Archive - 2017

League of War: VR Arena Announced

2017/08/15
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Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News

August 15, 2017 – MunkyFun, a San Francisco-based independent game developer, today revealed it is bringing its highly successful League of War strategy game franchise to PlayStation®VR exclusively with the new arena-based arcade war game, League of War: VR Arena. In the action-oriented strategy game built from the ground up to create a powerful VR experience, players will fight short, intense battles against human or AI opponents, vying to lead their side to victory by physically placing and aiming units on the arena battlefield to destroy the opposing army’s towers and base.

In League of War: VR Arena, each army has 12 units including tanks, flamethrowers, helicopters and commanders, of which four are randomly available at any one time. Each unit requires energy to deploy, with more powerful units requiring more energy and taking longer to charge up. Using Move controllers, players will directly place and aim their units at the opponent—with the opponent doing the same in real time—as if they were a giant-sized general overseeing a virtual battlefield. The winner is the first player to destroy the opposing base to claim victory.

“League of War: VR Arena is designed to be a powerful experience that puts players in charge of a high tech, aggressive army on a living, tabletop-style battlefield,” said Nick Pavis, CEO and Co-Founder of MunkyFun, Inc.

“As you throw your units into battle, strategically choosing between quick strikes and slower but more powerful units, your opponent does the same, creating a pulse-pounding mix of strategy and action that is highly engaging on PlayStation VR.”

The game features both a single player Campaign mode and an Arcade mode where players face off head-to-head via the game’s Social Screen interface and build their own custom armies. Controls are highly intuitive and direct with the PS VR hardware—grab a unit and throw it on the battlefield! The pace is quick, and action is intense and the fun only stops to give you a chance to catch your breath before the next battle. Regardless of whether the opponent is human or silicon-based, the game thrives on a simple to play, difficult to master mantra. Should you wait for a powerful tank to charge, or immediately attack with an inexpensive recon unit that can distract the enemy while you prepare your big move? Should you deploy a helicopter to attack infantry, or wait to pair it with artillery for a more effective combo attack? These are the choices desktop generals will make in League of War: VR Arena!

Developed and published by MunkyFun, League of War: VR Arena will be exclusively released for PlayStation®VR early this fall, with more details revealed in the near future. This game has been rated “T for Teen” by the ESRB.

Keep in touch with MunkyFun by liking us on Facebook at MunkyFun and following on Twitter at @MunkyFun. Get more information on all MunkyFun titles at munkyfun.com.

Creative Labs Sound Blaster AE-5 Sound Card Review

2017/08/14
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, Hardware News, Hardware Reviews, News, Reviews

Creative Labs has released their latest generation of internal sound card, the Sound Blaster AE-5. Connecting to your computer via PCIe slot, the Sound Blaster AE-5 represents the sum total of sound card experience garnered by Creative Labs since their first sound card was released in 1987.

The Creative Labs Sound Blaster AE-5 sound card installs as one would expect. You insert the card into an available PCIe slot on your motherboard and screw it in place. The biggest change in the installation procedure for the AE-5 is completely optional, but really cool. The Sound Blaster AE-5 comes with a small LED light strip. This light strip connects to your sound card and then you plug one of your computer’s molex power cables a connector on the card itself. This LED light strip teams up with the RGB lighting on the sound card itself in what Creative Labs is calling the Aurora Reactive Lighting System. This lighting system displays 16.8 million colors and can be set to change or react when specific events occur. The small LED light strip has a magnetic backing that allows you to place it wherever you prefer within your PC case. After the hardware stuff is taken care of, you simply download the software from Creative Labs website and off you go. Overall, the installation process is pretty simple.

Once your software is installed, it’s time to start playing some games or listening to music. I am happy to report that the Sound Blaster AE-5 is one stout audio performer, capable of sending out some great music or game sounds for your listening enjoyment. It can do this because of several technological features that Creative Labs has built into the card.

The first technical feature of note on the Sound Blaster AE-5 is its Xamp discrete headphone amplifier. This Xamp is pretty cool in that, unlike many sound card headphone amps, it individually amplifies both left and right channels, allows for great sound on high-end headphones that are capable of up to 600ohm. Now THAT’s “HiFi”! Unfortunately, we do not have a set of hifi headphones to try this feature out on. But, it sounds really cool!

If you don’t care about headphone amplification, you might like to know about its DAC unit. The Sound Blaster AE-5 features a SABER32 Ultra Class DAC (digital audio controller). This DAC is touted as delivering up to 32-bit, 384kHz playback with 122dB DNR. I ran through a number of games with the AE-5: Fallout 4, Divinity: Original Sin II, EVE Online, and many more. I was satisfied with the sound of every game I played and I can attest to both the clarity and power of the audio produced. The AE-5 also allows for very convincing virtual 7.1 channel surround sound, so if you prefer your computer gaming with that kind of sound scape, the AE-5 will make it happen. I was also very happy with its performance while listening to music albums from my iTunes library. Metallica, Alanis Morissette, and even Weird Al Yankovich. I have a lot of albums from a variety of musical genres in my playlist. The AE-5 ran through them all perfectly. I would recommend switching over to the “Concert” EQ setting in the Sound Blaster software for music listening.

The Sound Blaster Connect 2 software suite used to configure the Sound Blaster AE-5 can also be used to control and configure your other new Creative Labs peripherals. I love that this software functions as a central hub for controlling your Creative devices and it makes some really great sense on their part to make it function this way. Going further into the software behind the AE-5 is what Creative Labs calls “Scout 2.0”. Scout 2.0 allows you to visualize the direction a sound is coming from in your favorite first-person shooter title by way of a special utility. If you are featuring your AE-5 on a computer being used in a tournament, please make sure they allow the Scout 2.0 utility before playing. Gotta follow the rules! A final note on the software is that its EQ settings are pretty fantastic. It has a ton of presets for a huge game library. Don’t agree with the preset? Feel free to adjust it! The sound profile is pretty flexible.

So, now for the not-so-great news. While the Sound Blaster AE-5 does allow for discrete 5.1 channel surround sound, it does not support onboard Dolby Digital decoding. So, if you are purchasing this for a home theater setup, you might make sure you don’t require Dolby Digital features prior to purchase or have an optical cable to pass the sound into a decoder of your own. If you don’t need Dolby Digital, I can safely say you will love the Sound Blaster AE-5. For a long while I had gone with just using discrete sound on my motherboard for audio output. After listening to my games and movies on the AE-5, I’m never going back.

For a very affordable $149.99, you can purchase the Creative Labs Sound Blaster AE-5 today from online retailers like Amazon and Newegg. Of course, you can also purchase it directly through Creative Labs on their official website.

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  • Great sound quality
  • Xamp is a great boon for headphones only gamers
  • Beautiful lighting system

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  • No onboard Dolby Digital decoding

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Creative Labs Sound Blaster AE-5 Sound Card Review

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The Monster Project Release Info

2017/08/14
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Geek News, Halloween, Movie News, News

August 14, 2017 – In a chilling and inventive take on the classic monster movie genre, THE MONSTER PROJECT follows a group of aspiring horror filmmakers, eager to raise their YouTube subscriber count, who post an online casting call for “real life” monsters to interview for their documentary. They find three participants and choose to film them sharing their haunted experiences in a mansion in the woods on the night of a lunar eclipse. The production suddenly turns into a nightmare when the participants transform into a real vampire, demon, and skinwalker (a type of harmful witch, according to Navajo legends, that can transform into any animal with the intent of harming people), forcing the unsuspecting crew to fight for their lives.

The film was directed by Victor Mathieu and written by Mathieu, Shariya Lynn, and Corbin Billings. Toby Hemingway (“BLACK SWAN”, “IN TIME”), Justin Bruening (“GOOD BEHAVIOR”, “GREY’S ANATOMY”, “RINGER”), and Yvonne Zima (“IRON MAN 3”, “NICE GUYS”) provide strong performances with Jamal Quezaire and Murielle Zuker rounding out the cast.

THE MONSTER PROJECT is distributed by Epic Pictures.

Established in 2007 by Patrick Ewald and Shaked Berenson, Epic Pictures Group has grown to become one of the most creative and dynamic independent studios, focusing on filmmakers’ vision driven projects, shaping them from script to launch via its domestic distribution division Epic Pictures Releasing. Throughout the past 10 years, Epic produced many genre cult hits including the 2015 Sundance premieres “ENTERTAINMENT” and “TURBO KID” and all-star horror anthology “TALES OF HALLOWEEN”. More recently Epic produced the psychological horror “THE LODGERS,” sci-fi thriller “RADIUS,” action horror “REDCON-1,” and the adventure thriller “THE MAN WHO KILLED HITLER AND THEN THE BIGFOOT” starring Sam Elliott.

RT: 95 Minutes / Not Yet Rated

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TMPmovie

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMPmovie

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TMPmovie

Official Hashtag: #TheMonsterProject

LA Theater:

Laemmle’s Monica Film Center

1332 2nd Street

Santa Monica, CA 90401

Hangry Bunnies From Mars Release Date

2017/08/14
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Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

LOS ANGELES (August 14, 2017) — Studio229 has announced its first VR game titled Hangry Bunnies From Mars for the HTC Vive, available August 23 on Steam.

Watch the announcement trailer:

Who loves being eaten to death by bunnies? (No one.) Especially not hundreds of them. Which is why the not-so-subtly-named extermination company Critter Death Squad is using you as its latest Exterminator to single-handedly hold off this hangry horde. Never mind the fact that you’re an extremely expendable clone (and they’ll just grow a new one if you die), because what really matters is the fact that you’re equipped with some seriously awesome transforming weapons that excel at unleashing critter death.

In Hangry Bunnies From Mars, you’ll take on hundreds of fluffy-wuffy bunnies at once in this replayable arcade adventure. You’ll suit up using some ridiculous weapons to take on these voracious varmints, all the while enjoying hilarious running commentary from Colin the British engineer and Vlad the Russian tactician. Featuring a script written by a Hollywood team–including Jeremy Adams, writer and producer for Lego, DC Comics, Monsuno and more. Hangry Bunnies features a dynamic difficulty adjuster that keeps gameplay consistent regardless of VR expertise, making it a great experience for beginners and skilled shooters alike. You’ll literally have a blast defending the great city of New Los Angeles, all rendered with a vibrant art style in roomscale VR!

The game launches on August 23 for the HTC Vive with Oculus Touch support releasing shortly afterwards. Check out the website for more info (and the epic trailer!) at www.hangrybunnies.com.

Razer Thresher Ultimate for Xbox One Headset Review

2017/08/14
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Peripheral Review, Reviews, Tech News

During my visit to Razer’s E3 2017 suite, I got the chance to check out the new Thresher Ultimate wireless gaming surround sound headset. Playing the latest Capcom fighter on the PlayStation 4, I was very impressed with the clarity and rich sound the headphones provided. Flash forward to last week, and a box arrives at my door from Razer with the PC/Xbox One version of their Thresher Ultimate. So, I started the review process. I pulled everything out of the box and began inspecting it. The first thing I noticed about the Thresher Ultimate was that it is built rugged. Even though the headband and ear pads are made from super-soft material and designed for comfort, the structure and body of the Thresher Ultimate feels solid. Even the plastic parts on the Thresher Ultimate are dense and feel like they would withstand a fair amount of abuse.

The Razer Thresher Ultimate wireless surround gaming headset is capable of provided wireless sound either for your Xbox One game console or PC gaming rig. It accomplishes this via a sliding toggle switch that changes the inputs. But not so fast, on the back of the Thresher Ultimate base unit, you will find optical in and out ports, a mini-USB port, and a standard USB port. The audio inputs from your game console go through the optical in port on the base unit, but your PC connects to the base station by way of its mini-USB port. The extra full-sized USB port on the base unit is used for charging the Thresher Ultimate headphones. Razer has also included a nifty headphone stand which attaches to the Thresher Ultimate base unit, providing gamers with a sturdy and convenient place to rest their headphones when not in use. The front of the Thresher Ultimate base unit features a power button and that’s it. The design of the base unit is really attractive and it doesn’t cloud its surface with tons of buttons and controls.

The Razer Thresher Ultimate wireless surround gaming headset proper is also a sight to behold. Featuring some very well-designed lines and hefty build quality that, while not being so heavy as to weigh your head down, is strong enough to feel worth its price point. On the left ear cup of the Thresher Ultimate headset, you will find the retractable boom microphone, headset volume dial, mini-USB charging port, and power button. On the right ear cup, you’ll find the chat volume/mute dial (this doesn’t do much in PC mode, but is super helpful in Xbox One mode). The headphones feature a soft head band as well as an aluminum frame that hovers over the soft band and takes up a lot of the weight from the unit. I was able to wear the Thresher Ultimate for many hours of play without discomfort. Also helping this were the super-soft, memory foam ear pads that Razer has included on the Thresher Ultimate. These pads even have a “temple indent” which allows for more comfortable wear of glasses while playing.

I spent many hours of gaming while wearing the Razer Thresher Ultimate headphones, trying to split my time equally between Xbox One and PC game experiences. On the Xbox One, I delved into the post-apocalyptic universe of Fallout 4 as well as the zombie-killing, base-building opus known as Fortnite. Both of these yielded premium audio experiences, especially when I depressed the Dolby button on the top of the Thresher Ultimate base unit. This button enables the Dolby surround sound on the headphones, and ups the “Wow!” factor of the Thresher Ultimate even more. On my PC, I played some Total War: Warhammer, TES V: Skyrim, and Dead by Daylight. The Razer Thresher never disappointed me. I have even been using the headphones as a monitor and microphone for streaming game content on our YouTube channel, GamingShogunTV. The audio quality of the Razer Thresher Ultimate headphones is excellent, with some really crisp sound and a respectable amount of base thanks to the 50mm drivers built into the headphones.

Overall, the Razer Thresher Ultimate wireless surround gaming headset is a truly great way to enjoy the audio of your favorite Xbox One or PC games. It is well-built and puts out some seriously-crisp sound, all while being extremely comfortable to wear for hours on end. You can find the Razer Thresher Ultimate in two flavors: Xbox One/PC and PlayStation 4/PC, both of which are available starting on August 15, 2017 for $249.99.

Razer Thresher Ultimate Wireless Surround Gaming Headphones Review Score

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Agents of Mayhem Launch Trailer

2017/08/14
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Tech News, Trailers / Videos, Xbox One News

SEOUL – August 14th, 2017 – The time has come. It’s our final Mayhem Monday and with only one day to go before Agents of Mayhem is available, Deep Silver has shared the game’s launch trailer. Featuring every agent that you have met over the past few months, the trailer gives you a taste of the action you will find when you play the game. You can view the trailer right now here:

Devil’s Night. The moment everything changed. The super villainous organization known as LEGION, led by a man called the Morningstar, made itself known with a simultaneous global attack. Using teleportation technology and dark matter-fuelled weapons, LEGION appeared around the world in the blink of an eye. Devastating armies. Stealing resources. Crippling economies. Gripping everyone in fear.

In an effort to reclaim the world from LEGION, the Ultor Corporation forms a new anti-terrorist initiative, MAYHEM, and enlists former LEGION Minister Persephone Brimstone to lead the fight against her former cohorts. Now possessing LEGION’s prized teleportation technology, Persephone and her Agents of Mayhem head to Seoul, fighting from the rooftops to the very underbelly of the city to stop LEGION —by any means necessary. Now you know why the Agents fight, and knowing is half the battle.

Key Features:

Super-Agent Combat

Each of the 12 agents in Agents of Mayhem is a unique character with their own weapons, specializations, skills and upgrades, special moves, and motivation for fighting. Using their moves and skills like invisibility and triple-jump to out manoeuvre your enemies. The Agents’ power in combat comes from their daredevil nature, and their greatest advantage is their use of teleportation technology.

Exploration of Seoul in Open World Conflict

Seoul is your playground. Use your Agents abilities to traverse around the city, summon your custom Agent vehicle or carjack a civilian vehicle. Take part in the numerous open world activities to take back Soul from LEGION, from eliminating LEGION patrols, to destroying their equipment and supply trucks, to rescuing scientists that have been taken hostage, there are a plethora of activities for you to pick from and get distracted in the open world playground.

Build Your Agency and Craft Your Perfect Squad

Take MAYHEM from setting up operations in Seoul to a powerful Agency with major perks, global influence and the power needed to defeat powerful villains. Collect and upgrade your agents with gadgets, Dark Matter shards and outlandish weapons. With twelve agents to choose from there are over 200 different combinations of agents.

Who you gonna call? Agents Agents. Who you gonna call? Agents Agents. To listen to the awesome Agents of Mayhem trailer music please link through to SoundCloud here:  https://soundcloud.com/deepsilvermusic

For more information and to get the latest updates on the game, follow us on Twitter at @aomthegame or on Facebook at Facebook.com/aomthegame or visit aomthegame.com

Tom Clancy’s ​The Division 1.7 Free Update Trailer

2017/08/14
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Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox One News

SAN FRANCISCO — August 14, 2017 — Today, Ubisoft® announced that Update 1.7 for Tom Clancy’s The Division® will be available tomorrow, August 15. The update will be free for all players and release simultaneously on consoles and Windows PC.

Update 1.7 will bring several new features to Tom Clancy’s The Division, including:

  • Global Events – The update will introduce a new event system that will challenge players to find new ways to play through time-limited activities and new gameplay modifiers. New events will be available regularly and will grant exclusive rewards on completion. Players will be able to activate additional modifiers for some missions and incursions, adding an extra layer of challenge that gives them a chance to yield more rewards.
  • Commendations – Previously called feats, commendations are part of a new built-in achievement system that provides players with a series of tasks and subsequent rewards.
  • Encrypted Caches – Caches are loot boxes with random customization items and emotes inside. Players will be able to obtain caches by gathering keys in the world, or they can purchase them with premium credits.
  • New Gear and Customization Options – New gear includes classified gear sets, new face masks and arm patches. Players will also be able to re-customize their agents for free at the barbershop.
  • Survival Improvements – New scoring items will allow players to achieve higher scores. And the reward economy has been reworked so that time investment is more on par with other activities.

Update 1.7 is the first of two free updates planned for Year 2 of Tom Clancy’s The Division. In addition to these major updates and in line with the development team’s commitment to continuously improve the game, Year 2 has already introduced several gameplay and quality of life updates and will add more in the coming months.

The first global event, Outbreak, will start on August 15 at 9 am PDT and end on August 22, and challenge players with new enemy behavior due to the severity of a virus outbreak.

The second expansion, Survival, will be free this weekend – from August 18, 6 am PDT to August 20, 12 pm PDT – simultaneously across all platforms. During this time, all players will be able to access the expansion for free and experience a completely new way to play the game with survival mode. In this session-based mode hosting up to 24 different players in either PvP or PvE, agents are stripped of gear and must survive both the hostile environment and the threat of other agents and deadly hunters scattered around the open map. Finding supplies, warm clothes and survival equipment is vital as players attempt to make it out of the Dark Zone in the midst of a devastating blizzard.

Survival is part of Tom Clancy’s The Division Season Pass and can also be purchased separately. In conjunction with the free weekend, there will be discounts on Tom Clancy’s The Division standard and gold editions, season pass and stand-alone expansions.

SAW: The Games of Jigsaw Coming to Halloween Horror Nights

2017/08/14
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, Halloween, News

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., ORLANDO, Fla. (August 14, 2017) – The SAW series – one of the highest grossing horror film franchises of all time – makes its return to “Halloween Horror Nights,” bringing the blockbuster’s most terrifying traps to life in an all-new original maze opening at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort, beginning September 15, 2017.

Based on the Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures hit horror film franchise, “SAW: The Games of Jigsaw” will bring to life the scariest game yet. In this all-new maze guests will come face-to-face with the work of master craftsman “Jigsaw” and a collection of his most infamous traps from the SAW film series and upcoming eighth installment JIGSAW.

“We’re thrilled to be partnering again with Universal Studios on an immersive experience that celebrates everything that our SAW fans love,” said Lionsgate Senior Vice President of Global Live and Location Based Entertainment Jenefer Brown. “The maze features the most terrifying traps that made the SAW franchise such a Halloween tradition, including some of the best from our upcoming film JIGSAW. What better way to complement the film’s release this Halloween than taking audiences into the over-the-top action at Halloween Horror Nights.”

“SAW is one of the top grossing horror film franchises, and we’re thrilled that the fan-favorite is making its return to ‘Halloween Horror Nights,’” said John Murdy, Creative Director at Universal Studios Hollywood and Executive Producer of “Halloween Horror Nights.” “‘SAW: The Games of Jigsaw’ will encompass the greatest collection of traps featured in all eight SAW movies to bring to life the most twisted SAW maze ever produced, and we can’t wait for our fans to relive moments from the films.”

“We’re excited to bring SAW back to Halloween Horror Nights and to take fans even deeper into the mind of ‘Jigsaw,’” said Charles Gray, Show Director for Creative Development, “Halloween Horror Nights” at Universal Orlando Resort. “Filled with unimaginable horrors from the hit saga and the upcoming film JIGSAW, this maze is truly a trap in itself.”

Created by James Wan and Leigh Whannell, the SAW film series has ratcheted up tension and invention with each successive film, while rattling millions of nerves worldwide.  The eighth film of the powerhouse franchise is scheduled to hit theatres on October 27, 2017 – in its traditional opening weekend slot leading into Halloween. JIGSAW is written by Josh Stolberg & Peter Goldfinger and directed by The Spierig Brothers

Universal Studios’ “Halloween Horror Nights” is the ultimate Halloween event. For more than 20 years, guests from around the world have visited Halloween Horror Nights in Hollywood and Orlando to become victims inside their own horror film. The streets of each coast’s event are transformed into highly-themed scare zones where menacing “scare-actors” lunge from every darkened corner. Multiple movie-quality haunted houses are erected throughout the event, based on everything from iconic slasher films to hit horror television series to haunting original stories.

Additional details about Universal Studios’ “Halloween Horror Nights” will be revealed soon. For more information about Halloween Horror Nights at either Universal Studios Hollywood or Universal Orlando Resort, visit www.HalloweenHorrorNights.com.

BATTLETECH Release Date Moved to Early 2018

2017/08/14
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Windows PC News

STOCKHOLM – Aug. 14, 2017 – Paradox Interactive and Harebrained Schemes today announced that the release of BATTLETECH has been moved to early 2018. Initially planned for release later this year, the move will give the Harebrained Schemes team the time they need to deliver the type of quality experience the company is known for.

“Throughout development our Backers have been clear: ‘Don’t rush it, just make it great.’ and we have taken that advice to heart,” said Jordan Weisman, CEO of Harebrained Schemes and creator of the original board game and BattleTech universe. “HBS, Paradox, and our Backers all share a deeply personal attachment to this project and we are committed to delivering a game that not only meets the high expectations of our Backers and fans but introduces BattleTech to a new generation of players.”

“The feedback and enthusiasm from Beta participants has shown us just how great BATTLETECH can be, and rushing development to fit a timeline would be a disservice,” said Fredrik Wester, CEO of Paradox Interactive. “We believe in the Harebrained Schemes team, and want them to give the game the time and attention they need to create a turn-based game worthy of the name.”

To help eager MechCommanders pass the time, Harebrained Schemes is again updating their Backer Beta this week to include a large number of improvements including gameplay changes, AI upgrades, balance changes, and interface enhancements based upon the reams of useful feedback they’ve received from their community. A subsequent update coming soon will also allow Backers to go head-to-head in PvP multiplayer allowing them to test their skills against human opponents. The Beta will last at least another month, so players interested in becoming Late Backers to gain access to the Beta should go to http://battletechgame.com/ to get in on the action.

OpTic Gaming Wins 2017 Call of Duty World League (CWL) Championship

2017/08/14
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Windows PC News, Xbox One News

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Aug. 14, 2017 – A fierce season of competition came to a close last night as OpTic Gaming won the 2017 Call of Duty World League (CWL) Championship, Presented by PlayStaton®4.  Hosted by Major League Gaming Corp. (MLG) in partnership with Activision Publishing, Inc., OpTic Gaming won this year’s crown over Team EnVyUs in a thrilling final competition to determine this year’s champion as the best Call of Duty team in the world.

“This does not feel real at all. I feel like a legend with my teammates,” CWL Championship 2017 MVP Matthew ’FormaL’ Piper said after receiving the honor. FormaL also earned MVP honors during the CWL Stage 2 Playoffs. When asked about his consistency following the second MVP award, FormaL cited his team. “It’s not me. It’s my teammates, I really mean that. They allow me to play like that and do the flashy stuff. I owe all of that to them.”

Call of Duty esports saw a substantial rise in competition this year, with a year-over-year increase in participation of 400%. The playing field has also leveled in 2017, with nine teams capturing tournament wins around the world; including, Splyce, the first-ever European team to win a CWL event on North American soil.

Held in Orlando, Fl., the tournament featured the world’s top 32 Call of Duty teams from North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region (APAC) as they competed at the five-day event for a share of the $1.5 million championship prize pool, and the finale to this year’s CWL season which offered $4 million in total prize purse, the largest in Call of Duty history.

“Congratulations to OpTic Gaming on a fantastic finish, our 2017 CWL Champions,” said Rob Kostich, executive vice president and general manager, Call of Duty.  “The 2017 season was the best yet with amazing competition and incredible fans at every stop.  On behalf of everyone at Call of Duty, we congratulate all the teams on an outstanding year of competition and thank our fans for all of their amazing support.”

Here are the final top four placements after the CWL Championships:

  • 1st – OpTic Gaming
  • 2nd – Team EnVyUs
  • 3rd – Luminosity
  • 4th – Red Reserve
  • 5th/6th – FaZe Clan
  • 5th/6th – eUnited
  • 7th/8th – Ghost Gaming
  • 7th/8th – Splyce

For a list of all final team placings, please visit www.callofduty.com/esports.

For more information on the exciting competition and the latest intel on the Call of Duty World League Presented by PlayStation®4 check out: http://www.callofduty.com/cwl, tv.majorleaguegaming.com or follow @CODWorldLeague on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

Activision and MLG (both part of Activision Blizzard) join forces with PlayStation®4 to bring Call of Duty World League to a global audience, with the goal of providing fans the best esports experience at live events and broadcast on mlg.tv/callofduty. Activision Publishing, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc.