The Game Bakers’ popular deep-sea Action-RPG comes to Nintendo platforms.
Upgraded all around; contains a ton of fresh exclusive content.

MONTPELLIER, FRANCE – August 7, 2013 – Hot on the heels of their popular and innovative mobile brawler Combo Crew, The Game Bakers’ have today revealed that they are busy at work bringing their deep-sea Action-RPG series SQUIDS onto Nintendo platforms. SQUIDS Odyssey is poised for a simultaneous digital release on the Nintendo 3DS & Nintendo Wii U eShop during the fall of 2013.

Infectious black ooze threatens the Squids’ lush underwater world, turning ordinary crustaceans into dangerous mutants. The Ocean is endangered; it’s up to you and your squad of squids to save their peaceful homeland from assured destruction!

SQUIDS Odyssey takes the first two episodes in the oceanic saga and blends them together into a new edition, filled with novel ideas, extra mechanics specifically designed for the Nintendo hardware and a couple of surprises too. Controls are also completely revamped so to fully take advantage to the best unique specificities that the Wii U gamepad and the Nintendo 3DS handheld have to offer.

Features of SQUIDS Odyssey include:

• Tactic RPG mechanics      meshed with precise slingshot action gameplay. Grab Squids by the tentacles then fling      them across the battlefield.
• Recruit a unique team of Squids in four      different classes: shooters, scouts, troopers and healers. A new Squid      hero will star for the first time!
• Epic exploration, solid story-line,      characters you’ll care for.
• Plenty of new missions, new levels, new      tricks!
• New range of unique ability-boosting      helmets.
• Full-on utilization of Wii U GamePad      potential for gameplay and environment features.
• Clever dual-screen design on the Nintendo      3DS – This edition also sports 3D effects and several layers of depth.

A short video segment of SQUIDS Odyssey running on Nintendo Wii U appears in the Nintendo Direct 8.07.2013 Presentation released earlier today:

http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Misc-/Nintendo-Direct/Latest-Nintendo-Direct/Nintendo-Direct-698557.html (24’44”)

“Nintendo hardware always had a prominent place on our living room shelves as we were growing up,” says Emeric Thoa, creative director at The Game Bakers. “We’re excited to contribute our Squids to their modern gear. The kid in me can tick that point off his bucket list.”

SYDNEY, Australia –August 2, 2013 – Home Entertainment Suppliers Pty Ltd (HES) and Big Ant  Studios today announced that “Don Bradman Cricket 14” for Sony PlayStation®3, Microsoft Xbox  360® and PC shall be released later this year.  HES and Big Ant Studios are working under license with the Bradman Foundation located in Bowral.  “It is indeed an honour to be able to bring the greatest player to a technology savvy generation of  fans in what promises to be the greatest cricket game of all time.” said Sebastian Giompaolo,  Managing Director for HES, “Big Ant Studios have been working hard on this title for four years and  we at HES are really excited with what they have been able to achieve. It is far superior to any cricket  game in the market.”

Don Bradman Cricket 14 includes:
• Career Mode, allowing you to take control of an aspiring young cricketer and take him  through the ranks to International glory.
• Unique Batting and Bowling Controls, giving full 360 Shot control and Line and Length  delivery without pitch markers.
• A fully featured fielding system that allows you to run down the ball and slide to prevent a  Four, catch a high ball on the boundary rope, or knock down the stumps to take a vital run  out. You are always involved in the play at every stage of the game!
• Ball Physics giving realistic Edges, bat pad catches and movement off the pitch.
• A complete player physics system with individual attributes including weight and height –  imagine running in a 2 metre bowler to delivery that perfect bouncer!
• Appeal and Electronic Review system allowing for the first time challenges of the umpires  decision.
• Practice Nets, Hone your skills to perfection before taking to the field.
• Dynamic time of day, Weather System and Pitch Degradation that are based on real world  data with effects occurring in real-time throughout a days’ play.
• The Cricket Academy, allowing for unparalleled customisation of your Cricket experience,  creating Teams, players, Tours, Competitions, Match Types and even Umpires.
• More than 4000 Community created Players and teams ready to download and use in game.
• An online Save system that lets you continue your match whenever you want with online opponents.

About HES
Home Entertainment Suppliers Pty Ltd (HES) are a Sydney-based firm specialising in the distribution of video  game consoles, games and accessories throughout the Australian market. Established in 1984, HES are the  exclusive distributors of Mad Catz and Tru Blu games in Australia, including 2003’s record breaking NRL Rugby  League for PS2, XBOX and PC. HES also has a video game publishing arm, Tru Blu Entertainment.

About Big Ant Studios
Big Ant Studios, developer of Rugby League Live 2 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, specialise in the  development of premium sports, character and racing content for all major console platforms including Xbox  One and PlayStation4. Big Ant Studios has a proud development record which includes the highly successful  and critically acclaimed “AFL Live Game of the Year Edition” for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. For more  information about Big Ant Studios, please visit www.bigant.com

Irvine, Calif. – Aug. 6, 2013 – The adventure begins today with the release of Dragon’s Crown, the long-awaited PlayStation®3 and PlayStation®Vita title from ATLUS and Vanillaware. Dragon’s Crown is a 2-D side-scrolling multiplayer beat ’em up wrapped in the gorgeous storybook aesthetic Vanillaware is renowned for. The game sells for $49.99 for the PS3 and $39.99 for the PS Vita; the game is available beginning today in stores and on PlayStation®Network as a digital download.

A Dragon’s Crown theme is also available for the PS3 for $1.99 beginning today; PSN avatars of the 6 playable characters and the dragon will be available later this month for 49 cents apiece.

While supplies last, purchases of Dragon’s Crown will include the Dragon’s Crown Artworks from participating stores. This 64-page collector’s item features full-color production art from Vanillaware as well as guest art from notable artists BENGUS, Gouda Cheese and Kinu Nishimura.

Additional Dragon’s Crown downloadable content (DLC) will be free for the first month. The DLC comes in the form of a voice pack that replaces the narrator’s voice with any of the six playable character classes. The voice pack is a $1.99 value and will revert back to that price a month after the launch of Dragon’s Crown.

Dragon’s Crown also features an immersive skills system to customize individual play styles, a rich quest system that unlocks pieces of in-game art, and an expansive loot system that increases rewards with difficulty. The game is cross-save compatible and can be played with any combination of local/ad hoc, online and AI players. Dragon’s Crown is no quick adventure, with well over 100 hours of gameplay to fully clear the game.

Dragon’s Crown is rated T for Teen, and available for $49.99 for the PS3 and $39.99 for the PS Vita. There are no cross-buy or rebate voucher options. The official website for Dragon’s Crown received its final update and now contains all the  http://www.atlus.com/dragonscrown.

Pre-orders and first-run printings will include the 64-page full color

Dragon’s Crown Artworks book, pictured below.

Weighing in at a tasty 30000 x 6116 pixels, our new panoramic screenshot (you can view previous ROME II panoramas here) focusses on the Barbarian-held lands near The Alps in ROME II’s campaign map. As you can see, the architecture of Barbarian settlements differs significantly from those in Greco-Roman or Eastern cultures.

http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Alps_Panoramic

Front and centre stands a Warmaiden of the Celtic tribe of the Helvetii. A Champion agent type, she’s capable of a whole raft of activities, including hampering an enemy army’s ability to fight, reducing its morale, and even inciting slave uprisings in opposing cities.

Featuring 183 map regions and 117 factions, the full campaign map is truly epic in scope, stretching from Scotland to the Horn of Africa, and from Portugal to Afghanistan.

Rome II launches worldwide on September 3^rd 2013. For more information, visit www.totalwar.com

Sydney, Australia – August 7, 2013 – Bohemia Interactive is planning to release Arma 3’s campaign in 3 free episodes after the game’s initial launch. Supplied as free DLC, the first episode, Survive, will be made available within one month, while the following episodes, Adapt and Win, are slated for release in the months thereafter. This means that, with the free campaign arriving later, the game will premiere with the large island terrains of Altis (270 km²) and Stratis (20 km²), 12 single-player showcase missions, 3 faction showcases, 9 multiplayer scenarios, a set of 10 firing drill challenges, over 20 vehicles, more than 40 weapons, 5 factions, the powerful scenario editor and modding support.

Following an eventful past year, and a splendid reception of the Arma 3 Alpha and Beta, the studio honestly admits to the difficulties it experienced with its parallel development. While the team was developing the full game, at the same time it was supporting the Alpha and Beta. However, since the game has made tremendous progress as a result, Bohemia Interactive felt confident to maintain its quality-over-quantity mind-set and take some additional time to perfect the campaign. By releasing the expansive platform and adding the free campaign in 3 separate DLC episodes shortly thereafter, players (as well as mod-makers) will be able to get their hands on the full game as soon as possible, and take on the complete military package in Arma 3’s massive sandbox.

Joris-Jan van ‘t Land, Project Lead on Arma 3, elaborates:

“This was not a decision we made lightly. As game creators, we love developing and playing through campaigns so, to those awaiting ours, we say: sorry for the delay. After talking a lot about a focus on quality over the last year, it simply did not feel right to compromise now. Rather than pushing back the entire game, we launch this year with an awesome package – a splendid kick off for the Arma 3 experience.”

To further explain the motivations behind the decision, Bohemia Interactive has published a new post in their developer’s blog (available here).

Arma 3 is scheduled for release in the third quarter of this year. The specific release date will be announced soon. 

To participate in the Arma 3 Beta, people can purchase the regular Arma 3 Beta or the Arma 3 Digital Deluxe Edition from Steam or Store.bistudio.com. Both editions include the full retail game and prices will increase upon launch.

7^th August 2013 – Nintendo today announced a new edition of Nintendo Direct. The broadcast, hosted by Nintendo President Satoru Iwata and Nintendo of Europe President Satoru Shibata, will mainly provide updates on software coming to Wii U and Nintendo 3DS in the remainder of 2013.

The new Nintendo Direct will be streamed from the Nintendo Direct website in Australia and New Zealand tonight at midnight (AEST), between Wednesday 7^th August 2013 and Thursday 8^th August 2013.

Additional links:

Nintendo Direct website http://www.nintendo.com.au/nintendodirect

Nintendo AU on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/nintendoau