Author: Sam Mosher

More Content Updates Announced at Black Desert Mobile’s Heidel Ball include Field of Valor: Hadum, the PvE battleground

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. – JULY 6, 2022 – Over the weekend, Pearl Abyss announced that the new player class Drakania had arrived to Black Desert Mobile on July 5. During Heidel Ball 2022, the game’s annual community event, the developer revealed a roadmap detailing upcoming additions to the game.

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Travel to the Golden Gate City from anywhere with this portable adventure from Days of Wonder

PARIS — June 17, 2022 — Today, Asmodee and Days of Wonder announced Ticket to Ride: San Francisco will be available Sunday, June 19 at U.S. Target stores nationwide. This city-edition title makes Ticket to Ride more accessible and portable than ever before. The easy-to-learn game packs an entire adventure through San Francisco into a session that requires only 15 minutes, and the compact game box makes it the perfect travel companion! Ticket to Ride: San Francisco is available for purchase in the U.S. at Target for an MSRP of $24.99. The game will be available worldwide and at other U.S. retailers in August.

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Prehistoric fun, a beautiful expansion, and the World Championship are on their way from CATAN

Roseville, MN – May 24, 2022 – Today, CATAN Studio and Asmodee announced their upcoming plans for the world of CATAN, including the much-anticipated Seafarers + Cities & Knights expansion for CATAN – 3D Edition, an October 1, 2022 release date for CATAN – Dawn of Humankind and dates for the 2022 CATAN World Championship.

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Team up for mech destruction, explore a cavernous map, and level up your loadout during the 11-day beta

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — May 20, 2022 — Simutronics today announced the next extended open beta for its upcoming mech hero shooter GALAHAD 3093. Live today at 6 p.m. ET through Tuesday, May 31, at 10 a.m. ET, the 11-day beta introduces Team Deathmatch mode, an underground map, over 10 weapon mods, and more. Players can join the beta for free on PC by clicking “Request Access” on the game’s Steam page. 

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Legends of Runeterra game director Andrew Yip and Arcane art supervisor Kévin Le Moigne join Theorycraft Games’ dream team to make the next great 10,000-hour game

LOS ANGELES, USA – May 6, 2022 – Theorycraft Games today announced the hiring of Andrew Yip as lead systems designer and Kévin Le Moigne as concept artist for the studio’s unannounced game, codenamed Loki. Yip and Le Moigne expand Theorycraft Games’ epic roster of industry talent, which includes key figures behind the secret sauce of multiplayer hits like League of Legends, VALORANT, Overwatch, Destiny, and Halo. Theorycraft Games’ superteam is combining its creative forces to make Loki a 10,000-hour game that puts players first. After only a year of development, the studio is already deep into playtesting the game to build an experience catered to the community’s needs.

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PARIS — April 13, 2022 — A few days ahead of World Creativity Day, Asmodee and the Université Paris Cité Foundation have announced the launch of the HOMO CREATIVUS Chair, the first of its kind in France. The Chair is headed by Professor Todd Lubart of the Université Paris Cité’s Laboratory of Applied Psychology and Ergonomics (LaPEA). This pioneering Research Chair is set to study creativity in society from five key angles, including one devoted to creativity through games, in both children and adults, for which Asmodee, key actor of entertainment as well as worldwide leader of board game edition and distribution, becomes the first sponsor.

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The Unbox Now label presents a selection of the best modern board games to discover this increasingly popular hobby with ease.

PARIS — April 12, 2022 — Asmodee, a leading publisher of board games around the world, announced the launch of Unbox Now in the United States, a selection of its best-selling and most accessible board games, to help friends and family to find the right board game to play together. Unbox Now gathers together 11 of the top Asmodee games. Games under the Unbox Now label have collectively won over 140 awards internationally, making them some of the most celebrated brands across the board game sector. Unbox Now will roll out globally across both physical and digital retailers with new branding, websites, dedicated social media channels, in-store displays and more. All of the above combine to make Unbox Now Games a key attraction for both retailers and consumers – creating massive cross sell opportunities and unifying Asmodee’s top selling products under one easily identifiable brand. 

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