Author - Jerry Paxton

How to Play Dungeons 2 in 100 Seconds

2016/05/04
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Trailers / Videos

Ridgewood, NJ – May 4, 2016 – It’s hard work being evil. Between managing hordes of minions, fortifying your beloved dungeons, planning Overworld domination – not to mention ‘motivating’ those lazy snots, it can all seem a little much. As every good Dungeon Lord understands, knowing your way around your underworld kingdom is key to your survival so Kalypso Media has prepared a video pointing out some essential gameplay tips for Dungeons 2 success, all wrapped in 100 seconds.

Dungeons 2 will be available exclusively for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system on May 24, 2016 across North America and boasts an impressive collection of additional on-disc content including the “Pixieville,” “Morningwood,” “A Chance of Dragons,” “A Song of Sand and Fire,” and “A Clash of Pumpkins” add-on packs, which add more skirmishes, missions and enemies for the Ultimate Evil to eviscerate.

Dungeons 2 for the PS4™ system can be pre-ordered here, or purchased digitally at launch via the PlayStation®Store.

For more information, on Dungeons 2 please visit the official website www.dungeons-game.com  or for all Kalypso Media information please visit www.kalypsomedia.com.

The Norse Team Coming to Blood Bowl 2

2016/05/03
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Screenshots / Photos, Windows PC News, Xbox One News

May 3, 2016 – Blood Bowl 2, the sequel to the video game adaptation of Games Workshop‘s famous board game that combines American football with the fantasy world of Warhammer, welcomes a new race on its pitch: The Norse. The new screenshots show off the fearsome Norse players, their impressive Big Guy and their bestial Star Players – all included in the Norse DLC available today on PS4, Xbox One and PC.

To respect the PC players of the first Blood Bowl game, which accumulated 23 races through 3 paying editions – we have heard their frustration – we decided to create the FOUNDERS INCENTIVE for PC players of Blood Bowl 2: players will receive the Norse, the Undead, the Necromantic and the Nurgle teams for free, as long as they purchased the game before the races release.

The Norse Team

Hailing from a far north peninsula of the Old World, Norsca, the Norse are fearsome warriors who naturally benefit from the Block skill – making a Norse line one of the more resilient Blood Bowl defensive walls. Norse players also have low Armour value, meaning they’re built for dishing out damage, not taking it. We’re excited to see how new Norse Coaches plan around the team’s weaknesses and exploit their strengths.

The Norse DLC pack includes new types of players, including the Ulfwerener. These werewolves encourage damage-dealing plays with their high Strength and their brutal Frenzy skill. The Norse Big Guy is the Yhetee, a vicious Snow Troll with Claws built for shredding high armoured players. Finally, two Star Players are joining the Norse: Icepelt Hammerblow, Yhetee, and Wilhelm Chaney, Ulfwerener.

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Turtle Beach Unveils Elite Pro Audio Peripheral Series

2016/05/03
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Peripherals News, Tech News

San Diego, CA – May 3, 2016 – A decade ago Turtle Beach Corporation (NASDAQ:HEAR), a leading audio technology company for over 40 years, pioneered the console gaming headset category and is set to do so again in 2016 with its revolutionary Turtle Beach® Elite Pro Tournament Gaming Headset, Elite Pro Tactical Audio Controller (T.A.C.) and Elite Pro accessories designed for competitive gamers, which establishes a new standard for eSports gaming audio performance and comfort. Turtle Beach’s “Elite” series products represent the highest level in audio and build quality, and the all-new Elite Pro Headset, T.A.C. and Elite Pro accessories are the Company’s all-new line of competitive gaming audio gear created to meet the demands of today’s professional and aspiring pro teams and players.

The Elite Pro Headset‘s journey began in 2013. Seeing the consistent growth and popularity of eSports, Turtle Beach launched a comprehensive scientific research program to deeply examine the needs of professional and hardcore gamers as it pertained to game audio, communicating with teammates, and overall comfort. The result is the all-new Elite Pro Tournament Gaming Headset – a ground-up redesign of the competitive gaming headset that brings to market multiple first-and-only innovations in the core mechanics of headset design, weight and fit. Not only does the Elite Pro Headset provide Turtle Beach’s best-in-class game audio and chat performance, but also delivers groundbreaking comfort-driven technologies, including the ComforTec™ Fit System with multiple adjustment points for a truly personalized headset fit and feel, Aerofit™ Ear Cushions that stay cool in the heat of battle, and Turtle Beach’s all-new patented ProSpecs™ Glasses Relief System that finally makes wearing a gaming headset comfortable for players who wear glasses.

Elite Pro Tactical Audio Controller (T.A.C.)

Additionally, the Elite Pro T.A.C. is the most powerful audio controller ever designed for eSports, combining cutting-edge audio technology like DTS™ Headphone:X 7.1 Surround Sound and Superhuman Hearing™ with incredibly powerful chat and microphone tuning tools, giving eSports athletes everything they need to win. The Elite Pro Headset, T.A.C. and accessories are planned to launch globally this summer, and are currently available for pre-order starting today at participating retail outlets worldwide.

“Part of Turtle Beach’s core DNA is driving innovation that benefits gamers. Given that we invented the console gaming headset space many years ago, we felt it was only natural for us to reinvent the gaming headset for the current era of eSports to meet the expectations of today’s competitive gamers,” said Juergen Stark, CEO, Turtle Beach Corporation.

Stark continued, “There are plenty of great gaming headsets and audio gear out there, but we saw the need to drive fundamental innovation to make it better for eSports. We spent the past three years developing the Elite Pro Headset, T.A.C. and accessories, working with industry experts and eSports aficionados to ensure we thought of everything. And once we felt like we had it right, we spent months refining every detail to make it perfect. The fact that OpTic Gaming – one of the best pro gaming organizations in the world – chose to partner with us because of the Elite Pro just goes to show this is another game-changing line of products from #TeamTurtleBeach that brings true innovation to the market.”

Elite Pro Tactical Audio Adapter for Xbox One

Fully supporting this step-change in competitive gaming audio accessories, OpTic Gaming – one of the most prolific eSports organizations in the world – selected Turtle Beach and the all-new Elite Pro line as their official gaming audio gear of choice. Through this new partnership, OpTic’s Championship Call of Duty, Haloand Counter Strike: Global Offensive teams will begin using the Elite Pro Headset,T.A.C. and other accessories as they continue to dominate the competitive gaming circuit. OpTic Gaming’s first event using the new Elite Pro setup will be as the defending Call of Duty champions at this year’s eSports World Convention which takes place later this week, May 6-8, 2016 in Paris, France.

Hector Rodrigues, Team Manager for OpTic Gaming commented, “Everybody knows Turtle Beach. They’ve been around forever and have some great gaming headsets, so they definitely piqued our curiosity when they told us they were working on a top-secret eSports headset we’d be interested in seeing. So we invited Turtle Beach to the OpTic Gaming house here in Chicago to see what they had in store for us, and the moment they brought out the Elite Pro Headset, T.A.C. and other gear we knew simply by looking at everything that this was a vast departure from what we were expecting. The more we explored and played with the Elite Pro Headset‘s features – like the cooling ear cushions, the adjustment you can make to the ear-cups for players who wear glasses, or how you can adjust the overall fit on your head – the more we knew it was revolutionary, and something that the OpTic teams would absolutely want to use. Turtle Beach brought their A-game with the Elite Pro, no questions asked.”

Turtle Beach’s all-new Elite Pro line defines the future of eSports gaming audio equipment, delivering best-in-class audio performance for game sound and team chat, plus innovative comfort-driven technologies to ensure players stay comfortable and cool under fire.

The Elite Pro Tournament Gaming Headset‘s all-new 50mm Nanoclear™ speakers deliver more efficient, crisper audio with less distortion for a game-changing sound experience, while the Pro Gaming Microphone with TruSpeak™ Technologyprovides crystal clear chat to ensure team communication is always heard loud and clear. Comfort-wise, the Elite Pro Headset debuts Turtle Beach’s latest groundbreaking gaming headset innovations:

– ComforTec Fit System – A revolutionary adjustment system allowing players to truly personalize the fit of the headset to their preference. This includes unique tension controls to adjust the tightness of the headset, plus a floating headband that perfectly distributes the Elite Pro Headset‘s weight across the head, and a separate head-size adjustment – all combined to allow gamers independent control of the ear-cup position and headband tension for the first time ever.

– Aerofit Ear Cushions – Where groundbreaking material technologies combine to provide the best of both worlds when it comes to competitive gaming and comfort. The ear pads are wrapped in smooth Asahi spandex fabric combined with unique cooling gel-infused memory foam that keeps players cooler for longer. Additionally, separate internal and external leather sidewalls on the ear-cups isolate the acoustic chambers for better sound while blocking out external noise like the roar of the crowd.

– ProSpecs Glasses Relief System – Turtle Beach’s patented system that provides an easy adjustment built into the ear-cups to create a small channel in the ear cushion allowing gamers who wear glasses to finally play in comfort.

Additionally, the Elite Pro Headset comes with Customizable Speaker Plates that attach magnetically to the outside of the ear-cups, and includes the Circuit Pro™ Cable System that allows for quick and easy connections to all Elite Pro accessories through one easy, universal connection.

Further, the Elite Pro Tactical Audio Controller offers much more beyond DTS Headphone:X 7.1 Surround Sound and Superhuman Hearing. The T.A.C. has an all-new fingertip slide system that brings the power of a robust tournament grade gaming audio mixer under instant control, and includes breakthrough features such as theBackground Noise Limiter on your microphone and the Outbound Mic Boost control, both built specifically for team play at eSports events. The T.A.C.‘s Background Noise Limiter helps eliminate distractions via providing tunable mic levels, while theOutbound Mic Boost feature is there to ensure every word is heard loud and clear by teammates, even over the roar of the crowd during those crucial last-minute encounters that lead to victory. The Elite Pro T.A.C. can also be used as a full, external USB 7.1 Surround Sound card on your PC, and multiple T.A.C.s can quickly and easily be daisy-chained together using standard Ethernet cables to form a LAN chat network anywhere.

And when combined with the optional Elite Pro accessories (each sold separately), gamers will have in their possession the absolute ultimate pro gaming audio setup designed to help them win. Additional Elite Pro accessories include:

– Elite Pro Tournament Noise-Cancelling Microphone – A breakthrough active noise-cancelling microphone built for eSports. Add the Elite Pro Tournament Noise-Cancelling Microphone to the Elite Pro Headset and T.A.C. for game-changing chat performance that isolates the high-sensitivity microphone from the roar of the crowd.

– Elite Pro Tactical Audio Adapter for Xbox One – Turtle Beach’s Elite Pro Tactical Audio Adapter for Xbox One offers players features including Superhuman Hearing,Dynamic Chat Boost™, Bass Boost, Mic Monitoring and Turtle Beach’s signature audio presets.

– Elite Pro A.M.P. for PlayStation®4 – The Elite Pro A.M.P. for PlayStation 4 is the perfect home gaming companion to the Turtle Beach Elite Headset, adding powerful amplified audio from your PS4™ or PS3™ console, plus Microphone Monitoring so you can hear your own voice in the headset to avoid shouting.

For more information on the Turtle Beach Elite Pro Tournament Gaming Headset, Elite Pro Tactical Audio Controller and Elite Pro accessories, visit http://www.turtlebeach.com/elite-pro-headsets. For more information on the latest Turtle Beach gaming headsets and accessories, visit www.turtlebeach.com and be sure to follow Turtle Beach on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Ultimate eSports performance, ultimate comfort, and the ultimate eSports audio setup designed to help you dominate the competition…this is Elite Pro!

Armored Warfare Update 0.15 Details Trailer

2016/05/03
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

Amsterdam, The Netherlands – May 3, 2016 – Developer Obsidian Entertainment and global publisher My.com are excited to present the newest update for Armored Warfare launching today. Update 0.15 brings the highly anticipated Tier 10 vehicles, new PvE missions, premium vehicle and various adjustments and improvements.

Features introduced with update 0.15:

  • Tier 10 – First six Tier 10 vehicles have been introduced. Besides such main battles tanks as Challenger 2B, Leopard 2A7-140, XM1A3, and T-14 Armata, the update also brings a concept light tank PL-01 and armored fighting vehicle called SPHINX. Tier 10 will be unlockable through a token system similar to the one used to unlock Tier 9 vehicles.
  • New PvE missions – In the newly delivered PvE operations “Prometheus” and “Meltdown,” players will have to defend the important cargo on the sandy beaches of the tropical island and defend the nuclear reactor from enemy invasion in order to save the people of the small town from devastation.
  • Merkava 2B Premium – A brand new Tier 7 Premium vehicle Main Battle Tank.
  • Garage UI Update – The garage UI has received a visual upgrade and now features an improved Ammo Loadout, updated Consumable and Retrofit windows, and an expanded vehicle filter.
  • APS and Anti-Tank Guided Missile Changes – A number of measures have been enacted to reduce the currently excessive high effectiveness of APS, while still keeping the system useful in deterring the occasional ATGM.
  • Light Tank Adjustments – Includes front, side, and rear cannon depression changes to Light Tanks and a few Main Battle Tanks. Additionally, the Light Tank active ability was improved as well.
  • Global Vehicle Mobility Adjustment – The combined hull and turret traverse mobility has been adjusted for MBTs and AFVs and LTs so as to achieve more balance for these vehicle types interaction in the battlefield.
  • Apart from the above new features, a large number of game corrections will also be included with the update. The corrections include, but are not limited to: vehicle performance adjustments, balance, and critical issue fixes.

Read the full patch notes for more details HERE: aw.my.com/us/news/general/introducing-update-015

Armored Warfare is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online tactical military game that puts the player into the world of modern warfare. In Armored Warfare, players get a chance to try the most powerful tools of destruction invented by mankind – from modern main battle tanks, to scouts and wheeled vehicles. Using modern defense systems like anti-missile protection and smoke grenades, along with various types of armor and ammunition, players can jump into fast paced battles both in PvP mode and a vast amount of PvE missions.

To download Armored Warfare for free today, visit aw.my.com.To learn more about Armored Warfare, please visit aw.my.com, ‘Like’ it on Facebook, and follow its development on Twitter @ArmoredWar for all the latest developer updates and news.

Puppet Master Franchise Set to Return

2016/05/02
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, Halloween, Movie News, News

Dallas, TX (May 2, 2016) – Di Bonaventura Pictures (1408, TRANSFORMERS) and Caliber Media (DARK WAS THE NIGHT, SOME KIND OF HATE) partnered up to option the rights to develop a brand new take on Charles Band’s cult classic horror film franchise PUPPET MASTER. With the intention to produce multiple storylines within this new universe, the producers have set S. Craig Zahler (BONE TOMAHAWK) to write the first script entitled PUPPET MASTER: THE LITTLEST REICH and expand the mythology, and the director’s search is quietly underway.

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The film will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian for di Bonaventura Pictures alongside Dallas Sonnier and Jack Heller for Caliber Media.  Charles Band will executive produce.  Sonnier and Band announced the project together this weekend on stage at the Texas Frightmare Weekend presented by Fangoria.

“We couldn’t be more excited to take the series in a new direction while embracing all the practical effects and terrifying insanity that fans of the PUPPET MASTER films love,” said Heller.

The original PUPPET MASTER is an American horror film franchise that focuses on a group of anthropomorphic puppets animated by an Egyptian spell, each equipped with their own unique and dangerous device and are represented as heroes, anti-heroes, and antagonists. Produced by Band and his Full Moon Features label, the series was established in 1989 with the eponymous first installment, which has since been followed by numerous sequels, comic books, collector’s items and toys.

Zahler’s completely new take on PUPPET MASTER maintains all of the brutally inventive puppet kills infused with the comedic tendencies that made the original franchise so popular with fans, while expanding upon Toulon’s backstory and developing richer dialogue, characters, and narratives.

The storyline for THE LITTLEST REICH follows a recently divorced young man who discovers a mint condition Blade doll in his deceased brother’s closet and plans to sell the toy at a convention in Oregon celebrating the 30th anniversary of the infamous Toulon Murders.  All hell breaks loose at the Postville Lodge during the auction when a strange force animates all of the various puppets throughout the convention as they go on a bloody killing spree.

“As a child of the 80’s and 90’s, I spent a vast majority of my allowance on Charles Band-produced films,” said Dallas Sonnier, “PUPPET MASTER was hands down my favorite, and I had the movie poster on my wall and a giant standee in my bedroom.  The chance to work with Lorenzo, Zahler, and Band all at once on this new take is simply a dream come true.”

Sonnier and Heller met Band several years back when Sonnier’s wife was doing publicity work for Full Moon Features.  They decided to team up on a larger budget version of PUPPET MASTER, and Caliber took the idea to Zahler who was also a huge fan of the original films.  Sonnier knew that di Bonaventura Pictures was looking to work with Zahler on the right project and had experience with universe building on TRANSFORMERS, and that company agreed to finance the script through a recently created development fund in partnership with Film Italia.

Di Bonaventura Pictures is best known for producing some of the world’s biggest film franchises including TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE, as well as genre hits 1408 and THE DEVIL INSIDE.  Their next film DEEPWATER HORIZON, a story set on the offshore drilling rig that exploded to create the worst oil spill in U.S. history, is set to be released in September of this year.

Caliber Media and Zahler worked together on the recent commercial and festival hit BONE TOMAHAWK, which stars Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, and Richard Jenkins. The film was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards: Best Screenplay for S. Craig Zahler, and Best Supporting Actor for Richard Jenkins. The film also won Critic’s Choice for Best Picture at Sitges International Film Festival.  Zahler’s next film BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99 was just announced with Vince Vaughn attached to star, with Sonnier and Heller producing.

Zahler is repped by United Talent Agency, Caliber Media, and Ziffren Brittenham.

Corsair VOID Surround Dolby 7.1 USB Gaming Headset Review

2016/04/30
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Reviews, Tech News, Tech Review

Retailing for about $80 dollars, Corsair’s VOID Surround Dolby 7.1 USB gaming headset is the mid-tier option in their line of headphones. Featuring wired connectivity of lower-end models with the DOLBY 7.1 USB adapter of the higher-end ones, it is always interesting to see how a company will balance features vs. MSRP in these situations. Thankfully, Corsair has done a masterful job of providing a quality product at a price point that will not break your proverbial bank.

Externally, the Corsair VOID Surround features volume and mute controls on the left ear cup as well as a boom microphone. Its ear cups are contoured to fit more in-line with the shape of the human ear and they are very comfortable. That being said, I found the overall headset fit slightly more snug than usual – but I should add to this that I have a big head. If you have an average-sized human head, you should be okay.

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Internally, each ear cup houses a 50mm neodymium driver that produces a good audio output that is very clear, if not a bit bassy at higher volumes. What is important to remember about the Corsair VOID Surround is that it is basically a sub-one hundred dollar stereo headset. What adds leaps and bounds to the audio quality is the included Dolby 7.1 USB dongle. When using this dongle and the Corsair Utility Engine (CUE) software suite, you can tweak your sound profile quite a bit and the virtual surround sound is quite convincing. You can tweak the scale of the surround sound and overall sound levels with the equalizer and it has some nice presets like “Movie Theater” and “FPS Competition” that are really good at providing audio benefits to  specific types of activities.

Technical specifications

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  • Frequency Response: 20Hz to 20kHz
  • Impedance: 32k Ohms @ 1kHz
  • Sensitivity: 107dB (+/-3dB)
  • Drivers: 50mm
  • Connector: 4-pole 3.5mm

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  • Type: Unidirectional noise-cancelling with adjustable, rotating boom
  • Impedance: 2.2k Ohms
  • Frequency Response: 100Hz to 10kHz
  • Sensitivity: -38dB (+/-3dB)

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This biggest issue with the Corsair VOID Surround Dolby 7.1 USB gaming headset lies in its boom microphone. It isn’t very adjustable and has more “pop” than I am used to on my gaming headset microphones. I would have also liked to have seen Corsair add a way to remove the microphone entirely in situations where game chat is not necessary or desired. It would have been nice for them to add a slightly better pop filter (if there is one at all on the unit) to the boom microphone.

void-surround-usb-dongle

Overall, the Corsair VOID Surround Dolby 7.1 USB gaming headset is a fine mid-tier gaming headset option with decent audio quality for a model in its price point. When coupled with the Dolby 7.1 USB dongle, however, the audio experience is elevated quite a bit. You can even plug other headphones into the Dolby 7.1 USB dongle which further adds to the versatility of this package. The Corsair VOID Surround Dolby 7.1 USB gaming headset retails for $79.99 and is available now at various online retailers.

Official Corsair Product Page

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Space Hulk: Deathwing – Gameplay First Look

2016/04/29
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

April 29, 2016 – Space Hulk®: Deathwing is an upcoming first-person shooter set in Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000 universe. Space Hulk: Deathwing is an adaptation of the Space Hulk board game, developed on Unreal Engine 4 by the team behind E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy, Streum On Studio. This trailer introduces the basics of the game: its premise, the teammates, the localised damage system, and some of the fearsome enemies players will encounter.

Infiltrate and explore the Space Hulk “Olethros”, a derelict collection of space ship and debris filled with hidden dangers and relics. As a Librarian, players can take AI squadmates or have fellow players join them in their investigation into the mystery of Olethros, co-written by renowned Dark Angels writer Gavin Thorpe.

Infesting the Space Hulk are ferocious Genestealers who utilise ambushes, swarming and tactical retreats in order to slowly tear down the player’s Terminator armour. Damage is localised, and taking too many hits in certain areas will cause your armour to malfunction. To stop the horde, you’ll have access to a wide assortment of weapons, skills, and powers taken directly from Warhammer 40,000 lore to customize your squad of Dark Angel Terminators.

Space Hulk: Deathwing will release later in 2016.

Arma 3 – Community Guide: Reconnaissance

2016/04/29
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

April 29, 2016 – With its massive open combat environment, in which unexpected engagements can end an operation in the blink of an eye, reconnaissance is a vital element in Arma 3’s gameplay. To help players gain a greater understanding of the tactical situation, Bohemia Interactive today released a brand new episode in the official Community Guide video series on how to conduct reconnaissance in Arma 3.

The new video explores what to look out for when scanning the terrain, as well as the various methods of ‘recon’ in Arma 3, ranging from infantry using binoculars and magnified scopes, to helicopters with magnified sensor suites, and Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV) or Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV).

The Arma 3 Community Guide series is created in collaboration with Andrew Gluck (better known as Dslyecxi – leader of the popular Arma community group Shack Tactical). Previous episodes in the Arma 3 Community Guide video series covered topics such as infantry combat, multiplayer teamwork, helicopters, sniper- and launcher teams, combined arms warfare, air assaults, guerrilla warfare,ground vehicle crew, machine gun teams, defense, and the Arma 3 Zeus DLC. The complete Community Guide playlist is available onArma 3’s YouTube Channel.

If you’re curious to learn more about Arma 3, be sure to visit www.arma3.com, and follow Arma 3 on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, andSteam to keep track of all the latest news.