Costa Mesa, CA – Shop for the holidays and bring the whole family for a fun, evening Holiday Bazaar! This new event occurs Thursday, December 20 and Friday, December 21 at the OC Market Place from 2pm to 8pm. Get your admission ticket early, which includes entry into the event, free parking, access to over 50 vendors to shop, and a free hot chocolate!
Admission tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online here. Your online tickets come with all the perks mentioned above, plus access to all the family fun activities including photos with Santa, face painting, snow ball fights, holiday movies, craft stations, gift wrapping stations, holiday themed food and beverages, wine to go, and specialized mustache merchandise and gift packages! Each ticket into the Holiday Bazaar can be shown at Winter Fest OC for a discounted $15 ticket into their event on December 20 and 21. Learn more about The Holiday Bazaar by visiting our website.
This year, the chefs at the OC Market Place will be making holiday meals to go! Orders must be placed by Friday, December 14. Interested parties can purchase a turkey dinner, ham dinner, friend chicken dinner, tamales, and pies. Let us help make your holidays a breeze by making your dinner for you.
To stay up to date on all upcoming events at the Orange County Market Place, including coupons, free admission and special offers, sign up for our EClub, and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. More information can be found by visiting www.ocmarketplace.com.
About Orange County Market Place
The Orange County Market Place®, America’s most unique market, is a celebration of food, fun, value, and the entrepreneurial spirit. With hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, the Orange County Market Place has grown to become the centerpiece of the Orange County outdoor shopping experience. The Orange County Market Place®, founded in 1969, is owned and operated by Spectra and is located on the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa at Fair Drive and the 55 Freeway. The Orange County Market Place operates every Saturday and Sunday of the year except during the Orange County Fair in July/August.
December 5, 2018 – The Game Awards 2018 is gearing up for its biggest show ever this Thursday, December 6th, live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Talent schedule to appear includes Jonah Hill, Christoph Waltz, The Russo Brothers (Avengers), Pepe the King Prawn, Aisha Tyler, Joel McHale, Rosa Salazar, Rivers Cuomo, Brendon Urie, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, JackSepticEye, Phil Spencer (Xbox), Jeff Kaplan (Blizzard), Shawn Layden (PlayStation) and more surprise guests and game developers to be announced.
Throughout the night, The Game Awards Orchestra, conducted by composer Lorne Balfe, will celebrate the rise of video game music with a series of performances featuring special guests, composers Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, Lena Raine (nominee, Celeste), and Sarah Schachner. In addition, the song “Devil Trigger” from the upcoming game Devil May Cry 5 will receive a rousing live performance.
Produced by Geoff Keighley, The Game Awards is one of the most widely distributed digital events on the planet. The ceremony celebrates the best video games of the year, plus a sneak preview of the biggest releases and updates to come with world premieres from Fortnite, Obsidian Entertainment, Anthem, Far Cry and more than 10 new game announcements. The show is live-streamed across all major digital, gaming and social platforms, including YouTube (in 4K UHD resolution), Twitch, Twitter, Facebook, Mixer, Steam TV, PlayStation 4, Xbox Live, IGN, GameSpot, Polygon, MLG and Caffeine.tv – with more to be announced.
Below are some of the livestream links for this year’s broadcast, which begins on Thursday, December 6 at 8:30 PM ET / 5:30 PM PT with a half-hour preshow.
Cambridge, UK. 5 December 2018. Frontier Developments plc (AIM: FDEV) today announced the Planet Coaster Magnificent Rides Collection, launching on 18 December for 7.99 GBP/10.99 EUR. The Magnificent Rides Collection features nine brand new rides (plus one variant ride) for players to add to their parks. The first three of these rides are the Mind Melt, Grand Carousel and Vector:
The Mind Melt is an inverted coaster that will really test a guest’s endurance as they ride its unforgiving twists and turns.
The Grand Carousel is one of the most beautiful and elegant fairground rides to arrive in Planet Coaster and a much-requested community favourite.
The Tracker enhances guests’ dark ride experience with a 3D mover that spins, pitches and banks to bring the ride’s story to life.
Planet Coaster fans can see exclusive reveals of each of the Magnificent Rides Collection rides each day on twitter.com/planetcoaster. A short Mind Melt sneak peek video premiers today, here:
London, England – December 5, 2018 – SEGA® Europe Ltd. and Two Point Studios™ are delighted to announce (and release!) the ‘Two Point Hospital™ – Bigfoot’ DLC today, available for £6.99 on Steam. Let’s join Two Point County News Network anchor Trent Darby, as he breaks the news in the latest trailer: https://youtu.be/DSV0KR6pCMM
In the Two Point Hospital – Bigfoot DLC you’ll take on a range of new administrative challenges in Two Point County’s namesake Pointy Mountains, where you’ll find three new hospitals, three new treatment rooms, a collection of new wintery items and furnishings, 34 new region-specific illnesses (including 9 visual illnesses), as well as new challenges, features and a new, very hairy, VIP…
Local celebri-yeti Bartholomew F. Yeti, the otherwise reclusive furball, has been petitioning for better healthcare in the Pointy Mountains, home to the most frequently forgotten people in all of Two Point County. Mr Yeti will need your help, curing new illnesses such as Cold Shoulder, Bard Flu, and Aurora Snorealis at the Pointy Mountains’ three new hospitals. There’s a medical facility at the Underlook Hotel, a ski resort with more lawsuits than guests; the remote and dilapidated Swelbard Research Institute; and the chance to turn an aristocratic family’s spare, and extremely grand, lodging into a hospital for the surrounding community in Roquefort Castle.
In Two Point Hospital, budding administrators will need to be creative and demonstrate their ability to build, cure and improve in even the hardest and oddest circumstances. Design your hospitals, research unusual illnesses, manage and train often-quirky staff, and try to defeat the fierce healthcare competition of Two Point County.
Two Point Hospital is available on Steam and from SEGA approved digital retailers. For more information about all things Two Point Hospital sign up for our Hospital Pass newsletter at www.twopointhospital.com where you will receive the coveted in-game item, the Golden Toilet. You can also follow the game on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. For more information about SEGA Europe, log on to www.sega.co.uk, follow us on Facebook or on Twitter.
OSLO, Norway – December 4th, 2018 – Publisher Funcom and the developers at The Bearded Ladies are thrilled to announce that Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden today released onto PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The game is also available to all Xbox Game Pass subscribers starting today. Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is a tactical adventure game featuring a cast of unlikely, anthropomorphic characters such as Bormin and Dux, the badass boar and waterfowl that is synonymous with the game thanks to the cinematic reveal trailer.
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden combines XCOM-like tactical, turn-based combat with real-time stealth and exploration of a post-human Earth. It is developed by The Bearded Ladies, a team made up of former HITMAN and PAYDAY developers among others. The game is part of a broader Mutant IP which includes the 80’s pen and paper RPG Mutant that has a loyal following across the world and is frequently seeing new releases. The game has received several “Best of Show” awards at both E3 and GamesCom.
“We are very excited to be launching Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden today and it has been great working with the talented team at The Bearded Ladies,” says Funcom CEO Rui Casais. “Tactical turn-based games is one of my favorite genres, and there is no doubt the team have poured all of their passion and creativity into this unique blend of an adventure and strategy game.”
“We are a small indie team and it has been a long and challenging journey getting to where we are today, but we are incredibly proud of what we have created with Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden,” says Haraldur Thormundsson, CEO and self-proclaimed Circus Director at The Bearded Ladies. “With Funcom’s support we have had the opportunity to create the game we have always wanted to make. Now it is in the hands of the players and we cannot wait to hear what they have to say about it.”
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is available on PC as a Standard Edition ($34.99) as well as a Deluxe Edition ($54.99) which contains a digital version of the latest Mutant pen and paper RPG book as well as an artbook, a soundtrack, and a desktop wallpaper. The Standard Edition is also available on both Xbox One and PlayStation 4 ($34.99) and the game is included in the Xbox Game Pass program.
WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. – Dec. 4, 2018 –Mountain High successfully opened today for the 2018-19 winter season. Around 1,000 guests took to the slopes for their first runs of the year. Recent storms and fresh machine-made snow allowed Southern California’s closest winter resort to open with three lifts, four trails and better-than-normal conditions.
“The new season is here and as a token of our gratitude, all first responders ski or snowboard free through this Sunday (December 9).” said John McColly, Mountain High vice president of sales and marketing.
Early-season tickets are just $59 for adults and kids 12-and-under with a paying adult ski free through December 21 ($25 without). Ticket prices are subject to change without notice.
Operating hours are 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday – Thursday and 9:00am to 10:00pm beginning Friday, December 7. The Big Pines base lodge opens daily at 8:00 a.m. with tickets, rentals, retail and guest services.
All amenities are now available with the exception of lessons, which should be up and running by the coming weekend.
With more snow in the forecast, Mountain High expects to open more lifts and trails in the next few days. For up-to-the-minute details and helpful tips, go to mthigh.com. Check the Mountain High calendar for daily hours of operation and snow report for updated conditions.
For more information on tickets or to purchase Mountain High season passes, click here. Follow Mountain High on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Use #mthigh to get in on the conversation.
About Mountain High
Mountain High is Southern California’s closest winter resort, located just 90 minutes from Los Angeles and Orange County. Mountain High consists of three separate mountains: West Resort, East Resort and North Resort. Mountain High offers a wide variety of lifts and trails, a world-class terrain park, an outstanding winter sports school and the region’s largest tubing areas. Night skiing and snowboarding are available seven nights a week during peak season and snowmaking covers more than 80 percent of the slopes. Visit mthigh.com for more information. Mountain High is an equal opportunity service provider operating under an Angeles National Forest special use permit.
LOS ANGELES ( DECEMBER 4, 2018) – JUST CAUSE 4, the pivotal new entry in the highly successful action-sandbox series, developed by AVALANCHE STUDIOS, releases today on Xbox One, PC and PS4. JUST CAUSE 4 Standard Edition, Digital Deluxe Edition & Gold Edition are is available to buy now from participating retailers. JUST CAUSE 4’s Digital Deluxe Edition comes packed with special Black Hand weaponry – The Black Hand Stealth Micro Jet and SkyStriker Wingsuit. The Gold Edition includes the Expansion Pass, the Golden Gear Pack, and all the Digital Deluxe Content.
Set in the fictional South American world of Solis, JUST CAUSE 4 takes the series incredible destruction and unique physics to a whole new level with the introduction of tornadoes and other Extreme Weather events. JUST CAUSE 4 has four distinct biomes: Rainforest, Grasslands, Alpine & Desert. With each biome offering its own individual, fully simulated weather event, players will have a truly unique experience as they traverse this deep, diverse world.
Rico Rodriguez returns in JUST CAUSE 4 with his trademark parachute, wingsuit and, of course his grapple hook, now enhanced with new functionality and fully customisable. Making it the most powerful and creative tool the player has ever had.
The new Apex engine underpins everything in JUST CAUSE 4. It delivers the most interactive, extreme weather simulations ever seen in a videogame, complimented by incredible visuals, unparalleled physics and endless creative possibilities.
For exclusive news and information visit: https://www.youtube.com/justcausegame
ROSWELL, Ga. — Tuesday, December 4 — Tripwire Interactive and legendary actor Gary Busey join forces to deck the halls with blood and corpses with today’s launch of the Killing Floor 2 – Twisted Christmas: Season’s Beatings update. Out now PlayStation®4, PlayStation®4 Pro, Xbox One, Xbox One X, and PC via Steam, today’s Killing Floor 2 update promises to the end the year with a bang, featuring new maps, weapons, festive redesigns of Killing Floor 2’s horrific cast of zeds, and the new playable Badass Santa purchasable character voiced by Gary Busey himself!
Busey also lends his voice to the Trader in the Santa’s Workshop Map – and this “gift of Gary” will be free for all players throughout this Christmas themed event. Starting today, Killing Floor 2 players can expect helpful and ominous tips from Gary Busey as he offers advice on weapon and gear purchases between rounds during Trader Time.
Killing Floor 2 players can also look forward to joining forces with Santa to reclaim his workshop from the evil clutches of Krampus in the new map Santa’s Workshop. As a special holiday treat, Tripwire Interactive is also introducing the fan favorite community map Shopping Spree for the duration of the Twisted Christmas: Season’s Beatings update. Experience the true horrors of consumerism as players slay zeds throughout a nightmarish and mangled shopping mall.
New Badass Santa Playable Character and Trader voiced by Gary Busey
Wish your fellow players blood tidings and season’s beatings with the new purchasable playable Badass Santa character and complimentary Trader voice
New Map: Santa’s Workshop
Beat back waves of zeds in this brand-new objective survival map. Compatible with Weekly, Survival, and Endless modes.
New Map: Shopping Spree
Take a ride through this fan favorite community map. Compatible with Weekly, Survival, and Endless modes.
Four New Weapons
Thompson – SWAT / Commando
Krampus Battle Axe – Berserker
M32 Grenade Launcher – Demolitionist
Fire Axe – Berserker
The Return of Christmas Seasonal Zeds
Deck the halls with blood and monsters! This year’s winter update marks the return of zesty Christmas-themed zeds
New “No Duplicates” System
The system now records items granted from a crate, USB, or ticket. While the same rarity drop percentages apply, it will be guaranteed to grant one of each cosmetic (ware-variants included) until you have the full item set. Once you have obtained all the items from a crate, USB, or ticket, it will clear the records of that item set and begin recording anew.
Road Redemption Exclusive Weapon: The Road Redeemer
This chained bat for the Berserker class will be available for players who own both Killing Floor 2 and Road Redemption on Steam or PlayStation 4. Xbox One players can look forward to this crossover once Road Redemption launches for Xbox One
Killing Floor 2 Characters in Road Redemption
Hans Volter and DJ Scully are playable characters for players who own both Killing Floor 2 and Road Redemption on Steam or PlayStation 4. Xbox One players can look forward to this crossover once Road Redemption launches for Xbox One.
As part of its continued commitment to support the modding community, Tripwire Interactive is also proud to partner with Mod DB to host the NEW GROUNDS Mapping Contest for Killing Floor 2 with $50,000 (USD) in cash prizes currently up for grabs in this live contest. There’s still time to enter and submit your best Survival and Non-Survival user-made maps for consideration and a chance to win. For full details, please head to the official NEW GROUNDS Mapping Contest website at Mod DB.
In Killing Floor 2, players descend into continental Europe where the outbreak caused by Horzine Biotech’s failed experiment has quickly spread and gained unstoppable momentum, essentially paralyzing the European Union— Just one month after the events in the original KILLING FLOOR, the specimen clones are everywhere and civilization is in disarray; communications have failed, governments have collapsed, and military forces have been systematically eradicated. The people of Europe know survival and self-preservation too well and lucky survivors have gone into hiding.
Not all have given up hope though… A group of civilians and mercenaries have banded together to combat the outbreak and established privately funded operation bases across Europe. Upon tracking specimen clone outbreaks, players will descend into zed-laden hot zones and exterminate them.
Killing Floor 2 is developed and published by Tripwire Interactive and is published at retail by Deep Silver and Iceberg Interactive for the Xbox One, Xbox One X, PlayStation®4 Pro, PlayStation®4, and PC. This title has been rated M by the ESRB, PEGI 18, USK 18.
Stay up-to-date with the latest Killing Floor 2 news and information on the official website: www.killingfloor2.com. You can also keep track of Tripwire Interactive at any of these online channels: www.tripwireinteractive.com, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/tripwireinteractive, Twitter at https://twitter.com/TripwireInt, Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/tripwireinteractive/ and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/tripwireinteractive.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 4, 2018 — Celebrating this year’s National Cookie Day, Jam City, a Los Angeles-based mobile entertainment company, announced its first annual “Season of Cookies” event, celebrating the community of its marquee global franchise game, Cookie Jam Blast. During this event, players’ cookie recipes will be featured in the game, alongside game pieces based on these treasured family goodies, for a mobile recipe exchange among the millions of players that share a love of baking and the ultimate treat: cookies.
“National Cookie Day is an annual celebration of the joy that cookies bring to people all over the world and it’s a treat to be able to share the magic of this event in our game,” said Shane Nakamura, Vice President of Creative Development at Jam City. “For this year’s National Cookie Day, we are thrilled to announce our first annual “Season of Cookies” event — for the entire month of December — featuring the favorite cookie recipes of five of our Cookie Jam Blast players as game pieces in the game. Showcasing player recipes during the holiday season is a heartfelt reminder of the family traditions, comfort and love that comes from cookies and sharing cookie recipes. Happy Holidays from the Cookie Jam Blast team!”
Each Thursday in December, an in-game recreation of a Cookie Jam Blast player’s favorite cookie will be reimagined as a game piece and incorporated into the gameplay. Players will be invited to access the cookie’s recipe, as well as learn about it’s baker and backstory, by visiting the Cookie Jam Blast Facebook page. Starting with a delectable Peanut Butter cookie from the home of Cindy Dutton in upstate New York, each of these cookies has a special significance as a holiday go-to or treasured family recipe.
“I have a go-to recipe for every bake sale, cookie swap and holiday event, that’s been in family for generations,” said Cindy Dutton, Cookie Jam Blast player. “I’m so excited to share my family’s favorite cookie featured in my go-to game, for all my fellow players to enjoy!”
BACKGROUND ON NATIONAL COOKIE DAY:
The History of Cookie Day (December 4th)
In 1987, Matt Nader of the San Francisco-based Blue Chip Cookie Company created Cookie Day. This fun and sweet holiday was also championed by Cookie Monster from Sesame Street. Since then, word traveled around the globe that there was much tasty fun to be had on December 4th, and people from many countries now celebrate Cookie Day by getting together and baking (and eating) cookies. In fact, a number of Cookie Day variations such as Oatmeal Cookie Day and Bake Cookie Day are also celebrated around the world.
COOKIE FACTS AND FIGURES:
7 billion chocolate chip cookies are eaten in the US each year; half of those are homemade.
The average American will eat 35,000 cookies in their lifetime.
Chocolate chips were invented for use in the chocolate chip cookie.
Queen Elizabeth I is credited with the creation of the first gingerbread man.
The world’s largest chocolate chip cookie weighed about as much as eight elephants.
The U.S. leads the world as the biggest cookie bakers and eaters, spending more than $550 million annually on Oreos alone.
The chocolate chip cookie was created by accident by Ruth Wakefield. Ruth thought the chopped bits of chocolate would spread throughout the cookie when baked, but they held their form.
Introduced in 1902, the animal cracker was the first commercial cookie in the U.S.
About Cookie Jam Blast
In Jam City’s franchise game Cookie Jam Blast, fans will follow Chef Panda’s quest to become the best pâtissier in the world. Aboard the Bakery Airship, players will visit new worlds like Sherbert Forest and Berry Fundae Island and encounter new charming characters like the Gingy, Scoops, and the Yummy worms. They will crunch their way through classic modes like Waffles and experience tasty, new game modes like revealing Yumsicles or collecting Topplers. All the while as they play through the game, players earn ingredients to craft scrumptious treats for their customers and level up their Chef Rank. For the first time, friends can also send each other Bee-a-Buddy booster charges to help blast through levels in the game.
Cookie Jam Blastis a free-to-play, match-3 puzzle mobile game available now for iOS and Android devices via the App Store and Google Play. For more details on Cookie Jam Blast or to connect with your Cookie Jam friends, follow us @CookieJamBlast(#CookieJamBlast):
SAN FRANCISCO — December 3, 2018 – Ubisoft announced the first worldwide tour dates for the Assassin’s Creed® Symphony, opening at Hollywood’s acclaimed Dolby Theater on June 11, 2019. The world premiere coincides with one of the biggest video game industry events, the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles.
Assassin’s Creed Symphony is the ultimate fan experience, fusing the powerful sounds of a full symphony orchestra and choir with a groundbreaking, immersive 3D concert. This two-hour show will present the music, characters and stories at the core of Assassin’s Creed®, allowing fans to relive the most memorable moments from the series with music from talented composers including Jesper Kyd, Lorne Balfe, Brian Tyler, Austin Wintory, Sarah Schachner, Winifred Phillips, Elitsa Alexandrova, Chris Tilton, Ryan Amon and The Flight.
“We’re excited to partner with MGP Live to offer Assassin’s Creed fans a brand new experience to celebrate the series they have enjoyed playing over the last decade,” said Hinde Daoui, Live Entertainment producer, Ubisoft. “It’s always a pleasure to work with other entertainment industry leaders such as MGP Live who have a successful track record in introducing symphonic music to new audiences while bringing the sights and sounds of internationally renowned entertainment brands to life.”
“We are honored to partner with Ubisoft on this innovative multimedia project. We are approaching this production with passion and a sense of mission,” said Massimo Gallotta, CEO of MGP Live. “Our aim is to create concerts for all generations and let the power of music, which speaks every language, talk to the heart of gamers. We immediately felt Assassin’s Creed had the potential for a unique symphonic experience because of the diverse cultural influences in its iconic soundtrack. We love that this concert is opening up symphonic music to a new generation of fans.”
Following the world premiere in Los Angeles, the tour will visit the Palais des Congrès in Paris (June 29), Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco (August 3), Place des Arts in Montréal (September 27), Eventim Apollo in London (October 5) and Teatro Arcimboldi in Milan (October 6).
Pre-sale tickets are available starting December 7 for Ubisoft Club Members and will go on sale to the public December 10 at 10am (local time).
For more information on the Assassin’s Creed Symphony, visit ACSymphony.com.
