Author - Jerry Paxton

McFarlane Toys Teams with Titanfall for Toy Line

2016/02/11
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News

Tempe, Ariz. – February 10, 2016– –Comic book icon and toy creator Todd McFarlane announced today that his company, McFarlane Toys has partnered with the video game powerhouse Respawn Entertainment to produce a line of action figures based on the upcoming game, Titanfall 2.  The first Titanfall was announced in 2013 and was immediately heralded as a game changer for the first-person-shooter genre of video games.  During its reveal at E3 that year, it won over 60 awards including six E3 Critic’s awards: Best in Show, Best Action Game, Best Original Game, Best Console Game, Best PC Game and Best Online Multiplayer.  To date, the game has had over 11 million unique players.

McFarlane Toys is well known for delivering top quality figures for the gaming genre including: Halo, Assassin’s Creed and Metal Gear franchises. The upcoming Titanfall figures will be a part of McFarlane’s bold new 2016 Collector Box Program. Each figure will stand seven inches tall, have an average of fifteen points of articulation for incredible poses and play action and feature screen accurate accessories and weapons.  The figures will boast the same meticulous level of detail that McFarlane has become known for over the last two decades.

“This is a perfect fit.  McFarlane [Toys] was created so I could make cool stuff just like this,” said Todd McFarlane, Owner and CEO of McFarlane Toys. “Without saying too much about the new game…  You’re not going to believe where we can take this.”

The McFarlane Toys action figures will be released in conjunction with the highly anticipated launch of Titanfall 2! Fans can visit mcfarlane.com and the McFarlane Toys social media channels for all the latest toy news and visit respawn.com for all the latest upcoming game announcements.

McFarlane Toys is exhibiting at International New York Toy Fair 2016 booth #1041.  Showroom is by appointment only.

Sword Coast Legends Coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

2016/02/11
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Windows PC News, Xbox One News
Sword Coast Legends Screenshot D&D

ORLANDO, Fla. — February 10, 2016 — Independent developers n-Space and Digital Extremes announced today that Sword Coast Legends™, the award-winning, party-based RPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) Forgotten Realms universe from Wizards of the Coast, hits PlayStation®4 and Xbox One consoles Spring, 2016.

Sword Coast Legends offers an all-new way to enjoy the time-tested magic of playing Dungeons & Dragons as a shared storytelling experience.  By bringing the roleplaying dynamic between players and a Dungeon Master (DM) to life with a first-of-its-kind real-time DM mode, Sword Coast Legendsdelivers a unique experience where a Dungeon Master guides players through customizable adventures. The DM mode is not entirely focused on adversarial play typical to 4v1 games. Instead, active DMs engage and empower entire parties to have more fun in a way that best suits the desired experience.

Sword Coast Legends also returns players to the lush and vibrant world of the Forgotten Realms with a deep story campaign. Developed by long-time industry veterans in partnership with the Dungeons & Dragons team at Wizards of the Coast, Sword Coast Legends brings the world of Faerûn to life like never before.

Sword Coast Legends will be available for purchase via the PlayStation®Store and Xbox Live at $19.99 USD for the Standard Edition and will come with all new content added to the game following its PC debut. Some new features include: the drow as a new playable sub-race, additional character skill trees, hundreds of new placeable objects for DMs, new areas, new visual effects, hardcore gameplay options for the most rugged of adventurers, and much more.
The Standard Edition also includes special in-game items, such as: Tome of Knowledge, an Order of the Burning Dawn Cloak, Armor and Weapons, Beholder, Lost Mines dungeon tile set, and Wisps (DM use cursors).

Console and PC players can also look forward to the Rage of Demons DLC for free when it ships later this year.

To learn more about Sword Coast Legends and the upcoming free Rage of Demons DLC, please visit the official website at: www.SwordCoast.com. To keep up with the latest updates from the Sword Coast Legends team, follow @SwordCoast and like the official Facebook page. For more in-depth details on Sword Coast Legends, including guides and links to community created content, please visit the official Sword Coast Legends wiki on Gamepedia.

Arma 3 Developer Diary: Eden 3D Editor

2016/02/10
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos

February 10, 2016 – Bohemia Interactive today deployed a new Arma 3 developer diary video, featuring the upcoming new Arma 3 Scenario Editor:Eden 3D Editor. In the video, Senior Designer Karel Mořický, Programmer Filip Sadovský, and Creative Director Jay Crowe provide a more in-depth look at the Eden Editor’s key features and development process.

While content creation has always been at the heart of the Arma series, the brand new Eden Editor represents a massive leap forward. Users will now be able to design their scenario from within the 3D game environment, which makes building your own scenarios – using Arma 3’s vast library of weapons, characters, vehicles, buildings, and other objects – much more effective and fun. Plus, people can publish their creations to the Arma 3 Steam Workshop, or subscribe to 17,000+ scenarios made by other players.

The Eden 3D Editor will be made available to all Arma 3 players as part of a free platform update scheduled for release later inFebruary 2016. If you would like to learn more about the Eden 3D Editor, also be sure to take a look at our latest blog post, which lists 10 of the Eden Editor’s standout features and improvements.

EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR Edition Unveiled

2016/02/10
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, Hardware News, News, Trailers / Videos

February 10th, 2016 – The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION has arrived. Accelerated by the groundbreaking NVIDIA Maxwell architecture, the GTX 980 Ti delivers an unbeatable 4K and virtual reality experience. With 2816 NVIDIA CUDA Cores and 6GB of GDDR5 memory, it has the horsepower to drive whatever comes next. And with the VR EDITION, you get an included 5.25” drive bay with front HDMI 2.0 and USB 3.0 giving you easy access to your VR device’s input. The graphics card also has an internal HDMI connector, meaning no external cables will be visible.

New and Key Features:

  • Built for VR: Included 5.25” Drive Bay with Front HDMI 2.0 and USB 3.0.
  • Internal HDMI: Connects to a 5.25” Drive Bay, no visible external wires!
  • ACX 2.0+ Cooling: EVGA’s latest cooling solution offers improved cooling, reduced fan noise and better overclocking.
  • 6GB of GDDR5 Memory: Gives you access to higher texture qualities in games, improved 4K gaming performance and optimized for the next generation of gaming.

World of Tanks for PS4 Gets 40 British Vehicles

2016/02/09
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Trailers / Videos

February 09, 2016 — Wargaming today announced the first massive content update for World of Tanks on PlayStation®4 has gone live worldwide! The game, which has already surpassed 1 million registered users shortly after its January 19 release, has augmented its in-game tank arsenal with the addition of the British Tech Tree along with new maps. The highly sought after Type-59 is also now available in the PlayStation®Store for a limited time.

In this content update, World of Tanks brings an impressive force of over 40 powerful British vehicles to the PlayStation®4 battlefield. A large collection of light, medium, and heavy tanks along with tank destroyers and artillery join the fight. Command some of the most legendary vehicles in British history like the Crusader, Cromwell, and Conqueror. Additionally, some of the most notable maps in World of Tanks have been added to PlayStation®4, including “Siegfried Line,” “Fisherman’s Bay”, “Ensk War!” and many others. Players can also get to grips with the well-known “Westfield” map, as well its variant with weather conditions: “Westfield Rain”.

World of Tanks on PlayStation®4 is free to all PlayStation® accounts and does not require a PlayStation®Plus membership to play.

To learn more about World of Tanks on PlayStation®4 and for a full list of added vehicles and maps, please visit:

Dying Light: The Following Enhanced Edition Launch Trailer

2016/02/09
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox One News

February 9th, 2016 – Wroclaw, Poland/ Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition has officially launched. The new and remastered version of Techland’s most successful zombie survival game adds features such as a brand-new difficulty level called Nightmare Mode, 250 special Legend Levels to unlock, all-new Bounty system, and a massive expansion pack titled Dying Light: The Following. On top of that, the Enhanced Edition includes all previously released DLCs, community-made maps and many more gameplay and performance upgrades.

Key Features:

  • Enhanced Version of the Game – Dying Light is now bigger, better and scarier than ever before. Enjoy the ultimate zombie experience as you scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and do anything you can to survive in a city ravaged by the zombie outbreak.
  • Expanded with Dying Light: The Following – Investigate a mysterious and secretive society as you leave the quarantine zone and travel to a seemingly serene countryside – a region bigger than all areas of the original game combined!
  • Drive to Survive – Dying Light: The Following introduces drivable dirt buggies that you can freely customize and upgrade with special weapons, attachments, and paint jobs to create your deadliest weapon yet.
  • All DLCs and Updates  –  Get all the additional content ever released for Dying Light in one go, including the Be the Zombie multiplayer mode, The Bozak Horde game mode, #DrinkForDLC content rewards, and much more.

The full list of global release dates for Dying Light:The Following – Enhanced Edition can be viewed here.

Cities: Skylines Getting Lots of New Content Tomorrow

2016/02/09
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Windows PC News

STOCKHOLM – Feb. 9, 2016 — Paradox Interactive, a “raining champion” publisher of games, today revealed several details about “Snowfall,” the forthcoming expansion toCities: Skylines from Colossal Order. Snowfall, which will be released on February 18th, 2016 for Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs, will add several new gameplay features to the award-winning city-building game, including several new mechanics revolving around the expansion’s titular weather phenomenon. To show off these new features first-hand, Paradox will stream the game live on their Twitch channel on Wednesday, February 10th, at 1700 CET (8:00 a.m. Pacific Time). To view the live stream, watch Paradox’s Twitch channel at http://www.twitch.tv/paradoxinteractive on Wednesday.

In addition, Paradox has also detailed the features that will be added to Cities: Skylinesfor all players in a free patch on February 18, whether the weather-oriented expansion is purchased or not. All players will see the following additions:

  • Rain and fog-based cosmetic weather for existing maps outside the new “Winter” themed maps
  • A new Theme Editor for map modding, allowing players to create new Map Themes ranging from different terrain styles to incredible alien worlds; here is one such incredible alien world
  • Pretty cool, right?
  • An expanded UI for public transportation management
  • New Chirps from everyone’s favorite in-game social media avatar
  • New Hats for everyone’s favorite in-game social media avatar
  • Newfound respect for everyone’s favorite in-game social media avatar

For more information on Cities: Skylines, visit http://www.citiesskylines.com/.

Far Cry Primal 101 Trailer

2016/02/09
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox One News

February 9, 2016 – Watch the all-new 101 trailer for a gameplay overview of Far Cry Primal in 5 minutes. Discover all you need to know about Far Cry Primal’s weapons, powerful Beast Master abilities, and vicious human foes while you prepare to take on the Stone Age when Far Cry Primal releases on February 23 on PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Xbox One. Far Cry Primal will be available on March 1 for Windows PC.

Cloaked in Silence DLC Details Released for Metal Gear Online

2016/02/09
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 3 News, PlayStation 4 News, Windows PC News, Xbox 360 News, Xbox One News

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Feb. 9, 2016 – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. has announced a new DLC campaign for METAL GEAR ONLINE, the dedicated, squad-based multiplayer component of the best-selling METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN. Entitled ‘Cloaked in Silence’, the new content will be released in March 2016 and adds new maps, a new character and additional content to the multi-player experience.

‘Cloaked in Silence’ is an ongoing part of KONAMI’s commitment to continually enhancing the METAL GEAR ONLINE element. The downloadable content adds three new maps to the multi-player game:

  • Coral Complex: A dedicated Motherbase environment, allowing players to access tall towers, use storage containers and other internal areas as cover for tactical advantage. Coral Complex mixes open areas and a myriad of hiding opportunities.
  • Rust Palace: Set within Afghanistan, the Rust Palace is a large multi-level building. The skeletal nature of the decrepit ruin means that cover is scarce, and the internal areas are rich in dusty rooms and high-up sniping positions.
  • Azure Mountain: An outdoor plain under Africa’s baking sky. A small cluster of buildings offers scant cover, with only derelict walls and occasional scrubland surrounding the massive rock known locally as the Cradle of Spirits.

METAL GEAR ONLINE’s ‘Cloaked in Silence’ DLC also sees the debut of Quiet as a playable character. A buddy character familiar from METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN, Quiet is a legendary sniper who can take out distant targets with excellent accuracy. Quiet’s movement speed is extremely fast and allows for unique jumping abilities over high steps where a player would usually need a ladder. She can also temporarily cloak her visibility while sprinting to activate a boost in movement speed.

Additional DLC includes APPEAL ACTION features, which trigger a unique character pose known as APPEAL ACTION. Players can preset up to five different slots per character with additional APPEAL ACTION packs available for purchase in-store.

Released in tandem with the DLC, a free update to METAL GEAR ONLINE includes a brand new competitive mission, SABOTAGE. Attackers must destroy or fulton the enemy Missile before the round expires. To access the Missile, attackers must first hack into the Terminals to deactivate the Electromagnetic (EM) Barrier that is protecting it. Once the Terminals are hacked and the EM Barrier is deactivated, defenders can choose to reactivate the EM Barrier or protect the Missile.

METAL GEAR ONLINE

DLC Pricing

DLC

Price
Expansion Pack: ‘Cloaked in Silence’ (3 Maps + Quiet)

$3.99 SRP
Basic Appeal Pack

$1.99 SRP
Battle Appeal Pack

$1.99 SRP
Dance Appeal Pack

$1.99 SRP
Hero Appeal Pack

$1.99 SRP

(Available on PlayStation®4, PlayStation®3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC Steam)

METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN, including METAL GEAR ONLINE, is currently available for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, the Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft and Steam at an SRP of $59.99. It is also available on PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 at an SRP of $49.99.