SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – May 15, 2013 – Five Star Games today unveiled details of the content to be included in the new Company of Heroes™ 2 Red Star Edition for retail.

The Red Star Edition will ship with the vehicle skin combo pack which will unlock 24 historically accurate new skins for the game’s multiplayer mode as well as a unique Soviet Commander, giving players more options in multiplayer. It also includes a faceplate with integrated badge and the Commander Pass, which will unlock another five multiplayer Commanders post launch.

Purchasers of the Red Star Edition will be rewarded with the Company of Heroes Complete Pack which includes the original Company of Heroes as well as its expansions Opposing Fronts and Tales of Valor.

The Red Star Edition will include the game’s global pre-order offer of a post-launch Theatre of War mini-pack and two new multiplayer Commanders for each faction & will come in an exclusive Steel Book.

The Red Star Edition is available from good gaming retailers.

Underpinned by the cutting-edge Essence 3.0 Engine™, Company of Heroes 2 brings tactical strategy to life like never before, thanks to the realistic ColdTech™ weather system, the revolutionary dynamic line of sight system TrueSight™, and realistic destructibility.

The original Company of Heroes™ was released on the PC in 2006 to critical acclaim and is currently the highest rated strategy title on Gamerankings.com (with more than five reviews), with an average of 93.82% based on 56 reviews. The game features similar acclaim on Metacritic.com with a Metascore of 93% based on 55 reviews.

Company of Heroes™ 2 will be available for PC in June 2013. For more information check www.companyofheroes.com, and to download SEGA game assets, please visit www.sega-press.com.

LEGO Gaming Reaches Broader Audience Than Ever Before as the

Popular LEGO Friends Property Comes to Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo DS™ This Spring 

SYDNEY, Australia – May 15, 2013 –  Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced LEGO® Friends, currently being developed for the Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo DS™ handheld systems.  Scheduled for release this spring, LEGO Friends will offer creative gameplay based on the fun and excitement found in the already-popular LEGO Friends collection of building sets, which launched in 2012 and introduces new adventures in 2013.

“We are very proud to welcome even more girls into the world of LEGO videogames with a title based on the best-selling LEGO Friends line,” said Tom Stone, Managing Director, TT Games. “LEGO Friends allows players to build personal fun adventure while expressing their individual style and personality along the way.”

LEGO Friends welcomes players to Heartlake City, where summer fun awaits!  Players have complete freedom to express their unique style, explore areas and activities that interest them most, such as perfecting a dance routine in the studio, taking a few shots on goal at soccer practice, or visiting the store to get cool items to customise their character, as they build friendships with their five new friends.

Building friendships is the heart of the game.  As players meet new friends and join them on special adventures, such as helping Emma take pictures for her next newspaper article or reviewing song choices for Andrea’s next performance, they grow their friendship levels with each character.  Once players reach “true friend” status with all of the characters, they are able to build a Heartlake Celebration for them.

Additionally, players can care for a variety of different pets by training and grooming them, in order to enter them in a pet show.  Each pet has a special skill that players can use to help them in their adventures.  Plus, players can trade places with the fun-loving pets to play the game from the animal’s perspective.

To capture their exciting adventures in Heartlake City, players can use the in-game camera for fun photo ops to create a scrapbook of friendship memories.

LEGO Friends is being developed by TT Games, in partnership with Hellbent Games. For more information, please visit: www.LEGO.com/videogames.

Ben and Rook will lead the charge in a brand new video game adventure this autumn!

SYDNEY – May 15^th 2013, Turner CN Enterprises and D3Publisher (D3P), a subsidiary of NAMCO BANDAI Games, Inc., today announced the development of Ben 10 Omniverse 2, the new video game based on Cartoon Network’s award-winning kids’ action phenomenon, Ben 10.

In Ben 10 Omniverse 2, players will be able to control Ben Tennyson in an all new adventure set in Ben’s universe as he battles a new foe, the Incurseans, and infiltrates the enemy’s intergalactic warship while he finds his way home.  Still armed with his trusty Omnitrix, Ben will face brand new challenges including chase and escape sequences as well as constant battles against the forces of evil.  Players will have to make every action count as they race Ben against the clock, creating the most kinetic Ben 10 game to-date.

Developed by High Voltage Software for consoles, and by 1^st Playable Productions for the handheld version, Ben 10 Omniverse 2 is based on the popular Cartoon Network animated series, and follows the adventures of Ben Tennyson, a teenager who wields the Omnitrix – a device that allows him to transform into various alien forms such as Gravattack, Four Arms, and many more alien forms.

“The Ben 10 franchise has proven to be a phenomenal success for many years now, and we are of course delighted to extend our partnership with Turner on this brand new adventure” said Olivier Comte, Senior Vice-President at NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe. “This autumn, we will be very pleased to let players enjoy an exciting gameplay in Ben 10 Omniverse 2, the new video-game based on the latest Ben 10: Omniverse animated series.”

Ben 10 Omniverse 2 will be available this autumn for Wii U, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system.

For more information on D3P and NAMCO BANDAI games, please visit: http://www.namcobandaigames.eu

Courtroom Hero Phoenix Wright Returns this Autumn

Sydney, Australia — May 14, 2013 — Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today confirmed that Phoenix Wright™: Ace Attorney™ – Dual Destinies will be available to purchase digitally on Nintendo 3DS™ across Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand in Spring 2013.

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies, previously announced for the West as Ace Attorney™ 5, sees the return of courtroom hero Phoenix Wright. Set eight years since his last appearance in the courts, the first case in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies sees the action start in a destroyed court room. It’s down to Phoenix Wright and his team at the Wright Anything Agency to discover the cause of the destruction. Players will have to battle it out in court against Gaspen Payne, the younger brother of Winston Payne from previous Ace Attorney titles, as they defend the accused.

The much loved gameplay and features from previous titles in the Ace Attorney™ series return but for the first time in stunning 3D graphics, bringing the courtroom and characters to life and putting players directly in the heart of the action. Players will need to investigate each crime scene with the dynamic 3D visuals now making it possible to change views and zoom in on areas to uncover any hidden evidence or clues. In the court room the drama continues as players present their evidence, challenge witnesses and begin to unravel the truth behind each of the cases in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies.

Joining Phoenix is the young Attorney Apollo Justice and new Associate Attorney Athena Cykes. Athena’s unique ability to psychoanalyse witnesses introduces a brand new element to proceedings. Using Athena’s ‘Mood Matrix’ players can detect the emotional state of a witness and tell whether they’re surprised, angry, happy or sad. Players can compare these feelings with the statement given by the witness, point out any contradictions between the two and challenge the witness testimony.

PAC-MAN™ Returns to the Gaming Stage with a New Spin on the Revered Franchise

Sydney – May 15^th 2013 – Leading video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S. is thrilled to announce that Pac is back! PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures will be coming to Australia and New Zealand for the Xbox 360^® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation^®3 computer entertainment system, and the Wii U™ system from Nintendo. Built upon the timeless and wildly successful PAC-MAN™ legacy, PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures will boast an entirely new and exciting gaming adventure that is currently under development.

PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures follows the exciting storyline and charming characters from the highly anticipated PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures animated TV series created and produced by Avi Arad, acclaimed director and founder of Marvel Studios.  The TV Series (26 Episodes) will air in Australia from Sept 2013 on Channel 11’s “Toasted TV”. In addition an exciting range of TOYS based on the TV Show PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures will launch in Australia and New Zealand in October 2013..

The game revolves around the vibrant universe of Pac-World, where Pacworlders lived in peace until the mischievous Netherworld ghosts, led by their wicked leader Betrayus, escaped from their ghoulish domain to forcibly take control of Pac-World. Pac-World’s only hope lies in the last surviving yellow Pacworlder, our hero with a voracious appetite.

Not only will PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures feature an entirely revamped PAC-MAN universe, but it will also hearken back to PAC-MAN origins with classic elements such as Ghost encounters. The Ghost-chomping mechanics return from the original PAC-MAN but with exciting powered up variations in PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures, creating an innovative yet familiar gameplay experience.

“As one of the most iconic and popular video game character, PAC-MAN has virtually become the symbol of our company” said Olivier Comte, Senior Vice-President at NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe. “As a wish to renew the PAC-MAN franchise and bring it to the new generation of gamers, we are proud to introduce a brand new concept in the PAC-MAN universe, with PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures”.

PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures will be coming to Australia and New Zealand for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system and Wii U. A separate side-scrolling version of the game will also be available for the Nintendo 3DS™.

For more information about PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures, please visit: http://www.pacisback.com/en/

Check out the announcement trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhCc9vmSHe0

THIS PAYDAY JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT BIGGER   

SYDNEY, Australia – May 15, 2013 – Global video game publisher 505 Games and leading independent developer Overkill Software, a Starbreeze Studio, are pleased to announce that the upcoming title PAYDAY 2, sequel to the 2011 hit PAYDAY: The Heist, will no longer be limited to digital download and will now additionally be released globally at retail for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system.

Game Director on PAYDAY 2 David Goldfarb said, “We have a bit of a problem here at Overkill – there are just too many great ideas and none that we were really happy to throw out – so PAYDAY 2 has become just too big to reserve release on Xbox Live® and PlayStation®Network alone.”

“It’s an incredible position to be in, having a game that just keeps growing and getting better all the time,” added Head of Global Brand at 505 Games, Tim Woodley. “We wanted to do everything we could to make a game that truly fits the vision of the team at Overkill but most importantly delivers an exciting, rewarding experience for the player – be they a long-time fan or new to the series.  We’re expecting great things from PAYDAY 2 and are really looking forward to working with our retail partners all over the world to make it the huge success it deserves to be.”

PAYDAY 2 will release for consoles and PC, via Steam, in August 2013.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – May 15, 2013 – Ubisoft has revealed that all English speaking fans will now have the opportunity to play the open beta of Anno Online^®. Developed by Ubisoft Blue Byte, Anno Online^® is a free-to-play strategy simulation game which combines the popular game-play of the Anno franchise with brand new features suited to a persistent, web-based game.

The closed beta of Anno Online^® was a great success due to the high stability and the good performance provided by the game. To celebrate the end of the closed beta, players’ current accounts will not be wiped and active users will automatically receive a decorative statue gift to thank them for their involvement. Players, who carry on playing the game on the first week of the open beta, will be rewarded with an exclusive in-game item: a premium ship. This ship gives access to some great  features such as the ability to carry more freight and increased speed.

Ubisoft and Blue Byte invite English speaking players to join the open beta via the official website: http://en.anno-online.com/en