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13-2026 5th Planet Games Shares Highlights of Skybound Entertainment’s Invincible VS™ Prescence at The 2026 Evo Awards; New Character and Additional Open Beta Details Revealed!
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 VS™ 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: •Conquest 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. •Open 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. •DLC 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; across Eastern Europe in partnership with Glomerk SA; and across the Benelux region in association with BIGBEN Interactive Belgium S.A.
The Invincible comic book series ran for fifteen years at Image Comics across a historic 146 issues. Since 2021, Invincible has aired as a critically acclaimed adult animated television series and taken on a new life with fans globally, streaming exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories. Season 4 recently debuted on Prime Video March 18, 2026 to a 100% perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes. The Season Four season finale will release on April 22, 2026, just one week prior to Invincible VS’ launch.
For more details on Invincible VS, visit Instagram, X, TikTok, YouTube and online at InvincibleVS.com.
ABOUT 5TH PLANET GAMES 5th Planet Games is a video games financing and publishing company located in Copenhagen, active in games across all global platforms and devices. It has a long and successful history of working with established brands and strong IP. Now, in partnership with Skybound Entertainment, the company has extended access to compelling, global IP such as The Walking Dead, Invincible, and more.
ABOUT SKYBOUND ENTERTAINMENT Skybound is the leading entertainment company built to create, produce, scale, and sustain world-class IP across comics, television, film, video games, audio, merchandise and collectibles. Co-founded by visionary creator Robert Kirkman and CEO David Alpert, Skybound owns and controls a portfolio of globally recognized franchises and cultural hits including The Walking Dead, Invincible, Impact Winter, Stillwater and others. Through a creator-first model, Skybound has become the go-to launchpad for original stories across all forms of entertainment.
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