Six Flags Great Adventure’s Fright Fest has announced that Raab, one of the guys from MTV’s Jackass, will be hosting a cockroach eating contest on October 29th and October 30th, 2011. The park will offer free, VIP admission to the ultra-creepy, new Mortuary Manor terror trail for the first 20 guests who consume a giant, live, Madagascar hissing cockroach.
“I’ve seen some crazy things working with the Jackass guys, but eating Madagascar hissing cockroaches? That’s just insane,” Raab said.
UPDATE (10/14/11): Please take note that Raab will only be on-hand for the cockroach-eating on Sunday, not Saturday.
SteelSeries and GUNNAR have announced a new breed of gaming eyewear with their new Desmo. The Desmo features a rimless design and promises to be completely headset-friendly. Additionally, the Desmo promises a feature known as “fRActyl Lens Geometry”, which claims to magnify your field of vision while also relaxing your eyes.
“We’ve been collaborating with the GUNNAR Optiks team in marketing and events for more than two years now, including the launch of our first co-branded eyewear model, the SteelSeries Scope,” said Bruce Hawver, SteelSeries CEO. “When we started on this new design, it was important that it was more than just lightweight and comfortable, but that the lens shape, frame style and temples were chosen and perfected in order to impact and improve the way players saw their game. We believe we’ve achieved that goal with the Desmo and are excited for players to try it out.”
The Desmo is available now for $99.99 at SteelSeries official website.
Activision has announced a new Men in Black game to coincide with the release of next year’s Men in Black III. Not much is known about the game at this time, save that it will be released on both consoles and handheld platforms. Activision also released two screenshots from the game, which you can find in the gallery below.
“The Men In Black franchise is an unbeatable starting point to deliver a genre-bending gaming experience with a level of production value on par with Hollywood,” said David Oxford, Executive Vice President of Activision Publishing, Inc. Mark Caplan, Vice President of Licensing at Sony Pictures Entertainment, stated, “With Activision bringing the Men In Black universe to life on next gen consoles for the first time, the Men In Black video game will be both familiar to fans, an exciting beginning for the uninitiated, and revolutionary for the franchise.”
Tecmo Koei has released a plethora of new screenshots from their upcoming Dynasty Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends, a stand-along expansion for their acclaimed Dynasty Warriors 7, which is due out on November 15, 2011.
Official Description
DYNASTY WARRIORS 7: Xtreme Legendsis a stand-alone expansion that super-charges the DYNASTY WARRIORS 7 world with the following enhancements.
· New characters join the battle!
Brand new characters Guo Jia & Wang Yi as well as returning hero Pang De bolster the ranks of Wei kingdom.
· Secret Weapons
New ultra-powerful versions of DYNASTY WARRIORS 7 weapons can be unlocked by fulfilling certain conditions in the game. New weapon types are added to your armory and weapons such as the Dragon Spear, Sai, Battling Stick & Scimitar will further increase the variety of ways players can decimate opposing armies.
· The new “Legend Mode”
Newly implemented “Legend Mode” allows players to tackle battles from both the past Dynasty Warriors series and brand new scenarios with all their favorite characters. In addition, players are able to make their castle town prosper and also employ a lieutenant from their favorite military commander. The lieutenant affects how the castle-town flourish in many different ways.
· Challenge Mode
The Challenge Mode allows players to tackle various missions that allow them to fight for world-wide rankings. This mode is backed up with online leader boards which allow players to fight for the world no. 1 spot in the Dynasty Warriors universe!
· Mixjoy
With this game, by reading in the original Dynasty Warriors 7 disc, the player will be able to experience a powered-up verson of the original Dynasty Warriors 7 Story mode and Conquest mode.
· Japanese Voice-Over
DYNASTY WARRIORS 7: Xtreme Legends will feature a Japanese voice-over option.
DYNASTY WARRIORS 7: Xtreme Legends developed by OMEGA FORCE, for PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system will be released in North America on November 15th 2011.
Here is the official trailer for a flick we have been excited about for some time. Act of Valor is the story of a US Navy Seal team as they go one numerous missions. The characters in the film are portrayed by active duty Seals, and the film touts accuracy and realism in the weapons and tactics displayed therein. Act of Valor is due out in February of 2012.
When Razer debuted their BlackWidow Ultimate mechanical gaming keyboard, one issue found by most reviewers was the clicking noise of the mechanical key switches. This clicking action is, by nature, part of the mechanism in each of the keys. Enter the Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth, a mechanical gaming keyboard which touts a much more (as the name would imply) stealthy approach. The BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth accomplishes this feat by virtue of its key mechanisms, which are of the Cherry MX Brown type. Its sister keyboard, the BlackWidow Ultimate, uses Cherry MX Blue type keys. Both are mechanical switches in nature, but the Brown variation is a lot quieter (albeit at the expense of some spring tension).
As for setup and installation, you can simply plug the keyboard into an available USB port and off you go. For further customization of the keyboard, you can install Razer’s driver/software control panel. The learning curve on the keyboard is very small and most anyone should be able to figure it out in no time at all.
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Official Features
Full mechanical keys with 45g actuation force
Silent, tactile feedback on key press
Extreme anti-ghosting capability
Individually backlit keys with 5 levels of lighting
1000Hz Ultrapolling/1ms response time
Programmable keys with on-the-fly macro recording
Gaming mode option for deactivation of the Windows key
10 customizable software profiles with on-the-fly switching
[/wpcol_1half_end]In terms of design, the BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth is practically identical to the BlackWidow Ultimate, save for it being a dull black instead of the shiny black of the noisier model. The LED back-lighting is vibrant, illuminating the numerous keys nicely. There are even five brightness levels so you can choose your level of intensity. The cables are of good construction, being of the braided variety, and the keyboard features the same audio ports and USB pass-through as well. On the left side of the keyboard are five gaming keys, which are all programmable (as either single keystrokes or macros) on-the-fly. Also of note is that the BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth features “extreme anti-ghosting” on the entire keyboard, not just the “gaming cluster” keys. This means that the likelihood of gamers hitting too many keys at one time is quite a bit less than before. Of course, for non-gaming usage this is not really an issue. The keys of the BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth also seem to have some sort of dull rubberized coating on them, which further reduces key-press noise. Along the top of the BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth, you will find an array of multi-function multimedia keys, for controlling media players and whatnot. There is even a gaming mode function key which disables the Windows key – a MUST for gamers who find themselves accidentally-hitting that annoying button from time to time. We got the chance to use the BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth for several weeks – whether writing up Halloween-themed stories or playing countless rounds of World of Tanks. During all of this time, we never once regretted the decision to use it – the keyboard continuously out-performed our expectations and was just a blast to operate.
Overall, Razer’s BlackWidows Ultimate Stealth mechanical gaming keyboard is perfect for the gamer looking for the reliability of a mechanical keyboard with noise levels of “squishy” ones. It doesn’t have quite the spring factor as the BlackWidow Ultimate, but that’s the tradeoff. The BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth retails for $139.99 at Razer’s online store.
However, don’t just read some words on a screen that tell you it is a quieter device. Through the magic of “teknology”, GamingShogun brings you this sound file demonstrating it to your eagerly-awaiting ears. The first few seconds of the sound is from the older BlackWidow Ultimate. The last few are with the BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth. Listen, if you dare…
Sony Online Entertainment has released a new trailer for the upcoming online heist game, PAYDAY: The Heist, as well as revealing its release date to be October 18, 2011. This game was one of our favorites from the 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo, and we are looking-forward to the retail release.
Activision has sent out some new screenshots from its upcoming Cabela’s Adventure Camp, which is scheduled for release on November 1, 2011 for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii.
This is a new trailer for the RPG, Dark Souls, from Namco Bandai Games. The game is becoming known quickly for its high difficulty and this new trailer addresses the matter.
Electronic Arts has released some new screenshots for the upcoming iOS version of its popular racing title, Burnout CRASH!, which is due out this Holiday season.
