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15 MAY 2024 – To mark its 20th anniversary, QubicGames, a leading company in the gaming industry, is bringing a curated selection of its top titles to the Steam platform on May 20th, giving players a chance to experience some of their best titles, this time on PC.

From addictive puzzle adventures with millions of downloads worldwide to heart-pounding action, there’s something for everyone in this special anniversary line-up.

Titles like Hole.io, Paper.io 2, Johnny Trigger, Helix Jump and Run Sausage Run headline the pack, but there are over 20 titles available for you to wishlist, with more to come soon!

As part of the celebration, QubicGames will be offering an exclusive Steam promotion, allowing gamers to purchase their favorite titles at irresistible prices. There will even be a bundle with 20 titles which players can purchase for less than $20!

Prepare to swallow people whole in Hole.io, paint the map in your own colour in Paper.io 2, drop down a spiral staircase in Helix Jump, perform bullet-time stunts in Johnny Trigger or… if that’s not silly enough for you, you can help your little sausage friend survive the craziest obstacle courses in Run Sausage Run!

And that’s just a small taste of the full collection of games celebrating the 20th Anniversary of QubicGames. Check out the full list below:

Hole io, Paper io 2, Mob Control, Golf Guys, Helix Jump, The Nom, Infantry Attack, Bucket Crusher, Sausage Wars, Amaze, Dig Deep, Astro Miner, Run Sausage Run, ASMR Slicing, Light It Up, Aquarium Land, Pocket Mini Golf, Pocket Mini Golf 2, Johnny Trigger, Johnny Trigger: Sniper

QubicGames Publisher Page on Steam: store.steampowered.com/publisher/Qubic

Preserve, Explore, Thrive: My Museum Treasure Hunter Hits Shelves Summer 2024! 

Montpellier, France – May 6th, 2023. History buffs, art lovers, or renovation and management enthusiasts, prepare your backpack because we are taking you on an expedition in My Museum: Treasure Hunter. Indie games publisher PID Games is pleased to announce its partnership with ManyDev Studio and Code Meister for the upcoming release of the first-person-view simulator, for those who have always dreamed of having their own museum. Fans of the genre, restore their brilliance to the treasures of History through the windows of your own museum. And don’t forget to sweep the floor. The demo is currently playable and the complete aventure is coming this summer!

Key Features:

 Museum management: Step into the role of museum owner, facing tough managerial decisions and financial struggles.

 Expeditions: Visit remote places, solve riddles, and acquire exhibits for your museum.

  Antique Restorer: Repair old or damaged artifacts in your own professional studio, making them regain their shine.

 Exhibitions organization: Showcase objects you’ve restored and organize the best exhibitions.

EVERSPACE 2 by ROCKFISH Games wins ‘Best German Game’

Pixel Maniacs from Nuremberg  named ‘Best Studio’

Award ceremony moderated by Katrin Bauerfeind and Uke Bosse

Munich, Germany, 18 April 2024 – The best games of the year and the creative teams behind them were in the spotlight at the grand award ceremony of the German Computer Game Award 2024. The event on 18 April in Munich presented the most important award in the German games industry to winners across 15 categories. The award for the ‘Best German Game’ went to the space game EVERSPACE 2 by ROCKFISH Games. The survival horror game Ad Infinitum developed by upcoming young talent at Hekate won in three categories: ‘Best Debut’, ‘Best Story’ and’ Best Audio Design’.  Pixel Maniacs from Nuremberg was named ‘Studio of the Year’ and the audience award for ‘Player of the Year’ went to Maurice Weber. The ‘Special Jury Award’ went to the initiative for accessibility in gaming ‘Gaming ohne Grenzen’ (Gaming without Borders).

The Eisbach Studios in Munich played host to many guests on the awards night, including personalities from government, culture and society, as well as countless prominent representatives from the industry. Award presenters included Minister-President of Bavaria Dr Markus Söder, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Michael Kellner, comedian Marti Fischer, actor Özgür Karadenis, streamer Layna and journalist and author Ronja von Rönne.

The awards are sponsored by the Federal Government, represented by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, and game – the German Games Industry Association. This year’s award ceremony was sponsored by the Bavarian State Ministry for Digital Affairs.

Michael Kellner, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action said: “I would like to congratulate all of the winners on their great games and the awards they have received. This year’s DCP particularly demonstrates the wide range and creativity of games developed in Germany. This enormous diversity and creativity must be expanded further, and the potential of the industry must be utilised even more. As the Federal Government, we want to make an important contribution to this through our new games funding. The funding is to help ensure that games such as this year’s best international game also go on to be developed in Germany.”

Felix Falk, Managing Director at game – the German Games Industry Association said: “The outstanding winning titles this year are an impressive demonstration of the great achievements that German game developers continue to produce. Once again, the German Computer Game Awards are proof of the creativity and innovative spirit of the German games industry, even in the difficult economic situation of recent months. Once again, we can see the huge potential of Germany as a location for the games industry, especially as this year there were more games made possible by federal funding than ever before. This shows that the right framework conditions unleash the true power of studios in Germany. Congratulations to the winners of the German Computer Game Awards 2024!”

All winners in 2024:

Best German Game (prize money: 100,000 euros)

EVERSPACE 2 (ROCKFISH Games)

 The other nominees will each receive 30,000 euros:

Atlas Fallen (Deck 13 Interactive/Focus Entertainment)

Fall of Porcupine (Critical Rabbit/Assemble Entertainment)

Best International Game (not endowed)

Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)

Best Family Game (prize money: 40,000 euros)

Spells & Secrets (Alchemist Interactive/rokaplay)

Newcomer Award – Best Debut (prize money: 60,000 euros)

Ad Infinitum (Hekate/NACON)

The other nominees will each receive 25,000 euros:

Fall of Porcupine (Critical Rabbit/Assemble Entertainment)

Lose CTRL (Play From Your Heart)

Newcomer Award – Best Prototype (prize money: 50,000 euros)

Misgiven (Symmetry Break Studio)

The other nominees will each receive 25,000 euros:

Bloodletter (Katharina “Mikey” Müller, David Cafisso, Marvin Braun, Alica Schneider/Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin)

EcoGnomix (Lars Hinnerk Grevsmühl, Lars Eble, Bahy Nguyen, Marcel Zurawka, Alec Shae)

Footgun: Underground (Eduard Dobermann, Theo Lohmüller, Georg Nimke, Robert Pistea, Lukas Salewsky)

REPLICORE (Sarah Inés Roeder, Rody Nawezi, Leonhard Gläser, Maximilian Götz/HAW Hamburg)

Best Innovation and Technology (prize money: 40,000 euros)

Marble Maze (Fox-Assembly)

Best Serious Game (prize money: 40,000 euros)

Friedrich Ebert – Der Weg zur Demokratie (Playing History/Stiftung Reichspräsident-Friedrich-Ebert-Gedenkstätte)

Best Audio Design (prize money: 40,000 euros)

Ad Infinitum (Hekate/NACON)

Best Game Design (prize money: 40,000 euros)

Lose CTRL (Play From Your Heart)

Best Graphic Design (prize money: 40,000 euros)

The Bear – A Story from the World of Gra (Mucks! Games)

Best Mobile Game (prize money: 40,000 euros)

Cat Rescue Story (Tivola Games)

Best Story (prize money: 40,000 euros)

Ad Infinitum (Hekate/NACON)

Studio of the Year (prize money: 50,000 euros)

Pixel Maniacs

Player of the Year (award only)

Maurice Weber

Special Jury Award (prize money: 10,000 euros)

Gaming ohne Grenzen

Further information

The German Computer Game Awards on social media: Instagram, X, YouTube (#derDCP).

Event images are available on Flickr.

Bristol,  United Kingdom — April 18, 2024 | Time travel has taken many forms over the years, a blue box, a DeLorean, and even a hot tub. But now a golden stopwatch has taken up the torch as the master of time, space and so much more, as players will discover in Yogscast Games and Perfectly Paranormal’s The Holy Gosh Darn, releasing for PC and consoles this Summer. 

The Holy Gosh Darn – which is set on the same Tuesday as Perfectly Paranormal’s previous games Manual Samuel and Helheim Hassle – is a truly laugh-out-loud adventure, spanning realms way beyond the imagination, where time is more of an idea than a hard and fast rule. Along the way, players will meet a cast of ridiculous characters as they insult heavenly elders, travel to hell, meet exactly 4,250 dogs, and discover the very meaning of life, the universe and… well, everything – and no, it’s not 42.

Perfectly Paranormal will be celebrating their release window announcement by attending WASD, hosting a talk at 12PM on Friday 26th of April where they’ll be revealing more about the game, their inspiration and what creating a utopia with swearing angels is really like.

Speaking of angels, players will be taking on the role of Cassiel, an angel with one task: saving Heaven from total annihilation in – checks watch – six hours. Good thing that time doesn’t mean a lot to them. Travel back to save the future, meet winged bird men, solve intricate puzzles and use the power of an ordained stopwatch to replay conversations and use one timeline’s events to influence another.

Are the dogs pettable? Can Heaven be saved? Is skipping dialogue actually a good thing? Head over to Steam to find out and be sure to wishlist this hilarious, time-bending adventure today, tomorrow or yesterday!

The Undying mission is currently playable in the Free Starter Pack for new players and as an Elusive Target for HITMAN World of Assassination players until the 21st of April 

(Copenhagen, Denmark) – April 15, 2024 – IO Interactive, the independent video game developer and publisher behind the internationally acclaimed HITMAN franchise shares today an infographic, providing some insights on how players have been fairing in their attempts to eliminate the evasive Mark Faba (aka two-time BAFTA winner Sean Bean), in The Undying mission.  

With one week left for players to complete the Elusive Target in HITMAN World of Assassination, it surely will be of interest for those who have yet to finish the mission. So far, 52% of players who have tried their luck against the Undying have managed to take Mark Faba down. Some have taken the fast approach, with the quickest completion time running at 12 seconds, whilst some have been playing with their target, leaving The Undying alive more than 3 hours before he met his fate.  

With The Undying leaving the Free Starter Pack and the Elusive Target mission coming to an end on April 21st, players still have the time to create new records, change any of the statistics and make a name for themselves by eliminating The Undying.  

Alongside The Undying, IO Interactive released The Undying Pack, a DLC which includes: a permanent access to The Undying through an Elusive Target contract in the Arcade mode, The Ephemeral Suit with Eye Patch suit, three items, and cosmetics for the Freelancer Safehouse.

The Season of Undying is at full tilt in HITMAN World of Assassination, with new content coming over the coming weeks such as Curated contracts, Challenges and returning Elusive Targets. 

HITMAN World of Assassination is available now for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC and Nintendo Switch. The Undying Pack is available for $4.99 USD/€4.99/£3.99 on every platform. 

To learn more about HITMAN World of Assassination, please visit the official website, or follow news on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. 

Now Welcoming Console Renovators: Dive into the Next-Level Home Makeover Experience on Xbox and PlayStation today.

CRACOW, Poland, April 10, 2024 – Hot on the heels of its celebrated PC launch last December, Frozen District is ecstatic to launch House Flipper 2 on Xbox and PlayStation today. The console debut is brimming with the freshest patches and the riveting additions from the Spring and Floor is Lava updates. Dive into the revamped, detail-rich world of house flipping for 39.99 USD / 39.99 EUR on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. 

Exclusive Editions for all House Flipper 2 fans! 

Ready for more? Players can order a number of collector items for House Flipper 2:  

• Check out the limited-edition Collector’s Version of House Flipper 2 by Merge Games for PS5 and Xbox X|S 
• A beautifully crafted physical edition of the game’s soundtrack on vinyl by Black Screen Records, [pre-order here]
• A unique collector’s pads for PlayStation 5 by Aimcontrollers  [pre-order PS5 Pad here] 

What’s New, You Ask?

The console version of House Flipper 2 includes an array of features fresh from the recent Spring update, and the exhilarating Floor is Lava mode:

New Items to Discover:

• Spread stylish carpets like tiles, hang elegant curtains, and light up realistic fireplaces.
• Spring into the season with exclusive order items, handy ladders, and cozy pillows for added comfort.

Enhanced Mechanics for a Seamless Experience:

• Rejuvenate by sleeping in beds, sell stairs and roofs directly, and resize objects in Flipper Mode to ensure everything fits just right.

Exciting Additions for More Adventures:

• Greet 4 new buyers, each with unique tastes and requirements.
• Explore a new house for purchase and undertake a novel mission order.
• Help Nico and Carol revamp their home into a wellness oasis.

Unveil Your Creativity: Sandbox Mode

Step into the Sandbox Mode, where imagination knows no bounds. Design, construct, and share your visionary projects using state-of-the-art building techniques. Whether it’s crafting missions from scratch, replicating real-world structures, or drawing inspiration from iconic film homes, the House Flipper 2 Community Content Hub is where you go to find and share creations.

Follow Frozen District on X (Twitter) and Facebook to stay updated, and visit their website for more details.