Author - Jerry Paxton

AtGames Announces Retro Console Launch Dates

July 25, 2017 – AtGames today announced the launch dates for its upcoming lineup of classic gaming hardware including new premium HD versions of their classic gaming consoles. The Atari Flashback 8 Gold ($79.99) and the Sega Genesis Flashback ($79.99) will be available starting on September 22. Each console includes an amazing selection of built-in Atari 2600 and Sega Genesis 16-bit games, respectively, as well as an impressive range of innovative features including wireless controllers.

The Atari Flashback Portable Game Player, the Sega Ultimate Portable Game Player, The Atari Flashback® 8 Classic Game Console ($59.99) and the Sega Genesis Flashback ($79.99) will be available at all major retailers on September 1.

Pre-orders for the Atari Flashback 8 Gold and Sega Genesis Flashback will be available via the websites of major retailers including Target, Best Buy and GameStop starting on July 28.

New products include:

–       The all-new Atari Flashback® 8 Gold ($79.99) features 120 built-in all-time favorites. Games include legends like Activision’s Pitfall! and Taito’s Space Invaders, as well as many other all-time Atari 2600 classics like Kaboom!™, River Raid™, Centipede™, and Millipede™. Two all new, high performance 2.4ghz wireless controllers, styled after the Atari 2600 originals, are included, as well as two legacy controller ports for optional wired joysticks or paddles. Other all new features for the Atari Flashback® 8 Gold include 720p HDMI output, scan line filtering, and a save/pause/rewind feature for every game.

–       The Atari Flashback® 8 Classic Game Console ($59.99) returns in a new value-priced edition, complete with 105 all-time favorites. Amazing new additions to the game line-up include Activision legends like Pitfall!™, Kaboom!™, and River Raid™. Two wired controllers, styled after the Atari 2600 originals, are included, as well as two legacy controller ports to add your own optional wired joysticks or paddles.

–       The Atari Flashback® Portable Game Player ($59.99) features an amazing selection of 70 built-in games, including the legendary BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment arcade hit, PAC-MAN™. Other blockbuster games include Dig Dug™, Pitfall!™, and Frogger™, and you can even add your own games with an optional SD card. A built-in, rechargeable battery, means the on-the-go fun never has to end. Games can be played on the portable’s built-in, high resolution 2.8” display, or on a TV via optional cable.

–       The all-new Sega Genesis Flashback ($79.99) has a stunning new design, reminiscent of the original console, and features 85 built-in games as well as an integrated cartridge port that plays almost all of your favorite Sega Genesis and Mega Drive original cartridges. Built-in all-time favorites include the Sonic™ series, Mortal Kombat ™series, Phantasy Star™ series, and Shining Force™ series games. Two new high performance 2.4ghz wireless controllers, styled after the Sega Genesis originals, are included, as well as two legacy controller ports for optional wired gamepads. Other new features for the Sega Genesis Flashback include 720p HDMI output, scan line filtering, and a save/pause/rewind feature for every game.

–       The Classic Game Console ($59.99) returns in a new value-priced edition, complete with 81 all-time favorites. Amazing new additions to the game line-up include role-playing and strategy legends, Shining Force™, Shining Force II™, and Shining in the Darkness™. Two wired controllers, styled after the Sega Genesis originals, are included, as well as two legacy controller ports to add your own optional wired controllers.

–       The Ultimate Portable Game Player ($59.99) returns with an enhanced selection of 85 built-in 16-bit Sega Genesis and Mega Drive classic games. The selection of blockbuster games include new additions PAC-PANIC™ and Splatterhouse 2™, as well as many more surprises. You can even add your own games with an optional SD card! Returning for 2017 is save game support for the included Phantasy Star™ series role-playing games. A built-in, rechargeable battery, means the on-the-go fun never has to end. Games can be played on the portable’s built-in, high resolution 2.8” display, or on a TV via optional cable.

Star Trek Timelines Comes to Steam

FRAMINGHAM, MA – July 25, 2017 –  Disruptor Beam, a company focused on turning the world’s greatest entertainment brands into successful games loved by highly connected customers announced today that their highly-popular strategy mobile role-playing game Star Trek Timelines is now available on Windows PC via Steam as a free download. PC gamers can now join the millions of fans who have already played the game on the App StoreGoogle Play and Facebook to immerse themselves in the Star Trek universe and its myriad events, including the recently announced Klingon-themed mega-event –A Good Day to Lie.

Originally launched in January 2016 on mobile devices, Star Trek Timelines begins when a temporal anomaly closes the gap between space and time, allowing for players to assemble a crew of characters from every era of Star Trek. Players must join Starfleet and overcome the challenges from this dimensional disaster by managing their custom team of classic Star Trek characters, engage in stunning 3D ship battles and galactic exploration in order to boldly go where no game has gone before – explore the entire history of Star Trek in one comprehensive sci-fi strategy RPG.

“Star Trek Timelines on Steam is a major achievement, both in giving our fans more options to engage in the Star Trek universe and for Disruptor Beam as this is our first Steam release ever,” said Erin Prince, Product Owner of Star Trek Timelines at Disruptor Beam. “This was long requested by our community, and now we can deliver a continuous Timelines experience across all platforms.”

Star Trek Timelines on Steam achieves persistent cross-platform gameplay between any version of the game players already have. Whether it be a mobile phone or a personal computer, players can command the series’ most iconic ships into battle from wherever they please. Disruptor Beam will continue its frequent additions of new characters, starships, features and weekly events with simultaneous updates to all versions of the game.

For more information about the Steam version of Star Trek Timelines, visit http://store.steampowered.com/app/600750/.

Players can follow new game developments by joining the Star Trek Timelines community and signing up for the Bridge Crew email list, joining the Disruptor Beam forums and following the game on Facebook and Twitter.

Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition Announcement Trailer

STOCKHOLM — July 25, 2017 — Paradox Interactive today announced that Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition, the new release that brings Obsidian Entertainment’s award-winning role-playing game (RPG) to the Xbox One and PlayStation®4 consoles, is now available for pre-order from retailers worldwide. Scheduled to launch on August 29, 2017Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition includes the entire original RPG hit alongside its expansions, The White March – Parts I & II, fully remastered and adapted for a big-screen experience with enhanced UI and controller support. RPG fans can pre-order the game starting today from the PlayStation Store and Xbox Live, or pre-order a physical copy from the game store of their choice for $49.99.

See the world that awaits you in Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition:

Pillars of Eternity is an RPG inspired by classic titles such as Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale, and Planescape: Torment, which features an original world and game system that evokes and improves upon the traditional computer RPG experience. The Complete Edition, adapted for consoles by Paradox Arctic and distributed at physical retail by 505 Games, brings the crowdfunded hit to consoles for the first time.

To pre-order Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition for the Xbox One, visit https://www.paradoxplaza.com/pillars-of-eternity-xb1/pillars-of-eternity-xb1.html

To pre-order Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition for the PlayStation®4, visit https://www.paradoxplaza.com/pillars-of-eternity-ps4/pillars-of-eternity-ps4.html

Sudden Strike 4 Cover Art Revealed

RIDGEWOOD, NJ (July 24, 2017) – The legendary World War II Real-Time-Strategy series Sudden Strike returns to Windows PC, and premiers for the first time on consoles with a PlayStation®4 release, in just a few weeks! Today, Kalypso Media is excited to show you the awesome bonuses that the physical “Day One Edition” of Sudden Strike 4 will feature at retail! For an exclusive preview of the alternative covers, check out the teaser trailer on YouTube here.

Acclaimed for his work on the Emmy award winning TV show Game of Thrones and titles such as Killzone: Shadow Fall and Ryse: Son of Rome, the extremely talented artist, Robert Simon, has collaborated with Kalypso to define Sudden Strike 4’s distinctive art style.

The Day One Edition of Sudden Strike 4 on Windows PC and PlayStation®4 will feature three of Mr. Simon’s World War II propaganda poster inspired oil paintings in-box as reversible bonus covers, themed after each of the three factions featured in Sudden Strike 4 — Western Allies, German and Soviet.

The Sudden Strike 4 Day One Edition for Windows PC includes the ‘Battle of Kursk’ Skirmish map, a digital artbook and a digital soundtrack. These bonuses are also available digitally via Steam for Windows PC, Linux and Mac. Additionally, there is currently a 15% pre-order discount available on Steam that includes immediate access to both the beta test version of Sudden Strike 4 and the original Sudden Strike Trilogy. Steam customers can also download the free Sudden Strike Quiz app on iOS and Android devices to unlock further stackable pre-order discounts for a potential total of up to 25% off. The PlayStation®4 version of Sudden Strike 4 is available as a Day One Edition complete with digital artbook and digital soundtrack.

THOR Ragnarok Trailer Released

The new trailer for Marvel Studios’ THOR: RAGNAROK debuted moments ago in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con along with a new poster. Both are available for you to share with your readers below!

Marvel Studios’ THOR: RAGNAROK will be in theaters on November 3, 2017!

THOR: RAGNAROK

MARVEL STUDIOS

Website and Mobile site: http://www.marvel.com/thor

Facebook: www.facebook.com/marvelstudios

Twitter: www.twitter.com/marvelstudios

Instagram: www.instagram.com/marvelstudios

CON MAN to Air on SYFY

SAN DIEGO, CA – July 21, 2017 – SYFY today announced the acquisition of Seasons 1 and 2 of buzzy web series CON MAN from Redbear Films. The news was shared with excited fans during SYFY’s CON MAN: Cons and Fandom Culture panel at San Diego Comic-Con by creator, star and moderator Alan Tudyk. The short form web series, which debuted on Vimeo and Comic-Con HQ, will premiere on SYFY in September. The critically-acclaimed, geektastic series, which recently received two Emmy nominations in the short form comedy or drama category, follows the journey of Wray Nerely (Tudyk), a washed-up, former sci-fi celebrity who revisits his glory days on the convention circuit.

Joining Tudyk on the panel for a conversation about what makes cons — and the fans who love them —so damn great were CON MAN’s memorable guest stars Tricia Helfer, Amy Acker, Nolan North, Casper Van Dien and Executive Producer PJ Haarsma. In addition to sharing trade secrets on how to make a successful web series, the panelists delighted the audience by performing the iconic hoedown musical number from the second season with all the bells and whistles – props, dancers, and even a cardboard cutout of Nathan Fillion!

Call of Duty: WWII Nazi Zombies Reveal Trailer

July 21, 2017 – Sledgehammer Games delivers an original and terrifying new co-op survival experience in Call of Duty®: WWII Nazi Zombies. Players will embark on a chilling and mysterious journey through a snowy Bavarian village in Mittelburg, Germany, as they attempt to recover priceless works of art stolen by the Axis powers in World War II. This village holds a shadowy secret key to an unimaginable and monstrous power. Nothing is as it seems in this zombies horror, as a dark and sinister plot unfolds to unleash an invincible Nazi army of the dead.

View the Call of Duty: WWII Nazi Zombies trailer here:

Pre-order Call of Duty: WWII on disc or digital download and get Private Beta Access. Beta begins first on PlayStation® 4 on August 25, 2017http://www.CallofDuty.com/WWII

Batman: The Enemy Within – The Telltale Series Announced

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., July 19, 2017 — Award-winning developer and publisher of digital entertainment Telltale Games, alongside DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, today announced Batman: The Enemy Within – The Telltale Series, a new five-part, episodic game series that continues Telltale’s unique take on the Caped Crusader. Episode one, ‘The Enigma,’ will be available for download starting August 8th, 2017 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC and Mac, and will become available on iOS and Android-based devices later this year.

The series will also be available at retailers this October for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on a special ‘Season Pass Disc,’ which will include the first episode of the season, as well as download access to all subsequent episodes as they are released through an online connection.

In this latest chapter, both Bruce Wayne and Batman will be forced into precarious new roles. The Riddler has returned to terrorize Gotham City, but his gruesome puzzles merely foreshadow an even greater crisis. With the arrival of a ruthless federal agent and the return of a still nascent Joker, Batman must navigate uneasy alliances while Bruce Wayne undertakes a perilous series of deceptions. Which of Batman’s new allies will you choose to trust? And how deep into the darkness will you let Bruce descend?

This new season will be accessible to both returning fans and newcomers alike, though players’ choices from the first season of Batman: The Telltale Series will optionally carry over into The Enemy Within. This season will also include Telltale’s unique multiplayer ‘Crowd Play’ feature, which allows friends and family to engage with the adventure together by helping to decide the direction of the story from any mobile device with an online connection.

Rendered to look like a living, breathing comic book, Telltale’s vision of Batman features an award-winning cast of talent including Troy Baker, who returns to reprise his role as Bruce Wayne, as well as Anthony Ingruber, who will reprise his fresh take on ‘John Doe,’ better known to fans as The Joker.

Batman: The Enemy Within will be a standalone product separate from the first season of Batman: The Telltale Series and is licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and based on DC’s iconic character. The second season will be available for download on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Mac, iOS, and Android-based devices. The series is currently in development and has not yet been rated by the ESRB.

For more information on Telltale Games, visit the official website, follow @TelltaleGames on Twitter, and like Telltale on Facebook.

Warner Bros. TV Signings for Comic-Con 2017

BURBANK, Calif. (July 18, 2017) — Comic-Con 2017 is almost here, and with it comes the iconic two-story Warner Bros. booth (#4545), which will not only host the stars from 20+ TV shows and features, but also serve as a must-experience environment, including a re-creation of The Big Bang Theory living room set; a selfie station with Lucifer’s newly found angel wings; life-sized Funko DC Super Hero figures from the hit Warner Bros. Television/The CW series Arrow and Supergirl; and actual production props from the upcoming New Line horror film IT. Always a destination for Comic-Con fans, the Warner Bros. booth will deliver constant activities for visitors to enjoy, including talent appearances, autograph signings and more.

Here’s a closer look at this year’s Warner Bros. booth areas of interest:

ARROW & SUPERGIRL GET FUNKO!

  • Talk about larger-than-life! A popular item on the Comic-Con floor, you’ve never seen Funko figures like this. See how you measure up against these super-scale DC Super Heroes of both Arrow and Supergirl from their respective series on The CW.
  • In addition to the DC Super Hero duo, fans will recognize life-sized Funko figures of Supernatural’s Sam and Dean Winchester guarding the Warner Bros. yacht moored behind the convention center.
  • Arrow returns for its sixth season on October 12, in its new night and time period (Thursdays at 9/8c) on The CW. Supergirl will have its third season premiere Monday, October 9, at 8/7c on The CW. Based on characters from DC, both series are produced by Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.

CALTECH COMES TO COMIC-CON WITH A RE-CREATION OF

THE BIG BANG THEORY LIVING ROOM SET!

  • Feel smarter. You’re in the presence of genius with a scale recreation of Leonard and Sheldon’s iconic Pasadena apartment from The Big Bang Theory. The ultimate backdrop makes the ultimate photo op! There’s a designated kiosk onsite to take photos and post to social (#WBSDCC), or fans can snap their own selfies. And you can even try out Sheldon’s spot on the couch — just don’t tell him…
  • The Big Bang Theory returns for season 11 on Monday, September 25 (8/7c on CBS). On October 2, the hit series moves to its regular timeslot of Thursdays at 8/7c. The Big Bang Theory is produced by Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc., in association with Warner Bros. Television.

ANGEL OR DEVIL? IT’S YOUR CHOICE WITH LUCIFER’S WINGS!

  • The City of Angels’ most charismatic devil rediscovered his wings in the second season finale ofLucifer. Lucky for fans, we’ve got those wings on loan after making our own deal with the devil. Fans will have the opportunity to picture themselves next to the heavenly wings when they visit the Warner Bros. booth.
  • Lucifer returns for its third season on October 2 in its new earlier time period (Mondays at 8/7c) on FOX. The series is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Television in association with Warner Bros. Television.

FIND WHAT YOU TRULY FEAR WITH PROPS FROM…IT!

  • IT is coming. And there’s nowhere to hide from IT. Because IT knows what you fear the most. On exclusive display in the Warner Bros. booth will be a selection of actual props from the upcoming horror feature IT, based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King.
  • New Line Cinema’s horror thriller IT is based on the hugely popular Stephen King novel, which has been terrifying readers for decades. When children begin to disappear in the town of Derry, Maine, a group of young kids are faced with their biggest fears when they square off against an evil clown named Pennywise, whose history of murder and violence dates back for centuries. Slated for release on September 8, 2017, the film will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. For more information, visit www.itthemovie.com.

STARS & SIGNINGS AND MORE!

  • From Thursday through Sunday, a stellar roster of talent — including producers and stars from Warner Bros. Television shows, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Home Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures and HBO — will be signing for fans at the Warner Bros. booth. Talent to be announced.
  • Please note: Wristbands are required for all signings at the Warner Bros. booth. Please visit the Sails Pavilion on the morning of your desired signing for the random ticket drawing.
  • Signing times will be announced at the Warner Bros. booth.
  • THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2017
    • IT
    • Teen Titans Go!
    • Unikitty!
    • Justice League Action
    • The LEGO® Ninjago Movie
  • FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2017
    • iZOMBIE
    • The 100
    • The Big Bang Theory
    • Mike Tyson Mysteries
    • Young Justice
    • Game of Thrones
    • People of Earth
    • The Originals
  • SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2017
    • Riverdale
    • Arrow
    • Gotham
    • Ready Player One
    • Supergirl
    • DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
    • Black Lightning
    • Krypton
    • The Flash
    • Lucifer
    • Westworld
  • SUNDAY, JULY 23, 2017
    • Supernatural
    • LEGO Scooby-Doo! Blowout Beach Bas

For continuing info on the Studio’s plans at Comic-Con, please visit comiccon.thewb.com and follow@warnerbrostv on Twitter (hashtag #WBSDCC).