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Overload Release Date Announced with Trailer

2018/04/23

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Monday, April 23, 2018 — Revival Productions announced that Overload, the new six-degree-of-freedom tunnel shooter from the original creators of the critically-acclaimed 90s classic Descent, will be available for PC (Windows, Mac, & Linux) beginning May 31, 2018 for $34.99. The PlayStation4 and Xbox One versions will release Q3 2018. Revival Productions was founded by Matt Toschlog and Mike Kulas, co-founders of legendary Parallax Software. Revival has created Overload, an FPS that combines the best of classic 6-DOF gameplay found in Descent with the latest in today’s technology to provide intense 3D action on PS, PlayStation4 and Xbox One.

“We started Overload as a nostalgic homage to Descent, but it’s really grown into something more. We were able to create a deep story, add voice acting, create a new challenge mode game and VR support. And all this is on top of graphics and sound we could only dream about 20 years ago,” said Mike Kulas, co-creator, Revival Productions. Matt Toschlog added, “It’s been a blast creating this game, and we especially value the relationships we’ve formed with our Kickstarter backers and Early Access players.”

Descent, developed by Parallax Software and published by Interplay in 1995, received critical acclaim for its 3D six-degree-of-freedom gameplay that combined the best of space flight simulation with FPS experience. Overload offers a Descent-like style of play, but brings the labyrinthine environments to new and vibrant life with updated features, deeper gameplay, and dramatically enhanced graphics. Overload is current available in Early Access on Steam with a user rating of 97%.

Gameplay Features

Optional training level for refining your piloting skills
15 level single-player campaign plus secret levels
Story by the writer of FreeSpace 2 with fully-voiced audio (English Only)
Adrenaline-pumping soundtrack
20 terrifying robot enemies, plus Super-Robots and Variants and three bosses
Numerous level challenges including lava, forcefields, enemy turrets, lockdowns, ambushes and secret rooms
Challenge mode (with two variants) and 12 Challenge Mode levels
Achievements and Leaderboards
Upgrades and XP system and advanced player stats
Automap and Holo-guide for navigation assistance
Save anywhere
Six difficulty levels ranging from a casual challenge to very punishing
Support for mouse, keyboard, gamepad and/or joystick controls
Surround sound audio options
Virtual reality support for Oculus and Vive
Interface and Subtitle Available in: English, French, German, Spanish and Russian
Available on PC (Windows, Mac, and Linux), PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
Post launch: Release of Level Editor and support for user-created levels and campaigns

A “playable teaser” of Overload is available for free on Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/app/450220/Overload_Playable_Teaser_20/) or by direct download from https://playoverload.com. It contains a small subset of Overload, giving the player a taste of what it’s like to play in six-degrees-of-freedom.

For more information please visit us on at https://playoverload.com/, or follow us at Twitter @PlayOverload, Facebook @playoverload, YouTube at Revival Productions and Twitch at Revival Productions.

AGONY Gets A Release Date

2018/04/20

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Walnut Creek, Calif. — April 20, 2018 – The highly anticipated horror-survival game Agony will launch on May 29th as developer Madmind Studios and publisher Maximum Games announced the release date for PlayStation® 4, Xbox One the all in one entertainment system from Microsoft and PC today. A new teaser trailer revealed with today’s launch date showcases the terrifying scenery and cursed creatures awaiting players brave enough to explore Agony’s twisted realms.

Teaser Trailer on YouTube:

Agony throws players in the midst of hell where they strive to stay alive and solve the riddle behind the mysterious Red Goddess; architect of this place of sorrow and pain, and the sole entity with knowledge of how escape… but there is more to the story than it seems. Haunted by nightmare creatures, players gain the ability to possess demons and other souls to find their way out of hell.

Since its announcement, Agony has been featured on numerous “Most anticipated Horror Games 2018” lists and the Kickstarter-financed title is poised to challenge players with its brutal and malevolent environments as one of the premiere horror titles of the year.

Agony features a full-fledged story mode as well as an open challenge system that randomly generates levels for players to explore and survive to gain new high scores.

For more information please visit AgonyGame.com.

State of Mind Pre-Order Info and Teaser Trailer

2018/04/20

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Friday, April 20, 2018 — The release of Daedalic’s futuristic 3D thriller State of Mind is now in sight. The game will be available in summer 2018 for PC (incl. Mac/Linux) as well as PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. State of Mind is now available for preorder on Steam and GOG. The MSRP for the PC version is 29,99 Euro/USD and 39,99 Euro/USD on consoles.

Berlin, 2048 – The world is on the brink. Lack of resources, illnesses caused by polluted air and water, crime on the rise, war. Governments and companies promise remedies through technological progress. Drones and humanoid robots replace humans in the public sector, everything is interconnected, surveillance has become omnipresent.

State of Mind lets players dive deep into a futuristic scenario that in many details comes very close to our own possible future. Today’s buzzwords like AI, big data and a fully digitized daily life determine our thoughts, feelings and relationships in 2048.

In the game, main character Richard Nolan is one of the few journalists openly criticizing this development. When he wakes up in hospital after an explosion and finds that his wife and son have mysteriously vanished, Richard realizes: he and his family have become more than just bystanders in a storm of rivaling ideas pertaining humankind’s salvation between dystopian reality and digital utopia. Instead, they find themselves right at the center of it.

This domestic drama evolves into a thriller about a worldwide conspiracy, which at its core aims to determine the fate of humanity: Could a perfect digital utopia be the answer? A virtual paradise not affected by material needs and quarrels? Could a super-AI be our savior – or would it simply declare us as dispensable since it could not be taught the value of philanthropy?

What will the world look like after this storm, what will remain of humanity?

State of Mind offers a thrilling plot around these essential questions. Developed in Unreal, the game provides a unique low-poly visual style, a deep story by author Martin Ganteföhr, several playable characters and about 15 hours of engaging gameplay.

You can preorder State of Mind now:

– Steam

– GOG

Shoppe Keep 2 Launch Trailer

2018/04/20

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BANBURY, Oxfordshire – April 20, 2018 – On April 26, 2018, players will be able to dive into the unique world of Shoppe Keep 2, in which players must create, grow, and manage their own fantasy business. Though it sounds straightforward, keeping warriors, rogues, and wizards happy is no easy task. Strategically setting prices, shrewdly ordering stock, exploring vast lands, battling creatures, leisurely fishing, managing the town’s wealth, playing dress up, and even paying taxes–it’s all in a day’s work.

See all this and more in action with the brand new launch trailer:

Shoppe Keep 2 will be available in Early Access on Steam at a price of £9.99/$12.99.

Shoppe Keep 2 is a vast, deep game, even as an Early Access release, but there’s now another way for players to delve even further into the world of Customerania. The Shoppe Keep 2 Digital Deluxe Edition will launch alongside the standard version of the game on Steam on April 26 for $17.92.

Shoppe Keep 2 Digital Deluxe Edition includes:

Shoppe Keep 2 Game
Shoppe Keep 2 Digital PDF Art Book – Come along for the journey as the artists at Strangefire take you from the conceptual stages to final art assets.
Shoppe Keep 2 Digital OST – Take the weird and wonderful world of Customerania with you, as you listen to Shoppe Keep 2’s official soundtrack.

Shoppe Keep 2 is an Early Access title, and so is the Digital Deluxe Edition. As the game progresses and updates throughout Early Access, new tracks will be added to the soundtrack, and new chapters added to the art book at no additional cost to Digital Deluxe Edition owners.

Starship Corporation Launch Trailer

2018/04/19

Jerry Paxton

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Haarlem, The Netherlands, April 19, 2018 – Publisher Iceberg Interactive and developer Coronado Games announce that their spaceship-building game Starship Corporation is releasing out of Steam’s Early Access Program on May 3, 2018.

Having spent 2 years in Early Access Starship Corporation has seen massive improvements. The game has been shaped extensively with help from the community, from their feedback and constructive criticism, for which the Developer has expressed their gratitude. During Early Access, cybernetic organisms were introduced, as were mining and military features. The galaxy map was also redesigned to its current state.

A trailer emphasizing the updated graphics as well as the full feature set can be seen here:

Starship Corporation‘s launch update will add a campaign mode with 99 different business contracts and two different endings based the player’s business relationships, as well as a ship database and two new rooms. Additionally, Russian language support will be added at launch, as well as improved loading/saving times, Steam achievements, and bug and performance fixes.

Starship Corporation is a starship-building simulation game in which you must design and build spaceships for the hugely demanding galaxy-wide market. It is you who must decide which technologies to invest in first, where to open new shipyards and where to establish new markets.

Key Features:

Campaign mode with 99 different contracts and two different endings, based on your business dealings.
Sandbox Mode with access to all known human settlements in the galaxy, business opportunities for your ships in areas like transport, mining, route-maintenance, security, military and research and racing.
177 unlockable rooms and facilities for ship design
22 unlockable fuselages
24 Missions for standard operation, emergencies and hostile encounters to test your ship in Crew Management

Interested galactic entrepreneurs can purchase the game through Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/292330/Starship_Corporation/
To download supporting assets for Starship Corporation please visit:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sdcAjezMQyBmBApAVm3GN47sSqZwhhtm

Stay up-to-date with the latest Starship Corporation news and information on the official website www.starshipcorporation.com, on Youtube at www.youtube.com/StarshipCorporation, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/starshipcorporation and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/StarshipCorp

Cities: Skylines Parklife DLC Announced

2018/04/18

Jerry Paxton

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STOCKHOLM – Apr. 18, 2018 – Today Paradox Interactive and Colossal Order announced that Cities: Skylines will be getting a playful new expansion, Parklife on May 24, 2018. Parklife is a lively new add-on for the PC version of Paradox Interactive and Colossal Order’s hit city-builder. The expansion will make your city more vibrant than ever with new amusement parks and zoos; nature reserves and city parks, giving new life to your empty land with custom green spaces.

Parklife adds new ways to play with everything from roller coasters and campsites to flower beds, fountains and flamingos. There’s also a new park area tool, five new maps, a ton of new assets and level-up features that increase your park’s property values in play.

More leisurely features:

• Parks and Recreation: Use the new park area tool to create park districts wherever there is empty land, and new city services like Park Maintenance, which boosts happiness and effectiveness, and helps level up parks.

• Brick by Brick: Customize your city with new buildings and assets, including a new sightseeing bus line, new service buildings, fresh attractions like amusement parks, nature reserves, city parks and zoos. There’s also a regal new monument, the Castle of Lord Chirpwick.

• Freeway Free for All: For the first time in Cities: Skylines, you can place buildings next to paths in the park districts (not just next to roads). Props can be placed anywhere inside park areas.

• Recesses Between Buildings: Transform those empty spaces between your buildings into vibrant parks and gardens.

• It’s a Walk in the Park: Customize routes and set ticket prices for new walking and sightseeing tours, among other tourism enhancements.

• Policies, Please: Take on three new city policies and eight new park policies to deal with recreational hazards like Fireworks and Animal Ethics.

More than that, Cities is adding a new radio station: Country Road Radio. The radio host is pure Dixieland Delight, spinning six instrumental tracks and ten songs with original vocals covering Appalachian Folk, Bluegrass/Honky Tonk, Nashville Modern Country and Unplugged country.

In addition to the paid expansion, Cities: Skylines will also get a free PC update, as usual, including a new tourism panel, trees that reduce noise pollution, a camera mode upgrade, new tourist models, and new modding features, including submeshmodding and an improved camera system so users can control the camera with scripts.

Training Mode Coming to For Honor

2018/04/18

Jerry Paxton

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SAN FRANCISCO — April 18, 2018 — Today, Ubisoft announced that For Honor^® will be introducing an all-new training mode as part of a free update available tomorrow on April 19 on consoles and Windows PC. The new training features will offer additional ways for new and veteran players alike to hone their skills and rise up the ranks from Apprentice to Master.

The Apprentice Trials and the Warriors Trials will be the perfect places for newcomers to get acquainted with the controls, learn basic and more advanced techniques before entering the battlefield. A grading system will give players the opportunity to replay and measure their progression. The Training Arena will give advanced players the opportunity to further perfect their mastery of the Art of Battle and customize their training experience by practicing against specific Heroes or move sets. The update will also introduce the Training Media, an in-game library for tutorials. Here players will find videos on game modes, the faction war, and quick info on in-game features.

These new training features are part of For Honor’s Season 5, Age of Wolves, which celebrates the first anniversary of the game and has brought major improvements to the player experience, including the implementation of the dedicated servers on both consoles and PC, as well as reworks of several Heroes. The release of the all-new training mode is part of For Honor’s continued growth since launch. With five seasons, three different in-game events, two free weekends and more than 5,000 pieces of new content added the For Honor team has been dedicated to making the game more accessible and engaging for all players.

For those eager to jump into the fray, the For Honor PC Starter Edition is available digitally for the price of $14.99 and includes three Vanguards heroes as well as three fully playable faction Heroes and unlockable remaining heroes.

Developed by Ubisoft Montreal in collaboration with other Ubisoft studios,* For Honor offers an engaging campaign and thrilling multiplayer modes. Players embody warriors of the three Great Factions – the bold Knights, the brutal Vikings and the deadly Samurai – fighting to the death on intense and believable melee battlefields. The Art of Battle, the game’s innovative combat system that puts players in total control of their warriors, allows them to utilize the unique skills and combat style of each hero to vanquish all enemies who stand in their way.

For more information about For Honor, please visit forhonorgame.com and follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/ForHonorGame and on Twitter at twitter.com/ForHonorGame.

For the latest about For Honor and other Ubisoft games, please visit news.ubisoft.com.

*Associate Ubisoft studios include Quebec, Toronto and Blue Byte.

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Destruction Trailer

2018/04/18

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Here’s a new trailer for MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries that shows off the game’s various destruction types that will affect the player during their quest for mercenary glory.

TYPES OF DESTRUCTION:

MECH DAMAGE: Mechs will take damage to various parts, including limbs – and depending on what has been damaged on your mech will vastly affect how you can perform in battle. If your leg is destroyed you may not have the stamina or speed to get back to your dropship in time, for example.
ENVIRONMENT DAMAGE: Environments can cause damage as much as an environment can absorb damage. If you are on a hot planet and running a larger/quick-to-overhead mech build, you will be able to deal far less damage to your enemies. Additionally, in both urban and natural environments you will have the ability to use buildings, certain rock formations and trees as cover but all of it is destructible – so if getting at enemy mechs means taking down a skyscraper, THEN BY ALL MEANS…
ENEMY AI DAMAGE: MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries will feature numerous forms of enemy AI infantry and combat vehicles and helicopters designed to defend and protect bases, forts, mines or resources. Taking them out will require precision aim and a penchant for knowing which types of ammo and weaponry work best to deal with smaller but deadly and hostile units.

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries launches this December. It is the first single-player MechWarrior game in more than two decades. Featuring co-op, full modding support and a campaign with replayability in mind, you will navigate your band of rogue pilots and crew into one of the more feared, respected and coveted lance’s (unit) in the Inner Sphere. Learn more at www.mw5mercs.com.

LEGO The Incredibles Parr Family Gameplay Trailer

2018/04/18

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April 18, 2018 – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today released a NEW LEGO The Incredibles trailer featuring the first look at stunning gameplay from the upcoming release, based on Disney•Pixar’s The Incredibles and Incredibles 2.

In the video, fans will discover each of the Parr Family’s amazing powers, including Elastigirl’s flexible transformations, Mr. Incredible’s unparalleled super strength, Violet’s indestructible force-fields, Dash’s lightning speed and Jack-Jack’s unpredictable abilities.

The video showcases how the Parr Family work together in a variety of thrilling locations while battling a host of dangerous villains, recreating iconic moments from both movies. With Elastigirl transforming into a sturdy bridge for Mr. Incredible to climb across and Violet unleashing her powers to dismantle laser grids for Dash to race through, it’s only when this iconic team joins forces, that they become incredible!

The Official LEGO The Incredibles Parr Family Gameplay Trailer can be viewed and shared via the following link:

Frostpunk Features Trailer

2018/04/18

Jerry Paxton

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April 18, 2018 — Frostpunk – The city-survival game in which you take on the role of the leader who rules the people and prepares the society for enduring life on the frozen Earth – will launch next week on all digital PC stores on April 24th. The game is now available for pre-orders at GOG.com and Humble Store.

To unveil more about the universe, the developers at 11 bit studios have prepared a new Feature Trailer that unveils key elements of the gameplay of Frostpunk.

View the new video here:

Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and the infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure humanity’s survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?