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RONIN’s Turn-Based Vengeance Available Now

Turn-based action platformer RONIN has completed its intense Early Access training and emerged from the shadows better, stronger, faster and ready to bust out some sweet ninja action on Steam, GOG, and Humble (http://ronin-game.com). Through the brief Early Access period, developer Tomasz Wacławek worked directly with the RONIN community to polish and tweak the finer points of movement, combat, and flow in the unique turn-based action game. Additions like UI indicators, jump arc modifications, and more open ended progression through levels came from community feedback to ultimately evolve a good game into a great one. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XQuEAUx73E

InnoGames Publishes Tribal Wars as Canvas App on Facebook

German online games publisher InnoGames just launched its classic strategy game Tribal Wars additionally as a canvas app on Facebook. Dedicated hobby generals can now prove their tactical skills via the social network, too. As Tribal Wars has a high focus on team play, interaction and communication amongst the tribe members of the game, InnoGames sees a high overlap to Facebook. Players who join tribal Wars via Facebook will play on the same servers as the ones who are playing in the browser or with mobile apps. At the same time, the canvas app does not mean any changes to existing players: They can still play the game without using aFacebook account.

InnoGames TV Asks for Views with their Latest News

Today the Hamburg-based game developer InnoGames kicks off the summer with the release of the July episode of InnoGames TV. The approximately 12 minutes video features the winner of the gamescom competition and announces the next periscope session along with the latest news from five of their games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8bCCDFmEZE

Sonic Runners now available worldwide for mobile devices

How far will Sonic run?! SEGA® announced today that Sonic Runners™ is now available worldwide*. The 2D side-scrolling infinite runner is the first free-to-play (F2P) Sonic title created exclusively for mobile by the world-renowned Sonic Team™, SEGA’s resident Sonic experts out of Japan. Featuring Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, players race through a challenging endless world where they must navigate the high-speed environment to collect rings and gems, all while avoiding enemies from all directions. First launched in Japan in February, Sonic Runners is now available worldwide as a free download for iOS™ and Android™ devices.

RONIN Strikes from the Shadows, Avenges You in the Face June 30

Katana-wielding publisher Devolver Digital and razor wire enthusiast Tomasz Wacławek announced today that the turn-based ninja platformer RONIN will emerge from the Early Access shadows on June 30. Last month's Early Access assassin propelled revenge-seeking fans into a feedback frenzy as they worked with developer Wacławek to make the final tweaks to the game, perfecting RONIN for PCs everywhere this month. Trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLmbeogBfqU

Unity Celebrates 10 Years at Unite Europe 2015

Unity today celebrated their 10 year anniversary and kicked off Unite Europe 2015 in Amsterdam at the Westergasfabriek, with over 1100 attendees from video games development, to share ideas, learn best practices, and help each other create fantastic new video game content.

#Heroki coming soon, exclusively on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

Clear the skies for a new hero! From independent game developer Picomy and published by SEGA®, Heroki is a new action-adventure game that follows the colorful and kind propeller-headed hero on his quest to save his world and battle the enemies that get in his way. In development over five years and announced two years ago at PAX Prime, Heroki will be exclusive to iPhone®, iPad® and iPod touch® and available soon as a premium title for $7.99 and €7.99 on App Store℠.

Shadow Warrior 2: 15 minutes of glorious gameplay from E3 2015

Watch the Wang in action as he leaps from tall buildings, cooperates with similarly inclined demon slaying ninjas, and generally tears it up katana-style. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ45LTOwiwg

InnoGames Unleashes PvP on iOS: Tribal Wars 2 Launches New App

Today, online games developer InnoGames launched the iOS version of its cross-platform strategy game Tribal Wars 2. Players can download the app for free on the Apple App Store and it supports all iOS devices from the iPhone 4S on. Tribal Wars 2 is fully cross-platform, which allows users to seamlessly switch between Android, browser and now the iOS-App and never lose progress. The game follows its legendary browser predecessor Tribal Wars, which has 55 million registered players worldwide.

Media Alert: Sonic Runners™ Available June 25 Worldwide

Get ready to hit Sonic speed! Celebrate Sonic’s birthday with a return to the classic Sonic style in an endless runner that harkens back to the platform era of the SEGA® Genesis™! First launched in Japan in February, Sonic Runners™ will be available worldwide* on Thursday, June 25 as a free download for iOS™ and Android™ devices.

Enter the Gungeon Co-Op Feature Revealed

Adorable gunslingin’ developers at Dodge Roll Games and the Val-Kilmer-look-alikes at Devolver Digital revealed the incredible co-op feature for the upcoming PC and PlayStation 4 game Enter the Gungeon at E3 2015. Making its debut at last night’s PC Gaming Show at E3, the two player co-op mode allows the primary gunslinger a ‘gun cultist’ back up player to help quell the many disciples of the Cult of the Undead who will stop at nothing to preserve the very treasure you seek – the one gun in the world that can kill the past, absolving you of your deep regrets, wrong doings and bad decisions. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMh0tw0bADs

InnoGames Kicks Off the Season with New Summer Events

With vacation season heating up, InnoGames’ rejuvenates the long days with summer events for their hit strategy games Forge of Empires and Grepolis. Starting today, players can complete quests in Forge of Empires to receive brand new content and buildings. From June 18 on Grepolis starts its very own “Commander of Rome”. The company also released videos on both Commander of Rome and the Forge of Empires’ Summer Event. Additionally, it will host a live QA session on twitch and periscope with Forge’s Game Designer on June 19 at 4 p.m. CEST.

InnoGames Wins “Success in Diversity”Award

As one of six German companies, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs rewarded Hamburg-based online games developer InnoGames with the “Success in Diversity” award today. The prize is given to companies with an exemplary strategy for recruiting international employees and have a good welcome culture. Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Iris Gleicke personally handed over the reward to InnoGames’ co-founder and COO Michael Zillmer in Berlin.

Brutal Brawler Mother Russia Bleeds & Norse Action RPG EITR coming to PC & PlayStation 4 from Devolver Digital

Devolver Digital has added two astounding new games to its 2016 lineup of incredible indies, as just announced on stage at the Sony PlayStation E3 press conference. First up is the ruthless co-op face-smasher Mother Russia Bleeds from the dangerous folks at developer Le Cartel, as well as the gorgeous Norse-based action RPG EITR from the duo of centaurs at developer Eneme Entertainment. Both games will launch on PC and PlayStation4 in 2016. Each title is being demo'd by appointment only in the Devolver Digital Lot of BBQ and Debauchery™ at this year's E3.

The Wang strikes back in Shadow Warrior 2 from Flying Wild Hog and Devolver Digital

Independent developer Flying Wild Hog (Shadow Warrior, Hard Reset) and rogue game publisher Devolver Digital (The Talos Principle, Hotline Miami) have announced Shadow Warrior 2, a striking follow-up to the global best-selling first-person shooter Shadow Warrior for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. Shadow Warrior 2 marks the triumphant return of Lo Wang and his trademark use of blades, bullets, and a sharp tongue to strike down the demonic hordes – but this time he’s not going at it alone. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-PfKun0R70

SQUAAAAAAAAWK! ANGRY BIRDS™ JOIN SONIC DASH™ FOR AN EPIC THREE-WEEK CELEBRATION

Sonic gets by with a little help from his friends for a celebration of epic proportions. SEGA®, in partnership with Rovio Entertainment Ltd., is proud to announce that today Angry Birds™Epic will be appearing in Sonic Dash™ for a limited time on the App Store, Google Play™, Amazon Appstore and Windows Phone Store. This in-game event will include three of the most popular and best-known characters from the Angry Birds franchise: Red, Chuck and Bomb.

Magnetic: Cage Closed team & The Talos Principle creators talk puzzle games

As well as enrapturing critics and streamers, Magnetic: Cage Closed has also won over a slew of fellow developers. In fact, The Talos Principle creators Croteam loved the game so much that they decided to sit down and talk puzzles with Guru Games! Check out the interview here, and remember - there is always a way out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAZyCLugdY8

Unity 5.1 Brings Unified Development Experience for VR platforms amongst other new Features

Unity Technologies today announced that Unity 5.1 is now available to download. Extending Unity 5’s power, efficiency and multiplatform support: Unity 5.1 builds on two key Unity 5 strengths: industry-leading multiplatform support, and unmatched efficiency boosted in the cloud. Amongst other things, it brings a new unified development experience for VR platforms like Oculus Rift and an easy to use Unity Multiplayer networking solution.

Sonic Dash passes the 100 million downloads milestone! #dash100million

In March 2013, when Sonic Dash was released for Apple devices, weasked the world “How far can you run?”. Two years later we have found the answer: precisely 1.8 billion kilometres, and counting. It took two years and 100 million people downloading the game to make this happen, resulting in players around the world collecting a total of 850 billion gold rings and spending a staggering 14,000 cumulative years playing Sonic Dash. Over the past two years the game featured nearly 10 in-game events and has become available on the App Store, Google Play, the Amazon App Store and Windows Phone.

The Greatest Avian Romance Simulator of All Time gets a Sequel as Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star takes Flight this Year

Ornithological gamers are all aflutter with the news that developer Mediatonic (Amateur Surgeon, Foul Play) and bird-brained publisher Devolver Digital will release Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star on PlayStation 4, PlayStation, Vita and PC this fall. The remastered sequel to everyone’s favorite bird dating sim Hatoful Boyfriend will come with spruced up visuals and all the bells and whistles (and chirps) a bird lover could ever want.