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THQ Nordic has announced their fourth annual digital showcase event, set to air via YouTube and Twitch on August 2nd, 2024 at 12PM PDT / 3PM EDT. News and updates on non-Switch games will be featured, including Gothic 1 Remake and Titan Quest II, but new unannounced titles have also been promised from the publisher. Hopefully there will be some love for Switch in the presentation!

Digital Dragons Conference will take place between May 19th and 21st in Cracow, Poland. Digital Dragons Awards are the oldest and most prestigious awards in the Polish games industry. Their winners are selected through the votes given by the experts appointed to the jury and the entire gamedev community, which has created the list of nominated productions through an open survey. The awards will be presented during a gala on the second day of the leading B2B conference for the games industry, Digital Dragons, which will take place on 19-21 May 2024 at the ICE Congress Centre in Krakow and the Park Inn by Radisson Hotel.

As per tradition, nominations for Digital Dragons Awards were given in several categories, including, for the first time, Best Polish Narrative. Within this category, the best game narrative will be recognized, which consists of, among other factors, the overall scenario, the way it has been created, environmental storytelling, or dialogues.

The results will be announced at the Digital Dragons Awards gala held on 20 May 2024 during the Digital Dragons Conference 2024. The patron of the gala is the Rock and Borys podcast (RCKBRS), which brings together Remigiusz Maciaszek, better known as Rock - one of the most popular Polish YouTubers and streamers, and Borys Nieśpielak - director, documentary filmmaker, photographer and cinema connoisseur. For the first time in the history of the Digital Dragons Awards, the gala will be broadcast live, and it will happen on Remigiusz Maciaszek’s channels (YouTube, Twitch).

LIST OF NOMINATED GAMES

Best Polish Game

• Against the Storm (Eremite Games)
• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (CD PROJEKT RED)
• RoboCop: Rogue City (Teyon)
• The Invincible (Starward Industries)
• Witchfire (The Astronauts)

Best Polish Game Design

• Against the Storm (Eremite Games)
• Bang-On Balls: Chronicles (Exit Plan Games)
• Blood West (Hyperstrange)
• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (CD PROJEKT RED)
• Witchfire (The Astronauts)

Best Polish Game Visual Art

• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (CD PROJEKT RED)
• Ghostrunner 2 (One More Level)
• Inkulinati (Yaza Games)
• The Invincible (Starward Industries)
• Witchfire (The Astronauts)

Best Polish Game Audio

• Against the Storm (Eremite Games)
• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (CD PROJEKT RED)
• Gord (Covenant.dev)
• The Invincible (Starward Industries)
• Witchfire (The Astronauts)

Best Polish Narrative

• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (CD PROJEKT RED)
• Fort Solis (Fallen Leaf, Black Drakkar Games)
• Gord (Covenant.dev)
• The Invincible (Starward Industries)
• Witchfire (The Astronauts)

Best Polish Mobile Game

• Castle Crumble (Orbital Knight)
• Hero Legacy: Adventure RPG (Gamesture)
• Loot Heroes: Fantasy co-op RPG (BoomBit Games)
• TIMBERMAN 2 - VS BATTLE (Digital Melody)
• TIMBERMAN: THE BIG ADVENTURE (Digital Melody)

Best Foreign Game

• Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment)
• Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Hogwarts Legacy (Avalanche Software)
• Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD)

Warframe’s next highlightly anticipated Prime form launches soon with Protea Prime Access arriving on all platforms on May 1. Embodying the power of a legendary long-lost society and twisting time to her will, Protea Prime arrives with increased energy, armor, and a Dash Polarity mod slot.

Protea was assigned to be the bodyguard of Parvos Granum, the Founder of the Corpus faction, a conglomerate that pursues wealth in the universe by any means possible. Protea assumes her rightful place as the ultimate protector by exploiting time manipulation abilities against her enemies.

Players can craft Protea Prime in-game by collecting the required Blueprint, Chassis, Systems, and Neuroptics through Void Fissure Missions, or she can be found on the in-game marketplace across all platforms for a limited time.

Protea Prime brings back the power of a forgotten technological society. Protea devises her attacks and defense through borrowed time. Select between Protea’s myriad of devices to toss grenade clusters, fire plasma charges, dispense health and energy pickups, topped all off with the skills to rewind time itself.

Experience new devastating Prime tech weapons to rule the battlefield: the dual daggers Okina Prime and single-handed pistol Velox Prime.

Additional cosmetic items are also included in the Protea Prime marketplace bundles like the Chronorum Helmet, Rhoptron Syandana back piece, as well as the Temporal Prime Ephemera energy aura.

Alongside the upcoming release of Protea Prime Access, Warframe fans can look forward to Devstream 179 on April 26 at 2 p.m. ET via our official YouTube, Twitch, and TikTok channels, which will feature exciting news and updates for TennoCon 2024 Day One details, another sneak peek at Warframe: 1999 and the latest on Jade Shadows.

A Dance of Fire and Ice is a strict rhythm game. Keep your focus as you guide two orbiting planets along a winding path without breaking their perfect equilibrium. This title will be making its way to Switch sometime in Fall 2024.

A Dance of Fire and Ice is a simple one-button rhythm game. Press on every beat of the music to move in a line. Every pattern has its own rhythm to it. It can get difficult. This game is purely based on rhythm, so use your ears more than your sight.

Explore the cosmos: Soar through each genre of music in a variety of colorful fantasy landscapes.

Predict every moment: With a track that shows you every rhythm ahead of time, you’ll learn to sight-read levels as they come. No tricks, and nothing is reaction-based.

Play new levels for free: Tackle new songs and new rhythms as we expand the game with free level patches

Calibrate your experience: Manually adjust your calibration on-the-fly, or use our auto-calibration method. The game is precisely timed, and you won’t experience any slow desync over time like you might with other music-based twitch games.

A brand new game has been announced for the Switch from developer WayForward and Atari. Yars Rising is a side scrolling action platformer, and sequel to the classic Atari game Yars’ Revenge. It’s scheduled for release sometime in 2024 on the Nintendo Switch.

From the renowned development studio WayForward Technologies, Inc. (Shantae, River City Girls, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp) comes Yars Rising, a 2D action adventure exploration of one of Atari’s richest, and best known classic titles.

In WayForward’s experienced hands, the Yars franchise becomes an expansive mystery solved through 2D platforming action. Take control of the young hacker Emi Kimura, who is hired by a mysterious patron to infiltrate the shadowy QoTech corporation. Run, jump, sneak, and hack your way through challenges as you slowly unravel a complex secret shrouded in intrigue.

Emi grows in power throughout her adventure, allowing her to retrace her steps and reach previously inaccessible and secret areas. Her evolving hacking skills are critical to solving stimulating minigames that reference the innovative gameplay from the Atari 2600 title Yars’ Revenge.

The deeper into the QoTech facilities Emi ventures, the more expansive the sci-fi mystery becomes. A colorful cast of hacker allies help Emi discover her connection to a distant alien race and unlock powers unlike anything she could have imagined.

Yars Rising celebrates the Yars franchise in WayForward’s distinct style of anime art, humor, retro game mechanics and storytelling virtuosity.

Features:

• 2D Platforming Action: Emi must jump, blast and sneak her way past waves of robotic and alien enemies. Her latent powers are revealed as the game progresses, granting her wild augments and biohacks that let her reach previously inaccessible areas. A sprawling, interconnected map allows for hours of exploration
• Sci-Fi Intrigue: A seemingly bottomless mystery takes Emi from drab office buildings into hidden underground labs, and even to the farthest reaches of space as she uncovers the dark truth behind the QoTech corporation and discovers her own personal connection to an alien race.
• Challenging Retro Minigames: A series of hacking minigames pay homage to the original Yars’ Revenge, which fans love for its top-down, quick twitch gameplay.
• Stealth Traversal: Emi can’t always shoot or jump her way out of a jam – tense sections of stealth gameplay force her to duck into the shadows to hide from relentless security guards.
• Classic WayForward Aesthetics: With fantastically rendered 3D environments and an ensemble of captivating characters, the WayForward team brings Emi’s story to life as only they can.
• Play the OG: Discover the first game in the Yars franchise by playing WayForward’s modern take on the Yars’ Revenge, accessible right from the main menu.

Nintendo has announced the next Indie World Showcase, and you don’t have to wait long at all to check it out.

Tune in tomorrow, Apr. 17 at 7 a.m. PT / 10 a.m. ET for a new Indie World Showcase featuring roughly 20 minutes of announcements and updates on indie games coming to Nintendo Switch in 2024. You can watch the livestream on Nintendo of America’s YouTube and Twitch channels.

We’ll make sure to cover anything/everything featured during tomorrow’s Indie World Showcase, and that’ll no doubt include surprises and shadow drops.

Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft has been updated to Ver. 1.2. You can see the patch notes for this update below.

Pokémon players from around the world have gathered at ExCeL London this weekend for three days of fierce competition. Players will battle in the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, Pokémon GO, and Pokémon UNITE for a chance to qualify for the highly anticipated Pokémon World Championships that will be held in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, later this year.

For the fans in attendance, there’s more than just gaming action to take in. Pokemon Co. has brought with them a heaping helping of Pokémon Europe International Championships-exclusive merch, and there’s no doubt some of it has already turned up in online auctions. You can see some of the goodies in the image above, but if you’d like to get a closer look at what’s available at the on-location store, you can see a full gallery here.

Don’t want to miss out on the Pokémon Europe International Championships action? Those unable to attend the event will be able to tune in at home via Twitch to watch the official English broadcast of the competition, hosted by a talented cast of Pokémon experts.

You can find the full schedule and streaming links below:

Pokémon TCG Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonTCG

• Commentators: Alex Dao, Chip Richey, Ethan Hegyi, Freya Pearce, Mike Ellis
• Saturday, April 6: 1 a.m. to 2 p.m. PT
• Sunday, April 7: Finals start at 3 a.m. PT on Twitch.tv/Pokemon

Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet Stream: Twitch.tv/Pokemon

• Commentators: Charlie Merriman, Kosta Daidimos, Labhaoisa Akcos-Cromie, Lee Provost, Sierra Dawn
• Saturday, April 6: 1 a.m. to 1 p.m. PT
• Sunday, April 7: Finals start at 6:30 a.m. PT on Twitch.tv/Pokemon

Pokémon GO Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonGO

• Commentators: Leonard König, Martijn Versteeg, Ryan Hackeley, Steven Sanders, Zoë Nowak
• Saturday, April 6: 1 a.m. to 1 p.m. PT
• Sunday, April 7: Finals start at 1 a.m. PT on Twitch.tv/Pokemon

Pokémon UNITE Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonUnite

• Commentators: Evan Hashimoto, Jake Sprague, Joshua Hiebert, Kirk Dube
• Saturday, April 6: 1 a.m. to 11 a.m PT: Quarterfinals to Grand Finals

Excitement is building for the 2024 Pokémon Europe International Championships (EUIC), which begin on April 5, 2024. Before the competition, though, tune in to a special 2024 EUIC Preview Show on the official Pokémon Twitch channel and YouTube channel, where our experts will break down all the storylines heading into the big event. The Preview Show airs on March 29, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. PDT with a rebroadcast on April 3, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. PDT that will air before reruns of the 2016 EUIC Pokémon VGC and Pokémon TCG Masters Finals.

Join hosts Adam Watson and Rosemary Kelley along with panelists Gabby Snyder, Chip Richey, Will Dunphey, and Joshua “Zoinks” Hiebert to learn about the biggest stories from the 2024 season, the players vying for a spot in the 2024 Pokémon World Championships in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, and what to expect from the Pokémon TCG, Pokémon VGC, Pokémon GO, and Pokémon UNITE metagames at EUIC.

Don’t miss a minute of this discussion, and you’ll be prepared with all the insider information when the 2024 Pokémon Europe International Championships starts streaming on April 5, 2024, at 1:00 a.m. PDT.

Digital Extremes opened ticket sales for its annual fan convention, TennoCon today. This year’s show will offer an extended two-day experience to players and will celebrate 11 years of Warframe alongside the community and dev team.

Taking place July 19-20 in its hometown of London, Ontario, TennoCon is Digital Extremes’ annual Warframe fan convention, complete with interactive and experiential programming. Its annual keynote (TennoLive) is one of Twitch’s most-watched, anticipated livestreams of the year.

Welcoming in more fans than ever before with a higher ticket count, TennoCon 2024 tickets are available in four different tiers:

• General Admission Tickets: TennoCon swag bag and 475 Platinum
• Collector Tickets: TennoCon swag bag, collector’s t-shirt, and 1,000 Platinum
• VIP Tickets: early entry to TennoCon, lounge access, reserved seating, VIP swag bag /w exclusive merch, collector’s t-shirt, and 1,000 Platinum
• Only 2 Legendary Tickets Available: all of the above plus Warframe: 1999 in-game voice recording session, Digital Extremes studio tour, 1-on-1 dev Q and A, exclusive Legendary merch pack, and personalized in-game Glyph

All tickets to TennoCon also come with access to the TennoCon 2024 Digital Pack, which provides additional in-game cosmetics, including Emotes, Skins, Sigils, and more.

Digital Extremes is partnering with two charities this year, AbleGamers and Sick Kids to assist the organizations in raising funds over the course of the event. AbleGamers is an American nonprofit dedicated to improving accessibility in the video game space. Sick Kids is the largest center that positively enhances children’s health in the Canadian region. Digital Extremes is also working alongside AbleGamers on accessibility improvements for TennoCon overall. Additional information on these accessibility improvements will be shared soon.

Reaching out on behalf of The Pokémon Company International with some exciting news as Pokémon players from around the world will gather at ExCeL London next weekend for three days of fierce competition. Players will battle in the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, Pokémon GO, and Pokémon UNITE for a chance to qualify for the highly anticipated Pokémon World Championships that will be held in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, later this year.

Don’t want to miss out on the action? Those unable to attend the event will be able to tune in at home via Twitch to watch the official English broadcast of the competition, hosted by a talented cast of Pokémon experts.

You can find the full schedule and streaming links below:

Pokémon TCG Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonTCG

• Commentators: Alex Dao, Chip Richey, Ethan Hegyi, Freya Pearce, Mike Ellis
• Friday, April 5: 1 a.m. to 2 p.m. PT
• Saturday, April 6: 1 a.m. to 2 p.m. PT
• Sunday, April 7: Finals start at 3 a.m. PT on Twitch.tv/Pokemon

Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet Stream: Twitch.tv/Pokemon

• Commentators: Charlie Merriman, Kosta Daidimos, Labhaoisa Akcos-Cromie, Lee Provost, Sierra Dawn
• Friday, April 5: 1 a.m. to 12 p.m. PT
• Saturday, April 6: 1 a.m. to 1 p.m. PT
• Sunday, April 7: Finals start at 6:30 a.m. PT on Twitch.tv/Pokemon

Pokémon GO Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonGO

• Commentators: Leonard König, Martijn Versteeg, Ryan Hackeley, Steven Sanders, Zoë Nowak
• Friday, April 5: 1 a.m. to 1 p.m. PT
• Saturday, April 6: 1 a.m. to 1 p.m. PT
• Sunday, April 7: Finals start at 1 a.m. PT on Twitch.tv/Pokemon

Pokémon UNITE Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonUnite

• Commentators: Evan Hashimoto, Jake Sprague, Joshua Hiebert, Kirk Dube
• Friday, April 5: 1 a.m. to 11 a.m. PT
• Saturday, April 6: 1 a.m. to 11 a.m PT: Quarterfinals to Grand Finals

IO Interactive, the independent video game developer and publisher behind the internationally acclaimed HITMAN franchise, today announces the launch of the Elusive Target “The Undying” in HITMAN World of Assassination. The Undying features two-time BAFTA winner Sean Bean taking on the role of Mark Faba, a former MI5 agent turned freelance assassin, who has proven to be quite the thorn in Agent 47’s side. The mission is available to play in the Free Starter Pack* for new players and as a regular Elusive Target for HITMAN World of Assassination players for a duration of four weeks. The Undying is available globally on Switch.

As shown in the launch trailer, players will be able to unleash their creativity against Mark Faba with a wide variety of tools at their disposal to accomplish their mission and make sure the Undying does not reappear again. The mission takes place in the Miami map, where Agent 47 will have to stop Mark Faba before he can utilize his expert surveillance, infiltration, and demolition skills to complete a contract at the Global Innovation Race event.

The mission will be available to play for free for newcomers to HITMAN in the Free Starter Pack, with the possibility of replaying the mission as many times as they wish for the mission’s 4-week duration. HITMAN World of Assassination players can access the Undying, also for free, as the original Elusive target released in HITMAN 2 and try to unlock the The Ephemeral Suit by completing the challenge.

The Undying Pack – Available in Stores (RRP: $4.99/€4.99/£3.99/$4.99)

A DLC pack will be released alongside the return of The Undying Elusive Target, which will include:

• The Oroborous - A Three Level Arcade contract featuring The Undying Elusive Target, giving permanent access to the mission through the Elusive Target Arcade mode
• The Ephemeral Suit with Eye Patch
• Three items: Kronstadt Mini Flash Robo XOI-2900, Kronstadt IOI-1998X Surround Earphones, Kronstadt Explosive Pen (Gen 2)
• A set of cosmetics for the Freelancer Safehouse inspired by the iconic Elusive Target mission

The Season of Undying – Live Updates, Free for HITMAN World of Assassination Players

Alongside the return of Sean Bean’s Elusive Target, the Season of Undying will start on March 22nd with new content to be added over the next month, including Curated contracts, the Berlin Egg Hunt or returning Elusive Targets. A Twitch drop, The Purple Streak Duck, will be unlocked for players watching one hour of HITMAN World of Assassination on Twitch between the 22nd and 30th of March.

Warframe’s first Warframe addition of the year turns over a new page into our realm on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 for all current platforms with fresh enemies, weapons, and mission types, alongside the return of the community-made cosmetic program, TennoGen. Tune into this month’s Devstream on Friday, March 22 on either the PAX or Warframe Twitch channels for more information on the Dante Unbound Update, Warframe: 1999, and everything in between.

As Warframe Dante, the master of reality’s pages, cast Light or Dark Verses to increase allies’ max health or inflict Slash Damage on nearby enemies. Inspired by classic MMO casters, the pattern of abilities used changes the spell combo’s ultimate finishing ability, Final Verse.

Dante was once an academic confidant to the legendary Entrati family, obsessed with the pursuit of knowledge. After an encounter with an artifact only known as The Book, his mind was infected with “wrongtongued words” that led to his disappearance, until now.

Take on the latest and most challenging mission type yet in Deep Archimedea. This is an amalgamation of three different existing mission types that must be played in succession, with no breaks, that changes every week.

Track down the latest enemy addition to the Murmur faction: the Gruzzling. As a greedy space goblin full of loot, it has plenty of tricks up its sleeves to protect the gear hoard it has amassed.

Fresh Incarnon weapon rewards have also been “unbound” alongside these new additions in the form of the melee fist weapon, Ruvox, and the arm-cannon, Onos.

Warframe Inaros, the living sandstorm, has been reworked to use a more engaging passive ability, guaranteed status effect triggers, and overall changes to his base ability kit.

The dev/community collaborative TennoGen program also makes a return with six new cosmetic skin designs for deluxe Warframes, swords, ships, and more.

As announced during today’s DevShorts stream, Warframe’s invisibility appearance will soon be customizable in this update as well.

For more information and patch notes on all of the changes planned for the Dante Unbound Update on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, please visit this link.

Watch the 2024 Pokémon Europe International Championships on Twitch.tv/Pokemon, and follow along on our social channels for a password that will let you receive a special Pokémon in your Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon Violet game, another password that will let you receive a supercool Pokémon card in Pokémon TCG Live, and special Timed Research in Pokémon GO through Twitch Drops.

Marco Silva claimed victory in the Masters Division at this year’s Latin America International Championships (LAIC), and Iron Hands was a core member of his team! Tune into the stream or look for the password on our social channels once the event kicks off, then go to the Mystery Gift feature in your game and enter the password to receive a Pokémon with the same moves and stats as Marco’s—you can even add it to your next competitive team!

This password can be used only once per save data in Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon Violet. Players will need to have progressed to a certain point in the game before being able to use the Mystery Gift feature. The password for this Iron Hands will be redeemable until April 8, 2024, at 4:59 p.m. PDT.

• Pokémon: Iron Hands
• Poké Ball: Cherish Ball
• Level: 50
• Tera Type: Water
• Original Trainer: Marco
• Nature: Jolly
• Ability: Quark Drive
• Held Item: Assault Vest
• Moves: Drain Punch, Volt Switch, Wild Charge, Fake Out

Pokémon TCG Live: Raging Bolt ex

This powerful Paradox Pokémon that resembles Raikou stormed its way into the Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Temporal Forces expansion. Add a digital version of this special illustration rare card to your collection in Pokémon TCG Live. Redeemable until 11:00 p.m. PDT, April 15, 2024, or while supplies last.

Battle like a champion in the GO Battle League with LNDsRargef’s triumphant team from the 2024 Latin America International Championships (LAIC)! Enable Twitch Drops on your Twitch account and watch the broadcast to receive special Timed Research awarding encounters with Lickitung, Lanturn, Umbreon, Gligar, Medicham, and Charjabug, plus additional rewards of 50 Meditite Candy, 10,000 Stardust, and one Charged TM.

Now in its fourth year, the Gayming Awards, the world’s only LGBTQ video game award show, returns on April 7th, 2024, from Los Angeles, hosted by DEERE and MiladyConfetti.

The celebration of queer geek culture is continuing its journey to become a key player on the global video game stage by heading over to California, the home of the video game industry, with a broadcast set in Los Angeles.

While the original plan was for a live broadcast from Palm Springs, the opportunity to move to LA and produce the show with creative powerhouses Nathan Noyes and Ian Devoglaer (The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula), means that the accessibility and reach of the Awards can be amplified even more with a Spanish language co-stream on TikTok and a captioned stream on YouTube, alongside the main broadcast on Gayming Magazine’s Twitch and TikTok accounts.

Nominees, celebrities, industry professionals and press will gather and celebrate at an exclusive VIP event hosted in Los Angeles on the award’s day itself. Tune in on April 7th at 2pm PT (5pm ET/10pm UK) for a celebration of LGBTQ excellence in gaming!