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Archive for February, 2019

MELBOURNE, VIC – Feb. 26, 2019 – Armello, the acclaimed fantasy digital board game from League of Geeks, launches its enormous v2.0 update today at 10:00 AM PST on Windows PC, Mac, and Linux. This free update will arrive on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the future.

After three-plus years of continuous post-launch support, Armello v2.0 delivers a tremendously improved multiplayer experience. Multiplayer Reconnect, the most-requested feature from Armello fans, allows any player whose connection drops to rejoin a match in progress. Additionally, the intelligent Party Menu makes it easier to set up online matches against friends.

Armello v2.0 offers new long-term goals and rewards through the new Hero Mastery feature, allowing players to level up heroes and earn new cosmetic content, including the ability to equip multiple dice skins in never-before-seen combinations. Hero Mastery also encourages online play, as completing multiplayer matches earns experience, with wins giving greater bonuses.

The new Jewellery Box feature makes it easy to view items, organize them, and see progress toward prizes not yet obtained. Save Hero-specific loadouts of skins, dice, and jewellery with the Clan Grounds feature. A new 3D card system sees the stylish frame-animated cards swoop into the game whenever one is play. Finally, a massive overhaul of the hero selection screen, interface, and UX help make even just launching the game and navigating menus simpler.

“This update is our way of saying thanks to everyone who supported Armello over the years, and to make sure that we made the game live up to your evolving expectations,” said Trent Kusters, co-founder and director, League of Geeks. “After four years of content and updates, v2.0 was a chance for us to renew the very core of Armello. This is a collection of our most requested and anticipated features.”

Armello v2.0 releases on Steam for Windows PC, Mac, and Linux today at 10:00 AM PST. To celebrate the update, the base game is 75% off at $4.99 USD and the Armello Collector’s Edition bundle, the complete Armello experience including all DLC, is under $30 USD.

Armello supports English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (both Simplified and Traditional) language options. Fans can now help improve these translations and create new ones with community localization tools, which reward top contributors for helping share the game with new audiences.

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AALBORG, Denmark / GIEBELSTADT, Germany, February 26, 2019 — Rad Rodgers is back and he brought a bunch of fine friends: Duke Nukem, Lo Wang, Cosmo and other iconic action game heroes are joining the teenage adventurer and his loyal console companion Dusty on their mission to save the video game world.

You want your friends to join too? No problem, the new Rad Rodgers Radical Edition will feature local co-op and a versus multiplayer mode as well as an action-packed package of thrilling levels, outstanding mini-games, a fine arsenal of crazy weapons and tons of secrets, collectibles and unlockables.

Rad Rodgers: Radical Edition is developed by Slipgate Studios and will be published by 3D Realms and HandyGames. Rad Rodgers: Radical Edition launches on Nintendo Switch today, PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system, the Xbox One family of devices including Xbox One X and PC will receive the Radical Edition’s free content as an update.

About Rad Rodgers

After being sucked into the gaming world, Rad Rodgers and his foul-mouthed living game console Dusty set out on a totally awesome quest inspired by ‘90s classics like Commander Keen and Jazz Jackrabbit. Jump, run and gun across seven gorgeous, vibrant levels filled with action. Rad wields wicked weapons like Bolt Blasters and Phoenix Cannons to blast baddies. Dusty helps out by crossing into The Pixelverse, a behind-the-scenes area that enables him to fix broken parts of the game world.

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There’s more than one side to the story in The Caligula Effect: Overdose, available March 12 on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Unavailable in the original release, you can choose to betray the Go-Home Club and side with the Ostinato Musicians to preserve the false utopia of Mobius and terminate anyone who tries to escape.

Determine where the protagonist’s loyalty and true motives lie in this new “villain’s” route! The line between reality and fantasy isn’t always black and white. Traverse the gray under a new identity and uncover the traumas that the Musicians harbor. Will their ambitions be enough for the protagonist to stand by their side?

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Choose the fate of your world in Neo ATLAS 1469 available physically April 9th on Nintendo Switch!

You won’t need maps where we’re going, so cast them to the wind and let us show you how to pave your path to fortune in our newest Neo ATLAS 1469 trailer! Set during the Age of Exploration, we’ll be touching upon some basics of exploring and what to watch out for when setting out into the world to uncover its mystery. Pick your admirals, establish a fleet, and set their course into the unknown! There’s no telling what wonders await you, so go forth and explore!

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February 21, 2019, Manchester, UK — Merge, an independent video game publisher and distributor, and indie developer Lince Works, are proud to announce that Aragami: Shadow Edition is now available on the Nintendo Switch in both physical and digital versions. Including the base version of Aragami, plus the Aragami Nightfall expansion and all available DLC, the Shadow Edition is available digitally in the Nintendo eShop for $29.99/£24.99/€29.99.

Aragami casts you as an undead assassin with the power to control the shadows. By manipulating the darkness you will be able to teleport via the shadows, create new paths to reach your targets, materialize weapons and abilities and even summon shadow beasts to dispose of your foes. Heavily inspired by old-school stealth games like Tenchu and Metal Gear Solid, and more recent gems like Mark of the Ninja and Dishonored, Aragami puts an emphasis on bringing back the challenge these games ought to offer.

Aragami is built around two contrasting playstyles, which players can freely change between without the game punishing them for doing so. Use your powers to play as a Ghost, remaining undetected and getting to your target without a whisper. Or play as a Demon, slaying everyone in your path, using your powers to wreak havoc on your foes.

Features

• Embrace the Shadows — Create your own shadows to become invisible. Teleport from shadow to shadow while you hunt down your targets. Use a wide array of Shadow Powers to creatively dispatch your enemies.
• Choose your Playstyle — Multiple paths to beat each scenario and approach every situation. Play as a merciless emissary of death or an undetectable ghost. Your story, your choices.
• Become Aragami — Fight Kaiho, the army of Light, and rescue Yamiko – the mysterious girl that summoned you and that is the key to your existence.
• Play with friend — Aragami: Shadow Edition supports two-player online co-op that is compatible cross-platform with PC and Xbox.

Aragami: Shadow Edition for Nintendo Switch includes the original base game, the Aragami Nightfall expansion and all the available DLC. The game and expansion both support full two-player online co-op that is compatible cross-platform with PC and Xbox.

Aragami: Shadow Edition is available now on the Nintendo eShop.

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Warsaw – February 21, 2019 – SONKA is proud to announce The Way Remastered has reached the #1 spot on the Nintendo Switch eShop charts in Europe and has sold nearly 200,000 copies since launch. To celebrate this momentous occasion, the publisher has announced it will be releasing a free update that will include Japanese language and voice over support as well as many bug fixes for US and EU players.

“We are honored to see so many people wanting to experience The Way Remastered… especially after we discounted it to 0,99€ (smiles)” says SONKA’s Rafal Sankowski. “We want as many people as possible to experience this incredible story, which is why we’re working hard on Japanese language and voice over support thanks to the help of Teyon S.A.”

The Way Remastered launched on the Nintendo eShop in April 2018 and tells the story of a space explorer who cannot accept the death of his beloved, thus going through great lengths to bring her back. During their adventure, players will be immersed in an amazingly-detailed alien world filled with exotic flora and fauna as they uncover the mysteries surrounding the planet.

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BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND – Feb. 20, 2019 – Assault Android Cactus+, the action-packed arcade-style twin-stick shooter by Witch Beam, debuts on the Nintendo Switch March 8.

Assault Android Cactus+ is an enhanced edition of the acclaimed twin-stick shooter, bringing everything Cactus is known for to the Switch including the vibrant roster of playable characters with unique loadouts, transforming stages, and smooth 60 frames-per-second mayhem. This edition adds new character costumes, aim assist options and Campaign+, a completely reimagined version of the 25-stage campaign.

Campaign+ caters to experienced players by rebuilding each stage with new enemy waves and dynamic elements, utilizing the game’s full arsenal of enemies for new encounters and amped-up boss fights. Veterans and newcomers alike will be able to go deeper than ever before and have even more online leaderboards to conquer.

Thanks to the Switch, Cactus+ is not only playable on the go, but single Joy-Con support makes it a snap to play co-op anywhere. With aim assist, players focus on dodging, shooting and managing weapons, retaining the heart of the experience even without twin joysticks. Aim assist also works with dual Joy-Con and Pro Controllers making it ideal for players learning the ropes or anyone wanting to give their thumb a rest. It’s the perfect equalizer for gathering friends for up to 4-player couch co-op.

Boss Rush and Infinity Drive give determined players even more action, while Daily Drive gives them one shot at setting a worldwide high score in a newly generated level. Developer Commentary, Jukebox, and Sound Test modes are joined by a new Movie Gallery for revisiting cinematics. Unlock new costumes for all nine Androids and earn credits to enable EX options like first person mode, AI players and the newly re-balanced MEGA Weapons that are more destructive than ever.

“We’re proud of what we achieved with Assault Android Cactus Plus,” says Tim Dawson, director, Witch Beam. “Campaign+ is our love letter to hardcore genre fans and aim assist is making our game even more accessible. More people are going to be able to get more out of it.”

Assault Android Cactus+ will release on Nintendo Switch on March 8 for $19.99 and can be pre-purchased now with a 25% discount for $14.99. The game supports English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Japanese languages.

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Warsaw, Poland, Feb 20, 2019 – 11 bit studios is happy to announce that their 80’s cop show inspired indie hit, Beat Cop is making the move to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on March 5, 2019, for the average price of a dozen donuts or $14.99 / €14.99.

As careers go, law enforcement may not be the easiest path to walk. It’s a tough challenge for even tougher people. Playing as officer Jack Kelly, framed for murder and downgraded from detective to a street patrol cop in Brooklyn, the path you walk might be tougher than most!

Solve puzzling problems on the roughest of streets, help the local community, deal with dangerous mobsters and gangsters, be the good cop or take the odd bribe on the side, and finally, solve the mystery of a murder you’ve been framed for.

Features:

• Retro pixel art experience with a non-linear story and multiple endings
• The pure essence of ‘80s cop shows
• Mature *ahem* humor
• Laying down the law, one ticket at a time

Originally developed for PC by the indie team at Pixel Crow and published by 11 bit studios, Beat Cop: Console Edition has been brought to life by the sweet, huggable team at Crunching Koalas.

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HONG KONG – Feb. 19 2019 – Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption, the boss battler from publisher Another Indie and the AAA veterans at developer Dark Star Game Studios, brings new challenges and content to the arena today on Discord and Steam alongside its Steam launch. Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will receive the free content update before the end of this month.

Adam’s quest for redemption continues with the addition of a new non sequitur boss to defeat – a giant armored chicken. Armed with a deadly peck and minion-spawning eggs, Cowardly Modic pits Adam against his fowl-est challenger yet. Two new weapon sets, twin swords and a sword and shield combo, add fresh options to an already powerful arsenal, each harnessing the power of conquered bosses.

In addition to a new boss and weapons, three more challenges await in New Game+. The Trial of Speed grants Adam swiftness in exchange for losing invulnerability during dodge rolls, while the Trial of Consequence restricts Adam to a single life and Trial of the Sinner fuses both into the ultimate test of skill.

“We couldn’t bring Sinner to Steam without a bit of fanfare, which is why we’ve released our biggest update across all platforms,” says Iain Garner, director of developer relations, Another Indie. “The new boss is unlike anything players have seen before, and the rest of the added content expands the difficulty so that even the most battle-hardened warriors will have something to look forward to.”

Embark on a journey through a macabre world and take on specters of past misdeeds, each based on one of the seven deadly sins. Each boss demands a sacrifice, weakening Adam and making each fight harder than the last. With an array of weapons at his disposal and endless paths through to the final boss, Adam’s journey can be customized to fit any playstyle.

Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption is available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Steam and Discord for $18.99 in English, Spanish, German, French, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Russian.

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