A contemporary re-imagining of the 1988 horror classic, CHILD’S PLAY follows Karen (Aubrey Plaza), a single mother who gifts her son Andy (Gabriel Bateman) a Buddi doll, unaware of its more sinister nature.
Director: Lars Klevberg
Writer: Tyler Burton Smith (Screenplay), Don Mancini (Based on characters by)
Producers: Seth Graham-Smith, David Katzenberg
Cast: Aubrey Plaza, Brian Tyree Henry, Gabriel Bateman
February 7th 2019 –OtherOcean Group’s servers proved themselves as thousands of traitors and survivors climbed into the frozen ring of Project Winter’s first open beta this past weekend. Its latest public-facing event was met with resounding success, and left multiplayer fans wanting more. The wait is over. Fans can partner with (or take on) best friends again as Project Winter is available now on Steam Early Access.
“We were thrilled to see the amount of excitement for the game over our beta period. Players were helpful, cunning, and even downright brutal at times. Now we can’t wait to get the game out there to see what strategies players come up with next!” Ryan Hale, Studio Head
Project Winter is an 8-person, multiplayer game focused on social deception and survival where players are randomly assigned to the role of Traitor or Survivor. Players must gather resources, repair structures, and brave the wilderness together – but beware of traitors within the group who will be steadily gaining strength as the match progresses and whose only goal is to stop the survivors by any means necessary. Communication and teamwork are essential to the survivors’ ultimate goal of escape.
Project Winter is Available Now on the Steam Store, Humble Store, and Greenman Gaming for Windows PC, with controller support for USD 19.99. The game was developed in St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador with valued support from the Canada Media Fund.
Warsaw, Poland – February 6th, 2019 — Creepy Jar is delighted to announce that the third major update for survival game Green Hell, the Combat Update, is now live and free for everyone who has purchased the game. Players will be able to face off against new spear-wielding tribals warriors as they attempt to survive in the harsh regions of the Amazon rainforest, but they won’t be left defenseless! The Combat Update introduces a new armor crafting system as well as a host of new traps to defend your home base with. But beware, with enemy AI improvements, the enemy is smarter and more dangerous than ever.
Continuing their focus on listening to the Green Hell community, Creepy Jar has also implemented a number of changes and fixes alongside this update. Find a detailed changelog on their steam page and see a list of the major additions in the update below;
New Human AI — Spear-wielding Tribal Warrior
New Traps — Defend your camp against Tribal Warriors
New Armor System — Craft crucial protective armor
New AI Behaviors — Patrols and camp destruction
There Will be Blood — AI bleeding system
Who does your make up!?! Did you get a haircut? — New Tribal paintings and haircuts
New Weapons — Tribal Spear and Tribal Bow
Steam Cloud — Cloud saves and language integration
New Challenge — Face your enemies in a tough new challenge
For a look at what’s coming down the line for Green Hell, take a look at the Green Hell Roadmap!
Green Hell is now available on Steam Early Access at a list price of $19.99 USD
Lesquin, France – February 6, 2019 – Bigben and Black Sheep Studio, along with publisher Maximum Games, are pleased to announce the release of Spike Volleyball, the first indoor volleyball simulation on Xbox One, PlayStation®4 and PC.
With the inclusion of the biggest countries and innovative tactical gameplay, Spike Volleyball is the first simulation of one of the most widely-played sports in the world. Staying true to the sport’s dynamic and demanding discipline, the game is faithful to every move, recreating a spectacular and exciting on-court experience: spikes, blocks, floaters…you name it.
Learn the techniques, use cunning combinations to surprise your opponents, and lead your team to victory through the many different international tournaments. Tactics, reflexes and accuracy will take you to the top of the world championship podium!
Main features:
50 national teams, men’s and women’s.
All volleyball techniques faithfully reproduced using Unreal Engine 4 and motion capture: spikes, bumps, blocks, floaters and more.
Build and manage your own team in Career mode.
Use tactics developed by professional coaches.
Match up against other players in local and online multiplayer modes.
Spike Volleyball is now available on Xbox One, PlayStation®4 and PC.
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – Feb. 6, 2019 – inXile Entertainment, the studio led by Interplay founder and industry icon Brian Fargo, is proud to announce the release of The Mage’s Tale on Playstation VR. The title will be available for PSVR users starting today with a retail price of $29.99. inXile plans a post launch patch for PS4 Pro Enhanced The Mage’s Tale, exact date will be announced soon.
For fans of The Bard’s Tale series, The Mage’s Tale is an exciting opportunity. Set between the events of The Bard’s Tale III: Thief of Fate and The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep, The Mage’s Tale offers players a unique chance to revisit – and step inside – the world.
The Mage’s Tale, a finalist for Game of the Year at the 2018 VR Awards, is a 10+ hour dungeon crawler RPG set in the dungeons below Skara Brae. The Mage’s Tale offers players the ability to craft hundreds of spells, explore dungeons, solve puzzles,and fight creatures. The Mage’s Tale score was produced and composed by Ged Grimes of Simple Minds and features some of the top Gaelic singers in the world.
“Our first VR title was all about realizing a vision that we had as game designers decades ago.”, said inXile CEO Brian Fargo. “With The Mage’s Tale, we’re taking players from looking at a dungeon to placing them directly inside it. These advances in technology and the uniqueness of VR’s ‘being there’ experience allow players to more fully immerse themselves and connect with gameplay in a whole new way. Between The Mage’s Tale and our recently released Bard’s Tale IV, it’s a great time to be a Bard’s Tale fan.”
Moscow – Feb. 5, 2019 – Deep Silver and 4A Games are proud to unveil the spectacular CGI animated short, Artyom’s Nightmare. In this dream-like prologue to the events of Metro Exodus, we explore Artyom’s hopes and fears of a life beyond the ruins of the Moscow Metro.
A quarter century after nuclear war devastated the Earth, a few thousand survivors took refuge in the Moscow Metro. They believed they were the last remnants of humanity – but they were wrong. Only Artyom dared to dream of a life on the surface.
It’s time to leave the ruins of Moscow and journey beyond. But dreams can quickly turn to nightmares …
Created by the master animators of Platige Image in collaboration with 4A Games, Artyom’s Nightmare brings the haunting world of Metro to life as fans have never seen it before. “Watching 4A Games take my characters off the page and onto the screen has been a privilege,” said Dmitry Glukhovsky, author of the original Metro novels. “I hope fans will enjoy this new glimpse into Artyom’s world.”
Metro Exodus releases on Feb. 15 for Xbox One, the all-in one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation® 4 computer entertainment system, and PC.
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February 1, 2019 – PC based pilots, your day has come! ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN is now officially cleared for take-off on STEAM®. Having garnered an 81 Metacritic score for both the PlayStation®4 and Xbox One versions, ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN is set to deliver the explosive dogfighting action, deep storyline, and beautifully rendered aircraft the franchise is known for, to PC players to experience and enjoy.
Head over to the following YouTube link (ready for embedding) to witness the action that’s set to unfold in the PC version of ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN:
ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN is available now in the Americas for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PCs via STEAM.
Now, buckle up for take-off, we’ll see you in the skies!
January 31, 2019 – Reykjavík, Iceland – CCP Games, the creators of the in-depth and uniquely player-driven spaceship MMO game EVE Online, announced today that ticket sales for the EVE Invasion World Tour, a global series of capsuleer conventions throughout 2019, has now begun!
Working in close partnership with its community, CCP Games will bring an assortment of tournaments, announcements, developer roundtables, livestreams, unique in-game rewards and stellar parties directly to fans, bringing EVE Online closer to its community than ever before.
Every attendee will be able to sign up for a chance to compete in the EVE Invasion World Tour 2v2 tournament series. The champion team from each event will be flown to Iceland to compete in the grand finale at EVE Fanfest in April 2020! All of this will be streamed live in partnership with Streamfleet.
The EVE Invasion World Tour begins in Amsterdam (EVEsterdam) on March 23-24, then moves on to St. Petersburg (EVE Russia) on May 4, Sydney (EVE Down Under) on May 23-26, Toronto (EVE North) June 21-23, Kemiönsaari in Finland (Fanfest HOME) August 23, Berlin (G-Fleet) September 13-14, EVE Vegas October 25-27 and concluding in London on November 23.
To find out more information, visit the EVE Invasion World Tour homepage.
Tickets for EVEsterdam, EVE Down Under and EVE North are available now; fans who wish to attend can purchase them via Eventbrite. Tickets for each event go on sale from the following dates:
“Now that the tickets for our EVE Invasion World Tour are available, we are one step closer to a series of amazing events that are going to rock capsuleers’ socks off,” said Sveinn Jóhannesson Kjarval, aka CCP Guard, EVE Online’s Senior Community Development Lead. “We can’t wait to show you what we have planned at each location around the world in what’s sure to be the closest, craziest and simply just plain awesome showcase of EVE Online throughout 2019.”
To mark the start of a year of exciting evolution in EVE Online, CCP has released this new gameplay overview trailer.
In the coming months, CCP will be delivering multiple highly anticipated updates to EVE Online. Balance passes to various ships and modules will keep the PvP meta fresh and ensure that combat choices and tactical decisions continue to matter just as much as ships and fitting selections. A brand-new 64-client will be added, ensuring EVE Online remains in-line with capsuleers’ operating systems and modern hardware standards. In addition, pilots will benefit from an overhaul of The Agency that will put more clear and concise information at their fingertips, allowing easier access to a wide range of content in New Eden. For more information, please visit EVE Updates.
EVE Online can be downloaded for free by visiting eveonline.com.
SAN FRANCISCO — January 30, 2019 — Today, Ubisoft® announced the content of Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2 Private Beta, including early game and endgame missions, running from February 7 at 1am PT through February 11 at 1am PT. Private Beta preload begins on February 6 at 1am PT. Xbox One, PS4, and PC players can secure their access to the Private Beta by pre-ordering The Division 2 at participating retailers. Already the fastest registering beta in Ubisoft history, players can register for beta access now for a chance to play at http://thedivisiongame.com/beta.
In the Private Beta, players will be able to get a taste of what awaits them in Tom Clancy’s The Division 2. After establishing their Base of Operations in the White House, Agents will be able to venture into a transformed Washington D.C., unlocking new skills and abilities while they upgrade to a level cap of seven and discover the eastern part of the open world featuring the following content:
Two main missions, available in Story, Normal and Hard Mode
Five side missions and additional activities in the open world
Unique PvPvE gameplay in one of the three new Dark Zones
Organized PvP gameplay in one Conflict mode, Skirmish
In addition to this content, beginning February 8 at 8am PT, The Division 2 fans will have the opportunity to have a first hands-on with endgame content with one Invaded mission. Players will experience gameplay at the level cap of 30 and unlock brand new Survivalist, Sharpshooter or Demolitionist specializations.
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 releases worldwide on March 15, 2019, on the Xbox One family of devices including the Xbox One X, PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Windows PC.
Led by Massive Entertainment in collaboration with seven other studios around the world**, Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 is the next evolution in the open-world online shooter RPG genre that the first game helped establish. Set seven months after a deadly virus was released in New York City, Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 will bring players into a fractured and collapsing Washington D.C. The world is on the brink, its people living through the biggest crisis ever faced in human history. As veteran Division agents, players are the last hope against the complete fall of society as enemy factions vie for control of the city. If Washington D.C. is lost, the entire nation falls. Building upon more than two years of listening to and learnings from The Division community, Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 will offer a substantial campaign that organically flows into a robust endgame, to create a cohesive and meaningful experience for all types of players.
For more information on Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, please visit: tomclancy-thedivision.ubisoft.com. For the latest news on Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 and all of Ubisoft’s games, visit Ubisoft News: news.ubisoft.com.
January 30, 2019 – Learn about all the new features being added to Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Gathering Storm in this extensive gameplay features video for the new expansion, including details on Environmental Effects, Engineering Projects, Power and Consumable Resources, as well as the World Congress and more.
The New Features Explained Video is available to view or embed on YouTube:
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Gathering Storm is the second expansion pack for the critically acclaimed and award-winning Sid Meier’s Civilization VI, available for Windows PC on February 14, 2019.
