Author - Jerry Paxton

Cross Roads Escape Games Presents The Hex Room Escape Room

2015/12/28
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, Halloween, News

ANAHEIM, Calif., (December 28th, 2015) – Opening January 15th 2016 and set to run year round, Cross Roads Escape Games opens with a real life interactive adventure game- The Hex Room.  This is not a haunted house and there are no actors. It is up to you and your friends to find all the clues and solve all the puzzles within 60 minutes. Do you have what it takes to survive a horror film?

The Hex Room is a suspenseful game where you and 5 friends will get to playone of the largest escape games in California- 666 sq ft of terror. A horror-loving madman wants to recreate a horror film, using you and your friends as his stereotypical characters! Each player will take a quiz before the game to find out which cliché character they are: The geek, virgin, jock, rebel, prom queen, or detective. Your team of 6 will be divided up into separate rooms where you must work individually and as a team. Not only do you need to escape, but you must also survive! Who will live? Who will die?

Creative Director, Madison Rhoades, who has done over 30 escape games in California explains, “In a normal escape room, you are in a single room. The way in is the way out. After doing so many, I started to see a lot of the same puzzles and same stories. I knew I could make this idea into something unique.Cross Roads Escape Games is the next level of escape rooms, and it won’t disappoint.”

Madison and her husband, Luke Rhoades, have worked on haunts such asDelusion and Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor. With their theatre and haunt background, they have created realistic custom built sets that fully immerse its players into the atmosphere and storyline. Players will get to explore up to 5 different rooms in one of the largest escape games in California. This maze-like game will have various surprises along the way. Every player will have a unique experience, and an important job to help their team escape. This is also the only escape game to offer special prizes to teams that make it out alive!

Tickets are $32 per person. Cross Roads Escape Games is open Tuesday–Sunday until 11pm. If horror is not your thing, make sure to check out their next new game- The Fun House, opening February 2016. For more information, or to book a game, please visit www.CrossRoadsEscapeGames.com

HumanEyes Technologies to Present Under $1000 Dollar 360 3D VR Camera at CES

2015/12/28
Jerry Paxton
CES, Geek News, News, Tech News

Virtual Reality 3D content is one of the hottest trends in tech right now but currently requires expensive and technically complicated equipment to create. This is set to change at CES Unveiled, when HumanEyes Technologies unveils VUZE, a camera and software suite priced under $1,000 that will make 360 3D VR content far more accessible to the masses. We will be showing off the device as well as the amazing content it creates at CES Unveiled and will be giving out free VR headsets to the first 50 attendees to visit it us on the night. Be sure to stop by and see the future of content capture.

We can also provide further news of VUZE under embargo which is a technological and industry breakthrough in three main areas:

  • The VUZE Camera combines advanced 3D and 2D capture technology using 8 Full HD cameras within an easy–to–use ‘point and shoot’ form–factor that facilitates to create full stereophonic and spherical content.
  • The VUZE Studio brings groundbreaking advances in 360 3D content creation with near real–time processing (1 minute per minute) and seamless stitching thanks to a proprietary technique called Adaptive Blending that mimics the way the human eye interacts with the brain to form pictures in the mind.
  • Finally, the VUZE agnostic approach means content can be enjoyed on its own lightweight VUZE VR Headset or on ANY VR player, VR headset, cardboard or 3D device or TV.

It will be first shown at CES Unveiled at Mandalay Bay, North Convention Center, South Pacific Ballroom on January 4, 4–7:30pm. VUZE will also be creating and demonstrating 360 3D VR throughout CES at the Sands Expo Center, Hall G booth #82717.

WTS to Present Trax Play GPS at CES 2016

2015/12/28
Jerry Paxton
CES, Geek News, News, Tech News

CES LAS VEGAS – December 9, 2015 – Wonder Technology Solutions (WTS), a Swedish-based technology startup, will present its groundbreaking new Trax Play GPS device at 2016 CES Las Vegas. Live product demonstrations—as well as the startup’s founders, Head of Sales, and other executives—will be at Booth #80420 in the Eureka Park section of CES, January 6-9.

After listening to its customers around the world for the past year, WTS re-launched its popular Trax GPS tracker for Children and Pets as Trax Play. The new Trax Play is the smallest live tracker in the world and can offer two days of full battery life, and up to five days with a new feature that lets users adjust update frequency.

Trax Play also comes with a new mobile application with amazing Swedish UI design.  Other new features in Trax Play include augmented reality, a Web application that will help customers check in on their loved ones during work and on a smart TV, and a consumer box, developed with Frankly Development, that again highlights Swedish design and improves functionality and customer experience. Additionally, the company will launch an Apple watch application in March 2016.

“We are very excited to present Trax Play and so many new features at CES 2016,” notes Mikael Karlsson, Co-Founder of WTS. “Also, it is our great pleasure to launch a new price model for Trax Play, which will make it one of the most attractive GPS trackers on the market. We will be onsite at CES to discuss our new price model, features, and many other aspects of Trax Play.”

Trax Play is durable, water resistant, and easily fits into any pocket. Users also can use the device’s clip and pocket sleeve to attach it directly onto garments and pet collars. Trax devices can be followed in the free Trax App available for Android and iOS.

To learn more, please visit www.traxfamily.com

New Screenshots from The Technomancer

2015/12/24
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Screenshots / Photos, Windows PC News, Xbox One News

December 24, 2015 – The Technomancer, Spiders’ new sci-fi RPG, offers a rich and varied bestiary, that you will come across and confront in combat during your journey on Mars. In this new series of screenshots, discover a few of these strange creatures conceived and brought to life by the talented teams at Spiders studios.

Although Mars’ red surface is naturally barren and completely devoid of life, hundreds of years of human civilization has led to the creation and evolution of many hybrid species built from the genetic makeup of animals found on Earth. What was first an exercise to create an ecosystem to support the original settlers eventually grew out of control, following the cataclysm that wiped most settlers and isolated Mars from Earth. Mutations and accelerated evolution forged what little life there was into threatening beasts scattered all over the red planet.

While originally bred as domestic animals, the harsh living conditions on Mars led these creatures to develop effective defense mechanisms – poison, camouflage, brute force… The longer Mars is cut off from Earth, the more dangerous Mars’ new wildlife grows. They will aggressively defend their territory should you trespass it.

Today’s screenshots show a few of these creatures. Mastery of The Technomancer’s visceral combat styles and electrical powers should help you survive the bizarre hybrid species of Mars!

Your quest on Mars begins early 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC!

Crytek Releases Winter Update for Warface

2015/12/22
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Windows PC News

Frankfurt, Germany – December 22, 2015 – Get set for an avalanche of fresh content in Warface as a new winter update hits Crytek’s free online shooter today.

As part of the update, players can look forward to dishing out season’s beatings on a reworked version of the PVP Oil Depot map. Over the holidays, the map will be awash with festive cheer as a covering of snow, fairy lights and a towering Christmas tree turn the most popular Team Deathmatch battleground into a Warface winter wonderland. On top of that, a brand new version of the Hangar Team Deathmatch map also arrives with the update – applying a graphical overhaul that brings the action home in even more style. The original Hangar map remains playable for now, but the new “2.0” version upgrades the experience and is a visual treat for gamers.

Expanding on the reworked maps, the Warface winter update also brings enhanced weapons into play. Gamers can get their hands on a golden R16A1 rifle or chop till they drop with the golden tactical axe.

The content keeps coming. Today’s update also adds seven new bundles to the game for players to get kitted out for every situation in style, plus new decorative items for in-game insignia, fresh contract objectives, a festive-themed Safe House and more. When it comes to Christmas, Warface is the gift that keeps on giving.

Read more details of what’s new at www.warface.com.

NYKO Releases Xbox One Data Bank

2015/12/22
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Peripherals News, Trailers / Videos, Xbox One News

LOS ANGELES – Dec. 22, 2015 – Leading console accessories manufacturer Nyko today announced the release of the Data Bank for Xbox One, a sleek, streamlined hard drive enclosure that affixes to the top of the console and expands data storage with any 3.5” hard drive. Current enclosures on the market are less visually appealing and are detached from the console, leaving a cable trail and taking up unnecessary space. The Data Bank for Xbox One solves this problem with an enclosure that matches the materials and angles of the console, and simply attaches to the top. You can now purchase the Data Bank at GameStop, Amazon, or the Nyko online store today for MSRP $39.99.

“If gamers purchase at least one new game a month, they’d have to start deleting old games or upgrade storage within the first couple of years after purchasing the Xbox One, ” said Chris Arbogast, Nyko’s head of sales and marketing. “The Data Bank provides the most cost-effective method to make limited save space a thing of the past, in a way that maintains the clean look of the original console design.”

To view a video introduction of the Data Bank for Xbox One, visit:

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To purchase any product from Nyko’s full lineup of video game accessories for all current and previous generation consoles, visit the online store at www.nyko.com.

Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition’s Legendary Levels Explained

2015/12/22
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox One News

December 21st, 2015 – Wroclaw, Poland/ When Techland announced Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition, it was revealed that one of the many new features and upgrades coming to the game included Legendary Levels. Today, Techland published the first video from its Enhanced Edition Highlights series explaining how Legendary Levels will work.

“We listen closely to our community and hear many voices that people who did every single thing in Dying Light want more. Legendary Levels are one of the ways how we’re making the post-game content more meaty – explains Maciej Binkowski, lead game designer. We’re adding 250 additional levels, so you can keep on developing your character while unlocking new weapons, outfits, emblems, and skills. It means massive replayability.”

Watch the Legendary Levels highlight video to learn more about the new feature.

Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition | Legendary Levels can be viewed:

Legendary Levels will be a part of Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition, which launches February 9, 2016. Players who have the base version of the game will also receive the new feature as part of the free improvement update to be distributed at the same time.

Pillars of Eternity Documentary Released

2015/12/21
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, Movie News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

IRVINE, Calif. — Dec. 21, 2015 — Obsidian Entertainment and Paradox Interactive today announced that “The Road to Eternity,” the behind-the-scenes documentary following the incredible fan-funded role-playing game (RPG) Pillars of Eternity, has been released in its entirety for viewers worldwide. Created as part of the wildly successful Kickstarter campaign in late 2012, “The Road to Eternity” provides a rare and unfiltered in-depth look at how crowdfunding not only saved the studio during one of the darkest points in its history, but led to the creation of one of the most anticipated and highly reviewed RPGs of all time. Pillars of Eternity is often quoted as not only fulfilling promises made to its backers, but far exceeding them. Its overwhelming critical and commercial success has contributed greatly in validating crowdfunding as a movement in funding games.

In “The Road to Eternity,” Obsidian’s talented team of developers Josh Sawyer, Adam Brennecke and CEO Feargus Urquhart who have contributed to such notable franchises as Fallout, Star Wars, and Dungeons & Dragons pull back the curtain on thePillars of Eternity development story, and share unguarded thoughts and testimonials about the bleak lows and the dizzying highs of their journey. The documentary offers a great deal of inside information for fans, as well as a rare look into what crowdfunding can mean to an independent game developer.

Watch “The Road to Eternity” here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/theroadtoeternity

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. Funded via Kickstarter in late 2012, raising $4.5 million through both backer pledges on Kickstarter and Obsidian’s own website, Pillars of Eternity has been a project of passion both for the development team and for the loyal fans who have made it possible.

For more information on Pillars of Eternity, visit eternity.obsidian.net.

Krampus Returns to The Secret World

2015/12/18
Jerry Paxton
Comics News, Halloween, News, Screenshots / Photos, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

Oslo, Norway – December 18th, 2015 – Funcom is thrilled to announce a major update of The Secret World® with the launch of Issue #13: Trail of Shadows!

In this all new Issue players can enjoy stories from some of their favorite survivors in Tokyo, and come face-to-face with the darkest of shadows.

We are also introducing a new gifting system this holiday season, so players can give each other gifts from the in-game Item Store for the first time!

Krampus is making a comeback this Christmas to punish those who have been naughty, but the players can turn the tables on the Krampus monsters and use their portals to enter Niflheim and fight Hel herself! The Christmas Conspiracy andMayan End of Days events can also be enjoyed during the holiday.

Players can get their hands on the all new Sack of Winter Cheer and Bag of Season’s Revelry, which contain tons of new Christmas items and outfits, either from the Item Store or by taking part in the events.

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