Monthly Archives: April 2016

Digital Extremes Announces Tennocon

Digital Extremes Announces Tennocon

Independent games developer and publisher Digital Extremes is excited to announce first details for TennoCon, an action packed convention and celebration of Warframe®, bringing together one of the world’s largest Free-to-Play Communities. Set in the heart of Digital Extremes’ hometown of London, Ontario at the London Convention Center on July 9, 2016, TennoCon offers attendees a chance to connect with the Warframe developers, well-known Warframe Twitch and YouTube broadcasters, and fellow players, better known as Tenno.

Now with more than 22 million players across PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, Warframe boasts a thriving in-game and online Community. TennoCon will bring this devoted Community together in a day of interactive panels, giveaways and activities focused on three major themes: Learn, Play, Connect. With a variety of panels hosted by various members of the Warframe development team, players can learn first-hand the inside track on how Warframe is made, from concept to design to live update. Warframe game stations and a mix of hands-on activities will allow attendees to play and test their IRL space ninja skills and players can meet and connect with fellow Clan members and in-game friends in the largest gathering of Tenno yet!

The day’s events will end on a high note with TennoLive, a livestreaming broadcast of Warframe’s popular Devstream series where the Developers will discuss future plans for Warframe including big reveals on new content, continued cinematic quest direction and gameplay enhancements. Players unable to attend the event can tune in to TennoLive online at twitch.tv/warframe.

TennoCon tickets are available for purchase today at the official website. Three tiers of tickets include Full Day, Collector’s and Limited VIP:

  • Full Day Ticket – $25 CAD – includes full day access to the event along with free, exclusive in-game swag.
  • Collector’s Ticket – $75 CAD – includes full day access to the event along with free, exclusive in-game swag, PLUS an exclusive TennoCon t-shirt and additional swag.
  • Limited VIP Ticket – $250 CAD – includes all previous tier items along with a Limited Edition Nyx Collector’s Statue and a Digital Extremes Studio Tour, complete with Canadian Brunch with the Warframe Development Team.

Cosmic League Prepares for Closed Beta in Europe and Turkey

IDC/Games announced the official launch day for their TPS Cosmic League, the sequel of the famous Cosmic Break, known in Japan as Cosmic Break 2. The closed beta will start on April 14th.

Cosmic League EU

The new version of the game came to Japan in mid-2015 and has already obtained a resounding success, with hundreds of thousands of players enjoying their style and action.

Cosmic League is an action-packed online arena shooting game featuring cute girls and killer robots. Two teams of up to 10 players each are pitted against each other in close-quarter arena battles.  A constantly changing battlefield will require the players to stay aware of their surroundings and adapt their strategies accordingly.

The game will be localized into several languages including French, German, Polish, Czech, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Portuguese and Russian.

Flower Knight Girl Launches Day Before American Tax Day

Nutaku.com, an online gaming portal featuring premium web-based games, announced that they will be launching “Flower Knight Girl” today–just one day before US Federal Income taxes are due.

Flower Knight Girl Launch

“We would like to advise American gamers that even an extremely fun and addictive game like Flower Knight Girl is not worth the risk of debtors prison,” a spokesperson pretending to work for the United States Internal Revenue Service commented. “And look, prison isn’t as much of a hoot as it seems on television or whatever. There’s no wi-fi, for starters.” When asked for other reasons gamers would want to avoid prison, the pretend IRS spokesperson claimed to be drawing a blank, and insisted that he “blew [his] load on the first example.”

Flower Knight Girl, an enchanting RPG that places you in the Kingdom of the Spring Garden as Grandmaster of the Flower Knight Girls, is sure to be a major distraction this week, and will likely have many gamers hiding from the police as they work to save the Kingdom from horrific beasts.

“I mean, if I get arrested, these bad guys are going to take over the Kingdom,” said Alex Nichols, an avid gamer and less-than-avid taxpayer who is currently on the run from the IRS for tax evasion. “Once I’ve got all of my Floral Defenders ready for battle, then I’ll probably turn myself in. Probably.”

When asked for comment, a spokesperson for Nutaku.com stated, “We heartily encourage our American fans to pay their taxes before starting Flower Knight Girl, but we’re Canadian, so we aren’t really that invested.”