Rigid Force Alpha launches onto Steam 31st August 2018

16th August, 2018 - Hannover, Germany – Today, indie developer com8com1 has announced the launch of its first title, Rigid Force Alpha, a retro shoot ‘em up action game which will be available on Steam from 31st August 2018 at price £15.49/$19.99 /€19.99.

Rigid Force Alpha breathes new life into the side-scrolling shooter genre with its hand-crafted 3D graphics, stunning environments, and detailed visual effects. Players can arm their fighters with numerous upgradeable weapons, increase their firepower with adjustable Force Shards and collect Energy Orbs to unleash extremely powerful blasts against an armada of enemies and huge bosses.

Marcel Rebenstorf, head of design and production commented: “Rigid Force Alpha has been a labour of love for the team at com8com1 since 2011 and is our first title. We are immensely proud to announce Rigid Force Alpha and unleash it to the world. Every stage of development, we asked ourselves, ‘can we make it better and can we make it more fun?; and we’re delighted with the result.”

Rigid Force Alpha couples an exciting story mode with a challenging arcade mode and has a vast number of features within the game, including:

Unique weapons and power-up systems
Vast amounts of different enemies, challenging mid-bosses and enormous end bosses
An exciting story mode with animated cutscenes
Additional Arcade and Boss Rush game modes for extended high score runs
Six different action-packed 3D stages
Adjustable difficulty level - for beginners to experienced players
Leaderboards and 40 achievements to unlock
Original synthwave soundtrack by DREAMTIME featuring Michael Chait


The Trailer is available to view here:

Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise – Combat Trailer | PS4

Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise is coming to the West on October 2, 2018!

Lost Paradise is a high-intensity action-adventure RPG based within the world of the beloved Fist of the North Star manga.

Become the Fist of the North Star - Explore an alternate version of the Fist of the North Star canon; take control of Kenshiro as he searches for his lost love Yuria in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. For anyone unfamiliar with the original story, Lost Paradise can be enjoyed as a completely standalone experience.

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State of Mind - Launch Trailer

Berlin, 2048 – The world is on the brink. Lack of resources, illnesses caused by polluted air and water, crime on the rise, war. Governments and companies promise remedies through technological progress. Drones and humanoid robots replace humans in the public sector, everything is interconnected, surveillance has become omnipresent.

The luddite organization “Breakpoint” opposes these developments. According to them, the transhumanist dreams of the rich and powerful will lead to a nightmarish dystopia: Two-class society, civil unrest, the end of biological humanity. “Breakpoint” is no longer content with being an underground hacker organization – they are armed and ready for an uprising.

What will the world look like after this storm, what will remain of humanity?

New trailer reveals that sci-fi adventure ‘Elea’ launches on 6th September

Rotterdam, The Netherlands - August 13, 2018 - The first episode of surreal sci-fi adventure Elea will launch into the galaxy on the 6th of September. Elea is coming to Xbox One and Steam® and is already available for pre-order on Xbox One.



Visit the Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/812020/rda

Inspired by the classics
Kyodai, the developer of Elea, got the inspiration for the game’s narrative from the books of classic sci-fi writers such as Stanislaw Lem, Arthur C. Clarke and Frank Herbert. Being big fans of story-driven first-person games, they asked themselves at the early stages of development what innovation Elea could offer to the genre besides its unique and touching story.

They noticed that many first-person adventures offer just one main distinct location, with one specific visual style. Inspired by their love of old-school platformer games, they decided to take a completely different approach for Elea. In classic platformer games the environments can vary from a lava level to a snow level, followed by a jungle level for example. The developers wanted to give Elea this same incredible variety in surroundings, to make it feel like an enormous journey through time and space.

A rising star
Elea already launched into Early Access on Steam® at the end of April. SOEDESCO’s community manager Marten Buijsse states: ‘’Thanks to the community’s enthusiasm and help, we have been able to finish and fine-tune the game based on their wishes and good advice. We are now confident that we can present Elea in its best form for the full release on Xbox One and Steam’’.

devcom presents Women In Games networking event for the first time

Cologne, August 13th 2018 – True to gamescom’s motto ‘diversity wins’, the organizers of the international developers conference devcom continue their work to champion diversity within the gaming industry. With Women in Games, devcom offers a forum to women who are already part of the gaming industry or who would like to gain a foothold within the industry for the first time.

The networking event takes place on Monday from 3:00 to 4:30 PM and offers guests from all fields the chance to get to know new people, to exchange information and to find out about new trends in the gaming industry. Furthermore, there will be a mentoring program with spontaneous sessions, where female industry veterans will answer questions about career planning, CVs and resumes. The event is open to everybody who is interested.

Devcom takes place on August 19th and 20th prior to gamescom.

Additionally a completely new event will take place at devcom for the first time this year: devcom HR on August 20th, organized jointly with MeetToMatch. Devcom HR is a recruitment event at which company representatives actively meet job applicants in order to talk about career opportunities, jobs and possibilities. Interested companies can book a booth and meet candidates for 20-minute one-on-one interviews on Monday from 4:00 to 6:00PM via an adapted version of the MeetToMatch tool.

People who have already arrived for gamescom and would like to take part in devcom HR will be able to access devcom from 4:00 PM.

The MeetToMatch software has been adapted for this event in order to fulfil the specific needs and aims of the gaming industry.

If you are interested in taking part in devcom HR, please contact sales@aruba-events.de or register at Eventbrite.

Further information about devcom 2018 can be found at: https://www.devcom.global/