Blessed with arcane weapons and years of streetwise knowledge and training, Caspian arrives on the Realm ready to take what he wants and charm his way to ruthless victory. Recently finding himself in possession of an abyssal artifact most would deem too dangerous to handle, Caspian, Thief of Hearts (and Treasure) will have his work cut out for him to survive what comes next.
Caspian is the newest flank Champion to join the Paladinsroster. His playful banter and deadly grace complement a deadly skill set as he dazzles and flourishes his way to absolute victory. Caspian is bolstered by his passive, Piercing and Sharp Momentum, which allows him to alternate between increasing the attack speed of his primary or secondary fires on impact. Coupled with his speedy, flashy attacks, Caspian commands the attention of his enemies and admirers alike.
Caspian also charms with his other abilities like Deadly Momentum, which allows Caspian to dash and whirl around his enemies inflicting damage in the process. Finally, Caspian’s ultimate is Storm of Blades – a lethal ability which allows him to summon a series of blades around him that deal massive damage every time he fires his gun or swings his sword. These blades are fired off to pierce any enemies that are unlucky enough to stand in his way. When Caspian is on the scene, no enemy in sight can escape his dashingly deadly skills.
Alongside Caspian, the new Starforged Event Pass releases with this update, which invites players to traverse the final frontier and discover the power of the cosmos. Players can earn over 20 rewards, including the Mei Zhin and Cosmic Titan Terminus skins, as well as an alternate version of each. Plenty of sprays, avatars, and other celestial cosmetics are also included!
This update also sees the return of a much beloved game mode: Siege of Ascension Peak! Join the fight and turn the tide of battle in favor of the Resistance, or defeat Jenos on behalf of the Magistrate. Players will be assigned to represent either the Resistance or the Magistrate all while dodging explosives and maneuvering through cool-downs. Your mastery of each Champion will see you through to victory!
This update also includes the new Interstellar Stallion Mount, new Limited Time Modes, and more! Dash your way to dazzling victory as Caspian or explore the expanse of the cosmos with the Starforged Event Pass in the Constellations update, available now in Paladins across all Xbox platforms! Download Paladinsfor free today.
Paladins Interstellar Stallion Pack
Hi-Rez Studios
☆☆☆☆☆138
★★★★★
Discover the power of the cosmos and get ready for lift off aboard the Interstellar Stallion Mount! You’ll also get 200 Crystals as well as a Deal of the Day Token, which will unlock a daily personalized deal whenever you want! The Interstellar Stallion Pack Contains:
Interstellar Stallion Mount
The Interstellar Stallion Mount
200 Crystals
1 Deal of the Day Token
Play the full Modern Warfare II Campaign up to one week before the launch of the game just for digitally preordering.
All preorders get early access to the Modern Warfare II Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S Multiplayer Beta starting September 22.
Tune in to the Call of Duty: Next event on September 15 for a massive intel drop on the immediate future of Call of Duty.
Can’t decide which game mode to start with? Make it an easy decision by digitally preordering Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II on Xbox, granting access to the single-player, globe-trotting Campaign up to one week prior to the release of the game on October 28.
Read on for more details along with other preorder incentives, Multiplayer Beta dates, and a look ahead at the Call of Duty: Next event showcasing the immediate future of the franchise.
Face Task Force 141’s Greatest Threat Yet
Task Force 141 faces its greatest threat yet — a newly aligned menace with deep connections. The Campaign features missions in Europe, Asia, and the Americas, and is set to be an incredible experience on numerous levels: offshore sieges with underwater combat, all-out explosive assaults from 30,000 feet above enemy strongholds, and high-stakes, low-profile stealth missions in both plain sight and under the cover of darkness.
With early Campaign access, you’ll be fully prepared and ready to go when the game’s Multiplayer options open up at game launch.
Modern Warfare II Preorder Benefits
In addition to gaining early access to the Modern Warfare II Campaign, digital preorders also grant in-game content to be used immediately within Call of Duty: Vanguard and Call of Duty: Warzone. You’ll also get Beta Early Access and in-game content available at Modern Warfare II launch.
Modern Warfare II Preorder Rewards
Up to one-week early access to the full Modern Warfare II Campaign.
Access to the full game on October 28.
Open Beta Early Access starting September 22
Final Judgement Bundle: Immediate access to the Legendary “Deathknell” Operator Skin and the Legendary “Bloodthirsty” Weapon Blueprint for use in Vanguard and Warzone.
Modern Warfare II Vault Edition Preorder Rewards
You get all previously listed rewards, plus:
Red Team 141: Four playable Multiplayer Operators — Ghost, Farah, Price, and Soap — each wearing a special masked outfit, which will be available during the Open Beta.
FJX Cinder Weapon Vault: At Call of Duty: Next, we plan to share more details on this and the new Gunsmith, which will also be playable during the Open Beta.
Season One Battle Pass and 50 Tier Skips: If you purchase the Vault Edition after Season One, the free Battle Pass and Tier Skips apply to the current season.
Ghost Legacy Pack: 20+ free items celebrating the Task Force 141 icon, for Modern Warfare (2019) and Warzone, unlocked upon pre-order.
Get Early Access to the Multiplayer Beta
Your preorder provides early access to the future of Call of Duty Multiplayer combat. The Modern Warfare II Open Beta will be free on Xbox for one full weekend. Early Beta access is granted to those with either digital or retail preorders.
Multiplayer Beta Dates
Xbox Early Access: Those who preordered the game for Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S can begin playing the Beta on Thursday, September 22 at 10 AM PT. Xbox Live Gold subscription is required for Xbox players.
Xbox Open Beta: For the rest of the weekend, from Saturday, September 24 at 10 AM PT to Monday, September 26 at 10 AM PT, the Beta is accessible to Xbox players regardless of preorder status and Xbox Live Gold subscription will not be required. Crossplay will be enabled, meaning you can play with the greater community no matter what hardware they use and can unlock rewards together, available in-game at launch.
More Intel On the Way at Call of Duty: Next
Discover the immediate future of Call of Duty by tuning into the Call of Duty: Next event going live on September 15, 2022. Expect many more details regarding Modern Warfare II and information on the next Call of Duty: Warzone. Experience a multihour event featuring a full Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Multiplayer reveal, a multitude of your favorite streamers playing the games in real time, and a whole lot more.
Stay Frosty.
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II – Cross-Gen Bundle
From the deepest seas to the highest mountains, and across some of the most hostile survival environments in the video game kingdom, your challenge is clear… Survive!
We have put together an exciting collection of titles to test your exploration and survival skills and discounted them up to 50% from now until August 15. Here’s a few challenges waiting for you to face them:
Stranded Deep In the aftermath of a mysterious plane crash, you are stranded in the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean. Alone, or with a friend, without any means to call for help, you must do what you can to survive. Explore underwater and on land as you hunt for supplies to craft the tools, weapons, and shelter you’ll need to stay alive. Stay sharp: hunger, thirst, and exposure conspire against you as you brave treacherous elements and the dangerous creatures of the Pacific.
7 Days to Die Set in a brutally unforgiving post-apocalyptic world overrun by the undead, 7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. It presents combat, crafting, looting, mining, exploration, and character growth.
Subnautica: Below Zero Below Zero is an underwater adventure game set on an alien ocean world. Submerge yourself in an all-new, sub-zero expedition in an arctic region of Planet 4546B. Arriving with little more than your wits and some survival equipment, you set out to investigate what happened to your sister.
The below zero temperatures of this arctic region pose a new threat. New weather conditions blanket above-ground habitats. Craft a toasty cold suit, sip on piping hot coffee, and warm up next to Thermal Lilies to stave off the chill.
Surviving the Aftermath Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.
Go beyond the colony and explore the wastelands to gather resources, meet rival colonies, and uncover the world’s secrets.
Last Oasis Keep moving, the world is dying! In this Nomadic Survival MMO, you can build walking mobile bases to travel to new lands. Join up with a clan and fight for territory. Resources deplete fast, so grab your sword and get ready to scavenge, pirate, and trade to stay alive.
This is just a small sample of the survival adventures waiting for you. The [email protected] Survival Sale will run until August 15th and remember your goal is simple… Live long enough, Stay Alive!
Earlier today, the THQ Nordic Digital Showcase presented games from developers across the globe, featuring everything from racing, wrestling, action-adventure, RTS, RPGs, and more! We also got a look at some upcoming sequels to THQN favorites, new gaming experiences, plus a few surprises sprinkled in! Let’s check out what was revealed:
Get ready for the return of a survival horror icon with Alone in the Dark
The franchise that defined the survival-horror genre is coming to Xbox in the reimagining of Alone in the Dark! Developer Pieces Interactive is returning to the franchise’s roots with a take on the classic setting while updating and reimagining the game for a new generation of players. You’ll experience a completely original story set in the gothic American south during the 1920s; a noir setting with classic Lovecraftian horror elements. You’ll revisit an expanded and transformed Derceto Mansion, the location that featured in the original game, and engage in classic survival horror gameplay that made the original so famous.
Crypto is back. With a license to probe in Destroy All Humans! 2 Reprobed
Blast and body snatch your way to domination over planet Earth as publisher THQ Nordic and developer Black Forest Games present the return of Crypto to Xbox in Destroy All Humans! 2 Reprobed. Experience an adventure inspired by the swinging ‘60s with everyone’s favorite alien invader, Crypto, as he returns with a license to probe and this time, he’s groovier and even more dangerous that ever.
The return of the classic action RPG, Gothic, now updated for a new generation of players
Coming soon to Xbox platforms, Gothic is a reimagining and remake of the iconic 2001 action RPG. Developer Alkimia Interactive aims to bring back and build upon the unique atmosphere and gameplay of the legendary original, mixed with contemporary RPG game design to bring the series up to date. The reimagining of Gothic places you in the role of a nameless prisoner in the mines of King Rhobar, where your choices and actions will decide not just your fate but the fate of the colony itself.
Cutter Slade returns in Outcast 2 – A New Beginning, the latest chapter in this classic open world adventure franchise
The legendary Cutter Slade returns with the original developer, Appeal Studios, at the helm to deliver the long-awaited sequel to Xbox. It’s a new adventure on the alien world of Adelpha, where the almighty Yods have resurrected the wise-cracking, sharp-shooting ex-Navy Seal, Cutter Slade, or “The Ulukai,” as they like to call him. With his trademark jetpack that lets you jump, air-dash, and glide, you’ll traverse the game’s dangerous, beautiful, and hand-crafted open world, allowing you to approach the story at your own pace accompanied by an epic soundtrack from composer, Lennie Moore.
Explore over 100 miles of open world terrain in the most authentic hunting experience yet with Way of the Hunter
Experience a next-gen hunting experience from developer Nine Rocks Games, in partnership with THQ Nordic. In Way of the Hunter, you’ll journey across ancient hunting grounds of the Pacific Northwest, showcasing a diverse set of challenges from hunting elk and deer to waterfowl. The game also lets you challenge your hunting skills in Transylvania where you’ll track wild boar and grizzly bears. Thanks to a sophisticated system that simulates the lifecycles of thousands of creatures, you’ll have to learn how to track animals, understand the terrain, and study dozens of different species recreated with authentic behaviours to come out on top.
Welcome to the Mixworld! Crash, stunt, race, and create in Wreckreaction
Developed by Three Fields Entertainment, featuring creators from the Burnout and Need for Speed franchises, Wreckreaction has been designed to become your ultimate open world racing, driving, and stunt sandbox experience. Enter your very own Mixworld, a 400-square-kilometer racing realm, that lets you create, shape, and wreck whichever way you see fit. It’s there you’ll have to out-race, out-stunt, and out-crash your friends (and the rest of the world) on courses and tracks designed by you and the Wreckreaction community. Your Mixworld is an arcade racing canvas, where your imagination can run wild… and so can the vehicles!
All Elite Wrestling: Fight Forever brings a new wrestling experience to Xbox
THQ Nordic is bringing Xbox fans the glamour and action from “All Elite Wrestling,” the sports entertainment franchise that’s taking TNT and TBS networks by storm. Developed by Yuke’s Co, whose heritage includes developing some of the best-selling wrestling video games of all-time, All Elite Wrestling: Fight Forever is designed to combine nostalgic arcade wrestling gameplay with the full spectrum of finishers and tandem offensive moves you’ve come to love from AEW. Including some of the biggest stars in the ring, while placing an emphasis on fun, fast, and frantic fighting with pick-up-and-play controls, you’ll be wrestling like an AEW pro in no time.
SpongeBob returns in a fantastic new adventure in SpongeBob Squarepants: The Cosmic Shake
Are you ready, kids? SpongeBob and Patrick return to Xbox! Travel merrily to a multitude of different Wishworlds, each with its very own setting and rules, including Wild West Jellyfish Fields full of crazy cowboys, or the Halloween Rock Bottom where anything might happen. Embark with your friends on thrilling adventures in this upcoming 3D platformer where you’ll choose your favorite costume and polish up your platforming skills including… karate? What could go wrong? Everybody get ready to do the Cosmic Shake with your favorite sponge and his Bikini Bottom buddies.
As a part of the 7th anniversary of the Horizon Chase franchise, a new game mode called “Adventures” will be available on the main menu of Horizon Chase Turbo, starting from August 11th. It’s an improved version of Playgrounds, which will definitely be replaced by this new mode.
The Adventures Mode consists of a series of five different challenges available for each of the 34 vehicles of the game, totaling 180 different races that the player needs to reach in first place to be rewarded. It’s like a mini-campaign in which each of the vehicles of Horizon Chase Turbo takes the center role, being the protagonist of its own adventure.
Once a specific car challenge is overcome, a new skin will be unlocked, yielding a total of approximately eight new hours of gameplay in Horizon Chase Turbo. Note that 31 of these 34 skins were rewards in the Platinum Club campaign of the mobile version of Horizon Chase during the Platinum Club campaign, while three of them are never-before-seen content exclusive for the Turbo version.
To play Adventuresmode, simply access the mode through the main menu, select the desired car and win the available races. Note that this process does not unlock the vehicle in question, being necessary to obtain it in the World Tour to be able to play with the new skin.
Skin hunting is an addiction, and we want to make you addicted!
Horizon Chase Turbo
Aquiris Game Studio
☆☆☆☆☆79
★★★★★
$19.99$4.99
Xbox One X Enhanced
A TRIBUTE TO CLASSIC ARCADE RACERS
Horizon Chase Turbo is a racing game inspired by the great hits of the 80’s and 90’s: Out Run, Top Gear, Rush, among others. It recreates classic arcade gameplay and offers you unbound speed limits of fun. COUCH MULTIPLAYER IS BACK
Horizon Chase Turbo offers a Multiplayer Split Screen mode that rescues the nostalgia of playing with your best friends sitting on a couch all night long. 16-BIT GRAPHICS REINVENTED
Horizon Chase Turbo is inspired in the past without letting go of its contemporaneity. You’ll pilot your car through extraordinary places, watching the sun setting, facing rain, snow, volcanic ashes and even severe sandstorms. BARRY LEITCH, THE LEGEND
Horizon Chase Turbo presents Barry Leitch, the musician behind the soundtracks of classic arcade racing games Lotus Turbo Challenge, Top Gear and Rush.
Arcade Paradise launches on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One today
Relive 90’s gaming nostalgia on your journey from rags to arcade riches!
Discover tips from the devs to help you get started in the game
Hi everyone, I’m Andreas Firnigl, CEO and founder of Nosebleed Interactive.
It seems like an age ago that we announced Arcade Paradise, and I’m very excited that launch day is now finally here! What a ride it has been. To help you get into the game the team have put together a short list of tips and tricks to help you build the ultimate games arcade; but first, a little background information for anyone that is new to the game.
Arcade Paradise is a 90’s themed arcade management simulator with over 35 fully playable arcade games to unlock. You play as Ashley, tasked by your father, played by Doug Cockle (Geralt from The Witcher series) to manage the day-to-day running the family’s laundromat business. Sounds a bit dull, right? … But hold on, wait. Things start to get really interesting when you discover a bunch of dusty old arcade machines lying in the back room of the laundromat, which have much more potential than the dreary laundromat business.
So, about those tips and tricks.
Be Your Own Boss
You’ve been handed the keys to the King Wash laundromat and it’s your final chance to impress before your father sends you to the local meat-packing plant to work. Sound grim?! So let’s make sure that doesn’t happen.
It’s up to you how you plan on making money, you’re calling the shots here. You’ll notice that each day will have its own sort of routine. It’s up to you how you tackle the chores. Start the day by cleaning the place up by throwing out all the trash and finding the rather ‘gummy’ special packages. You’ll make decent cash daily doing that.
Whilst that’s going on, why not throw on a few washes? That way you know you’ll be making additional money if you keep to a good schedule. Once all the chores are done, play to your hearts content… And don’t forget to fix the toilet.
Smash Your Goals
You are here to play arcade games and smash high-scores! On top of that, you’ve got a plethora of goals to tick off, too.
Honouring the 90s vibes, each delivery and new game you acquire should feel like the times you used to excitedly read the game manual from cover to cover before finally playing that game you’ve been waiting for.
In Arcade Paradise the ‘goal’ system should hopefully give you that same buzz with each cabinet delivery.
Once delivered, open up your PDA, from there you’ll be able to dial into the specifics about all the games you own, and see each cabinet’s goal list.
Completing goals or even just spending time playing a machine will vastly improve its popularity and income from it, meaning more profit! It’s the best way of bringing in those bucks. More profit means more games! Tasty.
Get Your Upgrades
So you’ve been slaving away day and night running this place, admittedly many of those hours were spent playing games out the back (we won’t tell your father).
You also have a daily list of “to-dos”. Each completed activity will net you some £ (that’s right, pounds sterling!)
Fed up of that analogue safe? Winding that annoying dial back and forth? Why not purchase a digital one? Want some kick-ass trainers so you can run about the place? Get some of your favourite sneakers. And if you save up enough, you’ll even be able to buy your own car so you don’t have to travel home on the bus. Nice!
Just log into “PoundBuy” on your desktop PC to spend all that £ sterling. They have all the things you could want to improve your day-to-day workflow and get rid of some of the small gripes you may have. The upgrade system is going to make your life so much easier.
One final pro tip… ’on’t want the stress of making sure you S-Rank every’ne’s linens? We got you. We know people love cheat modes, and th’re’s one cheat mode to rule them all… Up, up…hmm… how did it go again?
We hope these tips help you on your journey from rags to arcade riches, and we can’t wait to hear how you get on!
Arcade Paradise is available now for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One.
Arcade Paradise
Wired Productions
☆☆☆☆☆3
★★★★★
Welcome to Arcade Paradise, the 90’s retro arcade adventure game. With the keys to the family laundromat, Ashley decides to transform the business and give the sleepy town of Grindstone something to get excited about! Stay one step ahead of your father, manage and invest profits, and build your very own Arcade Paradise! Rags to riches… literally!
Take the laundromat business made up of dull chores from washing clothes to throwing out the trash, and turn it into a booming arcade with the coolest games in town raking in all the money! Insert Coin
Over 35 arcade games, each fully realized with its own gameplay, stories, missions and high scores to set! Inspired by 3 decades of gaming, from early vector games right up to the 32-bit era. Here comes a new challenger
Insert a second coin and play against a friend in a number of co-operative & competitive arcade games up to 4 players locally. Set the high scores
Prove yourself across each game, set your initials, make your favorite arcade game more popular and upload to the online leaderboards! Soundtrack worthy of the cassette collection
From the individual games to choosing what song to put on the jukebox inspired by some of the great records of the early 90s, the soundtrack captures the heart of a bygone era. The greatest gaming era ever
Hello 90’s. If you could smell this game, it would smell like memories. Everything from the look and feel of the arcades, to using the latest PC connected to the mind-blowing dial-up connection, all has been recreated with pure love. Gerald in the Riviera
Doug Cockle (famous for his voice acting in Victor Vran and The Witcher series) plays the role of Ashley’s berating father. Being too busy in the Riviera to see King Wash for himself, you will receive many phone calls from Gerald sharing his wise words of advice and constant reminders to fix the toilet.
We’re excited to return to gamescom in Cologne, Germany this August and hang out in person with the community for the first time since 2019!
We’re really looking forward to being back on the show floor, bringing our passionate fans together again in person to celebrate what’s ahead at Xbox. At gamescom 2022, whether attending the show or watching the Xbox Booth @ gamescom Live Stream from home, fans in Europe and around the world can expect a little more insight into some of our previously announced games coming to Xbox in the next 12 months.
We’re also very pleased to announce the return of Xbox FanFest to the show floor. More details on this and everything else we’re up to at gamescom 2022, can be found below. Here’s what to expect.
Xbox Booth
This year the Xbox booth will be back in Hall 8 and will feature 36 stations with a fantastic line-up of content coming to Xbox in the next 12 months, many of which will arrive on Game Pass on day one.
For those attending in person, you will be able to go hands-on with some of the latest games and updates from Xbox Game Studios, including:
Pentiment (Obsidian Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios)
Age of Empires IV (Relic Entertainment & World’s Edge / Xbox Game Studios)
Microsoft Flight Simulator (Asobo Studio / Xbox Game Studios Publishing)
Sea of Thieves (Rare Games / Xbox Game Studios)
Grounded(Obsidian Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios)
We will be celebrating some of our third-party partners too, with playable titles on the booth including:
APlague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio / Focus Entertainment)
Disney Dreamlight Valley (Gameloft)
Gunfire Reborn (Duoyi Games / 505 Games)
Inkulinati (Yaza Games / Daedalic Entertainment)
Last Case of Benedict Fox (Plot Twist Games / Rogue Games)
Lies of P (Neowiz)
Lightyear Frontier (Frame Break)
Planet of Lana (Wishfully / Thunderful)
You Suck at Parking (Happy Volcano)
Visitors to the booth will also be able to get hands-on with the new Xbox App on the latest 2022 Samsung Smart TV, part of our mission to empower everyone to play the games they want, with the people they want, anywhere they want.
In addition to getting hands-on with the latest games, attendees will have the chance to become a video game hero with some amazing photo opportunities. You’ll be able to…
Come face-to-face with the first boss from Grounded, the Broodmother, a larger-than-life spider 5 meters (17 feet) wide who is looking forward to getting a selfie with you
Walk the plank with Sea of Thieves
Fight the Piglins with Minecraft Legends
Storm the battlefield with Age of Empires IV
Take a selfie with Starfield’s robot companion, VASCO
We can’t wait to see what you get up to.
Xbox remains committed to the belief that gaming should be safe, inclusive, and accessible for all. That’s why we’re ensuring that Xbox Adaptive Controllers will be available on request and all areas of the booth will be wheelchair accessible. Additionally, easily identifiable American Sign Language (ASL), British Sign Language (BSL), and German Sign Language (DGS) interpreters, as well as “Here to Help” staff, will be available to assist players of all abilities.
We are also pleased to announce that Xbox is an official partner of “gamescom goes green” and we have made a voluntary climate contribution to ClimatePartner to offset the CO2 consumption of our show floor presence. We are also committed to the prevention of waste in the design, presence and breakdown of the Xbox booth itself. All of this forms part of Xbox’s commitment to our players and the industry to work tirelessly to reduce our environmental impact in a responsible way.
You will be able to find us at Hall 8 of the Koelnmesse, North entrance. Come hang out with Team Xbox!
See below for the consumer show opening times:
Thursday, August 25 – 10:00am – 8:00pm CEST
Friday, August 26 – 10:00am – 8:00pm CEST
Saturday, August 27 – 9:00am – 8:00 pm CEST
Sunday, August 28 – 9:00am – 8:00pm CEST
Xbox Booth @ gamescom Live Stream
Live from the Xbox Booth at gamescom, on Thursday, August 25 from 2:00pm CEST – 8:00pm CEST / 5:00am PT – 11:00am PT / 8:00am ET – 2:00pm ET we’ll also host a special day of live-streamed conversations. Expect developer interviews and gameplay from various Xbox Game Studios including Mojang Studios, Obsidian Entertainment, and World’s Edge plus Xbox Game Studios Publishing and their partners at Asobo Studio, in addition to some of our highly anticipated games from our third-party partners. Join us for the whole stream or tune in for the latest on your most anticipated titles. Keep an eye on Xbox Social channels for the full content schedule in the days leading up to gamescom.
Here’s a taste of what to expect:
Microsoft Flight Simulator (Asobo Studio / Xbox Game Studios Publishing)
Gunfire Reborn (Duoyi Games / 505 Games)
Sea of Thieves (Rare Games / Xbox Game Studios)
Lies of P (Neowiz)
High On Life (Squanch Games)
Grounded (Obsidian Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios)
Pentiment (Obsidian Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios)
A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio / Focus Entertainment)
Minecraft Legends (Mojang Studios & Blackbird Interactive / Xbox Game Studios)
Planet of Lana (Wishfully / Thunderful)
Age of Empires IV (Relic Entertainment & World’s Edge / Xbox Game Studios)
The live English-language broadcast from Xbox’s gamescom booth will be available in German, French, Polish, Italian, Spanish (Latin American & Castilian), Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (Simplified), along with ASL, BSL and DGS interpretation, and English Audio Descriptions. You can catch all the Xbox Booth @gamescom Live Stream on regional Xbox channels on YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, and elsewhere.
Xbox FanFest @ gamescom
After Hours Booth Access Event.
Xbox FanFest will host a special event after hours in the Xbox Booth. This event will take place on Wednesday, August 24from 8:00pm – 11:00pm CEST and gives select fans a chance to beat the crowds and get access to the booth before the show opens to public ticket holders. There’s no better way to connect with others in the Xbox community than being together in-person. Together, fans can enjoy fun booth activities, including meet and greets with game creators. To enter for a chance to win a ticket to the After Hours Booth Access Event for you and a friend, register as an Xbox FanFest fan at xbox.com/fanfest and opt-in on the exclusives page. Entry period ends August 15 at 11:59pm PT.
Virtual Meet & Greets with Sea of Thieves and Park Beyond.
Can’t make it to gamescom in person this year? No problem. Xbox FanFest will host Meet & Greets with Sea of Thieves and Park Beyond on Friday, August 26. Fans can participate no matter where they may be by joining a Microsoft Teams call. These virtual experiences are a unique opportunity to chat directly with game creators about their games and their experience in the industry. To enter for a chance to win, register as an Xbox FanFest fan at xbox.com/fanfest and opt-in for the meet and greet of your choice. Entry period ends August 15 at 11:59pm PT. See Official Rules for full details.
Ain’t no party like a Two Point Campus party, at least if you’re into milkshakes and DJs named after puns. Two Point Campus is out now for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and with Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass, bringing the party straight to your screen with a bevy of new clubs, activities, and bands for your college students to rock out to. Trust us, it’s totally for the greater good of their education. Totally.
Every party needs a venue, and that’s where the student union (that’s British for “lounge”) comes in. Prop up your four walls, plop down a milkshake bar staffed by one of your university’s assistants, and maybe toss in a disco dance floor, and you’ve got yourself a party headquarters. Players can then schedule a ton of different events to help keep their students happy and entertained. Remember, it’s harder for your students to hit the books if they’re constantly bummed out. Happiness is one of several factors you’ll have to keep track of to ensure your students succeed.
Chief among these awesome offerings, gigs offer the hottest bands in Two Point County the chance to play for your prestigious institution.
The Ripped Chords
You may know Ripped Chords from Campus Radio or the credits of that one film you liked. This three-piece may not draw the biggest crowds, but they’re beloved by a silent minority, listening in their bedrooms, their basements and quiet parkland areas.
Alchemical Friendship
The story goes that the two friends met in potions class at Spiffinmoore Academy, where an unusually strong batch of skyweeds caused the pair’s jingle potion to leave them both with permanent, irreversible musical talent.
Boogie Knights
The Two Point Squabbler described the Boogie Knights as “the funkiest knights that Two Point County has ever seen”, and while that’s wildly speculative and totally unprovable, it’s also hard to argue with.
Are parties a little much for you? Maybe you prefer to take things slower. Hopefully not too slow, because the Speedwalking Club is looking for fresh recruits. Clubs are yet another way for students to stave off the doldrums while doing something productive.
In the Speedwalking Club, students are challenged to get their steps in and kick up a little dust in their wake. Decorate campus with speed walking signs and giant mouse wheels and your students’ healthiness will increase along with their overall movement speed. Now there’s no excuse to be late to lecture.
On the polar-opposite side of the spectrum, the Power-Napping Club is for those who love their Z’s. Practice your sleep-talking next to Sleepy Sheep stands or giant moon statues surrounded by pillows. Who approved this?
Finally, you’ve got the Gardening Club. Take off those shoes and pick up a watering can, it’s time to escape the strain of everyday life. Whether it’s all day in the library or that suffocating, synthetic jumper, some students just want more nature. Feel the earth beneath your feet, the sun on your face and the wind… wherever it is you feel that.
No matter what kind of student you are, rest assured that Two Point Campus is there to take your tuition fee. Welcome to the first day of class.
Two Point Campus
SEGA Europe Ltd
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Take your simulation management experience to a class above with Two Point Campus, the sequel to the multi-million selling Two Point Hospital. Build your university, your way! It’s time to spin academia on its head! Got a yearning for learning? Or just keen to build an educational masterpiece? Two Point Campus is jam-packed with new creative tools to help you build the university of your dreams. For the first time, build on the outside as you develop a blank canvas of greenery into your own delightfully educational campus environment, housing the top teaching facilities in the land. Lay down pathways with new easy-to-use tools. Plant glorious collections of outdoor flora. Place benches and tennis courts. Build a Cheeseball arena, complete with stands. The only limit is your imagination (and your in-game bank balance). Not the usual fare But, of course, it wouldn’t be a Two Point game without a twist. Rather than typical academic fare, students in Two Point County enjoy a range of wild and wonderful courses: from Knight School (hey, we all have to learn jousting at some point in our lives), to the salivatory Gastronomy, where your students will build mouth-watering concoctions like giant pizzas and enormous pies. The academic year… is here! Take advantage of the opportunity to spend way more time with the little people in your university. The academic year begins with a summer break, giving you enough time to get everything looking great before your students move in. Build libraries, hire the best staff, kit your campus out with the best courses and watch the academic potential of your students get unlocked! Shaping the students of the future. But it’s not just work hard. Oh, no. It’s play hard, too. For your university students aren’t all bookish 24/7. You’ll need to keep an eye on their happiness and make sure they’re getting enough entertainment, pastoral care and general joie de vivre to develop into incredible individuals who will do the legacy of your university proud. Keep it classy!
Announced earlier today on the official Microsoft Blog, Unity has selected Azure as its cloud partner for building and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) experiences from the Unity engine. By giving creators easy access to RT3D simulation tools and the ability to create digital twins of real-world places and objects, Unity is offering creators an easy path to production of RT3D assets, whether for games or non-gaming worlds.
“Our commitment to creators is something we share with our longtime partner, Unity, a global leader in real-time 3D technology,” notes CVP of Game Creator Experiences and Ecosystem at Microsoft Sarah Bond. “ We’re also committed to expanding the creation and distribution of 3D content, to bringing relevant tools and technologies to a wider range of developers, and to making it easier than ever to bring games to players.”
As noted in the official post, the partnership between Microsoft and Unity will also enable Made with Unity game creators to more easily reach their players across Windows and Xbox devices and unlock new success opportunities.
“By engineering improved developer tools, leveraging the latest platform innovation from silicon to cloud, and simplifying the publishing experience, Unity creators will be able to realize their dreams by bringing their games to more gamers around the world,” says Bond.
Xbox has partnered with Interscope Records, renowned record producer, DJ, and songwriter benny blanco, Jin, Jimin, V and Jung Kook of 21st century pop icons BTS, and rapper and actor Snoop Dogg to launch the first ever singing Xbox controller in celebration of their newly released single “Bad Decisions.”
The controller, sure to become a prized-collectible item for gaming and music fans alike, features custom artwork, the names of the artists and a speaker attached to the back which allows you to listen to the new single out loud through the press of a button. Fans will be able to enter to win one of their own singing controllers, simply by following and retweeting the @Xbox announcement tweet (terms and conditions).
In addition to this exclusive controller, Forza Horizon 5 will be giving away a custom vehicle designed in the theme of the single artwork of “Bad Decisions” as well as a QR code linking players directly to listen to the new song as they drive around the Horizon Festival. The 1971 Meyers Manx and livery will be available for download from the in-game “Gifts” tab within the Message Center.
Be sure to tune in to Xbox’s Twitch channel on August 5 at 11am PT to celebrate the “Bad Decisions” music video, enjoy an exclusive, first look at the singing Xbox controller and to experience the exciting in-game content from Forza Horizon 5.
