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Razer Unveils Seiren Emote Microphone

2019/09/27

SAN DIEGO, USA (TWITCHCON) – Razer™, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, today introduced the Seiren Emote, the world’s first professional-grade streaming microphone featuring an emoticon display. The Razer Seiren Emote synchronizes the emoticons displayed on the microphone to on-stream events, allowing streamers to engage with their audience in a whole new way.

Build new ties with your community

At the heart of the Seiren Emote is the world’s first 8-bit Emoticon LED display powered by Razer’s Emote Engine. The Emote Engine synchronizes emoticon responses to on-stream audience interaction like alerts, chat messages, follows, donations and more. Streamers are free to express themselves and entertain in their own unique way through hundreds of presets or customizable emoticons that they can add or design themselves.

“Up-and-coming streamers are looking for more ways to engage with their fans and grow to new heights in order to become like their idols,” says Alvin Cheung, Senior Vice President of Razer’s Peripherals Business Unit. “With the Razer Seiren Emote, we are providing them with a new creative avenue, enabling an additional layer of interaction between streamers and fans that is truly fun and engaging.”

Customize and personalize with the Streamer Companion App

At launch, Seiren Emote users can choose from more than 100 static or animated preset emoticons, or upload their own static or animated 8-bit images via an editor in the Razer Streamer Companion App.

The Razer Streamer Companion App sets up the interactive emoticons on the Seiren Emote’s 8×8 grid display. In the app, users will find an emoticon editor, an emoticon library to save their designs, and controls to set up and manage emoticon stream triggers. Users can select which emoticon will be displayed based on what action is triggered.

The Seiren Emote and its fully customizable Streamer Companion App bring virtual interaction to life, going beyond chat box messages and on-screen widgets.

Professional grade microphone for professional grade streaming

Professional streamers need a crystal-clear microphone to entertain. The Seiren Emote utilizes a hyper-cardioid pickup pattern that captures the subtle nuances in voice, while eliminating any background noise that might disrupt their streams. The hyper-cardioid pick up pattern is a tighter more focused pattern compared to the regular cardioid pattern for greater reduction in background noise.

During the heat of the moment, accidental knocks and bumps are bound to happen. To protect against unwanted noise, the Seiren Emote features a built-in shock mount.

The Seiren Emote also features an interchangeable gooseneck that extends the microphone’s height, making it flexible enough to be placed in the best position possible to display its unique emoticon display.

ABOUT THE RAZER SEIREN EMOTE

8-bit Emoticon 8 x 8 RGB LED Display showcasing hundreds of emoticons on your mic
Stream Reactive Emoticons ready for customization
Hyper-cardioid Condenser Microphone for professional grade streaming
Streamer Companion App compatible with Twitch, Streamlabs, XSplit & Mixer
Built-in shock mount to dampen vibrations
Interchangeable Gooseneck for height extension
Plug and Play for fuss-free streaming out of the box

PRICE & AVAILABILITY

$179.99 USD / 189.99€ MSRP

The Seiren Emote is available NOW on Razer.com and will be available to additional retailers in Q4 2019.

For more information, please see here.

Borderlands 3 Gets Day 15 Update

2019/09/27

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9/27/2019 – Hey Vault Hunter! As you may have already noticed, the first full patch for Borderlands 3 went live yesterday, September 26. This update contained the first batch of performance fixes, and the team continues active investigation and work on additional performance improvements for upcoming patches. Details on everything this patch addressed can be found right here.

In addition to this larger patch, Gearbox and 2K also plan to release a second batch of hot fixes later today. Where yesterday’s patch focused primarily on overall performance, these hot fixes focus instead on balancing in-game elements, such as tuning damage dealt by Maliwan and Atlas weapons.

As Gearbox and 2K explained in a post last week: “In between the larger patches that will continue to expand and improve the game, we’re able to make more minor adjustments via these hot fixes or ‘micropatches’ to improve and fine-tune your experience at a quicker pace. We’ll continue to roll out these incremental improvements while evaluating gameplay data and identifying necessary balance adjustments, and will be keeping record of all patches on our site.”

For the majority of players, this week’s hot fixes will be live by or before 3 p.m. Pacific Time today, September 27. To see the complete rundown of the adjustments made in this week’s round of hot fixes, please refer to this blog.

Gearbox and 2K will continue to update the Borderlands 3 experience in the coming weeks and months, so be sure to check borderlands.com for the latest updates. Be sure to catch the Borderlands 3 panel at TwitchCon 2019 right here at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time tomorrow, September 28.

Victrix Announces Pro AF Gaming Headset

2019/09/27

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San Diego, Sept 27, 2019 – Visionary esports hardware maker Victrix Pro announced the next product in their line of headsets specifically designed for esports competitors and tournaments. Officially licensed for Xbox and PlayStation, the Victrix Pro AF includes industry-leading features of the Victrix Pro AF ANC, at an attractive price point for those who don’t need active noise canceling.

The Most Advanced Headset Line Ever Built for Esports Expands: Introducing the Victrix Pro AF™ – Shipping in November at $180
San Diego, Sept 27, 2019 – Visionary esports hardware maker Victrix Pro announced the next product in their line of headsets specifically designed for esports competitors and tournaments. Officially licensed for Xbox and PlayStation, the Victrix Pro AF includes industry-leading features of the Victrix Pro AF ANC, at an attractive price point for those who don’t need active noise canceling.

It also packs in:

A light but tough, aircraft-grade aluminum and stainless-steel structure with lightweight polycarbonate, and built with precision mechanical engineering.
Removable microphone with a mechanical filter design originally developed for the Cobra attack helicopter.
Split headband cushions, circumaural leatherette earpads and hidden seams.
Patent-pending mechanical levers that open the earcup vents to release heat and humidity, without affecting team communications.

“Victrix products are the result of years of development efforts from engineers, designers, and competitive players, with the goal of remaking the gaming equipment category with meaningful technological innovation paired with head-turning aesthetics,” said Trevor Lehr, Technical Product Manager at Victrix. “Our first headset, the Victrix Pro AF ANC, has found dedicated users throughout esports and we wanted to leverage our work into a second tournament-ready headset under $200. We feel like we achieved that with the new Victrix Pro AF, and we’re excited to make it available this fall.”

The Victrix Pro AF is available for pre-order starting today on VictrixPro.com and will be available to ship in North America in November, with additional territories to follow.

Read testimonials about Victrix products from pro players and esports organizations, and watch Victrix products in action on Twitter and Instagram.

Solasta: Crown of the Magister Fully Funded

2019/09/26

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PARIS, FRANCE – SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 – French independent developer, Tactical Adventures announced today that tactical role-playing video game Solasta: Crown of the Magister is 100% funded on Kickstarter. With full funding and the recent license grant by Wizards of the Coast to use the Dungeons & Dragons SRD 5.1 content and rules, Tactical Adventures will keep its hour long free demo available on Steam for an additional two weeks. Players will now have access to the completely free demo through October 18. Tactical Adventures will gradually roll out stretch goals adding more content and new features to the project to please its community and to ensure Solasta: Crown of the Magister reaches its full potential. The Kickstarter expires on October 4.

Watch the Solasta: Crown of the Magister Kickstarter launch trailer HERE:

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Solasta is a unique team-based adventure where each character plays a critical role in the campaign and can be a hero. Players must take advantage of each character’s strengths and weaknesses if they are to succeed. The dynamic and mysterious world features elements of verticality, allowing players to use their surroundings as an element of strategy. Players can position ranged characters on high vantage points or send their thief down into shafts and caverns to scope out what’s ahead. In Solasta, light is a tool to explore the depths and hollows of dungeons or can be used as a weapon against the creatures of the dark, but if not careful, it can give away the party’s position

Solasta: Crown of the Magister Features:

Verticality: Solasta is a three-dimensional world, rather than a series of flat maps. Locations can be explored by climbing walls, flying, teleporting, crawling through tunnels, finding secret passages, or falling through unstable ground, allowing the player to use the environment to take on encounters in multiple different ways.
Team Based Adventure: Players will have many options to choose races, classes, backgrounds, and can even roll for stats as they create their party. All members are essential – together you will adventure through Solasta as a group, where you must work together in pursuit of your quest.
Tactical CRPG: Each encounter can be handled in multiple ways. Will you use the high ground to strike your enemies from above as a Darkweaver Rogue, or shove your enemies into deep chasms as a Mountaineer Fighter? Your choices alone will determine the destiny of your party.
Light: Light will not only help to see your surroundings as you explore deep underground or in a dungeon. It can also be used as a weapon against the light-fearing creatures you will encounter along your journey. Careful, though – light can also give away your position.
Created by Tabletop Players: Tactical Adventures is a team of highly experienced Tabletop players and veteran game developers who are passionate about the genre, striving to create the best Tactical RPG video game

Solasta: Crown of the Magister is available to back on Kickstarter until October 4, and the free demo is available on Steam until October 18.

RAGE 2 Rise of the Ghosts Launch Trailer

2019/09/26

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9/26/2019 – RAGE 2’s first expansion, Rise of the Ghosts, is available now for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. The sadistic Ghosts have made their way back to the wasteland under the leadership of a mysterious new villain, Iris. Spreading their nanotrite-infused influence while attempting to lead the world into a so-called brighter dawn, the Ghosts are a crazy force to be reckoned with. Explore a brand-new region, face a lethal new faction, and gain access to a new weapon and ability in Rise of the Ghosts.

Check out the insane launch trailer here:

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint Open Beta Available Now

2019/09/26

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September 26, 2019 – The open beta for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Breakpoint is now available on PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and the Xbox One family of devices, including Xbox One X, and Windows PC. The open beta is an invitation for all players to try Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint for free until September 29, ahead of the worldwide launch on October 4.

Developed by Ubisoft Paris*, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint is a military shooter set in a diverse and hostile open world entirely playable solo or in up to four-player co-op. Players will discover Auroa, a mysterious island where the most technically advanced facilities meet wild and untamed nature. Home to drone creators, tech giant Skell Technology, Auroa has fallen into the wrong hands and all contact has been lost. The Wolves, a lethal ex–US Military unit of former Ghosts gone rogue, have taken over the island. Led by Nomad’s ex-brother-in-arms, Lt. Colonel Cole D. Walker, portrayed by Jon Bernthal, they have reprogrammed Skell’s drones into killing machines and are ready to use them, no matter the casualties.

For more information about the open beta for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint, please visit ghost-recon.ubisoft.com/game/en-us/beta.

For the latest news about Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint, please visit ghost-recon.ubisoft.com.

For the latest news about other Ubisoft games, please visit news.ubisoft.com.

Farmer’s Dynasty Release Date

2019/09/26

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IRDNING, AUSTRIA (SEPTEMBER 26, 2019) – Videogame publisher Toplitz Productions announced today that their generation-spanning farming business simulation game Farmer’s Dynasty will leave Early Access and fully launch for Windows PC on November 7, 2019. In just a few short weeks, aspiring agriculturalists can set out to enjoy a quiet country life as they take the reins of a struggling family farm in need of love and attention, slowly building it up to a dynastic farming empire current and future generations will be proud of. In the game, every element of farm management is represented, as aspiring homesteaders will renovate buildings, breed animals, cultivate fields, and, with a little luck, enjoy the fruits of their labor with their growing family!

Combining elements of the life simulation genre with role-playing game elements and bundling them together in a classic farming simulation game, Farmer’s Dynasty invites players to escape the hustle and bustle of big city life in favor of the peaceful tranquillity of a countryside family farm. They will take control of agricultural equipment — from traditional, antique machines to the latest in modern farming innovations — as they plant crops, raise livestock, and repair the buildings on their farm. By building connections with other members of the community and completing challenging quests along the way, players will cultivate their once struggling farm and create a lasting agricultural dynasty!

Farmer’s Dynasty will be available on Windows PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.

Intruders: Hide and Seek Launch Trailer

2019/09/26

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HAMBURG, Germany – Sept. 26, 2019 – Daedalic Entertainment and developer Tessera Studios have launched the psychological thriller Intruders: Hide and Seek on Windows PC via Steam. Playable in both standard and VR modes, the game is compatible with HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality.

Intruders: Hide and Seek is a first-person stealth game in which players grapple with the intense terror of a home invasion from the perspective of a defenseless young child. Trapped in a secluded home with three mysterious burglars who have your family restrained, you’ll have to seek cover and remain undetected to uncover who these assailants are and save your family.

Key Features:

A realistic and nerve-wracking hostage drama with deeply gripping tension and atmosphere.
Experience thriller, mystery and horror gameplay that will make your heart race.
Two ways to play, either with or without virtual reality.
Stunning VR immersion on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality.

Intruders: Hide and Seek is also available on PlayStation^®VR and has already won several accolades, including a PlayStation®Talents Award, “Best Gaming Pitch” and “Best Game for the Public” at the Gaming Voice Awards at South by Southwest (SXSW), “Best University Project” from the Fun & Serious Games Festival, and “Best Game for the Public” at Gamelab.

For more information, visit the game on Steam.

Deep Rock Galactic Gets Update 25

2019/09/26

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SKÖVDE, Sweden, 26/09/2019 – Deep Rock Galactic representatives Coffee Stain Publishing and Ghost Ship Games are pleased to announce the launch of Update 25 on Steam, the first major endgame update for their co-op first, dwarven mining shooter. As of today, the most intrepid veteran miners have access to ‘Deep Dives,’ a series of ultra-punishing missions chained together, taking recruits deeper into the bowels of Hoxxes than ever before. These perilous pursuits come with new and terrible challenges including low oxygen levels, haunted caves, volatile guns, new enemies and much, much more. Update 25 also brings loyal employees the latest in dwarf fashion with a plethora of new styles, beards and skins, as well as a complete overhaul of Deep Rock Galactic’s top-of-the-line Beard Physics.

Deep Dives are three difficulty locked missions chained together, with two new Deep Dives available each week, including an Elite variation for the most masochist miners. Each stage of the Deep Dive awards veteran dwarves unique rewards, including Infused Matrix Cores, items that act as blueprints the all-new Weapon Overclocks, extremely powerful but volatile weapon modifications. Space dwarves will only want to attempt Deep Dives fully prepared as Health and Ammo will carry over from one mission to the next, and only experienced promoted miners can enlist. Update 25 marks a huge step in the development of the intergalactic shooter as the game hurtles towards full commercial launch by offering players a challenging new endgame system.

Alongside Deep Dives and Weapon Overclocks, Update 25 also offers players more freedom than ever before to embody the dwarf of their dreams. Deep Rock Galactic has introduced dozens of new cosmetics to unlock and craft in magnificent moustaches, breath-taking beards, hair-raising hairstyles, braids, jewellery and new beard plaiting. Players can also enjoy their facial hair of choice in magnificent motion as today’s update completely revamps the Deep Rock Galactic Beard Physics.

“Update 25 is the most significant update we’ve introduced into Deep Rock Galactic and we’re super excited to give our hungry community the beginnings of an endgame to chew on,” said Mikkel Martin Pedersen, Game Director, Ghost Ship Games. “With Matrix Cores and the introduction of the Forge where our players can build awesome cosmetics and crazy weapon modifications, we’re excited to see what they’ll create, and how they’ll fare in our perilous weekly Deep Dives.”

Deep Rock Galactic first began officially recruiting brave space mining dwarves in February, 2018 when it launched on Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Preview and the team recently celebrated over 750k sales across both platforms. Since launch, the game has seen an enormous array of new content introduced across a plethora of new updates, including the brand new ice biome, tons of new game modes, and new weapons, armour and gadgets for its badass dwarven miners.

Read the full Update 25 patch notes here.

Update 25 is now live for Deep Rock Galactic on Steam, and will launch on Xbox Game Preview soon.

To learn more about working for Deep Rock Galactic visit deeprockgalactic.com and follow them on Twitter and Facebook.

Razer Unveils Nari Ultimate for Xbox One

2019/09/26

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SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Razer™, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, today announced the Razer Nari Ultimate for Xbox One – the world’s first haptics-driven gaming headset for Xbox One. Powered by Razer’s HyperSense intelligent haptics, the Nari Ultimate for Xbox One delivers enhanced positional awareness and unparalleled gaming immersion.

Razer HyperSense features haptics by Lofelt™, a leading German technology company that specializes in creating advanced haptics for immersive, realistic tactile experiences. It uses special haptic drivers and intelligent digital signal processing to generate high-definition tactile feedback in real time, creating an immersive in-game experience with any Xbox One game. It intelligently picks up on audio cues and transforms them into dynamic vibrations, allowing gamers to truly feel the action with no additional software or game integration required.

By engaging the sense of touch, audio cues can accurately mimic the action in the game. Razer HyperSense replicates the sensations of key game events, from subtle footsteps to powerful explosions with pinpoint positional awareness of their in-game surroundings.

“The Nari Ultimate for Xbox One was designed to bring an added gaming dimension to all gamers,” said Alvin Cheung, Senior Vice President for Razer’s peripherals business unit. “With Razer HyperSense, we have enabled gamers to experience their favorite titles with unrivaled gaming immersion.”

The Razer Nari Ultimate for Xbox One is designed for prolonged use and enhanced comfort, allowing gamers to be enjoy hours of uninterrupted gameplay. Its swiveling earcups are equipped with memory foam ear cushions and a cooling gel layer to reduce heat buildup from long-term wear. For ease of use, the headset features a retractable microphone with a quick-mute function, an on-headset HyperSense intensity adjuster, and a game/chat balance slider. The auto-adjusting headband provides a hassle-free and snug fit.

In addition, the Razer Nari Ultimate for Xbox One features Xbox Wireless for a direct connection to the console with no wireless transceiver required, guaranteeing seamless setup and unlimited freedom of movement. The headset also supports Windows Sonic for more immersive and lifelike audio.

Originally designed for the PC, the Razer Nari Ultimate was launched in September 2018 and received widespread recognition for introducing Razer HyperSense, taking gaming immersion to new heights. With the Razer Nari Ultimate for Xbox One, Razer now brings the award-winning experience to Xbox One.

PRICE & AVAILABILITY

$199.99 USD / €219.99 MSRP

USA, CAD, EU, AUS, NZ – September 26th, 2019