Complete objectives, master your routes and unlock exclusive rewards with Mastery, now available for Train Sim World

The Full Moon Update for Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour is out now. With this update comes new equipment, new clothing and new sponsors for Career Mode as well as a load of game improvements. From newly announced partner AFTCO we are adding 5 pieces of clothing with 4 t-shirts and a hoodie. Career sponsor Free Spirit Fishing are having two of their rods added to the game, the 13ft ‘Hi S’ Carp Rod and 10ft Bank Cat S Rod. As you may have seen on our social media pages, there are 4 new sponsor companies in Career Mode. The US Angling Confederation, BassBoat4Sale.com, Great Clips and The CARP Bible have all joined the Pro Tour. Between now and the 5th November you can get into the spooky Halloween spirit with special seasonal items. Log in to Dovetail Live and complete the Halloween Mastery [https://live.dovetailgames.com/live/fishing-sim-world/profile/mastery] challenges to be rewarded with a t-shirt featuring a “wolf” howling at the moon and a pumpkin head hat. In addition to the Halloween Mastery challenge you can unlock the brand new AFTCO clothing through Dovetail Live. Go fishing on a lake and at the end of your session you will be rewarded with the 4 new t-shirts and a hoodie. The full change list can be found below: * Clothing from AFTCO added * Two rods from Free Spirit added – the 13ft ‘Hi S’ Carp Rod and 10ft Pro Catfish Rod * New sponsors added to career mode * Seasonal clothing items added * Support for challenges and rewards for remaining lakes to be added to mastery * Improvements to how events are sent to mastery server * Improvements to multiplayer camera jitter * Fixed an issue where changing an item in the tackle box reset all three rods * Fixed the completed status when completing tier 3 of mastery * Improvements to AI scoring in career mode tournaments * Adjusted fish fights for various species * Fixed issue where options in lake settings are reset when coming back to this screen * Made it so that the location details for a given offline tournament shows the lake name, rather than the event name * Fixed the Lake Jordan image in Lake selection * Tweaked fish jumping behaviour * Fixed thumbnails for various lures in tackle box * Fixed issue where rods would stand up on a peg * Fixed silhouettes of various species and trophy fish in angler’s log * Increased cooldown on being able to catch the same fish twice * Fixed Grand Union trophy Pike appearing as same model when caught * Various UI improvements * Minor bug fixes and improvements

On Wednesday October 30th, we will be adding Mastery to Train Sim World

Our next update will see four new sponsors being added to the career mode in Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour across the bass, predator and career tours. In this article we will introduce you to those new sponsors. US Angling Confederation The US Angling Confederation, who we announced as a new partner recently, is a charitable non-profit organisation dedicated to Sport Fishing in America. They provide leadership for the U.S.A. national fishing teams as they compete worldwide as well as share their love of competitive angling by engaging America’s youth, support conservation actions and empower local community angling groups. The current USA Bass team is captained by our partner, Scott Martin and several more of the team are also available to compete against in game. Website [https://usangling.com/] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/USAngling.org/] BassBoat4Sale.com BassBoat4Sale.com are a premier bass boat listings website featuring bass boats for sale from dealers, pro anglers and private sellers. You will be seeing them as a sponsor in the bass tour. Website [https://bassboat4sale.com/] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bassboat4sale] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/bassboat4saledotcom] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8h7TRsfWQL2N5mXk9GR8CA] Great Clips The world's largest salon brand, Great Clips have over 4,200 salons across North America. They are sponsors of in-game anglers Jay Garstecki and Ben Olsen and will soon be available to sponsor you in your career mode. Website [https://www.greatclips.com/] Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/greatclips] Twitter [http://www.twitter.com/greatclips] Instagram [http://www.instagram.com/greatclips] YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/user/greatclips] The CARP Bible In the carp tour in career mode we are adding TheCARPbible, a carp focused social media platform that brings you all the latest carp fishing news and catches from around the world. TheCARPbible was formed early 2017 by Gary Alder and has grown to become a very popular Carp fishing feed on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TheCARPbibleOfficial/] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/TheCARPbible] Twitter [https://twitter.com/thecarpbible]

Take in the incredible valley scenery of Rivet Games’ Surselva Line, which is available now for Train Simulator!

Scenic operations aplenty with Just Trains’ detailed Cornish Main Line route, which is available now on the Steam and Dovetail Games stores!

Dovetail Games, the multi award-winning simulation developer and publisher today can announce that it has signed a licensing agreement with the US Angling Confederation for Dovetail Games Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour. The US Angling Confederation is a charitable non-profit organisation dedicated to Sport Fishing in America. They provide leadership for the U.S.A. national fishing teams as they compete worldwide as well as share their love of competitive angling by engaging America’s youth, support conservation actions and empower local community angling groups. The current USA Bass team is captained by our partner, Scott Martin and several more of the team are also available to compete against in game. As part of the deal, players can expect to be offered sponsorship in Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour’s career mode with future plans to bring more Team USA anglers across all disciplines to the game in place as well as official team apparel. Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour will also be supporting future Team USA events starting with the 2019 Pan American Black Bass Championship in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada where the game will be available for people to play. Mark Greenway, Fishing Business Director for Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour said “We’re honoured to be working with and supporting the US Angling Confederation and are proud that they feel able to endorse the game. The work that the confederation undertakes is vital in promoting the sport and we look forward in working together to promote it even further. This is great news for our players as well as they can expect to see even more of the best anglers the US has to offer, begin to feature in our game. Sean Warner, President, Director of International Affairs at the US Angling Confederation said “We were blown away by the authenticity and level of detail found in Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour and are delighted to be able to call this the official fishing game of the US Angling Confederation. We are looking forward to a long and successful partnership and really pleased that the game will be able to raise awareness of the work that we do.” Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour is available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. For the latest news and developments, please visit our website [www.fishingsimworld.com] or follow along on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/DovetailFishing/], Twitter [https://twitter.com/DovetailFishing/] and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/dovetailfishing/]. For further information about the US Angling Confederation please visit their website [https://usangling.com/], and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/USAngling.org/].

Railroading in America’s magnificent heartland is coming soon to Train Simulator with the Union Pacific’s bustling and historic Kansas City – Topeka route!

The unique and experimental Electro-Motive GP40X in Union Pacific livery is now ready for Train Simulator duty!

Now available, Norfolk Southern N-Line Scenario Pack 01 delivers the real-life experiences of working on a classic American branch line railroad!

Delve into bustling S-Bahn and freight operations with Train Sim World: Rhein-Ruhr Osten, which is available now on PS4, Xbox One and Windows PC!

Following their Gotthardbahn Alpine Classic route, Rivet Games shall soon be launching their next foray into Swiss rails: the Surselva Line!

The results are in and we can reveal who the winners of Angler of the month are for September. Xbox One Angler of the Month: Madutchky Series winners Big Bass Tour: Madutchky Carp Championship: mafioso filho Predator Challenge: Madutchky Match Series: l Bigtimer J l PlayStation 4 Angler of the Month: nafe1981 Series Winners **Big Bass Tour: TokerKato ** Carp Championship: MASHEAD7 Predator Challenge: KissMyConverse36 Match Series: TokerKato Steam Angler of the Month: UndeadFrog Series Winners Big Bass Tour: UndeadFrog Carp Championship: UndeadFrog Predator Challenge: UndeadFrog Match Series: UndeadFrog The October season is underway with our first week of tournaments looking like this: Big Bass Tour: Lake Dylan, Sunset Carp Championship: Manor Farm, Morning Predator Challenge: Lake Williams, Afternoon Match Series: Waldsee, Sunrise We will be running with some variations to tournaments this month so keep an eye out for an article later this week with full details of all the tournaments for October.

The classic and much-admired Alco FA diesel freight locomotive is soon coming to Train Simulator!

Let’s take another look at the upcoming, action-packed Rhein-Ruhr Osten route, which is coming to Train Sim World on October 10th!

With the BR Class 142's retirement finally on the horizon, it is time to look back at the beginning of their career with our new 142 for Train Simulator!

The Tackle Box Equipment Pack is our first equipment pack for Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour and is available now on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC costing £4.99/$5.99/€5.99. This pack contains 50 items of equipment that are perfect for all the styles of fishing available in game and will help you combat any situation you may face! With a brand new boat, rods, reels, lures and clothing there really is everything to set up your perfect in-game tackle box. We have three tackle companies making their first appearances in Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour including a top of the range 625 bass boat from Blazer Boats and the Phenom + Ippon ranges of rods and reels from Enigma. For our carp anglers, we are adding the Propel rod from Trakker, the first time we are featuring their rods in game. In addition to this we have new equipment from existing partners. From YUM we have a selection of the Vibra King Tube and Christie Critter ranges in different colour patterns. The Booyah Buzz and Double Willow Blade are featured from Booyah Baits as well as the Ned Bomb from Missile Baits. Represent your favourite brands with stylish Fitzgerald, 13 Fishing, Booyah Baits and Yum boat wraps for the Blazer 625. We have a selection of Baitshack spinner lures also being introduced that will be great for catching trout and salmon! It's not all bass focused with some of our European partners having new equipment added. You will be able to use a new range of Nu-Trine and CR1 bait from CR Baits. Meanwhile, Sonik Sports have the Xtractor rod and reel for you to use. The Xtractor reel is brand new to the market so try it first in this equipment pack! Finally, give your character a new look with clothing from Wofte along with exclusive Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour clothing. With so many quality items in one great value pack, buy the Tackle Box Equipment Pack and start beating your PBs! Get your copy of the Tackle Box Equipment Pack now: Xbox One [https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/p/fishing-sim-world-pro-tour-tackle-box-equipment-pack/bnkbcxtzf511?activetab=pivot:overviewtab] PlayStation 4 Europe [https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/product/EP2866-CUSA12376_00-FISHINGTACKLEBOX?emcid=pa-st-165932] PlayStation 4 US [https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP3004-CUSA12494_00-FISHINGTACKLEBOX] Steam [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1030563] Dovetail Store [https://store.dovetailgames.com/ref/1030563]

The experimental Electro-Motive GP40X, in UnionPacific livery, is coming soon to Train Simulator

Unique electric action comes to life with RSSLO’s striking SŽ Series 363 locomotive for Train Simulator

Step into a world of Merry-Go-Round magic with Creative Rail’s brand new East Midlands Coal route, which is available to explore now in Train Simulator!

The Mastery Update is now out for Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour and should be downloading for you. In this update we have introduced a new way for you to play and earn unique rewards in game with the Dovetail Live Mastery system. Five of our lakes will have a set of challenges divided into three tiers. Complete a tier of challenges and you will receive an in-game reward as well as unlocking the next tier. Find out more about the Mastery System and how it works here [https://live.dovetailgames.com/live/fishing-sim-world/articles/article/fishing-mastery] and make sure you’re registered for Dovetail Live In addition to this the update has general improvements and gameplay fixes. Based on your feedback we have now increased the bite rate for pike on Wraysbury and we have adjusted the models for the salmon species. Change list: * Added in Dovetail Live Mastery & your own stats data * Trout added to lake species list for Waldsee in Lake Select menu * Increased bite rate of pike on Wraysbury * Hidden the option to select a boat on an offline tournament screen when the lake doesn’t allow boats * Fixed progress bar behaviour when reaching a new level * Fixed fish model size to not be cut in the display area * Fixed glow on salmon species * Updated head and body size of all salmon trophy fish * Fixed issue where rods would stand up when on a peg in Grand Union Canal * Main Menu UI tweaks * Other minor fixes

Union Pacific’s fabulous route through Utah’s Wasatch Range via Echo and Weber Canyons now comes to Train Simulator!

Following the release of TS20, our Community Manager took the opportunity to sit down and talk to the producer about his experience working on the game.

Modern EMU & intermodal freight action come together in our latest route for Train Sim World – introducing Rhein-Ruhr Osten: Hagen – Wuppertal, coming soon!