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The Raven Remastered Out Now, Launch Trailer
传奇窃盗正式回归 以《乌鸦 神偷大师之遗产》为基础重制《乌鸦 重制版》今日上市
转载 - 巴哈姆特（https://gnn.gamer.com.tw/5/160115.html）

　　THQ Nordic 旗下冒险游戏《乌鸦 重制版（The Raven Remastered）》PC、PS4、Xbox One 版本已上市。

　　《乌鸦 神偷大师之遗产（The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief）》是于 2013 年推出、描述一个盗贼宗师故事的冒险游戏。 故事设定在 1964 年伦敦，一颗放置在大英博物馆内的古老红宝石被偷，而在犯罪现场仅留下一根乌鸦羽毛。 究竟这次的事件是有人试图模仿消失多年的传奇窃盗 The Raven？

　　而以该作品为基础重制的《乌鸦 重制版》于今日正式释出，官方同步曝光上市宣传影片。

　　PC、PS4、Xbox One《乌鸦 重制版》已上市。

   

The Raven Remastered is out today on PC/Mac and consoles

The Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief, the classic whodunit adventure by King Art, has been fully remastered and will be released on PC/Mac, PlayStation 4 and across the Xbox One family of devices including Xbox One X today. The game goes by the name of The Raven Remastered and does not only feature fully remastered animations, lighting and hair in full HD resolution, but also subtitles in French, Spanish and Simplified Chinese for the first time (already available in German, Russian, Polish and Italian).

Everyone who owns the original version of The Raven on Steam or gog.com will get the new The Raven Remastered free of charge. The game will automatically appear in the owners' libraries today.

About The Raven Remastered

London, 1964. An ancient ruby is stolen from the British Museum. At the crime scene: a raven feather. Is somebody trying to follow in the footsteps of The Raven, the legendary master thief who disappeared years before?

Constable Anton Jakob Zellner finds himself in the middle of the kind of murder mystery he so far only knew from reading his favourite crime novels. Nothing is what it seems. Everyone has something to hide. And the Raven is always one step ahead...

Key Features

• A classic whodunit adventure from KING Art, the creators of the Book of Unwritten Tales-series

• Experience a thrilling crime story through the eyes of multiple characters

• Classic murder mystery locations, from a train in the Swiss alps, to a majestic cruise ship and the Cairo Museum

• High quality voice acting from a compelling cast of quirky characters

• Fully remastered animations, lighting and hair in full HD resolution

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Titan Quest Out Now for PS4 and Xbox One, Launch Trailer

   

Remember the Titan Quest? It's out on consoles now!

For almost 12 years, console players could only watch a large crowd of PC gamers playing one of the finest ARPGs ever made. But the wait is over, Titan Quest is now available on PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system and across the Xbox One family of devices including Xbox One X.

The version for Nintendo Switch is in development and will be released (insert drumroll) when it is done. We are also working hard on the couch-coop mode, which will be ready soon.

Order the Titan Quest Standard or Collector's Edition here.



About Titan Quest Console Edition

From Age of Empires co-creator Brian Sullivan and Braveheart writer Randall Wallace comes an action role playing game set in ancient Greece, Egypt and Asia. The Titans have escaped their eternal prison, wreaking havoc upon the earth. The gods seek a hero who can turn the tide in an epic struggle that will determine the fate of both men and gods. Are you ready for the quest?

Features

• Explore the Ancient World - Unlock arcane mysteries as you journey to legendary locations

• Conquer Monsters of Legend - Battle mythical beasts in a story-driven campaign that will determine the fate of all existence

• Highly Customizable Characters - Build and customize your characters with 28 classes and over 1000 pieces of unique and legendary items to create the ultimate champion

• Online Multiplayer Gameplay - Challenge others to experience the story in fast-action, 2-6 player online cooperative gameplay

• Console controls & UI – Tailor made UI and controls for a perfect ARPG experience using a gamepad

• Remastered graphics – Fully reworked textures for an up to date Titan Quest experience

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THQ Nordic and Nickelodeon to revive several select game titles from the past



THQ Nordic and Nickelodeon bring back selected game titles from the past

THQ Nordic and Nickelodeon today announced the global revival of several game titles connected with Nickelodeon properties.

The full list of game titles are:

• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Back At The Barnyard
• Catscratch
• Danny Phantom
• El Tigre
• Invader Zim
• Jimmy Neutron
• My Life As A Teenage Robot
• Rocket Power
• Rocko's Modern Life
• Rugrats
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Tak And The Power Of JUJU
• The Fairly OddParents (US only)
• The Ren & Stimpy Show
• The Wild Thornberrys

On-shelf availability will be announced in the coming months.

“The appetite for Nickelodeon content old and new continues to grow and it’s exciting to bring our beloved content to new audiences through this partnership with THQ Nordic,” said Jon Roman, Senior Vice President, Toys, Nickelodeon. “These titles were popular when they were first released and we can’t wait for fans around the world to rediscover their favorites.”

“This one hits close to home! We are very proud of signing this agreement, which was originally executed by the “former” THQ Inc,” comments Adrienne Lauer, VP Digital Sales & Business Development Americas at THQ Nordic. “We believe the combination of strong licenses and solid, crisp gameplay was one of THQ Inc’s trademark strategies, and we intend to continue this tradition. I am confident we chose one of the strongest partners for doing just that. It is a perfect fit for our “asset care” strategy: bringing back fan-favorites, continuing to support legacy games and make them available on current and even next-gen platforms.”

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Red Faction: Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered announced for PS4, Xbox One, and PC
《红色派系 游击队》重制版公布 画质全面加强
转载 - Vgtime（http://www.vgtime.com/topic/945875.jhtml）

　　THQ Nordic公布了《红色派系 游击队》重制版，游戏将于今年第二季度登陆PC/Xbox One/PS4。拥有Steam版《红色派系 游击队》的玩家将免费获得重制版。

　　《红色派系 游击队》发售于2009年，是由《黑道圣徒》系列开发商Volitions制作的动作射击游戏，游戏的故事发生在初代《红色派系》的50年后，玩家将扮演一位红色派系反抗军，推翻地球防卫军的统治。

　　此次的重制版将着重于对视觉效果的提升，包括纹理、光照、阴影在内的细节都将得到重制，除此之外，重制版还将加入对4K分辨率的支持。

THQ Nordic has announced Red Faction: Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered, a fully remastered version of the 2009-released Red Faction: Guerrilla, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. It will launch in Q2 2018.

Here is an overview of the game, via THQ Nordic:

About

Set 50 years after the climactic events of the original Red Faction, Red Faction: Guerrilla allows players to take the role of an insurgent fighter with the newly re-established Red Faction movement as they battle for liberation from the oppressive Earth Defense Force. Red Faction: Guerrilla still defines the limits of destruction-based game-play with a huge open-world, fast-paced guerrilla-style combat, and true physics-based destruction.

Key Features

• Open World Guerrilla Warfare – You decide who, when, where and how to battle. Utilize guerrilla tactics, improvised weaponry, and modified vehicles to lead insurgent attacks on EDF targets. Launch attacks based on your own gameplay style, take on missions in any order you choose, or engage in destructive activities to weaken the EDF’s grip on Mars.
• Strategic Destruction – Use destruction to your tactical advantage, setting ambushes or chain reaction explosions to attack enemy strongholds and permanently modify the game environment. Leverage fully-dynamic physics-based destruction to improvise on the fly: blow holes in a wall or floor to set an ambush or escape, take out a staircase to stop your pursuers, or drive vehicles through blown out walls.
• Evolving & Emergent Gameplay – Carve your path through an ever changing landscape as you improvise your combat tactics – mixing gameplay styles, vehicles, weapons and explosives to defeat the EDF.
• Epic Sci-Fi Setting – Explore the huge, unforgiving Martian landscape, from the desolate mining outpost of Parker to the gleaming EDF capital city of Eos; then tear through the fully destructible open-world environments swarming with EDF forces, Red Faction resistance fighters, and the downtrodden settlers caught in the cross-fire.
• Multiplayer Combat – There is no place to hide when you put your guerrilla warfare skills to the test in a variety of highly destructive multiplayer combat modes.
  

Re-Mars-tered Features

• Fully reworked graphics – Heavily reworked textures and graphic features adding for example specular maps.
• Improved shadow rendering
• Improved Lighting
• Shader & Postprocessing rework
• Native 4k support for the finest up to date mars destruction experience ever
  

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Legend of Kay Anniversary for Switch launches May 29



Legend of Kay Anniversary will launch for Switch on May 29, THQ Nordic announced.

Switch will be the 10th platform the game releases on, following the already available PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PC, Mac, and Linux versions of Legend of Kay Anniversary, and the PlayStation 2 and DS versions of the original game.

Here is an overview of the game, via THQ Nordic:

About

Legend of Kay Anniversary is a thoroughly remastered version of the original game including high-resolution textures, new, more detailed character models, modern rendering techniques and crystal-clear surround sound, giving this great classic a new shine

Full of fond allusions to old martial arts films and pop culture quotes, Legend of Kay Anniversary is both an incredibly funny game and a challenging action-adventure for young and old alike.

Key Features

25 different levels with over 15 enemy types and epic boss battles.
3 different primary weapons (sword/hammer/claws) with distinct combat styles.
Various mini-games such as wild boar racing, dragon flying and wolf riding.
Online rankings: compare your score with your friends’ and compete against the best in the world.

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Nordisk Film Acquires Avalanche Studios
Avalanche Studios 开发商被收购 成交额达8900万欧元

　　今天，丹麦北方电影公司（Nordisk Film）宣布他们已经收购了《正当防卫（Just Cause）》、《疯狂的麦克斯（Mad Max）》等作的开发商雪崩工作室（Avalanche Studios），据报道北方电影公司获得了全部三家雪崩工作室的股份所有权，上周在瑞典新设立的工作室也包括在内。

　　在去年北方电影就购得了雪崩工作室1000万美元的股份，成了工作室的小股东。根据外媒GI.biz报道，本次收购案共花费8900万欧元，而雪崩工作室目前的市值为1.17亿欧元。雪崩工作室CEO Pim Holfive向GI.biz表示：“很简单，这是正确的报价、也在正确的时间点上，而收购案也是正确的公司提出的。”　

　　Holfive表示，雪崩工作室在去年和作为小股东的北方影业已有过密切合作，双方合作愉快。雪崩工作室在开发爆炸性开放世界游戏方面很有一套，而北方影业同样也有在创意行业与其他公司合作的历史，本次收购也会为雪崩工作室带来宝贵的知识与经验财富。

　　Holfive随后表示北方影业会全心致力于工作室的发展规划，而雪崩工作室也将保持其创作的独立性。

　　雪崩工作室曾推出过《疯狂的麦克斯》、《正当防卫3》等经典作品，本月早些时候Bethesda也宣布雪崩工作室正在与id Software一同开发《狂怒2》。



Nordisk Film Acquires Avalanche Studios

In a historic deal, the entertainment company Nordisk Film will acquire all shares and take full ownership of leading open world game developer Avalanche Studios (Just Cause, Mad Max, The Hunter).

This deal marks the single largest acquisition in Nordisk Film’s 111-year history, and is part of its strategy of investing heavily in successful Nordic game studios. In April 2017, Nordisk Film acquired a minority ownership share in Avalanche Studios, which will now be complemented by a EUR 89 million acquisition of the remaining shares. Avalanche Studios, which was founded in 2003 by Christofer Sundberg and Linus Blomberg, is now valued at EUR 117 million.

"We have been minority owners of Avalanche Studios for a year, and are already impressed by their results," said Mikkel Weider, Managing Director at Nordisk Film Games. During its 15 years in business, Avalanche Studios has built a world-class team and created a unique company culture that perfectly matches our own values. It also has a unique foundational technology, exciting new titles in development and a strong IP in the The Hunter franchise.

Avalanche Studios has established itself at the forefront of open world game development and creates games based on its proprietary technology called Apex– Avalanche Open World Engine. The studio currently employs more than 320 developers with offices in Stockholm and New York City. Just last week, a third studio, located in Malmö, Sweden, was announced.

Under Nordisk Film’s ownership, Avalanche Studios’ strategy will remain unaltered. It will continue as a creatively independent game studio, developing its own IP’s, as well as catering to third-party publishers and license holders. Following the deal, co-founders Christofer Sundberg and Linus Blomberg will remain at Avalanche Studios, focusing on the creative and technical aspects of its games development. The management team, with CEO Pim Holfve at the helm, will also continue unchanged.

"We have had a fantastic year with Nordisk Film as part of Avalanche Studios," commented Pim Holfve, CEO of Avalanche Studios. "We’ve grown and matured at a pace which was previously not possible. Even though we’ll continue to operate as an independent studio, Nordisk Film will – with a century of experience from growing creative businesses – provide us with a more solid foundation. I could not be happier to have them on-board."

"This is a milestone in our 15 year long history," added Christofer Sundberg, Chief Creative Officer and co-founder of Avalanche Studios. "We started from nothing and have built this incredible company, thanks to a team of exceptionally talented people. With Nordisk Film as the owner of the studio, we will expand our creative horizons. I look forward to continuing our long and successful relationships with the best publishers in our industry, as well as creating new games under our own Avalanche Studios publishing label."

Nordisk Film’s acquisition of Avalanche Studios will be finalized by the end of June 2018. Besides its full ownership of Avalanche Studios, Nordisk Film has minority ownership positions in several other successful Nordic game developers, as part of its long-term strategy.

"At Nordisk Film, we are determined to strengthen our position in the growing global gaming market," said Allan Mathson Hansen, CEO of Nordisk Film. "We want to build a sizeable portfolio of game developers. Our engagement in Avalanche Studios proves that we are committed to substantial and long-term investments."

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Red Faction: Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered Launches July 3
《红色派系之游击战》高清复刻版 7 月 3 日发售

　　今日发行商 THQ Nordic 官方宣布，《红色派系之游击战队（Red Faction Guerrilla）》高清重制版将在 2018 年 7 月 3 日发售，登陆 PS4、Xbox One 和 Steam 平台，同时公布了游戏预告片。

　　《红色派系：游击战》高清复刻版将支持原生4K分辨率、完全重做画面（纹理和画面细节）、强化光影表现、重做着色和后期处理。

　　此外THQ表示，如果在Steam上已经拥有2009年上架的原版《红色派系之游击队》的玩家，那么将在 7 月 3 日自动免费获得重制版本。

　　《红色派系之游击战》是一款由Volition开发的开放世界科幻射击游戏，玩家扮演的是红色派系反抗军的一员，在火星之上推翻地球防卫军的统治。游戏以夸张的场景破坏为特色，战斗中将会面临大量的同屏敌人，同时也提供了巨型机甲以及装甲车等多种载具供玩家使用。

   

Free Mars: Independence Day moved to 3rd of July 2018!

THQ Nordic is proud to align itself with the People Of Mars and confirm that Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered will launch on PC, PlayStation 4 and across the Xbox One family of devices including Xbox One X on July 3rd, 2018. If you own a powerful PC, a PlayStation 4 Pro or an Xbox One X, you can finally enjoy this classic game’s incredible destruction in glorious 4K resolution.

Furthermore, players who already own the 2009 version of Red Faction: Guerrilla on Steam will automatically receive the Re-Mars-tered edition for free in their accounts. From July 3rd, these players can simply download Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered from their Steam library and start swinging their sledgehammers.

One more random fun fact about Mars (in real-life): Did you know that the planet Mars is named after the roman God of War? The ancient Greeks, however, called it 'Ares', after their God of War. We cannot help but wonder if future generations of gamers will eventually rename it 'Kratos'...

About Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered

Set 50 years after the climactic events of the original Red Faction, Red Faction: Guerrilla allows players to take the role of an insurgent fighter with the newly re-established Red Faction movement as they battle for liberation from the oppressive Earth Defense Force. Red Faction: Guerrilla still defines the limits of destruction-based game-play with a huge open-world, fast-paced guerrilla-style combat, and true physics-based destruction.

Key Features

• Open World Guerrilla Warfare - You decide who, when, where and how to battle. Utilize guerrilla tactics, improvised weaponry, and modified vehicles to lead insurgent attacks on EDF targets. Launch attacks based on your own gameplay style, take on missions in any order you choose, or engage in destructive activities to weaken the EDF's grip on Mars.

• Strategic Destruction - Use destruction to your tactical advantage, setting ambushes or chain reaction explosions to attack enemy strongholds and permanently modify the game environment. Leverage fully-dynamic physics-based destruction to improvise on the fly: blow holes in a wall or floor to set an ambush or escape, take out a staircase to stop your pursuers, or drive vehicles through blown out walls.

• Evolving & Emergent Gameplay - Carve your path through an ever changing landscape as you improvise your combat tactics - mixing gameplay styles, vehicles, weapons and explosives to defeat the EDF.

• Epic Sci-Fi Setting - Explore the huge, unforgiving Martian landscape, from the desolate mining outpost of Parker to the gleaming EDF capital city of Eos; then tear through the fully destructible open-world environments swarming with EDF forces, Red Faction resistance fighters, and the downtrodden settlers caught in the cross-fire.

• Multiplayer Combat - There is no place to hide when you put your guerrilla warfare skills to the test in a variety of highly destructive multiplayer combat modes.

Re-Mars-tered Features

• Fully reworked graphics – Heavily reworked textures and graphic features adding for example specular maps.

• Improved shadow rendering

• Improved Lighting

• Shader & Postprocessing rework

• Native 4k support for the finest up to date mars destruction experience ever

PC performance

• Native 4k support on PC

Xbox One Performance

• Xbox One: 900p @ 60 FPS

• Xbox One X: 1800p @ 60 FPS or 4K @ 30 FPS

PlayStation 4 Performance

• PlayStation 4: 1080p @ 60 FPS

• PlayStation 4 Pro: 1500p @60 FPS or 4K @ 30 FPS

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