Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment

  • Bastion is the new comms agency for Bandai Namco Entertainment UK

    We are happy to announce that Bastion is the new UK comms agency for Bandai Namco Entertainment, the globally renowned video game publisher behind TEKKEN, PAC-MAN, ELDEN RING, Little Nightmares, and many more beloved IPs.
    Our award-winning team has begun work on Bandai Namco Entertainment’s many exciting upcoming projects, including the much-anticipated fighting game TEKKEN 8 and ARMORED CORE

  • Amanotes to pioneer games music personalisation and in-game music purchase through partnership with Reactional Music

    Partnership is a quantum leap for the creative and commercial relationship between music and games.
    Stockholm, Sweden - Amanotes, the leading games publisher whose games attract over 100 million monthly active users, today announced a global partnership with Reactional Music.
    Reactional is the world’s first rule-based music engine and music delivery platform that connects music, games and v

  • THE CLIMACTIC FINALE OF FINAL FANTASY XIV: ENDWALKER AWAITS AS PATCH 6.5: GROWING LIGHT REVEALED

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: THE CLIMACTIC FINALE OF FINAL FANTASY XIV: ENDWALKER AWAITS AS PATCH 6.5: GROWING LIGHT REVEALEDTwo-Part Patch Arrives in October 2023 and January 2024 Ahead of an Action-Packed Run-Up to Dawntrail Expansion’s Launch
    LONDON (31st July, 2023) – Following on from announcing a brand-new expansion for critically-acclaimed MMO FINAL FANTASY™XIV Online – Dawntrail™ – SQUARE ENI

  • SQUARE ENIX ANNOUNCES “DAWNTRAIL” NEW FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE EXPANSION COMING SUMMER 2024


    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SQUARE ENIX ANNOUNCES “DAWNTRAIL” NEW FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE EXPANSION COMING SUMMER 2024Xbox Series X|S Launch, Graphical Update and Even Further Expanded Free Trial Also Confirmed
    LONDON (28th July, 2023) – SQUARE ENIX® is today announcing Dawntrail™, the fifth and latest expansion pack for its critically acclaimed MMO, FINAL FANTASY™ XIV Online, set to launch in

  • Prime Gaming August Content Update: PayDay 2, In Sound Mind, Content for Diablo IV, Call of Duty and More

    July 27, 2023 - Welcome to the August Prime Gaming content update! Prime Gaming is a benefit of Amazon Prime membership, which saves members money every day with deals, free delivery, prescription savings, and quality entertainment.
    The August Free Games with Prime lineup features nine titles, including In Sound Mind, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed™ 2, Foretales, Summertime Madness and more.

  • The largest content drop in history on Xbox, Antstream Arcade launches on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One today!

    As of midnight UTC July 21st, Xbox players across the US, UK and Europe will have access to a huge catalogue of over 1300 retro games ranging from Arcade machines, Commodore and Spectrum, to Sega Mega Drive and SNES all the way through to the first generation of PlayStation. Thousands have already pre-ordered Antstream Arcade in the past week taking advantage of a new lifetime subscription current

  • Antstream Arcade is Xbox’s biggest content drop in history, with over 1300 retro games

    London UK, Antstream Arcade Ltd, the world’s largest collection of officially licensed retro games, announces its launch on Xbox. Space Invaders, Bubble Bobble and Metal Slug feature alongside 1300 other classics, with many PlayStation and Nintendo titles officially playable on Xbox for the first time - available for pre-order from 14 July at Microsoft Store before launch on 21 July.
    The extens

  • Manic Mechanics brings car fixing chaos as it explodes its way onto the Nintendo Switch today!

    Dundee, July 13 2023 – Chaotic co-op party game Manic Mechanics launches on Nintendo Switch today. With local and online co-op play, this is the first game to be both developed and published by 4J Studios, the team that brought the gaming phenomenon Minecraft to consoles.

    Manic Mechanics is available to purchase on the Nintendo eShop here and the launch trailer can be viewed here.

    I

  • Develop:Star Awards 2023 Winners Announced


    Games industry celebrates as the winners are announced during Develop:Brighton 2023.
    Thursday 13 July: The winners of the Develop:Star Awards 2023, hosted last night during Develop:Brighton, have been announced.
    The Develop:Star Awards returned to the Hilton Brighton Metropole and saw winners crowned in 20 categories before this year’s Develop Star Award recipient, Guerrilla, was celebr

  • Prime Gaming July Content Update: Four Games and In-Game Content for Honkai: Star Rail, FIFA 23, League of Legends and more!

    June 29, 2023 - Welcome to the July Prime Gaming content update! Prime Gaming is a benefit of Amazon Prime membership, which saves members money every day with deals, free delivery, prescription savings, and quality entertainment.
    The July Games with Prime lineup features four titles in addition to the games and content already announced in the lead-up to Prime Day, including Cook, Serve, De

  • Guild Wars 2 Uncovers Age-Old Enigmas With New Expansion ‘Secrets of the Obscure’ on August 22, 2023

    BELLEVUE, WA – June 27, 2023 – Today ArenaNet and NCSOFT announced Guild Wars 2®: Secrets of the Obscure, the fourth expansion for the award-winning and critically acclaimed MMORPG Guild Wars 2. Releasing on August 22, 2023, the expansion will host a variety of new gameplay features and epic adventures set high above the surface of Tyria, delving into the ancient mysteries around the floating Wiza

  • The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth™ Now Available

    RENTON, Wash. — June 26, 2023 — Wizards of the Coast, a division of Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS), has released the highly anticipated Magic: The Gathering set, . This Universes Beyond card set combines Magic’s deep and strategic gameplay that players love with characters and settings from the classic trilogy from J.R.R. Tolkien for a one-of-a-kind experience in Middle-earth.
    With The Lord of the

  • DON’T NOD launches Harmony: The Fall of Reverie on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S & TRAILER!

    Paris, June 22nd, 2023 – DON'T NOD, French independent video games developer and publisher is proud to announce the launch of their brand-new narrative game, Harmony: The Fall of Reverie today on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. A launch discount of 10% is available until June 29th for Xbox Series X|S and PS+ members on PlayStation 5
    Watch the Accolades Trailer now: https://www.youtube.com/wa

  • CHAOTIC COUCH CO-OP GETS A FUEL INJECTION WITH 4J STUDIOS’ MANIC MECHANICS

    Dundee, June 21 2023 – 4J Studios is excited to throw the covers off Manic Mechanics, an accelerated, mechanically-minded addition to the chaotic couch co-op canon. Crashing onto Nintendo Switch on July 13, this high-octane party game has local and online co-op, and is the first game to be both developed and published by 4J Studios, the team that brought the gaming phenomenon Minecraft to consoles

  • Private Division and Evening Star Announce Penny’s Big Breakaway

    From the team that brought you Sonic Mania comes an all-new 3D platforming game with plenty of tricks up its sleeve. Ready, set, YO!
    London, UK – June 21, 2023 – Private Division, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), and Evening Star today announced an imaginative new platforming action game, Penny’s Big Breakaway, coming to Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation 5,

  • Unique Competitive PvE Experience Evercore Heroes Launches Closed Beta Today

    From Veterans Behind the Industry’s Biggest Online Games – League of Legends, Fortnite and more – Comes a New Competitive PvE Multiplayer Experience
    Tuesday 20 June: Starting today PC players can finally play Evercore Heroes, with the launch of the game’s Closed Beta. This brand new, hotly anticipated and completely unique competitive PvE experience welcomes new fans after a period of extensive

  • Finalists Announced for Develop:Brighton 2023 Indie Showcase Competition

    Tuesday 13 June: Event organisers Tandem Events have today announced the ten finalists for the Develop:Brighton 2023 Indie Showcase competition celebrating the best unsigned games from indie developers across the UK and Europe.
    Each of the ten shortlisted games will be available to play at the Develop:Brighton 2023 Expo, which takes place on Wednesday 12 July and Thursday 13 July at the Hilton

  • DON’T NOD announces new action-puzzle climber, Jusant, at the Xbox Games Showcase!

    Paris, June 11th, 2023 – DON'T NOD, French independent video games developer and publisher, is proud to unveil Jusant at the Xbox Games Showcase. Jusant is an action-puzzle climbing game releasing in Fall 2023 on PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5. Jusant will be available with Xbox Game Pass at release.
    A public demo is playable right now on Steam.
    Watch the reveal trailer here: https:/

  • Curve Games and Microbird Unveil Dungeons of Hinterberg at Xbox Summer Showcase

    London, 11th June 2023 – Curve Games and Microbird are thrilled to announce that Dungeons of Hinterberg, a single-player mix of action-RPG and social sim set in the Austrian Alps, will be released on Steam and Xbox in 2024. The game blends hack ‘n’ slash action RPG gameplay with social elements, allowing players to battle monstrous creatures from Alpine myths, explore dungeons, and forge friendshi

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