comic book artist Akira Toriyama, each character has a unique personality and deep background story.  From the reliable partner-in-crime Erik to the fearless young mage Veronica, along with the laid-back healer Serena, entertainer extraordinaire Sylvando, noble martial artist Jade, and mysterious old man Rab—together, they join the hero on a grand adventure through the world of Erdrea.

The new DRAGON QUEST XI “The Loyal Companions” trailer is available at:

This title is rated T (Teen). Please visit the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) website at www.esrb.org for more information about ratings.

Beast of Winter DLC Launches for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

2018/08/02
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Irvine, California – August 2nd, 2018 – Independent developer Obsidian Entertainment, in partnership with indie powerhouse publisher Versus Evil today announced the launch of its new DLC expansion pack for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. ‘Beast of Winter’ is available now for $9.99 but is free to all DLC Season Pass backers and fans who own the Obsidian Edition of the game. The DLC is one of three major paid DLCs planned to add more content to the game over the coming months.

Upon receiving a missive from an isle of worshipers to the god of entropy and disaster, Beast of Winter takes the Watcher and his crew to the southernmost reaches of the Deadfire Archipelago. The Watcher is thought to be the harbinger of the end of all things and worshipers of the god of cold and decay, Rymrgand, have called upon the Watcher to fulfill their destiny. Alongside the Beast of Winter DLC, Obsidian is releasing the next major update to Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire with their 2.0 patch that will be free to everyone alongside their next free DLC, the “Deck of Many Things” Pack.

Joined with a host of bug fixes and balance improvements, update 2.0 brings new challenge modes to Deadfire. These challenges will test player’s mettle in unique and interesting ways to play through the game. The “Deck of Many Things” pack is the largest free DLC to be released yet and has the mysterious merchant ship, The Deck of Many Things, arriving in the Deadfire looking to sell magical items its crew found on its journeys to the East.

The Beast of Winter expansion, update 2.0, and the Deck of Many Things Pack will all be available on Steam from August 2nd.

Visit the website: eternity.obsidian.net
Visit the game’s official Steam Page here
Visit the game’s official GOG.com Page here

The Walking Dead: The Final Season Story Builder Unveiled

2018/08/02
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SAN RAFAEL, Calif., August 2nd, 2018 — Leading publisher and developer Telltale Games, along with Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment, today launched The Walking Dead: The Final Season Story Builder, an interactive, browser-based experience that allows you to relive the series’ most impactful story-branching moments. Your choices in the Story Builder produce a unique version of Clementine that can later be imported into the game itself. These choices will then be reflected in The Final Season. The Story Builder is available now and can be accessed here.

Upon completing the Story Builder, you will be given the option to sign in to your Telltale Games Account and save your results to the cloud. By logging into this same account when playing The Final Season on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, you will be able to download your Story Builder choices into the game. The Story Builder will also be available within The Final Season and will be localized in multiple languages for launch. Alternatively, you can import your existing series save files into the game. For more information about transferring existing saves, please refer to this blog.

In addition to building a custom choice profile, those who complete the online Story Builder will also receive a downloadable poster that reflects their individual choices, with 32 total poster variations available. These posters were created by Telltale’s Todd Pound, while visuals for the Story Builder itself were crafted by noted comic book artist Dan Panosian and animator Daniel Kanemoto. Kanemoto also animated the very first The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series trailer in 2012.

Episode one of The Final Season will be available for download starting August 14, 2018 on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One across all regions. The Final Season will also come to Nintendo Switch later this year. A free playable demo is available now on Xbox One and PS4. In addition, the game is currently available for pre-order on PC, PS4, and Xbox One for $19.99. All players who pre-order The Final Season will receive download access to each of the season’s four episodes as they become available.

Players who pre-order on PS4 and Xbox One will also immediately receive The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series Collection — which gathers all 19 existing episodes of the award-winning series into a single package — as a free pre-order bonus. PC players who pre-order on Steam, GOG, GamersGate, or the Humble Store will receive 10% off the full retail price. All pre-order offers expire August 14.

Season Description: Clementine, now a fierce and capable survivor, has reached the final chapter in her journey. After years on the road facing threats both living and dead, a secluded school might finally be her chance for a home. But protecting it will mean sacrifice. Clem must build a life and become a leader while still watching over AJ, an orphaned boy and the closest thing to family she has left. In this gripping, emotional final season, you will define your relationships, fight the undead, and determine how Clementine’s story ends.

The Walking Dead: The Final Season will be fully dubbed in French, German, Latin-American Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese. It will also be subtitled in French, German, Latin-American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Russian, and both traditional and simplified Chinese. Episode one voice packs and translations will be available for download on launch day.

To date, The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series has sold more than 50 million episodes worldwide, earning more than 100 Game of the Year awards from outlets including Metacritic, USA Today, Wired, The VGAs, Yahoo!, The Telegraph, Mashable, Polygon, Destructoid, and GamesRadar. It also the received two BAFTA Video Games Awards for Best Story.

The Walking Dead is set in the world of Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series and offers an emotionally-charged experience in which players’ actions and choices determine the course of the story across the entire series. For more information on the game, visit the official website and Facebook page, and follow Telltale Games on Twitter. For more information on The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman, and all of his titles, visit Skybound.com.

Funcom Releases Second DLC for Conan Exiles

2018/08/02
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OSLO, Norway – August 2nd, 2018 – Funcom today released the second DLC for Conan Exiles, the studio’s open world survival game which launched in May this year and quickly became the bestselling Funcom title of all time. The DLC, named Jewel of the West, introduces Aquilonia-themed building pieces, weapons, armor, furniture, and more. In Conan lore, Aquilonia is the center of the civilized world and the new content allow players to build homes and monuments in the grand style of this great nation.

For more information about the Jewel of the West Pack, check out the official blog and the Steam store. The DLC is available on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 at $9.99. In addition to this new DLC, the development team is also hard at work on one of the biggest free updates to the game yet.

“The team is currently working hard on finalizing a massive free update that we’re aiming to launch in September,” says Creative Director Joel Bylos. “This update will introduce pets and taming, an entirely new gameplay feature. We’re also adding a new dungeon, a new religion, a new avatar, and more. This update will be free for all players on all three platforms.”

For more information on what the developers are working on, check out the official blog.

Conan Exiles is an open world survival game set in the savage lands of Conan the Barbarian. After a successful Early Access run starting in January 2017, the game launched in full on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on May 8th 2018 and became one of Funcom’s best-selling and fastest-selling games to date. For more information about the Conan Exiles, visit www.conanexiles.com.

Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn Mobile Launch Trailer

2018/08/02
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MAPLEWOOD, N.J. – Aug. 2, 2018 – Saber Interactive has released Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn today on iOS and Android smartphones and tablets via the App Store and Google Play. Mobile gamers can play through the first level of Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn for free, with the complete game available to purchase for $4.99.

“It’s been a long time coming, but The Diesel is finally here to kick butt around the world on mobile,” said the game’s star, Shaquille O’Neal.

Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn is a side-scrolling beat ‘em up featuring the notorious Shaquille O’Neal. With the world on the brink of disaster, play as the Big Diesel himself and journey to faraway locations to avenge your destroyed home and kung fu master. Use deadly combos and special power-up attacks to fight off enemy hordes and epic boss battles.

Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn is rated T (Teen) by the ESRB. It is a co-production of Saber Interactive and Big Deez Productions, in partnership with Mad Dog Games. For more information, visit www.alegendreborn.com.

Insurgency: Sandstorm PvP Gameplay Trailer

2018/08/02
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August 2, 2018 – Insurgency: Sandstorm is New World Interactive’s new game: a reborn, improved, and expanded sequel to indie multiplayer FPS hit Insurgency, coming September 2018 to PC and 2019 to consoles. See how close to the action you can get in the new trailer which features raw PVP gameplay from the Closed Technical Alpha. Focus Home Interactive and New World Interactive are also happy to announce Pre-order Beta Test 1 beginning next week.

From August 9 through August 13, players who have pre-ordered Insurgency: Sandstorm on Steam will receive exclusive access to Pre-order Beta 1.This will be the first official beta test, and the first time the game will be playable at home. New World Interactive is greatly looking forward to hearing what the wider Insurgency fanbase thinks and will be gathering as much feedback as possible leading up to the second Beta phase closer to the full release in September.

Available in Pre-order Beta 1 will be three maps from the final release build. Each is a complex maze of brutal interiors, deadly sniping lanes, and wide-open battlefields, each uniquely designed to make every moment of every game feel fresh. Whether your playstyle is run and gun, slow-paced, or more specialized, you’ll find plenty to study and learn across the maps. The four game modes – Firefight, Push, Checkpoint, and Skirmish – each change the accessible part of the map, drastically altering the available strategies.

Pre-order Beta 2 will begin August 30, just a few weeks before release, and have a further three maps available for play. This will allow players to test the full content of the launch version of the game. New World Interactive will be focusing their work during Beta 2 on bug fixing, server stability, and starting work on their extensive post-launch support plans.

Eager players can pre-order on Steam now for a 10% discount, reducing the price to €26.99 / £23.39 / $26.99. An additional 10% loyalty discount will be given to fans that own the original Insurgency, bringing the pre-order price down to just $24.99. This additional discount will be offered until the end of 2018, and all pre-orders will receive instant access to any ongoing beta tests as well as future ones.

As Pre-order Beta 1 will have no NDA and no streaming restrictions, those curious are invited to watch live gameplay on Twitch, YouTube, Mixer, and Facebook throughout the long weekend. Preview codes giving access to the beta are available on request to publications, content creators, and streamers.

Insurgency: Sandstorm releases on Windows PC in September 2018, with Linux and Mac support coming later, and on PS4 and Xbox One in 2019. Pre-order now on Steam and get bonuses, including exclusive access to both Pre-order Betas. Stay tuned for another announcement next week!

Yakuza 0 Launch Trailer

2018/08/01
Jerry Paxton
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August 1, 2018 – The very first game of the Yakuza series to come to PC, Yakuza 0 brings the glitz, glam and piles of cash of 1980s Japan to Steam today! Watch the launch trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02-GTxttW5w

A prequel to the long-running series, Yakuza 0 is the perfect entry point to the Yakuza series. With the legendary Dragon of Dojima, Kazuma Kiryu, and series regular Goro Majima, embark on a rich saga, experiencing their gripping origin stories of moral dilemmas as young yakuza.

Explore the neon-lit streets of Kamurocho (Tokyo) and Sotenbori (Osaka), beating piles of cash out of street thugs (literally) while using three different fighting styles. Help civilians in over 100 substories, run your own business and immerse yourself in 1980s Japan with SEGA’s arcade classics, telephone clubs, discos, pocket circuit car races and more.

Yakuza 0 introduces enhanced features for PC, including 4K resolution, an unlocked framerate, as well as full controller support and remappable keys for the ultimate Yakuza 0 experience.

Yakuza 0 is now available digitally on PC worldwide via Steam at $19.99 USD. https://store.steampowered.com/app/638970/Yakuza_0/  For more information, please visit: yakuza.sega.com/yakuza0

Robothorium Cinematic Trailer

2018/08/01
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August 1, 2018 – Robothorium, developed by France indie team, Goblinz Studio, is a thrilling futuristic turn-based RPG, sci-fi, set to be released Q1/March 2019 on PC/XB1/PS4/Nintendo Switch which will be on display @ Gamescom 2018. Press/media who are attending the show are invited to their stand to play Robothorium, ‘collect a goodie bag’ and be immersed in a title with a simple premise, but with a myriad of ideas and inventive strategies.

UNIQUE AND STYLISH

Gather your team of robots, in a unique and atmospheric universe, choose your allies and lead your troops to the next Robot age. Seeking out the enemies, hacking into computer systems, finding and upgrading your own armoury, maintaining your health and resources, whilst tactically and expertly annihilating the opposition with some deft shooting are all part of what is on offer. Superb onscreen narrative helps to drive the game and inform the player constantly. Each of your choices will impact random generation and the next missions! They will also change your relationship with the five different factions present in the game. Your uprising will be unique!

“In Robothorium everyone has their own way of winning a game. In this new Rogue like RPG it allows you to play as an artificial intelligence designed to lead a robotic revolution and we want people to get involved in their own revolution, and you will get tons of possibilities to achieve your goal and not with just one meta. Come meet us and see and play Robothorium @ our stand at Gamescom.” JOAHNN VERBROUCHT – Founder Goblinz Studio.

SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND

Graphically, Robothorium, shines with great visually detailed settings and cast which adds to a clever strategic plot/storyline that runs through the game settings/themes including factory, laboratory, city ghetto (by night) conformation, along with an epic final boss showdown.. With so many in game features and strategies, along with secondary missions, Robothorium offers all the great RPG features gamers would expect but plenty more with random stats items, skills, talents, crafting, recruitment, team management, shop…the list goes on….. with GAMEPLAY paramount!

Features include:

Single Player/ Online Multiplayer/Cross Platform Multiplayer
Ranking System
8 Language Support
Level Editor
8 classes of robots, each one having its own synergies
Beautifully crafted locations/settings
Varied enemies and bosses
Cool weapons
Replayability!

Plus lots, lots more

COME SEE A TURN BASED RPG – Robothroium, – @ GAMESCOM THAT DELIVERS!!!!!!!!!!!

F1 2018 Gameplay Trailer Released

2018/08/01
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Larkspur, Calif. – July 31, 2018 – Codemasters® has released the first full gameplay video for F1® 2018, the official videogame of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship™, which reveals the incredible depth and feature set of this year’s game. Launching onto PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, the Xbox One family of devices including the Xbox One X and Windows PC on August 24, 2018, F1® 2018 lets you follow the path and career of an F1® driver like never before.

Featuring the most in-depth career mode ever seen in the franchise, 20 classic cars from the history of the sport, and new stunning visuals, F1® 2018 takes F1® gaming to the next level.

The new trailer is available to view now at www.youtube.com/formula1game.

“This is the most complete F1® experience that Codemasters has ever created,” said Game Director Lee Mather. “The Career mode is the central point of the game and has been greatly expanded with the inclusion of pressurized press interviews that will directly affect your path through the sport. There is also far more flexibility for the player, including the ability to select your own rival and negotiate team moves during the season. The Career mode also expands the player’s research and development options, with each F1® team now having its own unique technology tree with differing strengths and weaknesses. What’s more, F1® 2018’s Career will also feature significant rule changes between seasons during the Career for the first time.

“The game’s handling has also been reworked using real world F1® data to give us new suspension and chassis physics, as well as the introduction of manually deployed ERS. This all means that the cars feel great to drive and you can really feel the difference between the modern cars and the 20 classics there are in the game. There is a huge contrast between the low aero, low grip cars from the 1970s compared to the 2018 cars.”

As well as improvements to the career, classics and simulation, F1® 2018 has also undergone a significant graphical uplift with the inclusion of new visual elements, including environmental mist, heat haze, track mirage effects, new engine heat haze and off racing line dirt kick-up which brings it even closer to the real sport.

When playing online, the game’s new Super License system is designed to minimize the effects of poor driving in multiplayer races. Players are rated on their skill levels and driver etiquette and then matched with other gamers of a similar ability and driving style.

F1® 2018 is the official game of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship™ and features all of the official teams, drivers and circuits from the thrilling season. This includes the return of the iconic Hockenheimring and the addition of the FORMULA 1 PIRELLI GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE at the Circuit Paul Ricard.

Follow Codemasters F1 games blog (http://blog.codemasters.com/f1/) and social channels on Twitter (https://twitter.com/Formula1game) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/formula1game) for future updates.

South Park: The Fractured But Whole: Bring the Crunch Launch Trailer

2018/07/31
Jerry Paxton
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SAN FRANCISCO — July 31, 2018 — Today, Ubisoft and South Park Digital Studios announced that Bring the Crunch, downloadable content (DLC) for South Park™: The Fractured But Whole™, is now available on next-gen platforms and Windows PC. From South Park Digital Studios and developed by Ubisoft San Francisco, Bring the Crunch adds a whole new story campaign and “Final Girl” superhero class to South Park: The Fractured But Whole. Bring the Crunch is available for the suggested retail price of $11.99.

In Bring the Crunch, your newest buddy, Mint-Berry Crunch, aka Bradley Biggle, aka Gok-zarah, has just arrived from his home planet of Kokujon with the tremendous power of mint and berries. Meanwhile, an idyllic summer at Lake Tardicaca turns into a nightmare when the camp counselors go missing. With the fate of summer camp in jeopardy, Fastpass sends out a Coonstagram distress signal. Team up with FastPass, Doctor Timothy, Professor Chaos and the newest member of the Coon & Friends, Mint-Berry Crunch, to save summer camp.

Players will also be able to embrace the new “Final Girl” class and overcome insurmountable odds to survive. This superhero class brings new combat tactics and traps to take down spooky enemies. After saving Lake Tardicaca, players will be able to bring their new powers and buddy to the rest of their superhero adventure.

For more information about South Park: The Fractured But Whole, please visit southparkgame.com, and for the latest on all Ubisoft games, please visit news.ubisoft.com.