Archive - 2013

Mass Effect 3 Citadel DLC Trailer

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So, Bioware and Electronic Arts are finally bidding Mass Effect 3 adieu. Seems like only yesterday I was angry and frothing at the mouth over the game’s ending… Good times. 😉 The upcoming Citadel DLC pack promises to end the game’s single player component but, this is important in case you are wondering, it will NOT affect the game’s ending. Bummer.

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Torment: Tides of Numenera Kickstarter Starts March 6th

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InXile Entertainment is prepping to launch a second Kickstarter campaign on the heels of their wildly-successful campaign for Wasteland 2. This time, the campaign will be to help fund their upcoming RPG, Torment: Tides of Numenera. They also released a video from Chris Avellone of Obsidian talking about Torment and the InXile team. You may recall Avellone and Obsidian created the classic Planescape: Torment!

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Drake, Rihanna, and Fergie Tracks Coming to Dance Central

Fergie-fergie-171342_1280_1024Cambridge, MA – March 4th, 2013 – Dance Central™ 3 fans will have the chance to grow their dance party music library this March with tracks from Drake, Rihanna, and Fergie! March kicks off with Drake’s “Take Care,” from the 2011 Grammy Award-winning album of the same name. This fourth single from the album features guest vocals from Rihanna, and will be available for download on March 5th!
On March 12th, two hits from Rihanna will be available as singles, as well as part of “Rihanna Dance Pack 02”! “Umbrella” comes from the superstar’s 2007 album, Good Girl Gone Bad, and features a guest verse by JAY-Z. “SOS” comes from Rihanna’s second studio album, 2006’s A Girl Like Me, and peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Fergie’s “London Bridge” will be available for download on March 19th! The first single from Fergie’s 2006 studio debut, The Dutchess, “London Bridge” reached the top 10 in 13 countries around the world!

Dance Central 3 features the biggest library of gaming’s most danceable music, with a massive library of previously available content compatible with Dance Central 3, in addition to tracks players can import from Dance Central and Dance Central 2*. Additionally, fans can grow their library with even more tracks available for download now, including music from Carly Rae Jepsen, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, One Direction, Usher, and more!

March 5
Drake ft. Rihanna – “Take Care”

  • Choreographer – Devin Woolridge
  • Difficulty – Legit

March 12
Rihanna ft. JAY-Z – “Umbrella” 

  • Choreography – Chanel Thompson
  • Difficulty – Tough

Rihanna – “SOS”

  • Choreography – Spikey Soria
  • Difficulty – Legit“

Umbrella” and “SOS” will be available as singles for 240 Microsoft Points each, as well as bundled together as “Rihanna Dance Pack 02” for 400 Microsoft Points.

March 19
Fergie – “London Bridge”

  • Choreography – Marcos Aguirre
  • Difficulty – Moderate

Be sure to follow Dance Central on Twitter (http://twitter.com/dance_central) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/dancecentral) for the latest news!

Great Horror Campout Puts You in the Horror Film

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We had a blast at Ten Thirty One Productions Los Angeles Haunted Hayride as part of our October 2012, Halloween-themed events. It looks like the production company is back with an even more intense experience on June 7th and June 8th, 2013, with their “Great Horror Campout“. For $149 dollars a person, you get to stay the night in their fictional, haunted campground and experience a whole night’s worth of terrors. Scares range from horror flicks around a bonfire to an intense and interactive “Hell Hunt” experience, where the company warns guests they may be “hooded” and other “fun things”. We are huge Halloween/horror fans at the site and will definitely be bringing more news on this event to you as we receive it.

Official GHC Story

These grounds are the site of the old Southern Railroad station of 1875. It acted as a supply route for highly sensitive government freight. According to legend, one night a train hauling a cargo load of crates filled with “biological weapons” jumped the tracks crashing into the tree line that still stands today. Fourteen railroad workers lost their lives upon impact crushing them under two tons of screaming hot metal.

The contents of the crates… well that became complicated.

The smashed crates let loose a catalog of species that had never been seen or defined. Creatures thought to of existed only in legend were erroneously unleashed upon the mainstream population. THEY, the crate dwellers, devoured other crewmembers that would have survived otherwise almost as if they were ravenously feasting. The government acted quickly to cover up any evidence of the crash, however too many were freed that night to contain the evidence.

Since that date, unexplained sightings have run rampant in these areas. THEY now dwell in the surrounding woods and shadows awaiting their next hot meal. Tonight…their hunger grows.

Welcome To Camp!

What Does $149 Dollars Get You?

  • Overnight Accommodations for one (1)
  • Dinner – Camp Fare
  • Continental Breakfast
  • Parking
  • “Hell Hunt” Experience
  • Horror Movies around a Bonfire
  • Roasting Marshmallows
  • Reusable GHC Canvas Bag

Checkout all the gory details at the Great Horror Campout’s offical website.

Dead or Alive 5 Plus Cheerleader Outfits Revealed

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This was revealed a few days back but, it is a slow news day, so I will bring you images of fictional, digital cheerleader outfits from the upcoming Dead or Alive 5 Plus. Dead or Alive 5 Plus will be available from 22nd March 2013, exclusively on PlayStation Vita.

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Metro: Last Light Gets Official Release Date

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Larkspur, Calif., – March 1, 2013 — Deep Silver today announced that Metro: Last Light, the highly anticipated first person shooter sequel to the extraordinary Metro 2033, will be available on May 14, 2013 in North and Latin America and May 17, 2013 across Europe for PlayStationÂŽ3, the Xbox 360ÂŽ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC.

“The new release date is the ideal way to strike the balance between bringing the best out of Metro: Last Light and not keep the fans waiting longer than necessary,” said Dr. Klemens Kundratitz, CEO of Koch Media. “We won’t leave that time unexploited and will work closely together with 4A Games to make the game even better. It will receive all the attention it deserves.”

In the year 2034, a nuclear war has turned the world into a post-apocalyptic wasteland. In Moscow, the tunnels of the Metro have become a new home for the former inhabitants of the city. Within the catacombs, they fight for their survival, fending off hordes of hideous mutants born from the toxic atmosphere, as well as other factions desperate to take control of what little hospitable land remains. As they fight, they also search for a doomsday device that could be the key to their victory. A civil war is inevitable. During these dark hours, the players will embody Artyom, and become the last light for all of mankind.

The plot of Metro: Last Light was written by Dmitry Glukhovsky, acclaimed author of the novel Metro 2033 which inspired the creation of both video games. Also, Glukhovsky is responsible for all dialogues in Metro: Last Light. Glukhovskys novels Metro 2033 and Metro 2034 have sold more than 2 million copies worldwide. In 2013, his latest book Metro 2035 will be also available outside of Russia.

For more information about Metro: Last Light, please visit www.enterthemetro.com.

Heroes & Generals Open Beta Available Now

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LONDON (Mar. 1, 2013) Square Enix, in partnership with Reto-Moto, today announces the official global launch of the Heroes & Generals™ – OPEN BETA. Developed by Reto-Moto, a Copenhagen-based studio specializing in the creation of original online entertainment software, Heroes & Generals is available on PC for everyone to play – for free.

Heroes & Generals is a new Free2Play Massive Online FPS with a Strategic Multiplayer Campaign, set in the midst of World War II Europe, where Axis and Allies fight for control. The game uniquely merges epic first-person shooter action with a rich strategic layer, where your decisions have the power to turn the tide in a battle among thousands of online players. Players can choose to play as ‘Heroes’, fighting in the trenches, flying planes, commandeering tanks and other vehicles, or take control of the Battlefield as ‘Generals’, determining the strategic direction of the war and supporting fellow players by managing battlefield assets, army units and reinforcements.

Never miss out on important developments in the campaign while you are not actively playing. Stay updated on the progress of the war by downloading the free companion app Heroes & Generals: Mobile Command (available now for iOS and Android).

Heroes & Generals: Mobile Command gives you access to a live overview of your active campaign. Observe Battlefields, Supply Lines and Assault Teams in real-time, and with the help of a built in chat-client, you can stay in touch with your brothers in arms 24/7 from virtually anywhere.

Heroes & Generals will also be fully localized and soon available to play in Russian, German, French, Spanish, Czech and Polish.

JOIN THE WAR EFFORT @ www.HeroesandGenerals.com

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Play Insurgency Tonight With Early Access Program

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Denver, Colorado – March 1, 2013 – New World Interactive announced today it is opening its doors to the gaming community with “Early Access” to play INSURGENCY, its tactical first-person shooter, currently in development. Through its “Early Access” program, NWI will make INSURGENCY available to the public at 6 pm PST, Friday, March 1 — and livestream it to the world via Destructoid’s TwitchTV show Mashtactics, www.twitch.tv/destructoid at 4 pm PST.

INSURGENCY’s “Early Access” invitation is an example of an indie development team working directly with its community to create a compelling combat experience, while distinguishing itself from mainstream shooters. The game moves away from a release-package publishing model to a persistent development process that adapts an established genre with the future of social gaming.

“Early Access,” a pre-beta look at the development of INSURGENCY, enables participants to talk and play with the developers, for the price of $19.99. This will provide players with the Early Access build, the subsequent Beta, and the final game when it ships later this year. To Join “Early Access,” go to the INSURGENCY site at:www.playinsurgency.com.

INSURGENCY is a first-person team-based shooter for up to 32-plus players designed for WindowsÂŽ PC and Mac OS X (and in the future, Linux), using Valve’s Source Engine and distributed through the Steam platform. If the name INSURGENCY sounds familiar, that’s because it is based on the popular total conversion for Half-Life 2 — Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat — that saw more than a million free downloads and was awarded the ModDB “Player’s Choice Mod of the Year” in 2007.

Key features to INSURGENCY include:

  • Intense 32-plus player online action with a focus on teamwork
  • Customizing the game’s arsenal to player’s preferred style
  • Choosing from three unique classes that affect movement on the battlefield
  • Highly immersive audio with 3D VOIP to coordinate with and track other players
  • Playing the most popular maps and game modes, and helping the development team prototype new ones

For more on INSURGENCY, check New World Interactive’s forums www.playinsurgency.com/forums/ and ‘Like’ us on Facebook.

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Entropia Universe AB to Auction New Moon

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Gothenburg, Sweden – March 1, 2013 /Entropia Universe/ – Entropia Universe AB, operator of the largest Massively Multiplayer Online Real Cash Economy (MMORCE), announced today that it will be auctioning a newly discovered moon starting on March 21, 2013.  This unique opportunity combines the Entropia Universe Planet Partner and Marketing Partner programs, allowing the winner to operate an estate in a virtual universe which just celebrated its tenth anniversary.

The winning bidder will work closely with the MindArk team throughout the estate’s development process with direct input on important design decisions, and will share revenue with MindArk resulting from all activity on the moon.  As a way to further increase earning potential, the winning bidder will also have the ability to recruit new participants through marketing, and receive a share of revenue from resulting activity anywhere in Entropia Universe.

The moon estate includes a Lunar Command Center and two Lunar Habitats, along with eight subsurface caverns filled with unique creatures and rare resources.  The auction for rights to manage the moon estate will begin on March 21 and end two weeks later, on April 4, 2013. The estate deed will be listed on the Entropia Universe global auction with a starting bid of 1.5 million PED (150,000 USD).

For more information about the auction including full details regarding the Moon Estate auction, please visit the following URL:  www.entropiauniverse.com/announcements/moon

Entropia Universe is the largest Massively Multiplayer Online Real Cash Economy (MMORCE) game in the world. Players have no monthly costs, but deposit and withdraw real funds for their adventures on any planet in the Entropia Universe. For more information on Entropia Universe or to download the free game please visit www.entropiauniverse.com/.