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For Honor: Season 4 – Frost Wind Festival Launch Trailer

2017/12/18
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Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox One News

SAN FRANCISCO — December 18, 2017 — Today, Ubisoft announced that For Honor will host a winter event, the Frost Wind Festival, across all available platforms from December 21, 2017 to January 4, 2018. During the event, players can participate in a new Brawl mode and loot exclusive winter-themed cosmetic gear.

Starting December 21, the Frost Winds will blow through the world of For Honor to bring forth an icy battlefield. Players will be able to access a new 2v2 Brawl mode, Ice Brawlers, where they will fight atop a lake of thin ice. As the battle continues, they must be wary of the cracking ice that will eventually lead them to an icy grave.

The Frost Wind Festival also brings winter-themed rewards that players can use to customize their heroes. Battle outfits, new weapons, mood effects, emotes, and more can be obtained by playing any game mode during the event. In addition, for a limited time, players can access a new Mask outfit, which are unique per faction, for a discounted price of 15,000 Steel per Hero. A bundle featuring winter-themed items, which will dynamically change based on owned items, will also be available for each Hero starting on December 28.

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, puts players in total control of their warriors, allowing 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 other Ubisoft games, please visit ubiblog.com.

PAC-MAN Championship Edition 2 PLUS Announced for Nintendo Switch

2017/12/18
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Geek News, News, Nintendo Switch, Trailers / Videos

December 18, 2017 – BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. is bringing the dot-munching action and brilliant neon visuals of PAC-MAN™ Championship Edition 2 PLUS to Nintendo Switch™ on February 22, 2018 in the Americas.

In PAC-MAN Championship Edition 2 PLUS, Switch players and PAC-MAN fans alike can experience the reimagined retro series with intense mazes and fast action at home and on the go. This game includes PAC-MAN Championship Edition 2, which features a number of gameplay modes including Score Attack mode, Adventure mode and big boss battles, giving players endless opportunity to build on and improve their skills. Beloved ghosts, Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde will be in hot pursuit as PAC-MAN furiously devours Pac Dots and players chase the high score for a coveted spot at the top of the leaderboards. The Nintendo Switch version of PAC-MAN Championship Edition 2 PLUS also comes with an exclusive two player co-op mode called PAC-MAN Championship Edition 2 PLUS 2P for twice the fun! Team up on a single Nintendo Switch with each player controlling their PAC-MAN character with a single Joy-Con™ across multiple mazes to rack up the highest score possible. Special co-op maneuvers give this mode a unique spin on traditional PAC-MAN gameplay.

Six Flags Great Adventure Snowball Fight Record Attempt

2017/12/18
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Geek News, News

Jackson, NJ — December 17, 2017 — Six Flags Great Adventure’s record attempt for the world’s largest snowball fight, which was postponed last weekend — ironically, due to a snow storm — took place today with 505 guests hurling a combination of indoor and real snow balls at each other for one minute. Nine Six Flags theme parks across North America participated in this national Six Flags Snow Day presented by Hallmark Channel.

The current world record of 7,681 participants was set in Canada last year. Six Flags aimed to break the record with 9,000 participants last weekend, but extreme winter weather along the East Coast snarled park events from Massachusetts down to Atlanta. Last weekend, 4,317 guests participated throughout five Six Flags parks in California, Texas and Missouri, and events in the remaining four parks, including Six Flags Great Adventure, took place this weekend. Total event participation has not been finalized.

In 2016, Six Flags broke the Guinness World Records® title for most couples kissing under the mistletoe.

Six Flags Great Adventure magically transforms into a winter wonderland for Holiday in the Park weekends and select days through Jan. 1, 2018. More than a million glittering lights, dazzling holiday entertainment, delicious seasonal treats, Santa’s village and many popular rides provide a way for guests to create holiday memories at Six Flags Great Adventure this winter. This year’s event features two new shows, a newly-themed section, plus more shopping, dining and rides than ever before. Holiday in the Park is included with all Season Passes and active Memberships.

More information about Holiday in the Park is available at www.sixflags.com/greatadventure

Funcom and Cabinet Group Create Heroic Signatures for Conan Ownership and More

2017/12/18
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Geek News, Industry News, News

OSLO, Norway – December 18th, 2017 – Game developer and publisher Funcom is excited to announce that it is teaming up with Cabinet Group LLC to establish HEROIC SIGNATURES, a new company that will hold and manage the interactive rights to numerous attractive intellectual properties from the writings of Robert E Howard and the Swedish original pen & paper and board games. These properties include Conan the Barbarian, Solomon Kane, and Mutant Chronicles, all of which have been made popular through motion pictures, comic books, novels, tabletop games, miniatures, and more. Other properties include Dark Agnes, Kult, Kull of Atlantis, Mutant: Year Zero, and El Borak. HEROIC SIGNATURES’ portfolio includes a total of 29 different intellectual properties making up several decades worth of rich worlds and characters.

“Heroic Signatures is now the guardian and caretaker of a veritable treasure chest of incredible worlds, each of them ready to be brought into the interactive space,” said Funcom CEO, Rui Casais. “Any developer or publisher will be able to license these properties, and our ambition is to see a multitude of games grow from these worlds and to see the properties strengthened across the board to the benefit of everyone who works with them.”

Cabinet Group LLC controls the overall rights to all properties. Funcom and Cabinet Group LLC will each own 50% of HEROIC SIGNATURES, which will control and manage the interactive rights to each property, i.e. the right for video gaming on all platforms.

Funcom will utilize these properties, in addition to the Company’s internal properties, as part of an increased focus on co-development and publishing partnerships with third party developers. Funcom has previously shared that it will be going into select publishing partnerships with developers, and these partnerships are intended to be targeted to leverage the core strengths and markets of Funcom, with focus on quality over quantity of projects. The first of these projects developed by a third party and published by Funcom, will be revealed next year.

To fund publishing partnerships with third party developers, and secondarily to have more flexibility in investing in production of new games internally, Funcom has secured a 10.6 million USD investment from SwedBank Robur Fonder AB which has previously invested in several other major game developers and publishers.

“We see this as a new giant leap in Funcom’s turnaround,” says Erik Sprinchorn, fund manager at SwedBank Robur Fonder. “Building on its impressive recent development, multiple new revenue sources from IP and strategic expansion into publishing will increase cash flow robustness and boost further growth. Combined with additional funding and a reverse split the company is now really well positioned as an attractive long-term investment.”

For more information about Funcom, visit www.funcom.com. HEROIC SIGNATURES can be contacted via www.heroicsignatures.com.

Bohemia Interactive Unveils Experimental Project Lucie

2017/12/15
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Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

December 15, 2017 – Bohemia Interactive today announced Project Lucie, an experimental VR puzzle game for Oculus Rift, which is also playable with classic mouse & keyboard controls. Project Lucie is the latest free addition to Bohemia Incubator, a label for experimental games that are made available to the public. The launch follows the graduation of another Incubator title, Ylands, which entered Steam Early Access last week. In celebration, a brand new video introduces Project Lucie, and wishes Ylands good luck!

In Project Lucie, players take on the role of Lucie, an 8 year old kid with a big imagination, and follow her story by completing puzzles that come to life! Beyond Lucie’s story, an Editor mode invites players to explore their own imagination by building their very own puzzles. While it’s playable on PC with a mouse and keyboard, the game is built to support Oculus Rift and Touch controllers – to fully immerse players in a Virtual Reality environment, and provide a complete gameplay experience: full physical simulation, and complete presence within Lucie’s world and imagination. A Pre-Alpha version of Project Lucie is now available to play for free via the Bohemia Store.

“Project Lucie is at a very early stage of development” explains Project Lead, Laurent Lavigne, in his Welcome Blog. “It includes just one of Lucie’s stories, together with a creative sandbox and editor mode. We hope this ‘slice’ of features presents the core of what the game’s about. As part of Bohemia Incubator, our intention is to let players try our game, and share with us their feedback, comments and recommendations.”

Project Lucie is the third game to be made available under the Bohemia Incubator label. This Incubator release enables a small but dedicated team at Bohemia Interactive to test game concepts and validate design decisions, as well as to guide the development of supporting technologies and services. In addition, it is a way to learn more about different areas of game development, game genres, and platforms.

While there are similarities between Bohemia Incubator and Steam Early Access, a key difference is that Incubator games can be much more basic, experimental, and rough. Moreover, Bohemia Interactive might even decide to cancel or stop supporting an Incubator game. To reflect this, people will often be able to play the games for free while they are part of Bohemia Incubator (such as Project Lucie).

For more in-depth information about Bohemia Incubator, please visit http://incubator.bohemia.net, and check out the Incubator FAQ. To keep track of all the latest news, be sure to follow Bohemia Interactive on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

E! Announces Its Inaugural People’s Choice Awards for November 11

2017/12/15
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Geek News, Movie News, News

Los Angeles, December 14, 2017 – E!, the global pop culture powerhouse, announced today that the 44th installment of the “People’s Choice Awards” will premiere on November 11, 2018 with Den of Thieves’ Jesse Ignjatovic and Evan Prager as Executive Producers.  Den of Thieves joins Wilshire Studios who have produced E!’s signature “Live from the Red Carpet” series for over two decades providing cross platform, in depth coverage of Hollywood’s biggest award shows.  As previously announced, E! acquired the “People’s Choice Awards” and serves as the exclusive home of the popular annual award show that celebrates the best in pop culture and is voted on entirely by fans. E!’s telecast of “People’s Choice Awards” will air globally across E!’s 17 international channels reaching 153 countries in 24 languages.  E!’s ownership of “People’s Choice Awards” includes the annual live event along with all digital and social assets.

“Den of Thieves, Jesse and Evan have an incredible track record in live event production, and we are excited to tap into their expertise, along with Wilshire Studios, as we evolve and supercharge this fan-centric, iconic franchise for the next generation,” said Jen Neal, Executive Producer, Live Events, Executive Vice President, Marketing for E! “By moving ‘People’s Choice Awards’ outside of the traditional awards season, we establishing a new window to celebrate the best in pop culture and will harness E!’s tremendous multi-platform reach to engage fans and drive momentum throughout the year.”

“We are thrilled to be producing the 2018 ‘People’s Choice Awards’ for E!. The PCAs are an iconic award show because they truly reflect the fans — through the power of their votes,” said Jesse Ignjatovic, Executive Producer, Den of Thieves. “There is no better home for this show than on E! and we can’t wait to bring that fan energy to the stage in 2018.”

Den of Thieves is a full service production company that specializes in the live event & award show space, having produced the “MTV Video Music Awards” for 11 consecutive years, the “iHeart Radio Music Awards,” “MTV Movie Awards,” “Radio Disney Music Awards,” “The Gong Show” on ABC, “American Idol” on Fox and several other projects featured on both television networks and digital outlets.

“The People’s Choice Awards” is the only major awards show voted on entirely by the public for fan favorites in movies, music, television and digital. Only fans determine the nominees and winners for the annual awards show and nearly 300 million votes were cast for its most recent installment, which aired January 18, 2017.

“People’s Choice Awards” was originally created in 1975 by Robert Stivers.  “People’s Choice Awards” was previously owned by Procter & Gamble and produced by Mark Burnett airing on CBS.

Far Cry 5: The Resistance Trailer

2017/12/15
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Here’s a new trailer for the upcoming Far Cry 5 titled “The Resistance”.

About Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5 will be available March 27, 2018 on PlayStation® 4 Pro, PlayStation®4, the Xbox One, Xbox One X, Xbox One S, and Windows PC. Set in America, a first for the franchise, Far Cry 5 offers players total freedom to navigate a serene-looking yet deeply twisted world as the new junior deputy of fictional Hope County, Montana. Players will find that their arrival accelerates a years-long silent coup by a fanatical doomsday cult, the Project at Eden’s Gate, igniting a violent takeover of the county. Under siege and cut off from the rest of the world, players will join forces with residents of Hope County and form the Resistance.

For more information about the game, please visit http://farcry.com.

World of Tanks Holiday Ops Detailed

2017/12/14
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Wargaming.net has announced its World of Tanks holiday plans – check out all the details below!

Holiday Ops 2018 in World of Tanks on PC

World of Tanks PC invites players to take on jolly Holiday Ops 2018 and spread the cheer in special battle missions, from December 15 to January 15. For completing these special ops, players are rewarded with decorations for their snow-capped Garage, as well as other bonuses and gifts. The more you decorate the wintry Garage and increase your festive atmosphere, the more holiday gifts you receive! Go wild with four different styles—Modern Christmas, Traditional Christmas, Soviet New Year, and Chinese New Year—to craft your own unique festive Aamosphere!

Big things come in small packages for World of Tanks Console as Toy Tanks Mode returns

Christmas comes early for World of Tanks Console with the return of Toy Tank Mode. Kicking off December 22 until January 1, players will be transported into a miniature festive wonderland, where they can discover tons of bonuses in addition to naughty or nice loot drops and can even claim a free tank from the recently released Swedish line.

Starting December 13, there are tons of festive treats waiting for players, including Tanksmas Challenge Earn Ops and 12 Days of Tanksmas operations to get even more presents or grab one of the various Tanksmas Bundles available.

World of Tanks Blitz gets festive with Blitz Fair

One of the biggest game events in the history of World of Tanks Blitz is back: Blitz Fair. Split into two stages, the first part takes place in-game, where players can earn awards and Tickets for completing tasks, which they can then use in the fair to get awesome rewards.

The second stage takes place on the World of Tanks Blitz portal. There is a ton of stuff to do including an auction with rare items—some available only once or twice in the game’s history. So don’t miss your chance to get the IS-3 Defender and other unique tanks this holiday season.

IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Out Now

2017/12/14
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(Moscow, Russian Federation) – December 14th, 2017 – 1C Game Studios, in partnership with Team Fusion Simulations, is proud to announce the release of a completely updated and improved BLITZedition of the realistic air combat simulator IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover.

Already known for its incredibly detailed cockpits, massively popular Multiplayer, and complex flight, engine, weapons and damage systems, Cliffs of Dover  has now been updated to state-of-the-art DX11 graphics and has had over 20 new flyable aircraft types and variants added to it.

In addition to the 25 original Spitfire, Hurricane, Bf-109 and Bf-110 types, players now have the opportunity to fly new aircraft, such as the rare Bf-109E-4N with its high octane, high-rpm engine and 30mm cannon. Players can also experience the C-6 ground attack version of the Bf-110 and the powerful twin-engine Bristol Beaufighter in both day and night-fighter versions.

Glorious new autumn and winter maps allow players to continue the campaign later into 1940 and the era of the ‘Blitz’.

Completely revised special effects and damage visuals provide spectacular detail, allowing players to savor the effects of their powerful weapons before sending their opponent’s aircraft crashing and burning to the ground.

Speaking of which, new ground textures and scenery, as well as newly implemented cloud systems, provide for a stunning environment to fly over and through, using the revised and improved flight model that provides the accuracy and fidelity flight sim fans expect. On top of all that, new high-fidelity sounds bring the experience of virtual flight to life.

This title is a must-have for experienced flight sim enthusiasts as well as newcomers to the genre, and will provide endless hours of entertainment in the company of an established, numerous and dedicated online community.

IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Blitz Edition  is available for purchase on Steam beginning today for USD 24.99. Customers can take 25% off the price with the time limited launch discount. All existing owners of Cliffs of Dover Classic will receive BLITZ  free of charge:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/754530/IL2_Sturmovik_Cliffs_of_Dover_Blitz_Edition/

Additionally, this is only the first of what is expected to be a growing line of new releases for the IL-2: Dover series from the partnership of 1C Game Studios and Team Fusion Simulations.