Archive - 2014

Star Trek: Timelines Announced

2014/04/08
Jerry Paxton
Mobile News, News, Trailers / Videos

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April 8, 2014 (Boston, MA) – Disruptor Beam, the company that brings together fan communities and games, has announced today its plans to produce a new Star Trek strategy roleplaying game (SRPG). Under license by CBS Consumer Products, Star Trek Timelines is a story-driven social game in which millions of fans will build their ultimate starship and crew, while exploring the vast Star Trekmultiverse along with their favorite characters from across all eras. Currently in development, Star Trek Timelines will be released across mobile and web platforms in the future. To stay up-to-date on the game’s development, fans can join the Star Trek TimelinesFacebook fan page here https://www.facebook.com/startrektimelines or visit www.DisruptorBeam.com.

“We want to create a new generation of strategy game for tablet and mobile devices and one that is as large and deep as the Star Trekuniverse itself,” said Jon Radoff, CEO of Disruptor Beam. “I grew up watching the franchise and have always felt that the best episodes were those that went beyond the coolness of the technology or vastness of space; the ones which told the story of characters making important decisions that had an impact on others, on civilizations, planets, and technology. Star Trek Timelines will encompass all of these concepts, allowing you to explore the vastness of space along with your friends—letting you live out the ‘where no man has gone before’ mantra we all love—but will also allow you to make decisions that impact your future, your friends and even the fate of the Galaxy.”

Star Trek Timelines will immerse players through a story-driven journey across the vast Star Trek multiverse including content and characters from Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, andStar Trek: Enterprise. Players will explore the Galaxy alongside their friends, build their dream crew and go on missions with Captain Kirk, Spock, Captain Picard, Data, and many other beloved (and some infamous) characters.  Throughout their journey, players will explore numerous galaxies, planets and distant lands, while interacting with a plethora of technologies, cultures and races. Players will resolve problems through combat, diplomacy and science while building their own resources and creating the ultimate starship! The game will feature all original artwork and 3D graphics throughout.

Disruptor Beam has built a name for itself as a developer which has mastered the strategy roleplaying game genre for mobile and web platforms. The company’s hit Game of Thrones Ascent was first released in spring of 2013 to critical acclaim and the game’s fanbase continues to grow with over 3 million players. Disruptor Beam will exhibit at the upcoming Penny Arcade Expo East (PAX East) in Boston April 11th – 13th.

Additional details about Star Trek Timelines will be announced in the coming months. Stay tuned to www.DisruptorBeam.com for more details.

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Wargaming Grand Finals Champions Announced

2014/04/08
Jerry Paxton
News, Windows PC News

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April 8, 2014 — Wargaming today announced the results of the first Wargaming.net League Grand Finals which took place in Warsaw, Poland, on April 4–6.

Na’Vi, the newly-crowned world champions in World of Tanks, took home approximately $110,000 in prize money after they beat Virtus.Pro. The runner-up tank squad won nearly $100,000, while the third-place finisher, The RED Rush: Unity, walked away with about $40,000.

“Over the past three days we’ve seen the truly best World of Tanks teams from around the world battle for what can only be considered world domination,” said Victor Kislyi, CEO of Wargaming. “I congratulate Na’Vi on their superb performance and thank the city of Warsaw and eSports fans around the world for making this Grand Finals such a monumental success.”

The 14 top-performing teams from around the world competed in exciting battles that spanned three days, with matches including stellar gameplay by hometown favorite, Lemming Train. Two of the frontrunners, Na’Vi and Vitus.Pro, rose to the top of the ranks and engaged in a series of smart, tactical battles that constantly tested each team’s resolve and concentration. Na’Vi’s superior teamwork and dead-eye precision proved too much for Virtus.Pro, granting Na’Vi the first place title.

“We knew from the first game that the competition would be fierce,” said Dmitry “de1uxe” Repin, the captain of Na’Vi. “We respect each and every team that has made it here to Warsaw, especially Virtus.Pro. Winning at the Grand Finals is a dream come true for us, and we are extremely excited to take home the title of world champions and look forward to defending our title in future.”

The eSports festival had thousands avid fans supporting their favourite teams at the Multikino Zlote Tarasy cinema and millions of spectators tuning in to watch the Grand Finals on Twitch.

Bruce Lee to Make Appearance in EA Sports UFC

2014/04/07
Jerry Paxton
News, PlayStation 4 News, Xbox One News

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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., – April 7, 2014 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC®) announced today that Bruce Lee, “The Father of Mixed Martial Arts”, will make his historic first step into the Octagon® in EA SPORTS™ UFC, launching June 17, 2014. Fans can pre-order today to get instant day-one access to Bruce, or they can complete the game’s career mode at Pro difficulty to unlock him.  Players can fight with the legend across four different weight classes and test his legacy against the best of the best in the UFC. To see Bruce Lee realized in game, watch the EA SPORTS UFC Gameplay Series: Bruce Lee Reveal, the first cinematic trailer from EA SPORTS UFC that was released today. For more information on the Bruce Lee pre-order offer, please visit http://o.ea.com/20562.

“I am so excited about this opportunity to bring my father back to videogames!” said Shannon Lee, Bruce Lee’s daughter, CEO of Bruce Lee, LLC and Chairperson of the Bruce Lee Foundation. “I’m thrilled that fans can now interact with him in a new way. TheEA SPORTS UFC development team has been incredible to work with, and they’ve done a great job capturing the look and feel of my father. I think people will love getting a chance to fulfill a fight fantasy by playing Bruce Lee in the new UFC game.”

“There’s no debate, Bruce Lee is the father of mixed martial arts,” said Dana White, UFC President. “He believed not one style of fighting was the best and that you had to have a little piece of everything to be a complete fighter. He was proven right when the first UFC event took place in 1993.”

“It has always been part of our vision to have Bruce Lee, the most iconic martial artist of all time, in the first ever EA SPORTS UFC,” said Brian Hayes, Creative Director, EA. “The team is very excited and tremendously honored to have the privilege of bringing Bruce Lee to life in our game. We’ve been working closely with the Bruce Lee team to ensure we represent the legend with as much visual and gameplay fidelity as possible.”

Powered by EA SPORTS IGNITE technology, EA SPORTS UFC is built from the ground up exclusively for Gen 4 platforms, EA SPORTS UFC captures the human athleticism, physiology and emotion of the athlete like nothing before it. Step into the Octagon® and Feel the Fight with every strike, takedown and submission.

Craglorn Trailer

2014/04/07
Jerry Paxton
News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

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April 7th, 2014 — We’ve revealed the first piece of post-launch content – Craglorn – for The Elder Scrolls Online! Check out the recently posted video that highlights all the new content offered in this expansive Adventure Zone. Craglorn, which will be made available to all ESO subscribers later this month, will feature an intriguing new storyline and challenging gameplay designed especially for Veteran groups – from four-player quests up to new 12-player trials.

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Planets3 Reaches Kickstarter Milestone

2014/04/07
Jerry Paxton
Mac PC News, News, Windows PC News

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April 7, 2014 — The French independent video game studio Cubical Drift is delighted to announce the success of the KickStarter campaign for Planets3, its voxel-based RPG video game. With an exact amount of $310,708 that were pledged by the community, the studio has reached his second stretchgoal, meaning that the game will be available for both PC and Mac.

The adventure proved both intense and full of twists and turns, thus maintaining the suspense at its utmost level right up until the end! To raise such an amount on KickStarter remains extremely rare for a French video game studio and is even rarer for an independent studio lacking notoriety. That’s why Michel Thomazeau, founder of Cubical Drift, gets enthusiastic:

The campaign – facts and figures

  • $310,708 raised 31 days
  • 10,357 backers,
  • A $30 average pledge by people: 6,003 people pledged $20, 2 people pledged $5,000
  • A peak was registered on March 14th with $33,303 pledged by 1,219 backers
  • 273,000 clicks on the trailer displayed on Planets3 KickStarter webpage

Next steps

Cubical Drift’s first priority is to launch their online store so that all those who couldn’t help on KickStarter (particularly because Paypal was not available as a payment method) can now support the project under almost identical conditions as the ones on KickStarter (some rewards were exclusive to KickStarter). This “special” preiod will last 1 month, then the studio will implement a more traditional pre-order system.

Will then come a phase of integration and tests for the “account” part of their website, leading to the launch of a forum. Michel Thomazeau comments: “I hope that before the end of May all backers will have the possibility to gather on our forum to continue the interesting conversations they started on KickStarter.”

And last, the team will need a few months to regroup in the office in Cannes and start being fully operational as soon as late June.

The release of the first opus Planets3 : Race to Space is to be expected in fall 2015 for PC and Mac.

Further information is available on: http://www.planets-cube.com/

Space Noir Combat Mission Gameplay Trailer

2014/04/07
Jerry Paxton
News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

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April 7, 2014 — What’s it like to pilot a powerful starfighter screaming into battle over the surface of hostile alien worlds? Find out in today’s new video for Space Noir, the upcoming space-combat PC and tablet game from developer N-Fusion and publisher Unity Games. In the new trailer, N-Fusion team members Joe Parisi and Carissa Isolano showcase some of the combat encounters and design concepts of Space Noir. High-octane starfighter battles are par for the course in the game, which also features a powerful narrative to immerse players into its space-faring adventure.

A reddit AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) will be hosted by N-Fusion tomorrow (4/8) at 10AM Pacific Time,1PM Eastern. This is a perfect chance to ask questions about indie development, PC gaming, Space Noir and more!
– – http://www.reddit.com/r/AMA/

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More info about Space Noir is available at www.facebook.com/spacenoir

AirMech Arena Announced for Xbox LIVE

2014/04/07
Jerry Paxton
News, Trailers / Videos, Xbox 360 News

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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA– April 7, 2014 – Today, Ubisoft® announced a partnership with Carbon Games to bring AirMech® Arena to Xbox Live online entertainment network from Microsoft. The fast-paced, free-to-play competitive game will be available for download on Xbox 360® games and entertainment system from Microsoft this summer.

“As an indie developer, AirMech has been our passion for the past several years, and we are thrilled to partner with Ubisoft to bring the game to console,” said James Green of Carbon Games. “AirMech Arena was created from the ground up to be the ultimate RTS experience with a gamepad. The fast-paced action and depth of strategy brings console gamers a new experience we are confident they will enjoy.”

In a war-torn future, powerful weapons known as AirMechs dominate the battlefields in the fight for scarce resources. Players command giant transforming robots and capture and protect bases while building colossal armies to fight waves of enemies. As gamers conquer fortresses, they unlock powerful units, pilots, items and AirMechs, and can customize their armies to fit their personal gameplay preferences.

AirMech Arena supports single-player, multiplayer cooperative and multiplayer competitive gameplay for teams of two to three players. Teamwork is vital to succeed in multiplayer as players must work together to defend their fortresses against an onslaught of relentless enemies.

“Ubisoft is always looking for new ways to expand our console portfolio and AirMech was a natural choice,” said Chris Early, VP of Digital Publishing at Ubisoft. ”Carbon Games has created a unique experience, combining strategy and competition in an accessible free-to-play format that we think will resonate with console gamers.”

AirMech Arena will continue to receive regular updates post launch with content drops that include new AirMechs, units, maps and events.

Find more information on AirMech Arena here: www.AirMechArena.com

**Ubisoft has recently launched its new press site, www.ubisoft-press.com, which contains product info, release dates, fact sheets, screen shots, videos, developer team backgrounders and more. Moving forward, please use this as your primary resource for obtaining assets as we will be discontinuing FTP links in the future.  Visit www.ubisoft-press.com to “register now” and input all of your information and please note it will take up to 48 hours to process.

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Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff Launch Party Images

2014/04/04
Jerry Paxton
Mobile News, News, Screenshots / Photos

FAMILY GUY: The Quest For Stuff Los Angeles Premiere Party

Here are some various images from the launch party of the Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff mobile game, which is scheduled for release on April 10, 2014 for the iOS and Android platforms. In attendance were Patrick Warburton, Adam West, and a lot of others.

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