Bigben and the development studio KT Racing have released a video to showcase the completely redesigned Career Mode for WRC 8, the official video game of the FIA World Rally Championship.

The career is traditionally the most popular and most played game mode. After discussions with the community, the development team wanted to offer content that meets fans’ expectations in a deep and varied game mode. Benoit Gomes, the game’s Lead Game Designer, explores the unique features and depth of this mode in detail.

The new Career Mode in WRC 8 mimics the real world and allows players to become a driver for a WRC team for the first time. Players must progress from season to season to compete in the WRC category and ultimately become world champion. By following several teams in different rallies, the developers managed to capture the key aspects of a successful season. Players must excel in three major areas that have been included in the game:

• Planning the calendar to decide which events to do in between rallies: training, manufacturer challenges, rest, classic events, etc.

• Managing a whole crew comprising six different and interconnected job roles. Players must consider each of their unique characteristics and use them strategically in each rally.

• Upgrading the crew through R&D and a skill tree, which evolves depending on player choices. Every decision has an impact on progression and on the morale of the crew (performance, reliability, etc.).

The statistics available at the end of each rally also help players to refine their strategy, compare themselves to competitors and adjust their set-ups as necessary to climb the rankings, upgrade their car and recruit the right people for their team.

This is the most complete and authentic official WRC simulation ever made. New off-road physics for all surfaces, a completely redesigned Career Mode, extreme and dynamic weather conditions, 52 teams, 14 countries, over 100 special stages, weekly challenges and an eSports mode… Experience the most intense WRC yet!

WRC 8 will release in September 2019 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One,Nintendo Switch and PC.

THQ Nordic is thrilled to show a fine choice of great games, when the world’s biggest gaming convention will open its doors on August 21th in Cologne, Germany. THQ Nordic will host six playable games on the show floor.

Three new games will be shown behind closed doors only, one of them being a world exclusive announcement which will be revealed during the gamescom Opening Night live stream on Monday, August 19th at 8:00 PM CEST / 2:00 PM EDT. More about the Opening Night here:
http://n.thq.com/PcMk30pbNYe

Players can visit our booth in Hall 8, A011 and get their hands on six games:

Biomutant
The post-apocalyptic Kung-Fu Fable RPG will be back at gamescom, and is ready to excite players and media alike – again!

Desperados III
Nominated as best strategy game of E3 2019, Mimimi Games’ new masterpiece will finally be playable for the big audience.

Darksiders Genesis
War or Strife? Choose your Horseman and slay demons in the new coop mode.

Destroy All Humans!
Take one giant step on mankind and help Crypto to infiltrate, exterminate, and dominate all of us!

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated
The battle is on! Be among the first to play the remake of the sponge-tastic cult classic!

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A game that will be announced soon, players can get their hands on it at gamescom!

Stage show? Stage Show! 
Like in the past years, THQ Nordic will have a stage show every day, starting at 11:00 AM, from Tuesday to Saturday. See the devs showing off their games, ask questions, win prizes in a raffle and Grab. Some. Loot!

You can’t make it to Cologne?  THQ Nordic will have a live stream from the show floor in Hall 8, showing off all of our great games and more, like interviews with cosplayers, game developers, and internet personalities.

Tune in to one of our channels starting on August 20th, 10 AM CEST on:

Twitch.tv: https://www.twitch.tv/thqnordic
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thqnordic
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/THQNordic/

Venom, a leading UK provider of quality gaming accessories, announced today a new range of peripherals for use with the forthcoming Nintendo Switch Lite console. Arriving in time for the console launch due in September 2019, the new hardware range offers the essential accessories any handheld gamer needs when purchasing the Switch Lite.

One of the first accessory manufactures to announce accessories for the forthcoming handheld, Venom will be introducing the Screen Protector Kit, Gaming Essentials Kit and Pro Gamer Case as part of the initial range. In addition, Venom will also be releasing the AC Mains Adapter Power Supply, a solid, safe and very handy power supply, compatible with both Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite consoles.

Keeping the Switch Lite screen protected and scratch free via 9H tempered glass, the Screen Protector Kit contains: 2 x Screen Protectors, 2 x Screen Wipes, 1 x soft Screen Applicator and 1 x Soft Cloth.

Essential by name, essential by nature, the Gaming Essentials Kit, is the ideal ‘day-one’ purchase for Switch Lite owners. Players can protect their console with the durable, Screen Protector and robust EVA Case, which stores their games and cables safely in the internal mesh pocket. Enhancing gameplay, the Gaming Essentials Kit also features Stereo Earbuds, 2 x silicone Thumb Grips and a handy Cleaning Cloth.

The Pro Gamer Case is a luxury way to keep the Switch Lite console protected on the move. A form fitting clear, hard-shell case, the Pro Gamer Case not only protects the console but provides storage for up to 4 games for use on the go. The Pro Gamer Case features matte Hand Grips for added gameplay comfort, plus a 9H tempered glass Screen Protector to provide highly effective protection against scratches, without impeding access to any of the console ports or game slot.

Venom’s AC Mains Adapter Power Supply will ensure the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite are always fully charged. With a type-C USB connection, the AC Mains Adapter features a 1.8M length cable and can be used to charge both consoles in portable mode or power the Nintendo Switch Dock when in TV mode.

“As one of Europe’s leading accessory manufactures, Venom has a proud history of being first to market with a range of accessories whenever a new console arrives. I’m pleased to say that we’re expecting to do it again. We’re delighted to support gamers with a range of hardware in time for the launch of the Switch Lite console.” said Kelly Rist, Marketing Manager for Venom. “Our initial range provides the essential hardware needed to keep the Switch Lite protected and looking like new. We’re convinced gamers will be delighted with the value and quality on offer.”

The new range for Nintendo Switch Lite is available to pre-order from Amazon.co.uk and will soon be available from all leading gaming retailers.

Follow the all-new Venom blog at: blog.venomuk.com

For more information visit venomuk.com, and follow Venom on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

snakebyte announced today a new generation of gaming peripherals for the PC. With the GAME:MOUSE ULTRA, passionate gamers will have completely new personalization options for their hardware. The GAME:MOUSE ULTRA can not only be perfectly adapted with five different buttons as well as exchangeable weights and sliding components, but also features a second palm rest, which can be customized with the gamers’ own logo. The GAME:MOUSE ULTRA, will join the MOUSE:PAD ULTRA RGB and the MOUSE:PAD ULTRA XL RGB when all three products will be presented at this years  gamescom, before launching in the third quarter of 2019.

The GAME:MOUSE ULTRA can be completely personalized and adapts itself to suit every gamer – with the customization extending well beyond mere handling. The additional palm rest of the mouse can be personalized and provided with the gamers own logo or image. Whether clan logo or guild emblem, adding the gamers own image to the mouse, allows for a degree of personalization like never before. The customizable RGB lighting also adds for a more personal gaming experience, bathing ther mouse with a rich light show during play.

The GAME:MOUSE ULTRA at a glance

• Second palm rest with personalizable logo
• 7-stage DPI setting up to 16,000 DPI
• Maximum acceleration of 50G
• Three adjustable weights of 4g each
• Exchangeable sliding components
• Customizable RGB lighting
• Rubberized handles
• Five programmable buttons with customizable software

Matching the GAME:MOUSE ULTRA snakebyte presents MOUSE:PAD ULTRA RGB and MOUSE:PAD ULTRA XL RGB. A LED RGB backlight with 12 lighting modes sewn into the entire edge of the two gaming surfaces, bring real style into play. In addition, both accessories are low-friction and particularly slip-resistant. With a size of 80 x 30cm, the MOUSE:PAD ULTRA XL RGB offers enough space for mouse and keyboard. The MOUSE:PAD ULTRA RGB, on the other hand, offers space-saving comfort on a size of 36 x 28cm.

Marc-Alexander Knipschild, Head of Marketing: “We are very excited to give players this great opportunity to personalize their own gaming equipment. The GAME:MOUSE ULTRA is a matter close to the heart for me and the entire team.”

The new trailer gives an in-depth look into ONINAKI’s Daemon Battle System. Daemons form an integral part of Watcher Kagachi’s battle abilities with each Daemon offering different skills and enhancements. Daemons become more powerful gaining enhanced skills, upgrades and weapon customisation as you advance in levels. Shift between Daemons in real time as you take on fast-paced action-RPG battles unlike any other.

The all-new Action-RPG, ONINAKI tells the story of one Watcher on a journey to protect Life, after Death. ONINAKI features exciting hack and slash style battles, with deep customization of your daemons and weapons and more than enough content to keep you coming back for more. Experience unique action gameplay combined with a deep and satisfying story.

Oninaki will be released on August 22, 2019 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC

Wolfenstein: Youngblood launches July 26, 2019 for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch!

The world is full of monsters—but as a Blazkowicz, killing monsters is what you do. Embark on an action-packed, blood-soaked journey as Jess and Soph Blazkowicz to find your missing father, BJ, and kill every Nazi in Paris. Wolfenstein: Youngblood is the biggest and most open-ended Wolfenstein game in the series, and the first Wolfenstein game that can be played in online multiplayer co-op or single player with an AI companion.

Get the Wolfenstein: Youngblood Deluxe Edition and receive the Buddy Pass, which lets you invite a friend to play the entire game alongside you, even if they don’t own the game! You’ll also receive the Cyborg Pack which comes with cosmetic skins for your Power Suit and weapons.

Pre-order now and receive the Legacy Pack, featuring skins inspired by BJ Blazkowicz!

For the latest news:

• https://www.Facebook.com/Wolfenstein
• https://www.Twitter.com/Wolfenstein
• https://www.Instagram.com/Wolfenstein

Black Desert on PlayStation 4 (PS4) will be in Beta testing from Aug. 9-13, in preparation for launch on Aug. 22, 2019. The Beta is available to play without a PlayStation®Plus subscription, and all participants that sign up for the Beta will receive an exclusive Sky Hawk pet at launch, allowing players to loot items, increase Knowledge Gain Chance and find rare monsters. All player data will reset at the end of the event. For more information, please read the official details here.

Sign up for the Beta: https://bit.ly/2M7nNhc
Start Date: Aug. 9, 12 A.M. PDT (7 A.M. UTC)
End Date: Aug. 13, 2 A.M. PDT (9 A.M. UTC)

As a free download, players are invited to join the adventure to become their true selves. Black Desert is available for pre-order with Standard ($29.99 USD), Deluxe ($49.99 USD) and Ultimate ($99.99 USD) Editions, which offers various in-game rewards.

Explore the lands of Calpheon with six character classes, including the Warrior, Sorceress, Ranger, Berserker, Wizard and Witch. Adventurers can create their ideal characters through the robust customization tool, embark on a journey to reach a maximum level of 50, and participate in GM events.

Black Desert boasts next-generation visuals and skill-based, real-time combat that has been optimized for responsive controls on PS4. With 4K resolution support for PS4 Pro, experience stunning visual environments in a player-driven economy and an expansive, living world.

Now available for pre-order on the PlayStation Store, the Deluxe and Ultimate Editions allow 48-hour early access to the full game. PlayStation Plus members receive a 10% discount on all pre-order editions.

For Adventurers playing Black Desert on Xbox One, a new free content update is now available, allowing the Ninja to Awaken true skills and abilities. In addition, three new world bosses – Karanda, Quint and Maraka – now offer powerful loot and the Capotia Accessories equipment deliver increased attack damage.

SEGA Europe Ltd. and Two Point Studios are thrilled to announce that after an exceedingly successful PC launch in August 2018, the critically acclaimed management sim, Two Point Hospital is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, both physically and digitally, late 2019. Celebrate this news with Dr. Clive Marmalade as he gives you a tour around Two Point County:

In the atypical and engrossing world of Two Point Hospital you, the hospital administrator, must deal with many tricky situations on a daily basis, taking on varied challenges and demonstrating your ability to build, cure and improve in the hardest and strangest circumstances. Running a hospital empire can be – often literally – a messy business. So, make sure to train your staff and deal with their wide-ranging personality traits if you want to defeat the healthcare competition of Two Point County, and don’t worry if you can’t save every patient, ghost capturing janitors are here to help!

Since its successful PC release, Two Point Hospital has seen a wide-range of new features added to the game thanks, in part, to a lot of great community feedback. Many of these features, such as Interior Designer, copy-paste room layouts and character customisation will all be included for the console launch later this year. Players will even be able to experience the recently added expansions ‘Bigfoot’, set in a snowy region and ‘Pebberley Island’, where you tackle new challenges in the tropics. Two Point Hospital will be fully rebuilt for console gaming, with controls that brilliantly work for playing on the go or with a controller in hand.

“Bringing Two Point Hospital to console is something we always envisioned when starting up Two Point Studios in 2016”, said Mark Webley, Game Director at Two Point Studios. “Our community’s number one question since launch has been: ‘when is Two Point Hospital coming to consoles?’. Well, it is happening and we are very excited.”

For more information about all things Two Point Hospital, including a full console version feature list, visit www.twopointhospital.com, where you can also sign up for Hospital Pass.

You can follow the game on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. For more information about SEGA Europe, log on to www.sega.co.uk, follow on Facebook or on Twitter.

Legendary stories are often filled with legendary characters and DRAGON BALL Zdefinitely has a legendary cast. Today, we’re excited to officially announce the inclusion of Vegeta, Piccolo and Gohan.

Additionally, we all know adventures are always better when shared with friends, and, as such, Goku will also be joined by his friends Krillin, Tien, Chiaotzu and Yamcha in DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT.

DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT, which is coming to the Americas for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via STEAM in 2020.

Great news for simulation fans: astragon Entertainment and stillalive studios are happy to announce the release date of the console version of the popular PC game Bus Simulator 18 today! Bus Simulator for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will become available in the digital stores on September 17, 2019.

Just like the PC version, Bus Simulator for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will offer bus and simulation fans the opportunity to create their own bus company in the fictional European city of Seaside Valley and its surroundings – may it be in single-player or together with up to three additional players in multiplayer. Thanks to numerous officially licensed and carefully replicated buses of world-famous brands as well as countless challenging missions, players can look forward to long-lasting fun and plenty of variety.

Bus Simulator for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will be released on September 17, 2019 for 39.99 EUR / 39.99 USD (RSP) as a digital download in the PlayStation Store and in the Xbox Games Store.

For more information visit:
Homepage:    http://www.bussimulator-game.com/
Facebook:    https://www.facebook.com/BusSimulatorGame/
Twitter:    https://twitter.com/BusSimGame
Instagram:    https://www.instagram.com/bussimgame/
Discord:   https://discord.gg/astragon

The latest hero to join the Overwatch roster has been revealed in a new story trailer. Peek inside the mind of an eccentric astrophysicist who hopes to unlock the secrets of the universe, unaware he’s been turning into a living weapon: Introducing Sigma.

Coming soon to Overwatch, available on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

With just a few more days go till the release of the expansion for critically acclaimed Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden,publisher Funcom and developer The Bearded Ladies today released a new video featuring the new playable character, Big Khan the Moose.

The smoking hot expansion Seed of Evil picks up where the original game left off and lets players continue their exploration of post-apocalyptic Sweden, this time with a new menace looming on the horizon. Powerful and ominous roots have emerged and seem to be taking control over the minds of friends and foes alike. Fortunately, a new hero has arrived, and he is probably the moost badass character ever to grace world of tactical adventure games.

Striding proudly in his Canada Moose jacket, Big Khan is not only skilled at landing critical hits, he comes with the unique mutations Ground Pound and Flame Puke, allowing him to set his foes ablaze.

The expansion and the retail release on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch is due July 30^th. The expansion and the full game will also be available digitally on all platforms, including PC.

PC gamers can preorder the expansion on Steam for $ 14.99 / € 14.99 (pricing may differ across territories). A Digital Deluxe Edition will also be available, consisting of both the original game and the upcoming expansion. The Deluxe Edition will also be available in retail.

For more information about Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden visit www.mutantyearzero.com.