VooFoo Studios Celebrate 10 Years And 5.5M Downloads Across All Games!

Birmingham, United Kingdom – July 2017 – Award nominated indie developer and publisher VooFoo Studios, best known for the ‘Pure’ series and acclaimed top-down racer, Mantis Burn Racing®, today proudly celebrate their 10th birthday! To mark the occasion VooFoo has revealed that their games have generated over 5.5M downloads across all platforms to date.

Technology Director and owner of VooFoo Studios, Mark Williams, is delighted to have reached such a prestigious milestone, “For a small indie studio to be celebrating our 10th anniversary and over 5M downloads in such a notoriously unpredictable industry is something we can all be immensely proud of. It's testament to the hard work, determination and talent of the team and I want to thank everyone who has contributed to all of our achievements over the past 10 years. With our move into publishing, work underway on a new owned IP and exciting plans for Mantis Burn Racing®, the future’s never looked brighter for the studio - here’s to the next 10 years!”

VooFoo Studios was founded in 2007, starting out as just a three-man team short on resources and finance but equipped with boundless enthusiasm and an unflinching ambition to create fun, best-in-class games that anyone can play. After many years hard work, the studio has grown and developed a proud reputation for creative and technical expertise with games that have released on every major gaming console, PC and mobile, all of which have been developed using their own in-house tech and game engine.

VooFoo’s first published game, Hustle Kings, published by Sony in 2009, reached the top of the PSN charts, earning them two Develop Awards nominations in the process. Whilst Hustle Kings helped launch the studio, the VooFoo developed ‘Pure’ series of games - Pure Chess (2012), Pure Pool (2014) and Pure Hold’em (2015), along with Big Sky Infinity (2012), FlyHunter (2014) and Mantis Burn Racing® (2016), earned the studio hoards of enthusiastic reviews from press and gamers worldwide and have collectively generated over 5.5M downloads across all platforms. With a growing team and increased in-house expertise, 2016 saw VooFoo take the bold and exciting step into publishing with the release of their first owned IP, the highly acclaimed and incredibly addictive top-down racer, Mantis Burn Racing®, on PlayStation®4, Xbox One and Steam (PC).

VooFoo Studios 2017
Whilst VooFoo are rightfully proud of their achievements over the past 10 years, with a new publishing capability, work underway on a brand-new IP and exciting plans to extend Mantis Burn Racing® into new areas, they are confident that their biggest successes are still ahead of them.

VooFoo Studios’ key milestones and achievements:
2007 - Formed by Mark Williams, ex Rage and Juiced Games.
2009 - Hustle Kings (PS3/PS Vita) earns VooFoo two Develop Award nominations.
2012/15 - The VooFoo developed ‘Pure’ series of games release to worldwide critical acclaim, selling millions of copies globally.
2012 - Twin-stick shooter, Big Sky Infinity, wins Pocket Gamer’s ‘Gold Award’ (PS Vita).
2016 – VooFoo self-publishes their first owned IP, Mantis Burn Racing®, gaining a TIGA award nomination for best racing game.
July 2017 – VooFoo celebrate 10 years in the games industry, announcing over 5.5M downloads across all games to date.
2017 – Work underway on a number of unannounced projects including a new owned IP.

VooFoo are currently working on a number of as yet unannounced projects, which are as diverse as they are exciting and may just surprise a few people!

Follow VooFoo Studios: 
Facebook.com/VooFoo
Twitter @VooFoo
https://www.instagram.com/VooFooStudios/
https://www.twitch.tv/VooFooStudios

ESL Play to Host Free-To-Play Heavy Metal Machines European Championship; Full Registration and Tournament Dates Revealed

Florianópolis, Brazil — 30th June, 2017 — Hoplon, the leading video games developer in Brazil is today delighted to announce that upcoming car-combat MOBA, Heavy Metal Machines registration will be open for its Esports European Championship from 1st July 2017 for a limited period via ESL Play. Heavy Metal Machines is currently available to play for free on Steam.

Register for free on the ESL Play tournament page: https://play.eslgaming.com/hmm/europe/hmm/major/european-championship/qualifier-2017/

Filled with fast-paced action, team play elements, unique MOBA gameplay and a heavy metal soundtrack, aspiring esports players, or current professionals across the globe, will be able to register for the first Heavy Metal Machines competitive tournament hosted on a European server with a prize pool of over €10,000. Hoplon is taking the necessary steps intended for its most important Heavy Metal Machines event, with recent leaderboards and bomb updates ensuring the MOBA is prepared for the competitive scene.

Players will be able to register through the official ESL website, connect their Steam account to their ESL account, and then team-up in Heavy Metal Machines. The captain of the team will register their side into the championship on the ESL platform.

The tournament dates and rounds are as follows:
1st July – Registrations opening

16th July – Qualifiers
First round – the Swiss Model will be used, which is broken down into rounds. Opponents being chosen at random.
Second round – winners play against winners and losers against losers.
Third round – has people who have played two and won two games pitted against each other. The same goes for those who have won one and lost one – they play each other, and those who’ve played two and lost two play one another.

23rd July – Play-offs
Top eight teams from the Qualifiers advance to the Play-offs.
A double elimination bracket system will be used – everyone has to lose twice before they are eliminated.

30th July – Main Finals (and Lower Bracket)
Lower Bracket Final is played between the last loser of the Upper Bracket and the Lower Bracket winner.
Main Final is played between the winner of the Lower Bracket Final and the winner of the Upper Bracket.
Second and third place game is not played – same prize pool

To find out more about the thrilling world of Hoplon’s Heavy Metal Machines, please follow them on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram or visit www.heavymetalmachines.com

Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 30 Minutes of Trial of the Sword

We dive into the beginning stages of the new Breath of the Wild DLC to unleash the full power of the Master Sword!

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo Switch)

THE GOLF CLUB 2 - Launch Trailer | PS4

Experience golf at its finest in The Golf Club 2, available now on PS4. Play thousands of pre-built courses or create your own, compete in dynamic tournaments, and progress your career by rising the ranks in lush, vibrant settings around the world!

Join and challenge Societies, playing tournaments and earning money to buy into bigger and better clubhouses. The Golf Club 2 also features an improved Course Creator, advanced swing mechanics, and much more.

The Golf Club 2 is available for both PS4 and Xbox One and you can buy from Amazon using the links below that open in a new window

The Golf Club 2 (PS4)
The Golf Club 2 (Xbox One)

ARMS Master Class w/ Mr. Yabuki

Hi, very excited today because we had the privilege of getting a special ARMS training session with the Mr. Yabuki! Mr. Yabuki is the producer of ARMS but you may remember him from the incredible exhibition match during the ARMS tournament at E3 last week. We got the chance to learn some tips and tricks and then we put them to the test with an ARMS rematch. Have you been playing the game? What’s your favorite character and ARM combination? Let us know in the comment section below. As always, thanks so much for watching and we’ll see you next week!

You can buy ARMS for Nintendo Switch now! Best price is Amazon, click the link below (opens in a new window)

ARMS (Nintendo Switch)