Author - Jerry Paxton

Path of Exile: Ascendancy Release Date

2016/02/02
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Windows PC News

Auckland, New Zealand – February 2, 2016 – Grinding Gear Games, developer of the award-winning free-to-play action RPG Path of Exile, today announced that their latest expansion, Path of Exile: Ascendancy will be available on March 4th, 2016 at 12 noon(PST).

Path of Exile: Ascendancy features the Lord’s Labyrinth, a daily changing maze of deadly traps and challenges designed to test the mettle of even the most experienced PoE player. The Emperor Izaro constructed deadly trials through Wraeclast to find worthy candidates. Players will have a powerful set of new skills and items to conquer the Labyrinth, including the introduction of 19 new Ascendancy character classes, each with its own passive skill tree to master.

Other features of Path of Exile: Ascendancy include:

  • Trials of Ascendancy
    • Six types of lethal traps have been crafted by Izaro into elaborate puzzle rooms – an entirely new gameplay type for Path of Exile.
  • The Lord’s Labyrinth
    • An entirely new system for generating sequences of random areas, the overall layout of the Labyrinth shifts every day, uncovering new puzzles and secrets.
  • Emperor Izaro 
    • You will face Izaro multiple times during the Labyrinth and the fight will evolve depending on your actions in previous encounters.
  • Ascendancy Classes
    • There are 19 new Ascendancy classes, each with its own additional Ascendancy Skill Tree to master.
  • Enchantments
    • Izaro’s power can also be used to infuse items with powerful magic. These enchantments trigger specific skills and effects to occur on certain conditions. Each time the Labyrinth is completed, you may add one of these enchantments to an item.
  • New Skills
    • Ascendancy introduces a set of devastating new skills and support gems to customize your character with.
  • New Items
    • Featuring dozens of Unique Items and Divination Cards designed by Path of Exile’s community, Ascendancy adds tantalizing power for players to discover.

More information about Path of Exile: Ascendancy can be found at: http://www.pathofexile.com/ascendancy

ROCCAT Introduces Ryos MK FX Gaming Keyboard

2016/02/02
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Peripherals News

Hamburg, 2 February 2016 – The new ROCCAT Ryos MK FX represents the chance to opt for both style and performance when you search for the perfect weapon for your gaming arsenal. Purpose built for hardcore gamers, the Ryos MK FX is the most advanced mechanical gaming keyboard on the market. Using all of ROCCAT’s industry expertise and gaming experience, the Ryos MK FX boasts an amazing feature set, headed up by its impressive 16.8 million color per-key RGB illumination. It also features precise Cherry MX switches, two ARM processors and ROCCAT’s intuitive Swarm driver software for easy yet, deeply customizable illumination options.

The Ryos MK FX offers fully configurable, ROCCAT-enginereed Per-Key RGB illumination in two convenient modes: preset and custom. This means you can add awesome special effects in 16.8 million colors to your keystrokes, configure your keyboard to highlight your in-game and application key bindings, your modifier keys, your system controls as well as your macro sequences and cool-downs plus much, much more.

These seemingly complex configurations are programmable in seconds with ROCCAT Swarm, the software incarnation of ROCCAT’s future ready philosophy. It makes deep customization easy, with an intuitive user interface purpose designed for gamers. Together with state of the art ROCCAT hardware like the Ryos MK FX, it unveils a universe of options to customize your gaming setup to an unprecedented level. Bringing gamers closer than ever before to the in-game action, the Ryos MK FX also supports AlienFX, for exciting lighting effects tied to your favorite games.

Owing to its whopping two 32-bit ARM Cortex processors, the Ryos MK FX comes out swinging. Since the MCU is so powerful, not one of the keyboard’s advanced features sacrifices an ounce of performance. And with 2MB of flash memory to store your configurations, your keyboard will execute all of your keystrokes and macros in real time, without any delay.

ROCCAT’s breakthrough Easy-Shift[+] technology means each button has more winning-edge value with a secondary programmable function, for a wide array of battle possibilities. Intuitive and easy to program, with options for simple commands or complex macros, Easy-Shift[+] expands your arsenal, letting you react both rapidly and efficiently in the heat of the battle.

The Ryos MK FX comes locked and loaded with the highest quality mechanical key switches, meaning you’re playing with the best the industry has to offer. With durable CHERRY MX key switches that last up to an incredible 50 million keystrokes and laser-etched, UV-coated keycaps, wear and tear will be the least of your concerns. Launching today, the ROCCAT Ryos MK FX is now available for 169,99 USD.

Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition Release Dates Announced

2016/02/01
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, Halloween, News, PlayStation 4 News, Windows PC News, Xbox One News

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February 1st, 2016 – Wroclaw, Poland / Today Techland released a statement to fans about the release dates of Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition.

Dear fans,

As we announced last week, Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition has gone gold.  This means the game is ready, and the discs are now being  packed and shipped to stores where it will be available starting February 9th.  Keep in mind that retail and digital availability may vary slightlybetween platforms or countries (check below).

The launch of Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition also means that the original version is going to be increasingly harder to come by. Digitally, it’ll disappear instantly on February 9th.  As for retail, we will cease shipping additional copies, so it will remain available only as long as stocks last. If you plan to grab your copy of the vanilla Dying Light at a reduced price, or want the original box for your collection, now is the best time to do it.

Whatever your choice, we hope you have zombie-apocalyptic plans for February.

Madden NFL 16 Predicts Carolina Panthers Win at Super Bowl

2016/02/01
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Xbox One News

REDWOOD CITY, Calif — February 1, 2016 – Today Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA), officially unveiled the Madden NFL 16 Super Bowl prediction, which has tabbed the Carolina Panthers as the next world champions, defeating the Denver Broncos 24 – 20. For the first time ever, fans can get in on the action for themselves by heading over to the Madden NFL 16 Super Bowl Prediction Hub and create their own outcome based on a variety of factors. Fans can then share their dream Super Bowl 50 outcome with the hashtag #MyMaddenPrediction.

Carolina set the tone early in Super Bowl 50, jumping out to a 10 – 0 lead on the strength of a huge kick return by Ted Ginn Jr., which Cam Newton finished off with a touchdown pass to Greg Olsen. The Panthers added a field goal to close the quarter, and then scored again in the 2nd on a Jonathan Stewart rushing touchdown.

Facing a 17-point deficit at halftime, Peyton Manning decided he wasn’t going to let his Super Bowl legacy be defined by two blowout losses and rallied the Denver offense. The consummate playmaker, Manning began dissecting the Carolina defense, capping off a 3rd quarter drive with a touchdown toss to Emanuel Sanders. Denver’s defense also responded, with Aqib Talib picking off Cam Newton and setting up a Broncos field goal. Denver continued their scoring explosion, adding another filed goal and pulling to within 17 – 13.

Denver kept the momentum rolling in the 4th, with Manning finding Demaryius Thomas for another touchdown, putting Denver up 20 – 17. Cam Newton wasn’t done writing his own Super Bowl legend though, putting the team on his back and scoring a game-winning touchdown with a determined goal line scramble. After a wild and emotional game the Panthers stood victorious, claiming Super Bowl 50 by a score of 24 – 20.

After a thrilling contest, Cam Newton claimed the Super Bowl MVP Award, completing 19 of 26 passes for 216 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Jonathan Stewart added a touchdown of his own on 47 rushing yards, with Greg Olsen tallying 79 receiving yards and catching Newton’s only TD pass. On the defensive side, Josh Norman led the Panthers with 6 tackles and one interception.

Across the field, Peyton Manning completed 21 of 37 passes for Denver, tallying 241 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. Demaryius Thomas was Manning’s favorite target, hauling in six receptions for 98 yards, and one touchdown. Emanuel Sanders claimed Denver’s other touchdown, alongside 65 yards on five catches. Aqib Talib provided the biggest impact for Denver’s defense, with five tackles and one interception.

The Madden NFL Super Bowl prediction is one of the most accurate and widely-celebrated in the world, correctly calling nine of the last twelve championships. Last year’s prediction not only correctly forecast the final score, but also accurately called that Tom Brady would win the Super Bowl MVP award, that New England would overcome a 10-point 3rd quarter deficit and that Julian Edelman would score the deciding touchdown. The prediction also called for Edelman to finish the game with eight catches for 106 yards, he actually ended up with nine catches for 109.

EA Access* members can get even more football action starting tomorrow, when Madden NFL 16 enters The Vault, a growing collection of great EA games like Battlefield 4™, Dragon Age™: Inquisition and EA SPORTS™ FIFA 15 that members can play as much as they want. Players will have access to the full game, and can enjoy popular features like the new playmaker controls for receivers, defenders and quarterbacks, as well as a whole new way to play Madden NFL with Draft Champions**. EA Access members also receive a 10% discount on all EA digital purchases on Xbox One, including Madden Ultimate Team points, pre-orders, and full games.

* CONDITIONS, LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS APPLY. SEE EA.COM/EAACCESS/TERMS AND EA.COM/EAACCESS FOR DETAILS.

**INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED TO PLAY DRAFT CHAMPIONS.

Madden NFL 16 is developed in Orlando, Florida by EA Tiburon and is available now for Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft,  PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® games and entertainment system and PlayStation®3 entertainment system. To learn more about Madden NFL 16, visit http://www.easports.com/madden-nfl.

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Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Pro League Announced

2016/01/29
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News

SAN FRANCISCO — January 29, 2016 — Today Ubisoft®, together with Xbox and ESL, the world’s largest international eSports organization, announced the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Pro League global competition program starting the first week of March 2016 for Xbox One and Windows PC. The new league marks an unprecedented commitment by Ubisoft and ESL to directly support the growing community of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Siege fans and will provide a platform for casual players and aspiring competitors to enjoy the thrill of competition.

“Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege was built from the ground up with competition in mind,” said Xavier Marquis, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege creative director, Ubisoft Montreal. “We’re excited to partner with ESL, one of the biggest names in eSports, to deliver a league for Rainbow Six Siege fans to compete and enjoy the game they love.”

Season One of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Pro League will premiere at the Intel® Extreme Masters in Katowice, Poland on March 4, 2016. A total of eight matches will kick off the European PC competition, with gameplay both in the North American region and on the Xbox platform to commence in the weeks after.

Season One of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Pro League will feature a prize pool of $100,000 and support competition across Europe and North America on Xbox One and PC. At the end of each season, the top placing teams in Europe and North America will compete head-to-head against one another at a live event with $50,000 in prize money on the line for both the Xbox One and PC Season Finals.

Details on the competition program and the qualifiers are available at www.rainbow6.com/ProLeague.

Players can assemble their team and start practicing right now in weekly cups at http://play.eslgaming.com/rainbowsix.

For more information on Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, please visit rainbow6.com.

Official Call of Duty: Black Ops III – Awakening Trailer: The Replacer Returns

2016/01/29
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox One News

Don’t let those pesky day-to-day distractions get in the way of your time with the Call of Duty: Black Ops III Awakening DLC Pack. The Replacer is back, and business is booming.

The Awakening DLC Pack includes four new multiplayer maps – Skyjacked, Rise, Splash, and Gauntlet – and Der Eisendrache, Treyarch’s brand new Zombies adventure that picks up where The Giant left off.

Available first on PlayStation 4 on February 2, 2016. Purchase the Call of Duty: Black Ops III Season Pass now: http://bit.ly/BO3Awakening

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Warhammer: The End Times – Vermintide Schluesselschloss DLC Screenshots

2016/01/29
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Screenshots / Photos, Windows PC News

STOCKHOLM January 28, 2016. Today Fatshark announced what might be one of the easiest to remember DLC titles around – SCHLUESSELSCHLOSS.

In 2015 Fatshark gave the world the catchy new title Warhammer: The End Times – Vermintide. Now Fatshark has decided to add something extra to the game and at the same time introduce what may well be the strangest DLC name ever. SCHLUESSELSCHLOSS is a brand new location for the soon to be released – and totally free – new Vermintide game mode Last Stand.

“The Heroes will face unlimited numbers of Skaven with only one objective in mind – and it’s not to buy the players dinner,” says Fatshark CEO Martin Wahlund. “Last Stand is a new game mode that brings all the rats to the yard in one free level. Hordes of Skaven will try to eliminate the heroes one after the other. How many rounds can you handle?”

The Last Stand DLC will include one free level set in Ubersreik. If you want to venture outside the walls of Ubersreik, pick up the SCHLUESSELSCHLOSS DLC and take it to the woods. Anyone that buys SCHLUESSELSCHLOSS will be able to invite other players that don’t own the DLC to join them against the Skaven hordes.

If you have a hard time remembering SCHLUESSELSCHLOSS, then help Fatshark give SCHLUESSELSCHLOSS a nickname via www.vermintide.com/namenick. The 100 best suggestions will get the map for free.

Read more about Warhammer Vermintide at www.vermintide.com, like us on www.fb.com/vermintide, and follow us on www.twitter.com/vermintidegame and www.twitch.tv/fatsharkgames.

To purchase Warhammer: The End Times – Vermintide on Steam visit: store.steampowered.com/app/235540/

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Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition Trailer

2016/01/28
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox One News

January 28th, 2016 – Wroclaw, Poland – Techland’s Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition will expand its game world with a brand-new region more than twice the size as the original game. On top of new characters, enemies and quests, the new map — called Countryside — is bringing in new environments, locations and secrets, some of which players can see in the trailer released today.

‘We made sure the new region is full of diverse environments that allow for both driving and free-running. We’ve added lots of little details that tell various apocalyptic stories if you look closely, and placed rewarding secrets for the most inquisitive’ – reveals producer Tymon Smektała. – ‘We’re also proud to confirm that despite the much bigger map and many visual enhancements, the system requirements for PC players remain exactly the same.’

Last week Techland unveiled a map of the new region through its #TweetForSpeed campaign — the interactive map can be viewed here. Furthermore, in the latest stream which can be viewed here, the developers confirmed that select community maps will be coming to console versions of Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition.

Crossout Beta Testing Announcement and Trailer

2016/01/28
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

(MOSCOW, RUSSIAN FEDERATION) – Jan 25th, 2015 — Today, the hotly anticipated PC team-based multiplayer vehicle combat game Crossout, brought to you by the award-winning developer and publisher Gaijin Entertainment and Targem Games development studio, enters its next phase of Battle Testing. For those who have not yet registered there is still an opportunity to join those who previously registered in the next phase in the ongoing Battle Testing program, but players must sign-up by the end of next week on the Crossout website in order to craft, ride and destroy!

Beginning January 27 and running through February 7, Gaijin Entertainment will issue more invites to play, so for interested players who have not registered, please visit http://crossout.net/en/play.

Set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by an alien invasion and human genetic testing gone awry, Crossout tests players’ creativity in building, upgrading and customizing deadly armored vehicles to destroy enemies in open player vs player combat.

The next exciting phase of testing will included a beefed-up crafting system with advanced parts for vehicles and will also introduce Factions. The first factions will involve Scavengers, Traders, Lunatics and a number of Engineers. Players who join a faction earn reputation through combat and earn experience to access new missions, vehicles parts, blueprints of faction vehicles and various other bonuses.

To find out more about Crossout’s various Factions visit http://crossout.net/en/diary/11

For a chance to join this latest round of Battle testing  on Crossout – Players can  apply for participation, by visiting  Crossouts official website: http://crossout.net/