Author - Jerry Paxton

City of Brass Early Access Launch Trailer

2017/09/18
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

Canberra, 18th Sep 2017: Uppercut Games today announced that City of Brass for Windows is available now on Steam at an introductory price of 19.99 USD for the first week, after which it will revert to 24.99 USD.

Armed with a blade and a whip that can grab, trip, disarm, stun or shatter as well as swing, from today players can lash and slash, trick and trap their way through an opulent procedurally-generated city, making it to each trap-infested level’s exit before the sands of time run out – participating in Daily Challenges and testing their mettle against other players on the Steam Leaderboard.

“The initial Early Access version already has a core experience in place: players can dive into a 12 level campaign with hours of replayability, revealing new enemies in each level, discovering gear and relics, encountering fresh traps and evolving their tactics,” explained Lead Designer Ed Orman. “We’re in Early Access to help us balance and tune the gameplay systems, and we will steadily add more content as we approach Final Release.”

Content and features already planned for the game will take 4-6 months to add in, but given new ideas will be introduced as the game evolves, the overall period in Early Access is expected to be around 6-12 months. More enemy types, bosses, districts, secret areas, gear, relics, genies and traps will be added to the Final Release, and the play overall will be more tuned thanks to the period in Early Access. The final battle (which will be different based on decisions players make as they progress and the strategies they employ) and the mysterious prize at the center of the city, will be held back until the Final Release.

City of Brass is available on Steam here.

City of Brass will be released for PlayStation® 4 systems and Xbox One in 2018 after the Final Release of City of Brass for Windows.

SAW Maze Walkthrough Halloween Horror Nights 2017

2017/09/17
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, Halloween, News, Trailers / Videos

Here’s our walk through video from the new SAW maze at Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights. This haunted house had some really interesting situations and traps to put its victim characters in, but the throughput of the experience was not good enough to accommodate the crowds. This shows in the video as we get held up inside the maze several times by traffic jams.

The Coma: Recut Launch Trailer

2017/09/15
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox One News

15 September, 2017 – Be afraid, but also uncontrollably excited, because The Coma: Recut – the nerve-shredding school-based survival-horror adventure from Devespresso Games – is stalking its way to PC, PS4, and Xbox One next week. See below for release dates and prices.

Release dates:
PS4 NA/EU: 19/20 September
Xbox One/Steam/GOG: 22 September
Price (SRP): $14.99/€14.99

Note: Anyone who owns the original game – The Coma: Cutting Class – on Steam will receive The Coma: Recut on Steam for free.

SuperMansion: Drag Me To Halloween New Trailer

2017/09/13
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, Halloween, Movie News, News, Trailers / Videos

September 13, 2017 – To celebrate the upcoming October 5th premiere of Crackle and Stoopid Buddy Stoodios’ Halloween Special, SuperMansion: Drag Me To Halloween, we have an exciting new trailer, poster and images to share with you. The League of Freedom experiences all the fun and adventures of Halloween is this new holiday special.  It’s Titanium Rex’s (voice of Bryan Cranston) least favorite night of the year, fraught with beautiful ghosts, demonic spirits, evil dentists, and even some unforeseen attractions mixed in.

Special guests include comedians Lake Bell (“Childrens Hospital”) as Millicent and Phil LaMarr (“Futurama”).  In addition to Cranston, the special guests join “SuperMansion” stars Keegan-Michael Key (voice of American Ranger), Jillian Bell (voice of Viking Woman, Clown Girl), Tucker Gilmore (voice of Black Saturn), Zeb Wells (voice of Robobot) and Heidi Gardner (voice of Cooch).  Get all the scoop on what goes down in the making of the hit Emmy-nominated series from Stoopid Buddy Stoodios.  Be prepared for ghost stories, surprises, and more.  Don’t be afraid, check out the Premiere on Thursday, October 5th on Crackle, the free streaming network.

For Honor: Season 3 – Tribute Mode Reveal Trailer

2017/09/13
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox One News

September 12, 2017 – Tribute is a new 4v4 multiplayer objective mode coming to For Honor. The new game mode challenges players to find and return Offerings to their base to receive Blessings. Each of these Blessings provide buffs across the team giving players strategic choices on where to place their Offerings. The For Honor team will share more information on Tribute during the weekly Warrior’s Den on Thursday, September 14 at 9:00 am PDT: twitch.tv/forhonorgame

Developed by Ubisoft Montreal in collaboration with other Ubisoft studios,* For Honor offers an engaging campaign and thrilling multiplayer modes. Players embody warriors of the three Great Factions – the bold Knights, the brutal Vikings and the deadly Samurai – fighting to the death on intense and believable melee battlefields. The Art of Battle, the game’s innovative combat system that puts players in total control of their warriors, allows them to utilize the unique skills and combat style of each hero to vanquish all enemies who stand in their way.

For more information about For Honor, please visit forhonorgame.com and follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/ForHonorGame and on Twitter at twitter.com/ForHonorGame.

For the latest on For Honor and all Ubisoft games, please visit ubiblog.com.

Halloween Horror Nights 2017 Preview Video

2017/09/12
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, Halloween, News, Trailers / Videos

September 12, 2017 – “Halloween Horror Nights” at Universal Studios Hollywood, brings together the sickest minds in horror to immerse guests in a living, breathing, three-dimensional world of terror.  This year’s event will feature a new slate of unrivaled film and television production quality mazes, frightful scare zones and a fully re-imagined “Terror Tram” experience – all uniquely themed to today’s most definitive horror properties.

As Southern California’s most extreme Halloween event, “Halloween Horror Nights” is designed to taunt, terrorize and torment guests as they navigate the darkness from one frightening maze to another.

New terrifying mazes and attractions include:

  • The Shining, inspired by the iconic psychological thriller.
  • “American Horror Story: Roanoke,” based on FX’s critically-acclaimed, Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award-winning television series.
  • “The Horrors of Blumhouse,” inspired by prolific filmmaker Jason Blum’s movies, the maze features iconic and unnerving moments from The Purge franchise, Sinister movies and upcoming Happy Death Day.
  • “Insidious: Beyond the Further,” inspired by Universal Pictures and Sony Picture’s upcoming supernatural thriller Insidious franchise including, Insidious: Chapter 4.
  • “SAW: The Games of Jigsaw,” based on the SAW film series and the upcoming series installment, JIGSAW.
  • “Ash vs. Evil Dead,” based on Starz’s comedy horror television series.
  • “Titans of Terror,” which unites slasher film villains, Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees and Leatherface.
  • “Titans of Terror Tram: Hosted by Chucky,” will transport guests into a nightmare of carnage pitting guests against these four horror icons—Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees and Leatherface—led by infamous serial killer doll Chucky on the world-famous studio backlot.
  • “The Walking Dead,” Universal Studios Hollywood new permanent attraction inspired by AMC’s record-breaking television series.
  • The Jabbawockeez award-winning hip hop dance crew returns by popular demand.

Atomega Announcement Trailer

2017/09/11
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Windows PC News

SAN FRANCISCO – September 11, 2017 – Today, Ubisoft® announced Atomega, a new online multiplayer FPS available on September 19, 2017 on Steam. Developed by Reflections, a Ubisoft studio, in the same small incubator which created Grow Home and Grow Up, Atomega was made with a creatively experimental mind-set, deliberately seeking to create unusual concepts which will surprise and delight players.

Atomega takes place at the very end of time where reality is rapidly dissolving. All that exists are Exoforms, super advanced post-biological lifeforms, masters of matter and energy and the last distant relative to man and machine. As the laws of physics slowly repeal, the Exoforms fight for fun and dominance, replaying the final moments of the universe in an arena at the edge of destruction.

The player must acquire mass, by peacefully collecting it or via firefights, to evolve his Exoform from the nimble Atom to the godlike Omega. Competing for mass, players engage in a frantic battle for supremacy through intense 10-minute rounds gathering up to 8 players. Acquiring mass also grants points and the player with the most points at the end of the round wins. It is a relentlessly competitive experience, an easy to pick-up but hard to master game, with a light-hearted tone echoing the personality of its small development team.

Atomega will be available digitally worldwide on Steam for $9.99 on September 19, 2017.

For the latest news on Atomega and all of Ubisoft’s games, please visit www.ubiblog.com.

For more information about Atomega, please visit http://atomegagame.com

Transformers: Titans Return Second Chapter Images

2017/09/11
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, Movie News, News, Screenshots / Photos

September 11, 2017 – Hasbro, a global play and entertainment company, and Machinima, the premiere digital video programmer of gamer and fandom-focused content, are releasing the first images from the second chapter of the upcoming digital series, TRANSFORMERS: TITANS RETURN.  Continuing the massive worldwide interest in Transformers: Combiner Wars, TITAN RETURN debuts this November worldwide on Verizon’s mobile entertainment destination, go 90 – except in China, where it airs on Sohu.com. The series features 10 episodes at approximately 11 minutes per episode. Since launching the trilogy’s first installment of the digital series in August 2016, Transformers: Combiner Wars, has garnered more than 125 million global views on across a variety of digital platforms.

About Transformers: Titans Return

TITANS RETURN stars Peter Cullen, who originated the voice of Optimus Prime in the 1980s animated Transformers series and will be making his Prime Wars Trilogy debut in the upcoming installment as the voice of Optimus Prime. Cullen will be joined by a host of fan favorites including Judd Nelson, who is reprising his roles of Rodimus Prime and Hot Rod from the 1986 animated Transformers movie, Michael Dorn as Fortress Maximus, Wil Wheaton as Perceptor, Nolan North as Metroplex and Jason David Frank as Emissary.

They are joined by returning talent from Combiner Wars, including Abby Trott (Windblade), Jason Marnocha (Megatron), Frank Todaro (Starscream), Lana McKissack (Mistress of Flame), and DashieGames (Menasor), as well as a new set of influencers like MatPat (Computron), Rob Dyke (Devastator) and Tay Zonday (Chorus of the Primes).

Picking up right where the destruction of the Combiner Wars left off, TITANS RETURN takes the action of the Prime Wars Trilogy to new ‘heights,’ and features return appearances from many fan-favorite Transformers characters as well as introduces new Autobots and Decepticons. In the series, enormous Transformers called Titans are awakened and these massive characters bring massive problems. Trypticon, a gigantic lizard-like Transformer, rises to wreak havoc on Cybertron, while Windblade and a rag-tag team of Transformers must resurrect an ancient ally. Not all Transformers will survive, as beloved heroes are changed forever while others’ sparks are blown to oblivion. Like Combiner Wars, sophisticated storytelling reveals more than meets the eye for older audiences and kids of all ages when a sinister secret is discovered.

Beyond Fest Announces 2017 Lineup

2017/09/07
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, Halloween, Movie News, News

Los Angeles, CA – Thursday, September 7, 2017 – Beyond Fest, the highest-attended genre film festival in the US, is excited to announce its full slate of 2017 programming featuring 32 events and 23 West Coast premieres of cinematic excess. Co-presented by Shudder, Beyond Fest returns to Hollywood’s famed Egyptian Theatre for 12 days of movies, music and mayhem spanning Friday, September 29th – Tuesday, October 10th to generate funds for the nonprofit 501c3 American Cinematheque.

With a diverse slate that includes films from all corners of the globe Beyond Fest is proud to open with BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99 with director S.Craig Zahler returning with Vince Vaughn and Udo Kier in person, while closing night honors are bestowed upon Yorgos Lanthimos’ ferociously-twisted follow-up to THE LOBSTER, THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER. Other hotly-anticipated titles making their debuts include the World Premiere of Justin MacGregor’s BEST F(R)IENDS with Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero reunited and in person, Joe Lynch’s blissfully violent MAYHEM, and, courtesy of Amazon Prime Video, a very special theatrical premiere of JEAN-CLAUDE VAN JOHNSON with the Muscles from Brussels himself, Jean-Claude Van Damme, in person with the show’s cast and creators.

“While the two worst manbaby haircuts on the planet prepared for nuclear destruction, we prepped cinematic armageddon,” said Beyond Fest Co-Founder, Christian Parkes. “We’re immigrants and we saw DR. STRANGELOVE – we know how this ends – but at least we get to watch some great films with our heroes and friends and go out with a real bang.”

The most beloved genre films are highlighted with a series of special event screenings throughout the festival. Arnold Schwarzenegger takes center stage for an explosive 30th anniversary one-two punch of PREDATOR and THE RUNNING MAN. The Master, Dario Argento, will be in attendance to celebrate the 40th anniversary of SUSPIRIA with screenings of Synapse Film’s 4K restoration AND the recently unearthed 35mm print. ‘Car Chases, Collisions & Conversation: An Evening with Edgar Wright and Walter Hill’ covers four decades of filmmaking and the interrelated nature of the pulsating smash BABY DRIVER and the seminal THE DRIVER in one epic night. Musical maestro, Paul Williams, will share stories from behind the mask of PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE. Mick Garris and Masters of Horror preside over a reverential tribute to two of the greats – George A. Romero and Tobe Hooper –  with a double bill featuring the West Coast premiere of MOMA and FIlm Foundation’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 4K digital restoration and TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. And the theatrical premiere of NAPOLEON DYNAMITE BOOTLEG EDITION pairs a totally gonzo WTF double bill with HOWARD THE DUCK on 70mm with Lea Thompson in person.

Beyond Fest welcomes the return of genre streaming platform Shudder as its co-presenting sponsor, a partnership that provides 14 screenings (11 West Coast premieres) absolutely free to film fans. Every night, the 90-seat ‘Shudder Theatre’ will feature a brand new film selected from across the world including Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s triumphant return BEFORE WE VANISH, home invasion thrill ride BETTER WATCH OUT, the critically acclaimed Canadian zombie shocker LES AFFAMES (THE HUNGRY), Marc Meyers’ searing portrait of a serial-killer-in-the-making, MY FRIEND DAHMER, Alexandre O. Phillippe’s revelatory PSYCHO shower scene doc 78/52, and Ted Geoghegan’s sophomore scalper, MOHAWK.

For Cinematic Void’s sidebar they have enlisted the help of like minds as they venture further into the unknown with a series of special screenings. Author and academic Kier La Janisse will be present for Jean Rollin’s THE GRAPES OF DEATH and the release of the book, Lost Girls: The Phantasmagorical Cinema of Jean Rollin which she is publishing. Friday Night Frights are co-presenting the west coast premiere of the 4K restoration of the thoroughly bugnuts RAWHEAD REX and the Death Waltz Records record release of HELLRAISER on 35mm. And filmmakers Amy Holden Jones and Deborah Brock will be present for a double bill of anniversary screenings of their films SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE and SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE II.

Tickets go on sale starting noon on Friday, September 8th on Fandango.  See below for the full lineup of Beyond Fest 2017.

EGYPTIAN THEATRE

BABY DRIVER

  • Director: Edgar Wright
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 102 min.
  • Year: 2017
  • GUESTS: Edgar Wright & Walter Hill in Person

BAD BLACK  (free screening)

  • West Coast Premiere
  • Director: Isaac Nawibana
  • Country: Uganda
  • Runtime: 60 minutes / Year: 2016

BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM

  • Directors: Bruce Timm, Eric Radomski
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 76 min.
  • Year: 1993
  • GUESTS: Andrea Romano plus voice actors TBA in Person

BEST F(R)IENDS

  • World Premiere
  • Director: Justin MacGregor
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 95 min.
  • Year: 2017
  • GUESTS: Tommy Wiseau, Greg Sestero and Justin Macgregor in Person

BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99

  • West Coast Premiere
  • Director: S. Craig Zahler
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 132 min.
  • Year: 2017
  • GUESTS: S. Craig Zahler, Vince Vaughn and Udo Kier in Person

DOUBLE IMPACT

  • Director: Sheldon Lettich
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 110 min.
  • Year: 1991 / 35mm
  • GUEST: Jean-Claude Van Damme and Sheldon Lettich in Person

THE DRIVER

  • Director: Walter Hill
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 90 min.
  • Year: 1978 / 35mm
  • GUESTS: Edgar Wright & Walter Hill in Person

HELLRAISER

  • Co-presented with Death Waltz Records + Friday Night Frights
  • Director: Clive Barker
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 94 min.
  • Year: 1987 / 35mm

ICHI THE KILLER – Digital Restoration

  • West Coast Premiere
  • Director: Takashi Miike
  • Country: Japan
  • Runtime: 129 min.
  • Year: 2001

HOWARD THE DUCK – 70mm

  • Director: Willard Huyck
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 110 min.
  • Year: 1986
  • GUESTS: Lea Thompson in Person

JEAN-CLAUDE VAN JOHNSON – Episodes 1 & 2

  • Presented by Amazon
  • World Premiere
  • Director: Peter Atencio
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 60 min.
  • Year: 2016
  • GUESTS: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Peter Atencio, Dave Callaham, Kat Foster, Moises Arias.

THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER

  • West Coast Premiere
  • Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
  • Country: UK, Ireland
  • Runtime: 109 min.
  • Year: 2017

MAYHEM

  • West Coast Premiere
  • Director: Joe Lynch
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 86 min.
  • Year: 2017
  • GUESTS: Joe Lynch and cast in person

NAPOLEON DYNAMITE – THE BOOTLEGGED EDITION

  • Theatrical Premiere
  • Director: Jared Hess
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 96 min.
  • Year: 2004
  • GUESTS: Cast and crew in person

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD – 4K Restoration

  • West Coast Premiere
  • Director: George A. Romero
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 96 min.
  • Year: 1968
  • GUESTS: Mick Garris & Masters of Horror in Person

OPERA (aka TERROR AT THE OPERA)

  • Director: Dario Argento
  • Country: Italy
  • Runtime: 100 min.
  • Year: 1987
  • GUESTS: Dario Argento in Person

PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE

  • Co presented with Creature Features
  • Director: Brian De Palma
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 92 min.
  • Year: 1974
  • GUESTS: Paul Williams in Person

PREDATOR

  • Director: John McTiernan
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 107 min.
  • Year: 1987 / 35mm
  • GUESTS: Arnold Schwarzenegger in Person

RAWHEAD REX 4K Restoration

  • Co presented with Cinematic Void and Friday Night Frights
  • West Coast Premiere
  • Director: George Pavlou
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 89 min.
  • Year: 1986

THE ROOM

  • Director: Tommy Wiseau
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 99 min.
  • Year: 2003
  • GUESTS: Tommy Wiseau, Greg Sestero and Guests in Person

THE RUNNING MAN

  • Director: Paul Michael Glaser
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 101 min.
  • Year: 1987 / 35mm
  • GUESTS: Arnold Schwarzenegger in Person

SUSPIRIA – 4K Restoration

  • LA Premiere
  • Director: Dario Argento
  • Country: Italy
  • Runtime: 100 min.
  • Year: 1977
  • GUESTS: Dario Argento, Udo Kier, Barbara Magnolfi in Person

SUSPIRIA – 35mm Italian Cut

  • LA Premiere
  • Director: Dario Argento
  • Country: Italy
  • Runtime: 98 min.
  • Year: 1977
  • GUESTS: Dario Argento and Barbara Magnolfi in Person

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

  • Director: Tobe Hooper
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 83 min.
  • Year: 1974
  • 35mm
  • GUESTS: Mick Garris & Masters of Horror in Person

SHUDDER THEATRE

78/52 (Free Screening)

  • West Coast Premiere
  • Director: Alexandre O. Philippe
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 91 min.
  • Year: 2017

BEFORE WE VANISH (Free Screening)

  • West Coast Premiere
  • Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
  • Country: Japan
  • Runtime: 129 min.
  • Year: 2017

BETTER WATCH OUT (Free Screening)

  • West Coast Premiere
  • Director: Chris Peckover
  • Country: Australia, USA
  • Runtime: 85 min.
  • Year: 2016

COLD HELL (Free Screening)

  • West Coast Premiere
  • Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
  • Country: Austria
  • Runtime: 92 min.
  • Year: 2017

THE GRAPES OF DEATH AKA Les Raisins de La Mort (Free Screening)

  • Director: Jean Rollin
  • Country: France
  • Runtime: 90 min.
  • Year: 1978

HAUNTERS: THE ART OF THE SCARE (Free Screening)

  • West Coast Premiere
  • Director: Jon Schnitzer
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 88 min.
  • Year: 2017

JAILBREAK (Free Screening)

  • West Coast Premiere
  • Director: Jimmy Henderson
  • Country: Cambodia
  • Runtime: 92 min.
  • Year: 2017

LES AFFAMES (Free Screening)

  • West Coast Premiere
  • Director: Robin Aubert
  • Country: Canada
  • Runtime: 100 min.
  • Year: 2017

MOHAWK (Free Screening)

  • West Coast Premiere
  • Director: Ted Geoghegan
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 91 min.
  • Year: 2017

MY FRIEND DAHMER (Free Screening)

  • West Coast Premiere
  • Director: Marc Meyers
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 107 min.
  • Year: 2017

REVENGE (Free Screening)

  • West Coast Premiere
  • Director:  Coralie Fargeat
  • Country:   France
  • Runtime:  108 min
  • Year:  2017

SEQUENCE BREAK (Free Screening)

  • West Coast Premiere
  • Director:  Graham Skipper
  • Country:   USA
  • Runtime:  108 min
  • Year:  2017
  • GUESTS: Graham Skipper, Cast and Crew in Person

THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE (Free Screening)

  • Co-presented by Etheria and Cinematic Void
  • Director: Amy Holden Jones
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 77 min.
  • Year: 1982
  • GUESTS: Amy Holden Jones in Person
  • Double Feature with SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE II

THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE II

  • Co-presented by Etheria and Cinematic Void
  • Director: Deborah Brock
  • Country: USA
  • Runtime: 77 min.
  • Year: 1987
  • GUESTS: Deborah Brock in Person
  • Double Feature with SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE

Attend Beyond Fest:

Tickets for Beyond Fest 2017 are will be made available for purchase through Fandango and the American Cinematheque on Friday, September 8th at noon PST.

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