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Team17 Signs Lilith’s Horror Game Allison Road

2015/10/13

Geek News, Halloween, News, Windows PC News

Wakefield, UK – 13th October 2015 – Games industry veteran and independent games label Team17 are incredibly pleased to confirm details of their latest partner and game signing, Lilith’s first person next-gen survival horror game, Allison Road.

Allison Road recently hit Kickstarter after a great response from its community and press that saw their prototype gameplay video receive over 1.9 million views on YouTube. The game was on track to fund towards the end of October, however by joining Team17’s games’ label it will allow Allison Road’s creators to focus 100% on the game whilst having resources, experience and support available to them.

Debbie Bestwick, Team17’s CEO said “Allison Road is exactly the kind of game we are looking for to expand our label’s portfolio, the game is absolutely stunning and I look forward to helping Chris and his team on their journey. Our label was created by games developers for games developers and has been built in such a way to allow games makers of all sizes to focus 100% on the most important aspect ‘The Game’.”

Chris Kesler, owner of Lilith added, “We were incredibly excited when we received the call from Team17. Whilst signing with them was never in question, we were however faced with the decision to either carry on with our Kickstarter campaign or to withdraw from the program and get started straight away. After much deliberation, we chose the latter and are now looking forward to working with Team17 and accessing their vast resources to really take Allison Road to the next level”.

Further details on Allison Road will be available early 2016.

To keep up to date with all the information on Allison Road please visit www.team17.com and follow us on Twitter on @Lillithltd & @Allisonroad_HQ and @team17Ltd for future news.

PAX Australia Panels Announced

2015/10/13

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Geek News, News, PAX

13 October 2015 – The Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) is excited to reveal this year’s panel line up for PAX Australia 2015. With over 120 panels and an unprecedented number of international speakers confirmed for PAX Aus, this year promises to deliver attendees the most entertaining, diverse, and informative, range of talks, debates, and shows in PAX Aus’ three year history.

Some highlights include:

Friday, October 30
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – The Augmented Future
Join Dues Ex Mankind Divided writer Mary DeMarle and Global Brand Manager Rodney Lelu as they showcase the upcoming cyberpunk thriller, taking you through exclusive gameplay and story on the future of Adam Jensen.

Rooster Teeth
Formed in 2001 with the online smash hit Red Vs Blue, Rooster Teeth has since grown into a Texas-sized production company, responsible for none other than Achievement Hunter, RWBY, The Gauntlet, Immersion, Slo-Mo Guys, and plenty more. Join the Rooster Teeth staff as they go up on stage completely unprepared and wing it!

Unravel – A Larger than Life Journey
Join Coldwood Creative Director Martin Sahlin as he takes you on a journey through the upcoming adventures of Yarny – a small creature made of red yarn, who explores the world around him by using his own body.

Saturday, October 31
Just Cause 3 – Appetite for Destruction
Join key members of Avalanche Studios – the makers of Just Cause – as they discuss the series’ inspiration and distinctive style and showcase the upcoming Just Cause 3.

Sunday, November 1
Naughty Dog presents Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
Join Arne Meyer from Naughty Dog for an exclusive look at the upcoming Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End!
CD PROJEKT RED Presents: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Join members of CD PROJEKT RED to discuss the upcoming expansions for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and talk about the future of the series.

PAX Aus will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 30 October to 1 November, 2015, as part of Melbourne International Games Week, and is organised by ReedPOP in conjunction with Penny Arcade.

Friday, Sunday and 3-day international passes are still available and can be purchased online at www.paxaustralia.com.au/registration.

For further information visit paxaustralia.com.au or follow PAX Australia updates via Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Call of Duty: Black Ops III – Zombies Shadows of Evil Prologue Video #BlackOps3

2015/10/12

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Geek News, Halloween, News, PlayStation 4 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox One News

Activision has released the official prologue trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops III – Zombies Shadows of Evil.

Shadows of Evil introduces four unwitting characters who must uncover the secrets and challenges laid out for them by a shadowy figure, who offers them a path to redemption. Jeff Goldblum, Heather Graham, Neal McDonough, and Ron Perlman star in Shadows of Evil, a new survival co-op experience only available in Call of Duty: Black Ops III. Unravel the secrets and explore a massive 1940s, film noir-inspired world in the deepest Zombies experience to date.

#HORROR Official Trailer

2015/10/09

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Geek News, Halloween, Movie News, News

IFC Midnight presents the official trailer for the upcoming horror film, #HORROR, starring Chloe Sevigny, Timothy Hutton, and Natasha Lyonne. The movie is out via Video on Demand November 20, 2015.

About #HORROR

You’ve got followers… Cyberbullying goes offline during one deadly night. Based on a shocking true story, #HORROR follows a group of preteen girls living in a suburban world of money and privilege. But when their obsession with a disturbing online game goes too far, virtual terror becomes all too real. Chloë Sevigny leads an ensemble cast that includes Natasha Lyonne, Taryn Manning, and Timothy Hutton in Tara Subkoff’s directorial debut.

Release Date: Friday, November 20^th (NY and LA / VOD)
Distributor: IFC Midnight
Director: Tara Subkoff
Written By: Tara Subkoff
Producers: Tara Subkoff, Oren Segal, Brendan Walsh, and Jason Ludman
Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Timothy Hutton, Natasha Lyonne, Balthazar Getty, Taryn Manning, Stella Schnabel, Sadie Seelert, Haley Murphy, Bridget McGarry, Blue Lindberg, Mina Sundwall, Emma Adler, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, and Lydia Hearst
Rating: Not Rated
TRT: 90 minutes

The Park Gets First Gameplay Trailer

2015/10/09

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Geek News, Halloween, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

Oslo, Norway – October 9th, 2015 – Earlier this year, independent game development studio Funcom announced it was working on ‘The Park’, a psychological horror experience and its first single-player game in almost ten years. A short, but intense experience, ‘The Park’ puts players into the shoes of Lorraine, a mother whose son goes missing in a mysterious and terrifying theme park.

This new video offers both a glimpse behind the scenes at Funcom as well as the first-ever released gameplay footage showing ‘The Park’ in action. Creative Director Joel Bylos, Art Director Gavin Whelan and Audio Director Simon Poole takes time to explain what ‘The Park’ is all about and what players can expect to see and do once they step through the gates of Atlantic Island Park. Focusing entirely on atmosphere, exploration and a strong narrative, ‘The Park’ draws inspiration from games such as ‘Gone Home’, ‘Dear Esther’ and ‘The Vanishing of Ethan Carter’.

“For the last ten years, Funcom has been focused on making massively multiplayer online games, so ‘The Park’ is our first single-player experience in a long time,” says Creative Director Joel Bylos. “It has been an incredibly fun and rewarding process working on ‘The Park’. What initially started out as a prototype and a way for us to learn new development tools, has evolved into a short and intense psychological horror experience which we are all very excited to share with gamers out there.”

For more information about ‘The Park’, please visit the official website at www.theparkgame.com. ‘The Park’ will be released for the Windows PC later this month.

Razer Unveils New Black Widow Ultimate 2016

2015/10/08

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Geek News, News, Peripherals News

IRVINE, Calif. – Razer™, a world leader in connected devices and software for gamers, today announced the latest product in its best-selling keyboard series, the Razer BlackWidow Ultimate 2016.

The Razer BlackWidow Ultimate has been redesigned from the ground up with an all-new set of features, and is equipped with the multi-award winning Razer™ Mechanical Switches, the first and only mechanical switches designed specifically for gaming.

The biggest advancement to the latest edition of the Razer BlackWidow Ultimate is the introduction of the advanced lighting technology from the Chroma line in its individually backlit green LEDs that can each be customized through Razer’s Synapse software to display a range of unique lighting effects. Preset effects include Wave, Ripple, Reactive, Starlight and more. Gamers can also create their own lighting patterns via the advanced lighting effects configurator within Razer Synapse.

For examples of possible lighting effects, see here: https://youtu.be/a1R6ODgvHy0

In addition to this, the Razer BlackWidow Ultimate features an improved smudge-free top cover, a combined audio and microphone jack, a USB pass-through port for easy cable management and an enhanced indicator panel on the top right. The latest Razer BlackWidow Ultimate also has a smaller footprint compared to its predecessor.

“There isn’t a gaming keyboard out there that offers better value,” says Min-Liang Tan, Razer co-founder and CEO. “From the customizable backlit keys to the fact that our Razer Mechanical Switches are the only ones designed especially for gaming, the Razer BlackWidow Ultimate 2016 is the perfect keyboard for any gamer looking to upgrade to mechanical keyboards.”

Each Razer Mechanical Switch has optimized actuation and reset points that are engineered to a fraction of a millimeter, creating faster response times. With a rated life span of up to 60 million key strokes, the Razer Mechanical Switch is engineered from the ground up for enhanced durability compared to standard mechanical switches.

Starting with the Razer BlackWidow Ultimate 2016, all keyboards featuring the Razer™ Mechanical Switch will have an extended warranty of 2 years.

Price:

U.S. $109.99

Availability:

– US/Canada: Immediate

– Latin America: Immediate

– Asia-Pacific: Q4 2015

– Europe: Q4 2015

Product features:

Multi-award winning Razer™ Mechanical Switches with 50 g actuation force
60 million keystroke life span
Individually backlit keys with dynamic lighting effects
Razer Synapse enabled
10 key roll-over anti-ghosting
Fully programmable keys with on-the-fly macro recording
Gaming mode option
Audio-out / mic-in jacks
USB pass-through
1000 Hz Ultrapolling
Braided fiber cable
2 year limited warranty

For more information about the Razer BlackWidow Ultimate 2016, please visit www.razerzone.com/gaming-keyboards-keypads/razer-blackwidow-ultimate

Dungeons 2 A Game of Winter Expansion Announced

2015/10/08

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Ridgewood, NJ – October 8, 2015 – The sniveling, wretched dwellers of the sickly-sweet surface world may think they’ve already had it tough with the horrors inflicted upon them by the Dungeon Lord so far – but the ever-devious Evil One has been hard at work gathering his most gruesome and terrifying group of minions yet.

Young Barthas Snow of the Northwatch sets forth to search for his lost uncle Banjo beyond the great wall. He is all too aware that a perilous journey lies ahead of him, one in which he will unwittingly awaken an unimaginable evil from a long dead era…

In the major expansion ‘A Game of Winter,’ the hordes of the undead have overrun the world of Dungeons 2 – bringing with them not just the foul stench of blood and decay, but much more importantly a completely new, fully-scored and voice acted campaign with eight maggot-ridden missions! As the Commander of the brainless army you will control 13 gruesome new units, including brain-devouring zombies, bone-crunching skeletons and blood-sucking vampires. Also included are eight new rooms for your dungeon to use for your evil machinations, such as the cemetery, the laboratory and the final resting place. As well as the single-player campaign, the curse of the dead will also spread out to multiplayer games! Make sure to check out the launch trailer to see all of the new gruesome gameplay in action.

Features of ‘A Game of Winter’:

New faction: The brainless army brings a new, undead menace to the Dungeons 2 universe.
New tasks: A completely new and fully-scored and voice acted campaign with 8 extensive missions awaits you.
New subjects: Command 13 new units, including zombies and vampires.
New rooms: Build 8 new rooms, like the cemetery and the laboratory.
Multiplayer support: The undead can also be relied upon to spread evil and wreak havoc in battle against your multiplayer adversaries!

‘A Game of Winter’ is out on October 15^th for $14.99 via digital distribution on Steam and the Kalypso Launcher.

The original Dungeons 2 is available worldwide via Steam for Windows PC, Mac and SteamOS for $39.99. A digital version is also available to download via the Kalypso Launcher here, as well as GOG.com. A Limited Special Edition boxed retail version is also available in North America on Amazon and includes at no extra cost a terrifying Dungeons 2 poster, the exclusive ‘Pixie Village’ DLC, and the Official Soundtrack CD all for $39.99. For more information please visit the official website at www.dungeons2.com or www.kalypsomedia.com

Tales of Halloween Review

2015/10/08

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Film Review, Geek News, Halloween, Movie News, News, Reviews

Tales of Halloween is a ten story anthology flick revolving around the scariest night of the year, Halloween. Each of the tales was directed by a different person, giving them all their own, unique style. These anthology flicks are becoming a lot more popular these days, with movies such as the ABCs of Death and V/H/S sprawling into full franchises. Of course, these types of films have been around a while with Tales from the Crypt, “Tales from the Darkside”, and “Trick ‘r Treat”.

Some of the standout tales include “The Ransome of Rusty Rex” by Ryan Schifrin, “The Night Billy Raised Hell” by Darren Lynn Bousman, and “This Means War” by Andrew Kasch and John Skipp – although, there is something to like about all of the tales presented in the film. The only tale that didn’t quite resonate with me was “The Weak and the Wicked” by Paul Solet which, while I admire its high-concept, just didn’t come together enough in execution.

The segments are sometimes spooky, sometimes gory but always entertaining, and I loved Adrienne Barbeau in the role of a radio disc jokey (an homage to her role in John Carpenter’s The Fog) to act as a link between all of the tales. Speaking of homages, the film has a ton of genre cred. For instance, the kid in the film’s first segment, titled “Sweet Tooth”, is dressed up as Snake Plissken from John Carpenter’s Escape from New York! Also making cameos are John Landis, Barbara Crampton, to name just a couple. Just keep your eyes peeled as there are a ton more to notice in the film.

Overall, Tales of Halloween is an entertaining horror-comedy anthology that is worth watching this Halloween season. Hopefully, it will spawn a sequel and become a franchise so we can see more Tales of Halloween next Halloween!

Tales of Halloween
Release through Video on Demand: October 16, 2015
Rated: R

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Fallout 4 S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Intelligence PSA Video

2015/10/07

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October 7, 2015 — At Vault-Tec, we’re working around the clock to help prepare you for the possibility of total atomic annihilation with our educational series on the seven defining attributes that make you S.P.E.C.I.A.L.

In today’s chapter we focus on Intelligence to help you better understand how to unlock new opportunities and adapt to your new world aboveground. You can share this video and help ensure the survival of your fellow citizens with the below YouTube link and embed.

For more survival tips from Vault-Tec, stay tuned next week to learn how your impressive Agility is key to your tactical survival and will help you move through the Wasteland with ease.

Remember, the rebuilding of this great nation of ours may fall to you so study these materials carefully to ensure you survive and thrive in a life aboveground.

Set to release worldwide on November 10, 2015 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC, Fallout 4 is the next generation of open-world gaming where every second is a fight for survival, and every choice is yours.

Fallout 4 has been rated M for Mature by the ESRB. For more information about the game visit: www.Fallout4.com.

Should you have any questions please let us know.

All the best,

Your Friends at Vault-Tec

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LifeTrak Zoom Kickstarter A Third of the Way to Goal

2015/10/06

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Geek News, News, Tech News

FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — LifeTrak, a leader in consumer fitness, heart rate and activity monitoring wearables today announced the launch of Zoom, the world’s first amphibious fitness tracker that seeks to meet the needs of multi-sport athletes. Zoom is the first of its kind that offers flexwear technology and accurate heart rate monitoring both in water and on land, making it the only fitness tracker an athlete ever needs. LifeTrak is launching a crowdfunding campaign to engage with early customers and gain their feedback as they move in to production.

Zoom is the only continuous wear fitness tracker that constantly monitors heart rate day and night, as well as during workouts on land and even in water. It not only assists with heart rate zone training during workouts, but also obtains the most accurate 24-hour calorie burn numbers. Additionally, it monitors steps, distance and sleep quality. Unlike other devices that require daily recharging, Zoom has a battery life of up to five days.

“Your heart rate is the single best indicator of your health and at LifeTrak, we believe if everyone were able to read their heart rate more accurately, they could live healthier lives. As a very active person, I’ve always wished I could monitor my own heart rate anywhere, all the time, but have found chest straps uncomfortable, wristbands limiting and am still looking for a viable solution for swimming. The fact that many athletes were looking for those same features is what inspired us to create Zoom,” Mike Hosey, president of LifeTrak, said.

The device’s flexible wear options mean that Zoom can be worn on the most comfortable part of the body and areas which allow for the most accurate heart rate tracking. For example, while swimming, Zoom can be placed inside a specialized swim cap to capture a more accurate reading on the wearer’s head. These options aim to simplify fitness tracking, making Zoom the only fitness tracking device an athlete needs.

Zoom launches on Kickstarter on Oct. 1, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern. Quantities are limited. Early-bird backers who contribute $99 to the campaign will receive a Zoom device plus all the flexwear technology accessories. To contribute to Zoom and pre-order a device, click here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lifetrakzoom/zoom-worlds-first-amphibious-heart-rate-and-fitnes.