VANCOUVER, June 18, 2019 /CNW/ - Axion Ventures Inc.
("Axion" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: AXV; OTCQX: AXNVF) is
pleased to announce a major content update, scheduled to be
launched on July 9th, to
the Company's original game, 'MARS', which is entering its
9th year of monetization and has outlasted the typical
PC game life cycle for comparable titles. MARS was originally
launched in 2011 and has achieved over over 23 million
downloads worldwide (17 million in China alone). This massive content update is
the largest that Axion has produced for the title in 24 months and
represents over 9 months of tuning by Axion's development team at
its Shanghai HQ.
Axion expects that this update, dubbed 'MARS Season 4', will
increase the download rate and daily revenue capture as there has
not been such a major content update for the game since 2017.
"MARS Season 4 is the product of over 9 months of highly
talented developers not only creating new content but also
drastically augmenting the gameplay of our first launched title to
compliment the changing market trends in gameplay," stated
Todd Bonner, CEO and Chairman of
Axion. "MARS has been able to withstand the test of time and
still, in its 9th year of monetization,
has a strong following in China and we anticipate
that the new content and gameplay modes included in Season 4 will
increase the revenue capture, of which nearly 100% flows back to
Axion. MARS was produced by Axion while the Company was still under
a joint venture with Epic Games and was the last game launched from
our studio prior to our flagship game, Rising Fire, for which
optimism remains high as it is being disseminated by Tencent through their WeGame platform in
China."
MARS Season 4 | What's New
Genre:
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Third-Person Shooter
(TPS) with both PvE & PvP modes (PC)
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Maps:
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121 in Total | 74 PvE
Maps & 46 PvP Maps
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Weapons:
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Over 200
weapons
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New
Mode:
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'Infinity Dimensions'
– focuses on the completion of quests, divided into 15 difficulty
levels and players can only advance from level to level by
completing tasks within a specific time limit. If a player fails to
move on within the time limit, they can either purchase a pass or
complete further side quests to extend timing.
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Monetisation:
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Free-to-Play with
various in-game purchases including weapons, gift packs, skins and
equipment.
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Axion will be distributing a trailer and gameplay footage for
MARS Season 4 in the near future. This title will be distributed
under the title QQSM3.5, its Chinese acronym.
About Axion
Axion is a video game company with majority ownership in Axion
Games, an online video game development and publishing company
headquartered in Shanghai, China
as well as in True Axion Interactive Ltd., its video game
development company headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand cofounded with True
Corporation.
www.axionventures.com
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