20 years ago today with the debut of the first Resident Evil game, the doors to the infamous mansion first opened and ushered in fans to a whole new world of survival horror. Dark hallways and ominous corners led to thrills and chills that would leave a lasting imprint on everyone who dared to see what was behind each new door. Who could forget the creepy turn of the first zombie’s head as it looked up from its feast, the startling surprise of a Cerberus zombie dog crashing through the window of an eerie hallway, the almost Jill Sandwich, or the miracles of typewriter tape and potted herbs?

ESL’s most viewed event in history broadcast in 26 languages across 14 platforms

(Cologne, Germany) March 22, 2016 – ESL, the world’s largest esports company, celebrated the grand finals of its decennial Intel® Extreme Masters season in Katowice, Poland with the largest and most-watched ESL event to date. The elite pro gaming tour crowned three champions on the main stage in Spodek Arena: SK Telecom T1, Fnatic and Polt in League of Legends®, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and StarCraft® II: Legacy of the Void™, respectively.

ESL, Formula E and Forza Motorsport 6 to launch revolutionary motorsport esports championship

(Cologne, Germany) March 18, 2016 – ESL, the world’s largest esports company, and partners Microsoft’s Turn 10 Studios and Formula E are set to launch the first ever virtual motorsport championship of its kind with Forza Motorsport 6. The Race Off Pro Series is to be held alongside its ‘real’ ground-breaking electric-powered Formula E season: four online rounds will serve as a preview to the on-track action in Long Beach, Paris, Berlin and London.

Out 6/7/16 for the PS4™ system/PS3™ system! Preorder Demo Available for the PS4™ system on the PlayStation® Network 4/5/16!

Aksys Games and Arc System Works proudly announce that Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system releases 6/7/16 in North America! Preorder the PS4™ system version of Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- on the PlayStation® Network and instantly unlock a brawler’s suite of modes!  Full versions of Arcade Mode, Training Mode and Versus Mode will be instantly available upon purchase of the full PS4™ system on the  PlayStation® Network beginning 4/5/16! Gain a leg up on the competition and be battle ready for day 1! The demo mode includes all previously released Xrd characters plus 3 new combatants! Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- rips along at a blistering 60 frames per second and features cross platform PS4™ system/PS3™ system compatible battles.

If we had to describe Daydreamer: Awakened Edition in two words it would be "nightmare fuel." Seriously, Roland Womack -- the sole artist/designer/programmer/director/guy-who-does-pretty-much-everything at Roland Studios -- has created a uniquely twisted indie game that will power your nightmares for the weeks to come. This side-scrolling platformer/shoot-em-up was originally released for PC, but the Awakened Edition includes major gameplay updates, additions, and tweaks. The Awakened Edition will be coming soon digitally to PlayStation 4 (May 31) and Xbox One (June 3) in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. It'll retail in the United States for $9.99, and the prices for the other regions will be revealed at a later date.

SEEK AND DESTROY IN ARMORED WARFARE

Learn About The Crushing Power of an Elite Class of Vehicles

Amsterdam, The Netherlands – March 17, 2016 - Developer Obsidian Entertainment and global publisher My.com are pleased to showcase an important class of vehicles: the Armored Fighting Vehicles. The Armored Fighting Vehicles are the scouting stars of Armored Warfare, with an extremely good view range, along with being very fast and hard to detect thanks to their generally limited sizes. At the top of the food chain, in the war for vision, is the Combat Reconnaissance Assault Buggy (CRAB), developed by Panhard, a French manufacturer of light tactical military vehicles. Its main role on the battlefield is to seek enemy vehicles for their teammates to target and destroy.

ESL partners with Microsoft on Xbox Live Tournaments Platform

(Cologne, Germany) March 16, 2016 – ESL’s technical development team has teamed up with Microsoft to integrate ESL tournament systems directly into the Xbox Live Tournaments Platform. This partnership represents a revolutionary step for the evolution of esports, by allowing developers and publishers to gain easy and automated access to live tournaments, as well as giving them the ability to organize the logistics and handling of such.

2Dark, the stealth-horror adventure game, is now in development for Xbox One and PlayStation 4, joining the PC and Mac versions. French developer Gloomywood, led by the Alone in the Dark® creative force Frédérick Raynal gives an in-depth look at the dark and seedy 2Dark and the twisted vision behind the game which follows detective Mr. Smith's quest to save kidnapped children from the clutches of sadistic and bloodthirsty serial killers in the sinister town of Gloomywood.

Fellow Survivors,

Today we can share the release date for 'Give No Shelter,' the second of three episodes in The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries.

Episode 2: 'Give No Shelter' will be available starting Tuesday, March 29th on PC/Mac via the Telltale Online Store, Steam, and other digital distribution services, the PlayStation®Network for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, the Xbox Games Store for Xbox One® and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, for compatible iOS devices via the App Store, and for Android-based devices via Google Play and the Amazon Appstore. The miniseries will conclude with the third episode, 'What We Deserve,' in April. 

‘I AM SETSUNA’ First Title for Tokyo RPG Factory

SAN FRANCISCO (Mar. 14, 2016) – At this year’s Game Developers Conference, the newest studio within the Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. (“Square Enix®”) group of companies, Tokyo RPG Factory, was on hand to reveal its debut title — I AM SETSUNA™.  The title is slated for digital release for the west this summer on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Steam®.

WITNESS THE END OF THE WORLD WITH A NEW VIDEO SHOWCASING THE FIRST TEN MINUTES OF THE DESCENDANT EPISODE 1: AFTERMATH

With just two weeks before the game launches on Steam, it's time to get the closest look yet at The Descendant, the upcoming episodic narrative adventure, as today Gaming Corps has released a video showcasing the first ten minutes of Episode 1: Aftermath.

The Turing Test – first-person adventure puzzler game to be released by Collective on Steam in August 2016

LONDON, March 10 2016: Square Enix Collective™ is to publish The Turing Test, a forthcoming first-person puzzle game created by British studio Bulkhead Interactive, on Steam™.

The game will release in August 2016 and puts players in the shoes of Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA), as she attempts to uncover the truth behind the research base on Jupiter’s moon, Europa.

Chronicles of Teddy: Harmony of Exidus Releasing This Month!

Aksys Games and LookAtMyGame proudly announce that Chronicles of Teddy: Harmony of Exidus will be available for digital download on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system 3/29/16 and Wii U™ 3/31/16. Action adventure RPG elements fuse together with lavish visuals to create a nostalgic world unlike anything you’ve seen before.  Navigate your way through hordes of nefarious monsters and massive boss battles in retro pixelated 2D glory! Solve puzzles, converse with locals and gain skills to restore hope to the once peaceful Exidus.

LOS ANGELES (Mar. 10, 2016) – Players of the hit MMO, FINAL FANTASY® XIV, can now battle one another in the Feast, a new PvP mode released with Patch 3.21. The player’s primary objective is to steal their opponent's medals in teams of four or eight. The Feast dramatically shifts the playing field and a team’s strategy with the introduction of a variety of boosts from supply boxes, as well as detrimental effects where players can receive additional damage based on how many medals they hold and how much time has elapsed without a KO. Players who have unlocked the “Wolves’ Den” will automatically be able to access this new content.

Join the HITMAN Sanguine Fall Fashion Show 

Tour the World of Assassination in interactive 360-degree format

Io-Interactive today released a unique 360-degree video welcoming viewers into a world of killer fashion. Set in Paris, the Sanguine Fall Fashion Show is the red carpet event of the year and you are invited to join in this interactive video experience. Shot in 4K resolution, it shows off the Paris location from the first episode of the upcoming HITMAN game in stunning visual fidelity, allowing viewers to enter the fashion show itself and even inviting them backstage for a peak behind the curtains of mystery that surround this event.