Square Enix will present their E3 2018 press conference today at 10AM. You can view the live stream on this page!
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June 11, 2018 – A little over a year since unveiling Lenovo Legion, our dedicated sub-brand for PC gaming, we’re maintaining our commitment to providing premium and powerful gaming experiences with the latest hardware across laptops, towers and cubes. Today at E3, we’re announcing a new family of six gaming PCs – the Lenovo Legion Y730 and Y530 Laptops, T730 and T530 towers and C730 and C530 cubes. No matter the form factor, these powerhouse machines pack the needed punch to seamlessly play today’s most popular games, from action packed battle royales to epic role-playing game adventures. Each device comes with improved thermals to keep things cool when the competition heats up, providing that added peace of mind when pushing the boundaries of your game.
Catering to avid PC gamers who value substance as much as style, the latest from Lenovo Legion are redesigned from the ground up to offer a modern and polished aesthetic that does less to flaunt a flashy, juvenile look, and more to deliver high performance without the garish frills. We listened to feedback from thousands of gamers – professionals, parents, students – who all share a deep passion for gaming cultivated through years of playing their favorite titles. Like us, we know you do more than just game on your PC and having a rock-solid rig that looks as good with your crew as it does in front of your colleagues is important. Most of all, we obsessed over making sure that every component in the new Lenovo Legion devices is engineered to give you a powerfully immersive performance. The new Lenovo Legion line-up can handle nearly every flash and flare thrown at it, while staying sleek enough to match a professional lifestyle.
From the Office to the Living Room – Lenovo Legion Y730 and Y530 Laptops
The new Lenovo Legion laptops are built for today’s on-the-go gamer who travels light. Imagine the anticipation ahead of playing the hottest new title at lunch but having an important meeting on the same day. Rather than juggle two laptops in one bag, the Lenovo Legion Y730 and Y530 Laptops cater to both in one chic machine – effortlessly transitioning from work to play. Made of precisely machined aluminum and anodized in a sophisticated Iron Gray, the Lenovo Legion Y730 Laptop showcases ultrathin borders around its full HD IPS display. Meanwhile, the Raven Black Lenovo Legion Y530 Laptop has a subtle but compelling top cover texture that radiates out from the “O” in its Legion emblem. With the new laptops’ sophisticated design, gamers will no longer have to worry about judgmental eyes in business meetings.
Thinner, lighter and sleeker than before, the new laptops are ideal for those who want to focus on their game even when playing in public, instead of disturbing passers-by with the numbing glow of a typical gaming machine. Instead, the Lenovo Legion Y730 and Y530 Laptops provide a stealthy cover that allows users to travel and game discreetly. Paired with a Lenovo Y Gaming Armored Backpack1 with a dedicated laptop compartment, your gear will stay safe and sound from rush hour to happy hour.
Staying Cool Under Pressure
The notion of portability doesn’t have to mean bulky fans and poor cooling. We tested countless ways in achieving better thermals and invented a dual-channel cooling system with additional side vents and multi-length, multi-rotational fan blades in the new Lenovo Legion laptops – improving its airflow by 16 percent, with 10 percent cooler system temperatures compared to before. The result is more efficient cooling and whisper-quiet operations.
Immerse in Superior Sight and Sound
More than capable of handling some of today’s most demanding games, both laptops come fully-equipped with up to NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti GPUs, up to the latest 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 processors and Windows® 10. Their keyboards are made to offer under 1ms input response time – designed to deliver that split-second advantage in competition. The laptops’ optional 144Hz full HD IPS displays not only offer a higher refresh rate for smoother visuals and reduced motion blurring, but also thinner bezels with brighter panels at 300 nits – making characters come to life in crisp detail. The Lenovo Legion Y730 Laptop is the world’s first gaming laptop with Dolby Atmos® Speaker System with Dolby Sound Radar. Dolby Atmos Speaker System creates an amazing experience over Dolby® custom-designed and tuned PC speakers or over headphones.2 It delivers breathtaking, moving audio that flows above and around you, designed to place you inside the action as sound comes alive with richness and depth. The new Lenovo Legion Y530 Laptop natively supports Dolby Audio™, which enables loud and clear sound. Combining crystal-clear visuals with incredible sound, the new laptops provide an all-around immersive gaming experience.
The Lenovo Legion Y530 Laptop is the mainstream option, while its higher-end Y730 Laptop offers overclocked gaming horsepower in a 17-inch or 15-inch screen, with optional 16GB CORSAIR® DDR4 overclocked memory. The Lenovo Legion Y730 Laptop is the world’s first gaming laptop with a CORSAIR iCUE® RGB backlit keyboard and system lighting, featuring six custom macro “Y” keys for added customization of more than 16 million color combinations.
To offer gamers in the U.S. even more choice, we’re also bringing to market a new Lenovo Legion Y7000 Laptop with an edgier chassis design featuring a backlit “Y” logo on its aluminum top cover, but with the same great performance on the inside as the Lenovo Legion Y530 Laptop.
Grab and Go Portability – Lenovo Legion C730 and C530
The Lenovo Legion C730 and C530 cubes cater to the avid gamer who needs a lightweight, space-saving form factor, yet also wants the benefits of a desktop computer. Redesigned into a portable 19L Iron Gray chassis, the new cubes are more compact and lighter than before – letting you take your highest settings virtually anywhere.
All the Colors of the Rainbow
With a convenient, integrated top handle, the easy-to-carry cubes can easily transport from your home to a friend’s place for an all-night gaming binge. Its fully transparent top panel offers a bird’s eye view into the heart of the rig – revealing its optional RGB system lighting for a mesmerizing array of colors on the C730, or clean red LED system lighting on the C530 – fully customizable through Lenovo Vantage.
Small but Mighty
But don’t be fooled by its small size. The Lenovo Legion C530 is our mainstream Windows 10 gaming cube at a more competitive price, while the C730 is a step up with premium features. Rocking up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 GPUs, up to the latest 8th Gen Intel Core i7 processors and optional overclocked 32GB CORSAIR DDR4 memory on the Lenovo Legion C730, it’s small but mighty – ready to unleash a powerful, VR-ready gaming experience. Enter and explore expansive worlds full of life and detail in its highest fidelity, or kick up your frame rate to enable sharp, lightning fast reflexes. Dolby Atmos on the Lenovo Legion C730 and C530 enables moving audio3 that will further immerse gamers so that you’ll hear every crumbling building and earth-shattering explosion in vivid detail.
The new cubes also feature a dual-channel thermal ventilation system for better heat management than before so you can stay engrossed in uninterrupted gameplay.
Two Towers of Power – Lenovo Legion T730 and T530
The Lenovo Legion T730 and T530 towers serve as the stunning centerpiece to a killer gaming setup. Sporting a polished design in a 28L chassis, the Raven Black Lenovo Legion T530 shares the same subtle top texture as the Y530 Laptop radiating out from its power button. The Lenovo Legion T530 features red lighting behind its thermal venting, while Lenovo Legion T730 has a full internal and external RGB system lighting behind a clear window on the side that reveals its roaring engine within.
Overclocking for the Win
Easily handling today’s most demanding AAA games and graphically intensive applications, the VR-ready Windows 10 towers boast up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 GPUs and up to the latest 8th Gen Intel Core i7 processors. Squeeze every drop of performance from your Lenovo Legion T730 and go beast mode with its optional 32GB DDR4 overclocked CORSAIR VENGEANCE® memory and up to two 512GB PCIe RAID 0 SSD or 2TB SATA HDD storage.
Hear the enemy’s footsteps in deep, dynamic sound through Dolby Atmos3 on the new Lenovo Legion towers to potentially gain a tactical advantage before they strike. And when your game heats up, the Lenovo Legion T730’s optional Asetek® liquid cooling offers reliable, whisper-quiet heat dissipation for increased framerate stability, smoother gameplay and reduced system noise even when you’re pushing your game to its limits. The Lenovo Legion towers let you stream across your favorite online platforms with full confidence that your most epic killstreaks can be broadcast in 4K4 with high frame rates.
Ditch the Tools
The new towers don’t hold you back from upgrading later down the road either. We’ve future-proofed the towers with tool-free upgradability so you can tweak, tune and easily swap out the latest graphics or memory at the press of a button – no toolbox or flashlight needed.
Accessories that Complement the Experience
Pair the new towers with a Lenovo Legion gaming monitor, surround sound headset, precision keyboard and mouse to complement your gaming setup.1
Whether you’re looking for the highest settings to stream professional-grade quality videos or a gaming laptop designed to give you a competitive edge, the modern gamer will find the right balance between a sleek, premium exterior and epic gaming performance with Lenovo Legion’s extensive new portfolio.
In North America, pricing, retail and online availability for the new Lenovo Legion products are below:
- The 17-inch Lenovo Legion Y730 Laptop will start at $1,249.99 and the 15-inch model will start at $1,179.99, both available on lenovo.com and select local retailers in September 2018.5
- The 15-inch Lenovo Legion Y530 Laptop will be available starting $929.99 on lenovo.com and www.bestbuy.com starting in June 2018, and in Best Buy stores starting in July 2018.5
- The Lenovo Legion T730 tower will be available on lenovo.com and select local retailers starting at $929.99 in August 2018. 5
- The Lenovo Legion T530 tower will be available on lenovo.com and select local retailers starting at $829.99 in August 2018. 5
- The Lenovo Legion C730 cube will be available on lenovo.com and select local retailers starting at $929.99 in August 2018. 5
- The Lenovo Legion C530 cube will be available on lenovo.com and select local retailers starting at $829.99 in August 2018. 5
- The 15-inch Lenovo Legion Y7000 Laptop will be available starting $959.99 through select local retailers starting in August 2018 in the U.S.5
Check out the Lenovo Legion gaming page or YouTube channel for more information:
THE VERY BACK PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER AND BEHIND THAT HOOTERS RESTAURANT – June 10, 2018 – Independent game label Devolver Digital has pulled back the nachos-cheese-stained curtain on a myriad of new games during their 2018 Big Fancy Press Conference ahead of this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo. Introduced by the seemingly indestructible CEO Nina Struthers, Devolver Digital revealed a remaster of From Software’s 2004 mech opus Metal Wolf Chaos, a new look at Gamepires’ supermax survival sim SCUM, and the wildly frantic gun ballet My Friend Pedro.
Metal Wolf Chaos XD is a rearmed and modernized release of From Software’s legendary mech shooter Metal Wolf Chaos, previously release in 2004 as an Xbox exclusive only in Japan. For nearly 15 years, From Software fans have asked for an updated global release with their prayers finally answered in a collaboration between Devolver Digital, From Software, and General Arcade. Metal Wolf Chaos XD brings updated visuals, refined gameplay, and support for 16:9 4K displays to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC later this year [mechamericagreatagain.com].
SCUM is the next era in open-world survival sim games, developed by Gamepires in cooperation with Croteam, set to enter Steam Early Access this summer. Prisoners–turned-livestream contestants will struggle to survive against the elements, wildlife, and fellow contestants – both live and undead – in a strikingly rendered world. Hardcore survival gameplay is seamlessly mixed in with versus mode ‘network events’ put on by broadcaster TEC1 as players volunteer to enter ongoing clashes against one another in enclosed areas of the terrain in hopes of winning top tier loot and weapons[scumgame.com].
My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana. No, you totally read that right. The strategic use of split aiming, slow motion, and the ol’ stylish window breach create one sensational action sequence after another in an explosive battle through a violent underworld. My Friend Pedro will launch on Nintendo Switch and PC in early 2019 [deadtoast.com].
Serious Sam 4: Planet Badass reignites the classic series on a brutally bigger scale and takes fans on a new adventure full of bullets, guts, and…one-liners. Croteam will be demoing the newest entry in their storied FPS series to media and partners during E3 with first-looks at gameplay all week.
Devolver Digital is celebrating this year’s selection of games alongside highlights from previous trailer park features in the Devolver Digital E3 Steam Sale event where players can get featured games for up to 75% off [e3.devolverdigital.com] so buy those sweet games so we can make more heads explode in next year’s press conference.
June 8, 2018 – Dark Harbor, SoCal’s most terrifying haunt, is set to return for another frightening year, and you can audition to be a part of the bloodcurdling action! The Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor is the only Halloween attraction in Southern California that’s authentically haunted – if you aren’t afraid of things that go bump in the night, The Queen Mary wants you! Dark Harbor needs hundreds of performers to help bring the ghoulish nightmares to life this October.
- 2018 OPEN CASTING
- Main Cast / Back Up Cast (Chef, Scary Mary, Graceful Gale, Samuel the Savage, Half Hatch Henry, Iron Master, Maze and Street Monsters)
- Specialty Acts (juggling, singing, magic, fire dancing, poi, acrobat, cyr wheel, silks, contortion, blockhead, etc.
- Sliders
- 2018 OPERATIONS TEAM
- Assistant Stage Managers (Maze Supervisors)
- Operation Supervisors
- Show Ushers & Greeters
- Sales Associates
- 2018 BEVERAGE TEAM
- Themed Beverage Attendants (bartenders, bar-backs, and cabana attendants)
REGISTER:
To audition for the 2018 Dark Harbor cast or operations team, register online at: http://www.queenmary.com/events/auditions/
WHEN:
Asst. Stage Manager & Supervisor Interviews will be held:
- Tuesday, July 17, 4:30 – 9 p.m.
- Wednesday, July 18, 4:30 – 9 p.m.
- Thursday, July 19, 4:30 – 9 p.m.
Operations & Beverage Team interviews will be held:
- Tuesday, July 31, 4:30 – 9 p.m.
- No Beverage Interviews
- Wednesday, August 1, 4:30 – 9 p.m.
- Thursday, August 2, 4:30 – 9 p.m.
Monster auditions will be held:
- Friday, August 3, 6 – 10 p.m.
- Saturday, August 4, 10 – 7 p.m.
WHERE:
The Queen Mary
Exhibition Hall (Ex-Hall)
1126 Queens Hwy, Long Beach, CA 90802
Ridgewood, NJ, June 8, 2018 ¡Viva Mexico! It’s time to pack your bags and head to the station – Kalypso Media is excited to announce the next stop on Railway Empire’s never-ending quest for entrepreneurial domination. In Railway Empire: Mexico, ambitious rail tycoons everywhere will finally break free from the North American border and expand their business to the varied and challenging landscapes of Mexico. A variety of new and challenging missions will take you from the arid northern regions of the country all the way to the dense jungles of the south, as you strive to boost Mexico’s economy in a new scenario taking place from 1873-1893. The huge new map will be playable in both Free Game and Sandbox modes, while a range of new cities, goods and engines add even more opportunity for economic expansion.
As well as the new content, the DLC also introduces a new night mode, allowing players to switch between day and night whenever they wish for an all-new atmospheric take on the game, and a prime opportunity to take lots of lovely screenshots!
Along with the Mexico DLC release, the Railway Empire base game also received a free update to V1.4 earlier this week. This update provides more great additions to enhance your gaming experience including the ability for players and AI opponents to build crossings and x-crossings and AI opponents are now able to use complex track systems when the player chooses the realistic track building mode in the game settings. This update continues Kalypso’s Games as a Service commitment to all our new releases providing free updates and content enhancing the overall gameplay experience.
Railway Empire: Mexico is available worldwide on PC, PlayStation®4 and Xbox One now for $7.99. To celebrate the announcement Kalypso is pleased to reveal a new trailer showcasing some of the great new content available, just make sure you have the sound turned on!
Mönchengladbach/Germany, June 8, 2018 – Renovation works on the high seas! The new update which is going to be released on June 18 shows that Misc Games always has an open ear for the community of Fishing: Barents Sea. In collaboration with publisher astragon Entertainment the Norwegian developer studio implements multiple new and advanced features the fans of the game urgently asked for.
The update 1.1 adopts a wide range of visual improvements and even completely new features into the fishing and ship simulation game which is available as retail and digital copies since February 7, 2018.
Friends of the high seas can look forward to a noticeably improved gameplay experience. Among many other fixes the huge update to version 1.1 will simplify the fish gutting process and adds a personal inventory system for the game character which can be filled with knives, hooks and binoculars at every port.
Curious fishers will get the opportunity to explore all-new decks: The ship models of Vibeke Cathrin, Lunar Bow, the Hermes trawler and the Follabuen – which is now available in normal gameplay too – have been completely reworked. Next to this the Vibeke Cathrin, Lunar Bow, the Hermes trawler as well as the Sjarken are now equipped with accessible interiors. Additional comfort will be provided by the new rotatable and adjustable captain’s chairs.
If the interior of the ships still does not satisfy the player’s thirst for exploration, the idyllic environment around Hammerfest and the rest of the Barents Sea can be explored thoroughly with the help of the brand new binocular feature while moving AI ships and fishing boats are breathing even more life into the vast landscape of Northern Norway.
The update 1.1 for Fishing: Barents Sea will be released on June 18, 2018 as a free download on Steam™. The main game is available for PC in retail and as digital download for 19.99 Euro/19.99 USD/16.99 GBP (RRP).
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Frankfurt – 7th of June 2018 – Summer is here and internationally renowned game services company METRICMINDS GmbH & Co. KG has launched its first VR project called “Catch & Release” to ring in the beginning of the virtual fishing season on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.
“Catch & Release” is a virtual reality fishing experience like no other – It combines the inherently relaxing activity of fishing on a lake with beautiful surroundings and game mechanics that take a step back to let the player enjoy their time on a virtual fishing trip freely and without stressful distractions like timers or forced missions. The game features one of the most beautiful environments in VR, brought to life with dense nature, local fauna like geese and bears and diverse, interesting fishing spots and landscape features. The colorful artstyle supports the goal of immersing the player in a peaceful world free from stressful distractions that lets players engage with the game the way they feel like.
Players can enjoy their time in the game freely, or they can pick up missions and challenges to progress and unlock new gear and items for themselves.
A PlayStation VR version is scheduled to release this summer.
Features
- The Boat – Use the unique rowing mechanics to find the best fishing spots and explore the beautiful environment.
- The Fishing Rod – Throw the line out and attract a fish – Your interactive fishing rod offers you full control, with different bait and lures and haptic feedback.
- The Shop – Sell your fish and buy new gear and items in the in-game shop!
- Fishing – Catch the biggest fish, fight to reel them in, but don’t let them snap the line and escape! You’ll need strategy and finesse to tire them out if you want to make the greatest catch!
- Secrets – Find trash or treasure. The lake hides more than just fish!
- Music – Over 30 commercial tracks that have been specially curated for Catch & Release playing on the in-game boat radio. Licensed by Flip Entertainment, the tracks were selected to enhance the in-game music with a non-standard selection aimed at improving the overall immersive experience.
Catch & Release has been developed in close cooperation with Advanced Interactive Gaming Ltd. from Hamilton, Bermuda.
METRICMINDS GmbH & Co. KG is a unique service provider for animated content. Founded in 2001, when MD Philip Weiss founded metricminds as a motion capture service studio. Since then, our team, studio and services have evolved and now cover the complete range of production steps needed to tell good stories. We have accompanied numerous game development productions which allows us to fully understand what game developers need in a professional service provider.
The state-of-the-art studio is located in Frankfurt, Germany as well as a satellite office in the Los Angeles area and is renowned for creating cutscenes, trailers, motion capture, keyframe animation, facial animation and fully finished cinematics delivered in-engine. The company currently has a core team of 25 staff.
Advanced Interactive Gaming Ltd. is a video gaming company that facilitates game development and publishing through their extensive and well established connections with financiers, game developers and digital publishers. (www.advintgaming.com)
June 7, 2018 – It’s official: The Game Awards, a global celebration of the video game industry, will air live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Thursday, December 6, 2018. Tickets to attend the 2018 show go on sale this Friday at 10:00 AM PT at Axs.com.
Produced by Geoff Keighley, The Game Awards will once again celebrate the best games and esports of 2018, in addition to world premiering the most anticipated games of the future.
“Our team is deep into planning the 2018 show, which will will be our biggest production yet,” said Geoff Keighley. “We’re taking all the elements that worked last year and adding even more to the experience. I can’t wait to share more later this year!”
The Game Awards 2018 will livestream for free across all gaming, social and digital platforms around the world and at thegameawards.com on Thursday, December 6 at 5:30 PM Pacific Time / 8:30 PM Eastern Time.
More details on the 2018 show will be released later this year. Stay tuned to @thegameawards on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for further updates.
VANCOUVER – June 6, 2018 – Fans of all ages looking to get the ultimate MechWarrior experience can purchase tickets for Mech_Con 2018 starting now as Piranha Games has revealed ticket and show info on the event’s official website: https://mechwarrior.com/mechcon. Expanded into a two-day event, Mech_Con 2018 will be held at the Vancouver East Convention Center Dec. 1 – 2.
Home to the MechWarrior Online World Championships where teams of eight will compete for a significant cash prize pool, Mech_Con 2018 will also feature hands-on demos with the upcoming and highly anticipated MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, the first single player MechWarrior game in 15 years. Fans will get the most immersive MechWarrior experience possible inside a custom build MechWarrior Super Pod.
Early bird ticket sales start at $50 and are available until July 31. Super fans can pick up a $90 Collector’s Ticket that includes exclusive in-game content for MechWarrior Online, a Mech_Con 2018 swag bag as well as other merch, and a Super Pod Demo Ticket and VIP ticket exclusives. For the ultimate fans, a $200 ticket grants all of the Collector’s items plus a tour of Piranha Games in Vancouver, early access to the Mech_Con 2018 venue, and VIP area access with private catering and a bar at the event.
Additionally, the conference will include giveaways, developer talks and panel sessions, head-to-head Solaris 7 challenges in MechWarrior Online: Solaris 7 Mode with a chance to win prizes, autograph sessions, exclusive event merchandise, BattleTech tabletop areas and more.
Complete details are at https://mechwarrior.com/mechcon. This event is expected to sell out so fans are encouraged to get their tickets early.
Seattle – June 7, 2018 – It’s a question VR players have been asking since Moss’s reveal during Sony’s 2017 E3 press conference: Will Moss be available on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive? And today Polyarc has answered with a resounding yes. In fact, Moss, the highest-rated PSVR title released in the last year, is now available for download on both platforms through Steam, Oculus Rift, and HTC Viveport stores for 29.99 USD MSRP.
Revered as one of the best VR titles to date because of its intuitive gameplay, creative design, and high degree of artistic polish, Moss brings a unique experience to gamers around the world. In Moss, players guide a young mouse hero named Quill on an epic journey while also manipulating the field of play as their own character and key ally to Quill. Moss brings together classic components of a great game – characters, combat, and exploration – with the exciting, interactive opportunities of virtual reality.
“Our mission as a studio is to create games that maximize the potential VR has to transport players into our stories and worlds. Bringing Moss to these platforms allows us to introduce Quill and her world to more than a million new players,” said Tam Armstrong, co-founder and CEO of Polyarc. “There’s no other platform that allows you to truly connect and form a bond with characters such as Quill, explore rich environments, or engage in imaginative gameplay like VR. Starting today, all Oculus Rift and HTC Vive fans can join PlayStation VR fans in playing a first-of-its-kind gaming experience with Moss.”
Today’s PC release brings with it an enhanced depth to the immersion players will experience in Moss as the game is optimized to leverage Oculus Rift and HTC Vive technology. Along with high-resolution graphics, players can now manipulate the environment with both hands using the Oculus Touch and HTC Vive controllers. Inviting more players around the world to play Moss, Polyarc added support for Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, and Italian languages, and included multiple save slots for players wanting to share Moss without interrupting their progress. PSVR owners will receive the additional language support, save slots, and other updates on June 12.
Players attending E3 next week will have the opportunity to explore the world of Moss on the Oculus Rift via a playable demo in Facebook’s booth in the South Hall #2301. For others looking to glimpse into the world, the Moss Trailer highlights the depth of the environments and gives a taste of the unique bond players will form with Quill.
Moss is rated E10+ by the ESRB. For more information, visit www.polyarcgames.com and follow the official Polyarc channels Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram.