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SHANGHAI
Jan. 14, 2021
Rhythm Fighter, the roguelike, beat-based, beat ’em up from Coconut Island Games and developer echo games, is available today on Nintendo Switch for $16.99. Check out this groovy game’s new launch trailer below! Launch Trailer: https://youtu.be/GKKx5zeis6U
After Commander Chaos uses dark Beat Energy to turn Earth’s vegetables into evil minions, it’s up to the planet s heroes to save the world by following the beat! Fight through randomly generated battlefields and choose from a variety of characters, each with their own weapons, skills and styles, to move, roll and attack to the time of the music. With hundreds of items, cards, and weapons to pick from, including items from a collaboration with indie rhythm game
Rec Room inc, the developers behind the social space and game creation platform
Rec Room, now says that the game sees around 1 million monthly active users on VR platforms alone.
This update comes as part of a chat with Road To VR (found in full here), where the game s creators note that already half of its VR players are using the Oculus Quest 2, a relatively new device that only launched a few months ago in mid-October 2020.
The 1 million VR MAU milestone comes nearly 5 years into
Rec Room s own lifetime, but the team notes that its userbase outside of VR (including those on PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X|S, PC, and iOS) is much larger than its VR player pool.
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The Entertainment Software Association has announced it is suspending all political contributions from its political action committee after a number of Congressional Republicans supported by the PAC voted to overturn November s presidential election in which president-elect Joe Biden was the victor.
In a statement to GamesIndustry.biz, a spokesperson stated that given the events and actions that led to the violence at the U.S. Capitol, we are pausing contributions from the ESA PAC as we reflect on the tragedy and our path forward.
The ESA s actions come after a number of congressional Republicans voted to overturn the results of November s U.S. presidential election, a cause that drove an angry, violent mob to storm Capitol Hill itself. GI.biz identified five Republicans whose campaigns received contributions from the ESA that voted to overturn the election.
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Vancouver– Papaya Play, the unified PC gaming platform supporting some of the longest-running MMORPGs in Europe and the Americas, officially launched 4Story on November 18th with multiple of special events, and continuous weekly patches since. Updates have consisted of additional PvP content, shop updates, bug fixes, and in-game events awarding upgrade materials, such as Serendipity Potions and Survival Tinctures.
4Story is a free-to-play multiplayer online RPG which has been gathering loyal fans across the globe for more than 10 years. Each player chooses how their own story plays out in one of the three kingdoms which make up the game’s fantastic world. Papaya Play’s re-launch of 4Story has gained nearly 10,000 players, across 5,000 unique IP’s, since launch.