With less than eight weeks until the release of STAR TREK The Video Game, Paramount Pictures has released 8 new screen shots from the anticipated title, which bridges the gap between the two J.J. Abrams films. Star Trek The Video Game is due out on April 23 by Paramount and NAMCO BANDAI for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC.
Kalypso Media and Haemimont have announced that their incredible Omerta – City of Gangsters is getting some major content updates in the next couple months.
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Ridgewood, NJ, February 28, 2013 – Kalypso Media has released a new single-player demo of Omerta – City of Gangsters for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft today.
The demo features two levels from the Prohibition-era gangster game that mixes city conquest with turn-based combat and heist planning. Grab the demo to get a taste of Omerta, and see if you can become the ultimate crime lord in 1920’s Atlantic City.
Omerta – City of Gangsters is a simulation game with tactical turn-based combat. Taking the role of a fresh-off-the-boat immigrant, with dreams of the big life, the player will work his way up the criminal hierarchy of 1920’s Atlantic City, New Jersey. Starting with small jobs, his character recruits a gang and expands his empire by taking territory from other gangsters. Eventually he establishes his own crime syndicate and becomes the de facto ruler of Atlantic City.
The player strategically manages his business and his minions in a real-time format, slowly but steadily increasing his influence over the city. The player sends his henchmen out on missions ranging from assassinating an informant, to raiding a warehouse, springing a friend from prison, robbing a bank or attacking a rival gang’s hideout. Nobody is above the law in Atlantic City, so it always helps to have a little cash handy to bribe a policeman or pay off a politician.
The turn-based combat in Omerta – City of Gangsters focuses on the tactical command of “The Boss” and his henchmen. Cover and stealth are essential parts of any shootout in the game. Finding the best vantage point to gun down an enemy, while taking cover from a hailstorm of bullets, can be just as satisfying as sneaking quietly behind a foe and taking him down.
For more information about Omerta – City of Gangsters, please visit http://www.cityofgangsters.com, or follow us on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/OmertaCityofGangsters and on twitter via @OmertaGame.
Santa Fe Springs, Calif. – (February 28, 2013) Swann, a global leader in do-it-yourself security monitoring solutions and cool gadgets, launches the latest addition to its helicopter line with the Sky Duel. The Swann Sky Duel twin indoor helicopters allow you to shoot infrared beams at your opponent, complete with real whizzing sounds and flashing lights when you fire a missile. After you’ve registered three hits, your opponent falls from the sky. Once your duel is over, you can start again and give your challenger a chance to make a come-back. Don’t worry about damaging your new toy- the Sky Duel is built for indoor flying and will withstand impacts and crashes!
The Sky Duel helicopters are easy to control and even harder to put down since they are equipped with Swann’s Easy-Fly Gyro Technology. The controllers feature two analog control joysticks, styled after classic video games. The trim controller comes equipped with a laser fire button, operated with little or no practice, making it easy for anyone to be flying like a pro in no time. The precise 6-way multi-directional Up/Down, Forward/Backward & Left/Right turn movements are simple and easy to execute.
The Sky Duel helicopters make charging on-the-go effortless, using either the cable in the remote control or your computer’s USB port so you can take your battle anywhere. Every time you charge up your Sky Duel, you’re ready for 7 minutes of flying per chopper.
Included with the Sky Duel are spare main and tail rotor blades, a screwdriver and parts. You also receive a bonus landing pad game for you to perfect your take-off and landing skills, so you’re battle-ready for the next challenger. Take to the skies, grab a wing man and let the sky duel battle begin. May the best pilot win.
Hamburg – February 28th, 2013 – German gaming peripherals manufacturer, ROCCAT Studios, celebrates the fifth anniversary of the release of the successful Kone gaming mouse. The occasion is marked with the announcement of the Kone Pure Color at CeBIT 2013. The mouse comes as a direct response to the expressed wishes of ROCCAT customers, and only a limited number of the special edition mouse will be made. Other variations of the Kone will follow later in the year. The Kone Pure Color boasts the same features as the existing Kone Pure – complete with a 8,200 DPI laser sensor, high quality Omron© switches, and the popular Easy-Shift[+]™ function. The mouse will be available in four different designs: Hellfire Red, Polar Blue, Inferno Orange, and Phantom White.
The original Kone gaming mouse was launched in 2007, and laid the foundation for an impressive success story. At ROCCAT, 2013 therefore belongs to the mice in the award-winning Kone series, which are amongst the most popular gaming mice worldwide. CEO and Founder René Korte, on the Kone Pure Color and other planned special editions: “Based on customer feedback, the Kone series has evolved steadily and consistently over the last five years. Often there are requests and questions about features which, for various reasons, cannot be easily integrated into the regular versions. For the five-year anniversary of the Kone, we are excited to satisfy of the most popular of our customers’ wishes with these special edition mice. The Kone Pure Color is the first of the special edition mice, and we have lots more planned for 2013.”
Besides the Kone Pure Color, ROCCAT will also be presenting the latest version of Power-Grid at CeBIT 2013. The software turns your smartphone into a sophisticated, fully-customizable remote control for your PC, extending the gaming environment of the user onto their smartphone. At CeBIT ROCCAT announces the start of the closed beta testing phase for Power-Grid on iOS and Android.
Also at CeBIT, ROCCAT will be showcasing the eagerly-anticipated ROCCAT Ryos MK Pro mechanical gaming keyboard. The MK Pro features fully programmable, individually illuminated keys. The keyboard will be available with four different CHERRY MX key switches: blue, black, brown, and red.
SEGA and The Creative Assembly have released a brand new trailer for the upcoming Total War: ROME II.
Nordic Games and The Farm 51 have released the trailer for their upcoming Deadfall Adventures. Deadfall Adventures is an Allan Quatermain/Indiana Jones style adventure where players will explore ruins, fight Nazis, and a lot more. Deadfall Adventures will be released on July 30th 2013 for Windows PC and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.
2K Games has released a new trailer for their upcoming MLB 2K13, which is due out on March 5th, 2013. The trailer features voice overs from veteran MLB 2K announcers Gary Thorne and John Kruk, who will provide commentary during the game’s “Perfect Game Challenge”.
Costa Mesa, Calif. – February 28, 2013 – PowerSkin®, maker of shock-absorbing, battery-boosting cases for smartphones and gaming accessories, launched its second Apple-certified external charging solution for the iPhone 5 this month with the release of its silicone battery case, just a couple weeks after the PoP’n external battery charger announcement.
“PowerSkin® has been striving to bring to market Apple-certified Lightning charging solutions for the new iPhone 5 that are unique in their feature sets and modern in their designs,” said Jeniece Aragon, Marketing Director for XPAL Power. “Both the iPhone 5 silicone battery case and PoP’n are shipping to consumers already, whereas a majority of external battery cases are only available for pre-order at this point.”
The PowerSkin® for iPhone 5 packs 1500 mAh of power capacity, extending talk time by up to 6.5 hours and music time up to 32 hours. An on/off button located on the back gives users power-on-demand with LED battery lights displaying the amount of charge left.
The PowerSkin® for iPhone 5 is available now at www.power-skin.com or www.power-skin.com/battery-
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REYKJAVIK, ICELAND – Feb 28, 2013 – CCP Games, the world’s leading independent massively multiplayer game studio, today announced their award-winning, sci-fi MMO EVE Online® had surpassed the 500,000 subscriber mark worldwide for the first time in the game’s history. The milestone continues ten consecutive years of subscriber growth and follows the December 4 release of EVE Online: Retribution, the game’s 18th free expansion and its most successful ever.
Also in December, EVE Online relaunched in China with new partner Tiancity to bring the same sandbox-style gameplay to a massive new audience where it has been thriving ever since.
In January, CCP’s DUST 514® a free-to-play massively multiplayer online first-person shooter, went into open beta and became available for free download exclusively to PlayStation®3 users worldwide. DUST 514 shares the same, real-time universe as EVE Online and player corporations can coordinate attacks between the two games. This marked the first time two games from different genres have been linked together into one, massive online experience.
“Ten years after release, it is incredibly inspiring that, through a lot of hard work from our EVE Online team, we are crossing the half-million subscriber mark,” said Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, CEO of CCP. “For me, this is a true testament that EVE can live on forever, as long as we do right by her. We have not come to this point alone; millions of players have helped push us to this milestone. I now know in my mind what I previously only believed in my heart: that EVE will outlive us all.”
CCP will commemorate EVE Online’s tenth anniversary throughout the year under a unified “Second Decade” theme. The year-long celebration will kick off in late April in Reykjavik, Iceland with the sold-out EVE Fanfest, EVE Online’s annual player festival which will be streamed live online. EVE’s official tenth birthday follows on May 6th and will mark the official start of the second decade of the EVE Universe.
Throughout the year, CCP will be supporting player gatherings around the world and holding in-game events to further the storyline of the combined universe as it continues to grow.
