COPENHAGEN - March 30, 2026 - 5th Planet Games A/S (OAX: 5PG), the Danish video
game financing and publishing company, today shares highlights from Skybound
Entertainment's presence and associated on-stage announcements for the upcoming
tag fighting video game Invincible VSTM at the 2026 Evo Awards this past weekend.
The Evo Awards are an annual awards show presented by the Evolution Championship
Series (Evo), the world's largest fighting game tournament, designed to honor
standout players, commentators, creators and community members from the Fighting
Game Community (FGC).
Quarter Up, Skybound's first in-house game development studio, appeared at the
event in Los Angeles, California in full force revealing on-stage the final
playable fighter in Invincible VS' launch roster, along with more details about
the game's upcoming Open Beta and future DLC characters coming this summer. In
summary:
oConquest as Newest Playable Fighter: The 18th addition to a line-up of
fan-favorite characters that Invincible fans can battle as or against in the
game at launch, this ruthless "Viltrumite" was revealed in a new Conquest
Gameplay Trailer, as well as via a towering statue at the Evo Awards. The 6'8"
Conquest statue thawed from within 3,500 pounds of ice and blood as fans
witnessed the spectacle during a global Evo Awards livestream.
oOpen Beta Modes and Omni-Man Bonus Skin Announced: Quarter Up further revealed
that in the upcoming Invincible VS Open Beta, running April 9th through April
11th, players can enjoy 3 separate modes of gameplay - Tutorial, Practice and
Ranked. In addition, all that participate will be treated to a bonus Omni-Man
digital skin.
oDLC Characters Joining This Summer: Quarter Up also confirmed the first two DLC
characters joining the Invincible VS roster this summer: Universa, a character
who recently debuted in the critically acclaimed Season 4 animated series on
Prime Video, and the Immortal, a veteran member of the Guardians of the Globe.
More DLC characters will be revealed by Quarter Up in the coming months.
Mark Stanger, CEO of 5th Planet Games, commented: "Appealing directly to the
millions of global Invincible fans, as well as the millions within the global
fighting game community has been and will continue to be integral to the success
of Invincible VS. The Skybound Entertainment and Quarter Up teams have done an
amazing job so far here, with details of all 18 fan-favorite Invincible
characters circulating amongst fans, along with the team's continued engagement
among fighting game enthusiasts through events like the Evo Awards. The positive
momentum continues to build as we are now just about 5 weeks away from
Invincible VS' release."
Invincible VS will release globally for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and PC on
April 30, 2026. It is the first major game set in the Invincible universe based
on the acclaimed comic book series by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker and Ryan
Ottley. Built from the ground up, the game features favorite characters, iconic
locations, bone-breaking combos and tournament-quality brutal superhuman tag
fighting gameplay.
Co-financier and co-distributor of Invincible VS, 5th Planet Games will
distribute physical boxed editions of the game across the Nordic region under
its partnership agreement with Nordisk Interactive A/S