Award-Winning Victoria Game Studio Recruits Dungeons & Dragons Producer

VICTORIA, BC – May 28, 2018 - Codename Entertainment announced today the hiring of veteran Wizards of the Coast and Dungeons & Dragons Designer and Producer Chris Dupuis. Dupuis will be overseeing the design, production, and development of the studio’s officially-licensed Dungeons & Dragons game, Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms, as well as the award-winning Crusaders of the Lost Idols.

"It is an honor to join Codename, and I am excited to be a part of the dynamic video game sector in Victoria," said Dupuis. "This talented team loves games in all forms, which suits me perfectly. I’m looking forward to diving into our current live service games and helping to grow Codename Entertainment’s impressive portfolio in the future."

Dupuis' own award-winning achievements include credits as both a designer and a developer on dozens of major tabletop, role playing, and board games, including:

• Betrayal at Baldur's Gate
• Heroscape
• Risk Legacy
• Lords of the Waterdeep: Scoundrels of Skullport
• Temple of Elemental Evil and other D&D Adventure System board games
• Magic The Gathering: Born of the Gods
• Kaijudo TCG
• Dungeon Command
• Battleship Galaxies
• Mice & Mystics

“Hiring Chris and adding to the existing talent at the studio has been an enormous achievement,” said Eric Jordan, Codename Entertainment's CEO. "Chris has an impressive resume of world-class games under this belt, and we're delighted to be able to bring him to our beautiful city."

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms Available for iPad and Tablet for Androidâ„¢ Today

VICTORIA, BC – May 17, 2018 - Codename Entertainment is proud to announce that Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms is now available for iPad on the App Store and for tablet for Android on Google Play.

Idle Champions is the world's first idle strategy game set in the celebrated universe of the Forgotten Realms, and is already available in Early Access on Steam for PC and Mac, where it has enjoyed great success since launching this past September:

• Top 25 F2P game on Steam.
• Top 100 Most Played Steam game (Top 0.5%)
• Over 4.3 million cumulative plays.
• 3 million hours played last 30 days.

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms is an idle strategy game where players must assemble and organize a party of Champions to master the art of Formation Strategy. Players unlock Champions, upgrade their specializations, and quest for epic weapons such as Drizzt Do'Urden's legendary swords, Icingdeath and Twinkle. The key to success is learning how to combine each Champion's abilities to maximize their potential and defeat an onslaught of increasingly powerful monsters.

Key Features:

• Unlock Renowned Champions: Collect renowned Champions from the world of Dungeons & Dragons, including fan-favorites from R.A. Salvatore’s best-selling novels and the Force Grey web series. Unlock additional Champions added to the game through campaign updates and limited-time events. Formation Strategy: The key to completing each adventure is mastering Formation Strategy, knowing which Champions and synergies are needed to defeat the infinite waves of enemies.


• Explore the Forgotten Realms: Take your Champions on a ‘grand tour’ of the Sword Coast, exploring familiar locations within the Forgotten Realms as they tackle each adventure. The game receives regular updates with content inspired by the official Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role playing game adventures, including a trip to Chult with the Tomb of Annihilation.


• Regular Events: The game is updated regularly with limited-time events and additional campaign adventures. Completing events unlocks new Champions and gear to add to the player's collection.

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms is available now now for iPad on the App Store and for Android tablet on Google Play.

Digital Press Kit: http://bit.ly/IdleChampionsDPK

For more information on Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms go to www.IdleChampions.com.

About Idle Champions

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms, the world's first idle strategy game set in the celebrated universe of the Forgotten Realms. The game is indie studio Codename Entertainment's first licensed video game in partnership with Dungeons & Dragons. The game has appeared consistently in the Top 100 games by concurrent player count since launch: store.steampowered.com/stats

About Codename Entertainment

Codename Entertainment Inc. is the award-winning indie video game studio based in Victoria, British Columbia. The studio's previous game, Crusaders of the Lost Idols, has remained popular since launching in 2015. It has stayed in the Top 1% of games by concurrent player count on Steam. It's also one of the Most Played games out of more 117,000 on Kongregate.com, and it is consistently ranked in the Most Popular Games on Armorgames.com.

About Wizards of the Coast

Wizards of the Coast LLC, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS), is the leader in entertaining the lifestyle gamer. Wizards' players and fans are members of a global community bound together by their love of both digital gaming and in-person play. The company brings to market a range of gaming experiences under powerful brand names such as Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons. For more information about our world renowned brands, visit the Wizards of the Coast Web site at www.wizards.com

Android is a trademark of Google LLC.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Victoria, British Columbia, September 28, 2014 - Codename Entertainment is excited to release its brand new IP today, Shards of Titan! From the studio which brought players the fan favourite series of Egg Breaker and Bush Whacker, Shards of Titan is an intriguing new RPG set in a mysterious world destroyed by an unknown cataclysm eons ago.

Within the world of Shards of Titan, players can:

• Choose one of three classes: Ranger, Warrior or Wizard
• Play through 30+ missions and quests available at launch
• Explore the Temperate Rainforest and Desert shards
• Reconstruct your home town, upgrade buildings for better resources and powers
• Battle player vs player daily in the Arena or explore Multiplayer Dungeons with up to 3 friends
• And much more.

"I am pleased and excited to officially release Shards of Titan." says David Whittaker, Co-Founder of Codename Entertainment and Lead Designer on Shards of Titan. "For over a year, the entire studio has passionately pursued development on this new title while simultaneously maintaining the regular high quality content updates players have come to expect in both Bush Whacker 2 and Egg Breaker Adventures. With a packed schedule of content updates, events, and new features Shards of Titan promises to be our biggest most exciting title yet!"


ABOUT CODENAME ENTERTAINMENT:
Codename Entertainment (originally DJArts Games Inc.) was founded in 2008 in Victoria, B.C. by David Whittaker and Justin Stocks with the successful launch of their first title, "Egg Breaker". Egg Breaker's success hatched three successive games, Egg Breaker 2, Egg Drop and the current title in the series, Egg Breaker Adventures. Created in 2010, the classic Bush Whacker appealed to adventurers who were looking to smack some shrubbery and see what popped out. Following its success, Bush Whacker 2 was released in 2012, and celebrated its second anniversary earlier this year with much cake. It was not a lie.

Codename Entertainment, DJArts Games, Egg Breaker, Egg Breaker 2, Egg Breaker Adventures, Bush Whacker, and Bush Whacker 2 are trademarks of Codename Entertainment Inc. All other products named herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Victoria, British Columbia, July 2, 2014 - DJArts Games has changed its name to Codename Entertainment, effective 13:37 PDT on July 2, 2014. The team behind the popular Egg Breaker and Bush Whacker series has leveled up and is excited to continue to push for solid game play, excellent player support and dedicated community interaction under their new name.

“Codename Entertainment better reflects the spirit and values of the company," said Eric Jordan, CEO of Codename Entertainment. “Our company has almost doubled in size over the past 18 months and this name change is part of a larger rebranding effort to reflect our growth.”

Codename Entertainment’s game, Bush Whacker 2, holds the #3 spot on Big Fish Games Online. The company is one of the key video game studios in Victoria, B.C. with highly rated games on Facebook, Kongregate, ArmorGames and Big Fish Games.


ABOUT CODENAME ENTERTAINMENT:

Founded in 2008 in Victoria, B.C. by David Whittaker and Justin Stocks with the successful launch of their first title, "Egg Breaker". Egg Breaker's success hatched three successive games, Egg Breaker 2, Egg Drop and the current title in the series, Egg Breaker Adventures. Launched in 2010, the classic Bush Whacker appealed to adventurers who were looking to smack some shrubbery and see what popped out. Following its success, in 2012 Bush Whacker 2 was released, and recently celebrated its second anniversary with much cake. It was not a lie.

Codename Entertainment, DJArts Games, Egg Breaker, Egg Breaker 2, Egg Breaker Adventures, Bush Whacker, and Bush Whacker 2 are trademarks of Codename Entertainment Inc. All other products named herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.