Strategy First & Tiny Rebel Games Partner Up to Produce FlatOut 4: Total Insanity
Strategy First, a PC and Mobile games publisher celebrating its 26th year, is proud to announce a partnership with the veteran team at Tiny Rebel Games.
Tiny Rebel Games is committed to using its 25 years of experience in blockbuster games to partner in the creation of FlatOut 4: Total Insanity. The studio is committed to providing services in all areas of the development and promotion cycle and will work closely with Strategy First and Kylotonn Entertainment.
Tiny Rebel Games is the creator of the award-winning Doctor Who: Legacy game for mobile and is the partnership of Susan Cummings and Lee Cummings, who have been instrumental to the creation of a number of the biggest console franchises of the last two decades including the Grand Theft Auto series, Midnight Club, Bioshock, and Borderlands. The Tiny Rebel Games team are incredibly excited about the collaboration with Strategy First and Kylotonn and are anxious to unveil FlatOut 4: Total Insanity to fans of the franchise.
“We’ve been fans of the Flatout franchise for years now for its focus on fun, accessible, over the top combative racing. The Kylotonn team brings tremendous experience in racing, and with them we hope to deliver a new FlatOut experience which pays homage to what fans love about the franchise yet goes beyond it in outrageousness, richness of environment and design, and community involvement” says Lee Cummings, Creative Director of Tiny Rebel Games.
With this new FlatOut game, fans can expect an unsurpassed degree of visibility into the design of the game and expect a variety of ways to chime in and make themselves heard about what THEY want from their FlatOut game experience.
Tiny Rebel Games has a tremendous reputation for delivering renowned, high quality production values and love to all of their projects and also for their unique focus on bringing the game community into the design of the game. Their background on some of the greatest racing games will only benefit FlatOut 4. We are confident that Kylotonn, SFI and Tiny Rebel Games-together with the online game community-will create an exciting immersive derby racing game. FlatOut 4: Total Insanity will have everything that you already love about FlatOut and a whole lot more.
for their favorite classic FlatOut track to be used as inspiration for a brand new track in FlatOut 4. To kick off our involvement with the game community, we invite players to visit the FlatOut page to cast their vote
Tiny Rebel, Kylotonn, and Strategy First will provide further updates, comments and look forward to the online gaming community’s feedback
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power Released on Steam, Launch Trailer
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power Released for PC
Finnish game developer Frozenbyte is proud to announce that the puzzle-centric platformer, Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power has been officially released, and the Windows version is now available for purchase on Steam, GOG and Humble. The game will be priced at $21.99 and -10% launch discount is applied for the first week. An epic soundtrack by Ari Pulkkinen is also included!
"We are excited! We have taken the Trine series to a new level with the move to fully playable 3D world and we can't wait to hear the feedback from players and the media," said Mr. Lauri Hyvärinen, CEO of Frozenbyte, and continues: "We hope our ideas and art inspire and resonate with players in the same way they have with us. Welcome to a new beautiful journey in the Trine series!"
About Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power
Experience a fairytale world of breathtaking sceneries and face a myriad of physics-based puzzles, wonderful contraptions, dangerous foes and enchanting creatures.
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is a platforming game of action, puzzles and adventure, and the sequel to the award winning Trine and Trine 2. Reunite with the familiar heroes - Pontius the Knight, Amadeus the Wizard and Zoya the Thief in an all-new adventure, now for the first time in full 3D!
Playable in single-player or in co-up with up to three players, both locally or online.
The Story
Amadeus the Wizard, Pontius the Knight, and Zoya the Thief have slowly come to the conclusion that having their lives commandeered by a powerful magical artifact is not a desirable state of existence on a permanent basis.
The heroes try to return their extraordinary gifts to the Artifact called Trine, and so they meddle with powers beyond their understanding: Trine shatters, and a heartless ancient sorcerer escapes. With only a broken artifact to guide them, the heroes must try and repair the damage they've caused... or the damage that might yet be done.
Features
• Online and Local Co-op - Up to three players can play online and local co-up. Any mix is possible (for example 2 local, 1 online) and you can switch from singleplayer to multiplayer and vice versa. Play with your Steam friends and explore the secrets together!
• The Lost Pages - The ultimate test to your skills, the Lost Pages feature the most incredible contraptions, character-driven design, and ridiculous puzzles. Are you skilled enough to unlock all the Lost Pages?
• Soundtrack - Award-winning composer Ari Pulkkinen returns for an amazing fantasy soundtrack!
• Fantastic Fantasy - Adventure through breathtakingly beautiful landscapes in an enchanting fairytale world, and for the first time ever explore the Trine world in a full 3D setting, allowing you to go check out all the nooks and crannies that have been so alluring in the past.
• Full Language Support for English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, and Brazilian-Portuguese - The game features full language support for English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, and Brazilian-Portuguese (voice + subtitles on/off), and an additional number of languages for subtitles.
Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows Trailer, Release Imminent
Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows Press Kit
Plague of Shadows Trailer! Big week!
Greetings Shovelers and Soon-To-Be Alchemists! This next week is sure to be an exciting one, including the MEGATON reveal we promised... so let’s jump right in! First, watch this trailer and weep.
As always, click here if you want to see the trailer in its full 60FPS majesty.
Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows Release Imminent!
We’re happy to share that, as of August 5th, Plague of Shadows has completed development! Now the game is in the “submission phase” where we coordinate with everyone to make sure it arrives on your system without a hitch. This can be a mystifying step, since we need to coordinate with a lot of teams beyond just our own. Once we hear word back, we’ll be able to share a true final release date. But expect it very, very soon! In the meantime, get ready for updates in the near future detailing the new campaign! If you want to learn more about Plague of Shadows right now then visit our Plague Knight press-kit.
This War of Mine: The Little Ones Announced for PS4 & Xbox One
This War of Mine: The Little Ones – Groundbreaking Survival Game Debuts January 29 on Consoles with All New Content
Critically acclaimed and globally lauded title This War of Mine will arrive on consoles next year, as developer 11 bit studios and publisher Deep Silver announced today that This War of Mine: The Little Ones will arrive on January 29 on PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system and Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft. Featuring every piece of content from the celebrated PC version, This War of Mine: The Little Ones is set to challenge and inspire gamers with new missions, new campaigns and new characters.
New content coming to consoles in This War of Mine: The Little Ones explores the hardships of wartime survival as seen from an entirely new perspective – that of a child. Based on This War of Mine, The Little Ones focuses on the reality of enduring war and the idea that even in war, kids are still kids – they laugh, cry, play with toys and see the world differently. In addition to thinking about survival, you’ll have to bring back the kid in yourself to understand how to protect the little ones. How far will you go to make it through another day?
Protect and take care of The Little Ones as they continue to live in the war torn landscape as only children can. Teach, educate and form emotional bonds as you fight to survive in this harsh world and prevail through this unique narrative.
Michal Drozdowski, creative director at 11bit studios said, “We had this idea from the very beginning and when Deep Silver provided an opportunity to make a console version, we decided to expand our project and bring our ideas to life. We’re excited to showcase this at this year’s PAX Prime.”
11 bit studios, based in Warsaw, Poland, is a multiplatform game development studio selling games worldwide. Our titles have received multiple prestigeous awards throughout the years including: Apple Design Award, Best of PAX and IGN Editor’s Choice. We are known for series of Anomaly strategy games and now This War of Mine is our flagship project.
Minecraft: Story Mode Features Selectable Player Character
Minecraft: Story Mode Features Selectable Player Character
This weekend, fans at PAX Prime in Seattle are getting their hands on the very first playable beta of Minecraft: Story Mode... and we wanted to make sure we had something exciting to share with you too!
Today we can announce that Minecraft: Story Mode will be the first Telltale game series to feature a player character where YOU choose their appearance. Players will be able to select from several different options for both male and female versions of our hero Jesse.
The season will feature Patton Oswalt as male Jesse, Catherine Taber as female Jesse, Brian Posehn, Ashley Johnson, Scott Porter, Martha Plimpton, Dave Fennoy, Corey Feldman, Billy West, and Paul Reubens. Look for further casting details to come!
Check out these new screenshots from the season premiere, where you'll get a sneak peek at several different versions of Jesse. We can't wait to share the first episode of the season with you - look out for it premiering soon this fall on Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Wii U, PC/Mac, iOS and Android-based devices!
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series will be published digitally by Telltale Games in partnership with Mojang.