After the success of the beta phase, the gates to the monster-hunting MMO RaiderZ are open as of today, initially in English and German language versions. Players can look forward to exciting battles against massive boss opponents, tons of engaging quests, extensive PvP features and a sophisticated guild system.



RaiderZ also allows players to create truly individual characters and to imbue them with over 350 talents and diverse equipment items – your will be done!





Winter Event, Update in Early 2013

Winter is fast approaching, but all is not doom and gloom since there’s a fantastic event to look forward to. But there’s even more – in early 2013, Patch 1.1 will be arriving, the first of many planned content updates. Here’s what Rüdiger Mörsch, our Product Director, had to say on the launch of RaiderZ: “I’m really excited that we’ve now reached release status after a thoroughly successful beta phase. I’d like to take this chance to thank our beta testers for the great feedback and ample constructive criticism. I’m certain that RaiderZ will be a lot of fun for the players and us.”

Budding monster hunters can download the free game client and join the fray now by visiting:http://www.raiderz-europe.com/en/free-to-play.html.

RaiderZ – Thrilling Monster Hunt Meets Free-to-Play MMO
Supported by a custom-developed, modern graphics engine, this action-oriented MMO is distinguished by atmospheric gaming environments and an epic background story. With the help of an unconventional non-targeting combat system, RaiderZ gives players direct control over their character, enabling them to face a multitude of threatening opponents and imposing boss monsters.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 HD Revert Pack, the downloadable content for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD, will be released worldwide on December 4 for Xbox LIVE Arcade, PlayStation Network, and Steam for $4.99.


















Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 HD Revert Pack expands on the game’s winning formula with the inclusion of three levels from the original Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 (Airport, Los Angeles, and Canada). Skateboarding legends Steve Caballero and Geoff Rowley make their return to the world of Tony Hawk games and James Hetfield and Robert Trujillo from Metallica make a surprise appearance as playable characters. The Metallica track “All Nightmare Long” has also been added. But perhaps most importantly for true fans, the Revert move makes it return for mindblowing combos!

There is more good news for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD fans: Activision has confirmed today that a FREE title update will implement the beloved Revert into the original release as well. That’s right, players will be able to experience their favorite levels like never before and create combos that fans were only able to dream about. Look for this update to hit the week of the DLC release.

It's the time of year when the US of A are busy enjoying their Thanksgiving festivities and the rest of the world watches on. We did want to bring a nice slice of pecan pie to the whole world, but alas, we're all out of pie!
So, instead we've got three petrol guzzling, rear wheel drive, muscle cars and a new set of leaderboards to whet your appetite. We never liked pecans anyway!



So, it's time to get your Dodge on! We've launched three iconic, modern-day American muscle cars in the form of the Class B, 346 VPR Dodge Charger SRT8, Class B 340 VPR Dodge Challenger SRT8 and, of course, the incredible Class EX 491 VPR Dodge Viper SRT10! All three cars are wrapped up in a brand new package, or you can purchase them individually, with both Charger available to buy for Race Credits.

As it's winter, and winter just isn't right without some kind of ball, we decided to throw our very own! Check out our Dodge Ball; stepping away from gowns and dancing we're offering twisting and turning at ridiculous speeds with friends in all new leaderboards. Oh, and did we mention there are massive prizes on offer also?

Launching alongside our all American 'Muscle Pack' we've got three new Dodge-based leaderboards, one for each car! The prizes on offer area as follows:

Dodge Charger SRT8 and Challenger SRT8 Leaderboards -- up to 20,000 Race Credits

Dodge Viper SRT10 Leaderboard -- up to 700 E-bucks

As a final offering, for this weekend only, you'll also be able to rent the Dodge Viper SRT10, giving the chance to set a time of the Viper leaderboard giving you more chance to earn E-Bucks

$6.23 million in pledges collected from Kickstarter and Roberts Space Industries sites; Roberts thanks supporters and promises a space sim that will breathe new life into PC gaming.


Star Citizen, the highly anticipated space sim from legendary game developer, Chris Roberts, today set a new record for a crowd funded game as pledge totals reached $6.23 million and the game’s Kickstarter campaign came to a close. Star Citizen is currently under development by Roberts’ new game company, Cloud Imperium, which has offices in Los Angeles; Austin, Texas and Montreal, Canada. An early alpha play test for backers of the project should be available next winter.

The previous crowd funding record for a game had been held by Obsidian Entertainment’s Project Eternity title. An October 17 posting on the Project Eternity Kickstarter website listed a total of $4.16 million in pledges and funds raised.

Today marked the end of the Star Citizen’s Kickstarter campaign, which reached $2.13 million in pledges, more than 400 percent of the original goal. Roberts also has been raising funds on his own site, www.robertsspaceindustries.com. That site has reached $4.1 million in pledges. In all there are nearly 90 thousand people who have signed on and pledged to back the product.

Here are updated stats from the Star Citizen crowd funding campaign as of 1 PM central time on November 19:

· Kickstarter backers– 34,397
· Kickstarter funds pledged - $2,134,374
· Roberts Space Industries backers – 55,270
· Roberts Space Industries funds raised - $4,104,189
· Total backers – 89,667
· Total funds raised and pledged - $6,238,563

“I am absolutely elated by the incredible outpouring of support for this project,” said Roberts. “It’s clear that space sim fans have just been waiting for a game like ours to come along and rekindle some of the excitement that’s been missing from PC games and the space sim genre. With the resources that our fans have provided, it means the team will be able to provide more features in Star Citizen and deliver an even better game.”

For Roberts, Star Citizen, signals his return to gaming after more than 10 years in the Hollywood film industry. He made his mark in the games industry with several hit franchises in the 1990s including Wing Commander, Privateer and Freelancer. All of those games were successful PC titles that continually broke new ground with space combat games. That’s something Roberts says is currently missing from PC gamers’ plates.

Going forward, Roberts says, people who backed the project during the crowd funding campaign will have the ability to purchase further tiers or upgrade existing ones at the initial prices. And for those who missed this opportunity, there is still a chance to be a part of the Star Citizen community and back the project but at slightly higher prices. Roberts says it will still be cheaper than purchasing the final product when it is released and it will enable backers to reserve a limited amount of alpha and beta slots that remain. Behind-the-scenes subscription updates during development are also available for purchase. They will provide even more extras and inside info for those who sign up.

To register and become a backer of the game and for more information about Star Citizen, including videos and trailers of the game, regular communications from Roberts to fans, community forums and game fiction go to www.robertsspaceindustries.com.

Launches November 30th, 10% discount on preorders. Previously an AI-only force, the Otomo Clan has been expanded into a fully-featured playable faction. With new units, buildings, technologies and more, the Otomo Clan Pack offers an altogether different style of play from any of the other clans, making it an essential download for SHOGUN 2 players.

As the clan that welcomed Portuguese traders and missionaries into Japan, the Otomo gain easy access to modern gunpowder weapons and major bonuses to the spread of Christianity. In addition, their relations with the west enable them to lease land to the Portuguese and raise war-funds with remarkable speed.

The Otomo Clan will be live on STEAM on November 30th with 10% discount on preorders until launch day.

STEAM store link: http://store.steampowered.com/app/223180

To coincide with the launch of the multi-language trivia game QuizQuizQuiz, AGON has increased its multilingual capacity to support French, German, Spanish and Italian. The localisation of AGON Online has been facilitated by Four Door Lemon and QuizQuizQuiz and the multilingual platform is immediately available for all other games using AGON to provide a better experience for all European customers.


Simon Barratt, Managing Director of Four Door Lemon, said: "It was clear to us that AGON was one of the most fully functional systems available for online leaderboards and player profiles, plus they are backed by a great team. AGON Online was the final piece of the jigsaw for our first trivia game, QuizQuizQuiz, and we were delighted to work with AGON to localise their interface into several new languages. And of course it is all the better that the new multilingual version of AGON Online will be available to all other game developers on the platform."

Daniel Povlsen of AGON Online commented: "Online and mobile gaming should have no international barriers - and we're very excited that we're doing our bit by making our platform more accessible to non-English speaking gamers."