Author - Jerry Paxton

Batman – The Telltale Series Episode Two Trailer

2016/09/15

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

September 15, 2016 – Today we can unveil the gripping new trailer for BATMAN – The Telltale Series – Episode 2: Children of Arkham.

With Gotham City’s first family mired in corruption, and an old friend now a dangerous adversary, the life of the Dark Knight is turned upside down. What was Thomas Wayne entangled in, and why was he killed? Determined to learn the truth about his father, Bruce sets out to question those involved in Gotham’s criminal past. But which mask will he wear – The billionaire, or the bat? Huge decisions will forever change the Batman and the lives of those around him, as he meets the Children of Arkham.

The second of five episodes in the season, Episode 2: ‘Children of Arkham’ will be available digitally worldwide starting Tuesday September 20th on PC from the Telltale Online Store, Steam, and other digital distribution services, on the PlayStation®Network for PlayStation 4, and on the Xbox Games Store for Xbox One®. Release dates for additional platforms will be announced later in September.

The series is also available to purchase at retailers in North America now as a special Season Pass Disc, which includes the first of five episodes in the season, and will grant access to the subsequent four episodes as they become available for download via online updates. The series will also be available to purchase at retailers across Europe on September 16th.

Rendered to look like a living, breathing comic book, Telltale’s vision of Batman features an award-winning cast of talent, including Troy Baker in the role of Bruce Wayne, Travis Willingham as Harvey Dent, Erin Yvette as Vicki Vale, Enn Reitel as Alfred Pennyworth, Murphy Guyer as Lieutenant James Gordon, Richard McGonagle as Carmine Falcone, Jason Spisak as Oswald Cobblepot, and Laura Bailey as Selina Kyle. Additional cast and characters will be revealed as the season progresses.

BATMAN – The Telltale Series Episode 2: Children of Arkham is rated M (Mature) for Violence, Blood, and Drug References by the ESRB. Future content in the season is yet to be rated by the ESRB. The series is published by Telltale Games in partnership with Warner Bros.

Osiris: New Dawn Teaser Trailer and Early Access Date

2016/09/15

Jerry Paxton

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

TWAIN HARTE, CA – September 15, 2016 – Independent game developer Fenix Fire Entertainment and Reverb Triple XP, an initiative of the veteran PR team at Reverb Communications, announced today that Osiris: New Dawn will launch into Steam’s Early Access program on September 28 and is in development for consoles. After its worldwide debut at PAX West 2016, Osiris: New Dawn garnered the attention of show attendees with the game’s mix of incredible animation detail, sci-fi survival gameplay, and stellar visual fidelity.

“It’s amazing to finally bring our passion project to gamers everywhere who share our fascination with near-future, space exploration,” stated Brian McRae, founder and CEO of Fenix Fire Entertainment. “What started as a simple idea has blossomed into a gaming experience far beyond what we thought was possible, surprising even ourselves and driving us to be more and more ambitious with what is possible in Osiris: New Dawn. I’m looking forward to constructive feedback from players in hopes of improving the experience with full transparency in our Early Access development.”

Osiris: New Dawn is a striking new game that uniquely combines inventive crafting, exploration, and skillful combat. Gamers explore an alien system and colonize worlds of incredible wonders and unforgiving dangers.

The year is 2046 and mankind’s discovery of near-lightspeed “fold engine” propulsion has empowered mankind’s Osiris expeditionary missions to the Gliese 581 system. Players are part of the second colonization team sent by the U.N.E. (United Nations of Earth) to study potential habitable planets when the spacecraft malfunctions braking violently from light speed, forcing an emergency landing on the planet’s surface.

Players must overcome the dangers of unpredictable weather conditions by building a central base, expanding the structure further with modular units to grow food, create research centers, manufacture bays and more. To further advance technologies and thrive on the planet, they will traverse into a world filled equally with breathtaking landscapes and alien terrors that will freeze human blood.

“When we first saw Osiris: New Dawn, we knew this game had incredible potential and was the type of game we want to help market and dedicate our hours playing,” states Ted Lange, Executive Producer for Reverb Triple XP. “The amazing gameplay and mechanics are a direct reflection of the talent and hard work that Brian and his dev team have infused into the title over the past few years.”

Osiris: New Dawn is the five year project of industry veteran Brian McRae, founder of Fenix Fire Entertainment. McRae is a 15-year veteran of the industry having worked at Double Helix, Midway, and as the Lead Environmental Artist at Blizzard for the famous Starcraft: Ghosts project. Highly sought after for his industry expertise, McRae was responsible for many of the influential Oculus VR tech demos that include Tuscany World Demo, EVE: Online VR Demo, and the CinemaVR with John Carmack. His passion for space travel, science fiction, and creating video games worlds with amazing immersion led to the genesis of Osiris: New Dawn.

Winner of ‘PAX West Best Survival Game’ from MMOGames and ‘PAX West Best Indie MMO’ from MMORPG, Osiris: New Dawn will be launching on Steam Early Access September 28 and is currently in development for consoles. New information and media will be rolling out in the weeks before the Early Access launch; players can join the mission of Osiris: New Dawn and follow the game development on Twitter, “Like” us on Facebook, and watch for the upcoming livestreams on Reverb’s Twitch channel.

Stellaris: Leviathans Announcement Trailer

2016/09/15

Jerry Paxton

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

STOCKHOLM – 15 September, 2016 – Space is lovely, dark and deep, but it has secrets it wants to keep. Rich systems defended by fierce creatures, hostile pockets of resistance to your civilization, and the sleeping giants of the universe – the Fallen Empires who may yet be stirred from their centuries long indolence.

In Stellaris: Leviathans, the galaxy will be filled anew with adventure and challenge as your new and naïve space-faring empire comes face-to-face and ship-to-ship with a host of dangers and rewards.

Features of Stellaris: Leviathans include:

Guardians: Powerful space entities with mysterious origins and motives. Fight or investigate them to unlock technologies and gain access to great treasures.
Enclaves: Independent outposts of traders and artists who are willing to make a deal. Exchange resources, purchase information about the galaxy, or commission a great work of art for your empire.
War In Heaven: What happens to your fledgling empire if two ancient Fallen Empires decide to renew old grievances in a War in Heaven? Will you err on the side of caution and take a side with the stronger power, or will you strike at both whilst they are occupied with their own titanic struggle?

Leviathans is the first Story Pack for Stellaris, Paradox Development Studio’s best-selling science fiction strategy game. With new events, new encounters and new options, Leviathans adds a lot of new material, including new music and sounds, to one of 2016’s biggest strategy hits.

Stellaris: Leviathans will be available this Autumn.

http://www.stellarisgame.com/

13 Minutes of Gameplay from Horror Game Syndrome

2016/09/14

Jerry Paxton

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

September 14, 2016/ Camel 101 and BIGMOON Entertainment today announced that Syndrome, their claustrophobic survival horror title, releases October 6, 2016 on PC (Windows, Mac, Linux) and early 2017 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and VR platforms.

A member of the ship’s crew, you awaken from cryosleep to find it’s not at all the way you remember. Your friends and coworkers are gone. In their place, transformed monstrosities that kill without mercy. With the ship courseless and adrift in space, you’ll have to uncover the events that took place during your sleep if you have any hope of surviving this waking nightmare.

Syndrome takes survival horror back to its roots with weapons that are few and far between, and ammunition too limited to take out all the bloodthirsty creatures roaming about the dark confines of the ship. Fast and deadly, your enemies are not always better dealt with head-on―sometimes staying out of sight is a wiser decision.

Find out more about Syndrome at http://syndromegame.com/ and follow the developers on Facebook or Twitter.

Galactic Junk League Starts Open Beta

2016/09/14

Jerry Paxton

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

September 14, 2016 — After a short break Pixel Federation returns with the Open Beta for their sandbox builder/space combat multiplayer game, Galactic Junk League. Create your ship using new block sets and test them against other players in new arenas with new battle mechanics and game modes.

Galactic Junk League enters its second run with Open Beta and brings tons of new content, new maps, adjusted game balance, progression model and significantly overhauled visuals. Pirate themed block sets introduce a brand new way to stylize your creations and offer you a chance to toss away any remains of seriousness you ever had when building your ultimate ship. New arenas, on the other hand, represent a new way to experience the true Galactic Junk battle that wasn’t previously possible. Prepare your ships, adjust your strategies and enter the brand new Galactic Junk League. Whether you are a master builder or a pro pilot, your battle starts now!

You can download the game right now for free by going to www.galacticjunkleague.com and creating an account for the Beta. Or if you’d like to help get the game on Steam you can show your support to its Steam Greenlight Concepts page, where it’s currently in the Top 5 most popular concepts of the past year.

Galactic Junk League is being developed by Pixel Federation, a Slovak indie game development studio, and is planned to be released in 2017.

Steam Greenlight page:http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=722987760
Platform: Windows PC

Knott’s Spooky Farm Returns for 2016

2016/09/14

Jerry Paxton

Geek News, Halloween, News

Buena Park, Calif. (September 2016) – The daytime park wide, family-friendly Halloween celebration, geared for kids ages 3 – 11, Knott’s Spooky Farm, returns on weekends in October and Halloween Day, starting October 1. Knott’s Berry Farm invites families to join in the Halloween fun by participating in hands on and fun activities and all new experiences in Ghost Town, Fiesta Village, Boardwalk Ballroom and Camp Snoopy. The special limited-time event serves up live entertainment, trick-or-treating, a costume contest and exclusive festivities honoring the 50^th anniversary of the classic Peanuts animated TV special It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!

Knott’s Spooky Farms’ friendly monsters will return to Main Street to invite kids to trick-or-treat for tasty sweets by ringing whimsically themed doorbells. Surprise the little explorer in your pack by visiting the kid-friendly Spooky Hollow Maze in Camp Snoopy which offers an enchanting experience through a spooky forest with larger-than-life jack-o-lanterns and keep an eye out for the friendly headless horseman. Kids can engage with Linus and Sally while celebrating the 50^th anniversary of the classic Peanuts, It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!, in Ghost Town with special Halloween themed activities like decorating their very own pumpkin head, for a nominal fee.

New this year, the Ghastly Gallery hosted in the Boardwalk Ballroom, welcomes little ghouls to enter a monstrous museum where they can explore spooky culture and even have the artistic opportunity to display their “monsterpieces” and visit the Monsterpiece Theatre. Also, head over to Fiesta Village for some vibrant fun with a Dia de los Muertos non-scary, friendly, educational celebration of the season.

The spooky fun continues in Camp Snoopy where the Peanuts gang will host a spooktacular costume contest which invites families to bring their festively costumed children for some Halloween fun! Additionally, families can watch the Peanuts Gang in The Monsters Are Coming, Charlie Brown, where they’ll have guests of all ages singing and dancing along to classic Halloween tunes at the Camp Spooky Theatre.

A 2017 Knott’s Season Pass is the best way to experience all of the Knott’s Spooky Farm fun with the family. New 2017 Season Passes include one free admission during the 2016 season to Knott’s Berry Farm and unlimited visits in 2017 with no blackout dates, discounts on select food and merchandise, and access to exciting year-round seasonal events. 2017 Season Passes are now available at the best offer of the year for a limited time on knotts.com.

Knott’s Spooky Farm runs weekends October 1 – Halloween Day from 10:00 am to 4:00pm, and is included with regular park admission. For more information on all the exciting things that are going on at Knott’s Berry Farm, visit us online at knotts.com and follow the conversation using #KnottsSpookyFarm

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Release Date

2016/09/14

Jerry Paxton

Geek News, Mac PC News, News, Windows PC News

September 14, 2016 – Daedalic Entertainment and Mimimi Productions present their real time tactics game Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun at the Tokyo Game Show 2016. In Tokyo, media representatives and visitors can prove their tactical prowess in Hall 9, Booth 2 in an exclusive hands-on version of the game.

During the Asian exhibition Daedalic Entertainment and Mimimi Productions will announce the official release date: Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is scheduled for release on December 6th 2016 for PC, Mac and Linux. In 2017, the game will be released for PlayStation®4 und Xbox One™.

About Shadow Tactics – Blades of the Shogun
In the year 1615, a new Shogun rises to power in Japan and strives to bring peace to the realm. In his battle against rebellion he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.

One part of this team is Hayato, an agile ninja, who clears the way through his enemies silently with sword and shuriken. The Samurai Mugen is a bit more straight forward and can defeat more opponents at once at the expense of flexibility. Aiko is a master of camouflage when she distracts enemies as a Geisha, and the street child Yuki places traps and lures the enemies towards their deadly fate. Takuma, however, relies on his sniper rifle and takes care of the enemies from a distance.

The player has to carefully evaluate his options in order to master the challenging missions: how will the characters behave as a team? Which one is best equipped for each task? How can they master the given environments best? Come up with your own ingenious tactics to vanquish enemies and complete missions.

Features:

Comeback of a genre: Real-time tactics with stealth elements
Ninja, Samurai, Geisha, Trapper and Sniper – five simultaneously playable characters with unique and versatile skills
Challenging missions, worthy of a strategical mastermind
Thirteen missions with a free moving isometric camera perspective
Beautiful environments of the Edo period of Ancient Japan

EVERSPACE Early Access Launch Trailer

2016/09/14

Jerry Paxton

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

Hamburg, Germany – September 14, 2016 –Hamburg-based indie studio ROCKFISH Games announces that its debut title EVERSPACE will launch on Steam Early Access and GOG’s Games in Development for $29.99 / €27.99 / £22.99 at 10:00 am PST / 7:00 pm CET, today. The fast-paced roguelike space shooter launches a month earlier than initially estimated during its wildly successful Kickstarter .

The game has been thoroughly tested by over 10,000 Alpha and Beta backers and supports Windows 7 to Windows 10 (32/64-Bit) and Mac OSX El Capitan. Linux support under OpenGL 4.0 will be added with the first patch planned for the end of the month. The release through Game Preview on Xbox One and Windows 10 supporting PlayAnywhere is scheduled for later this month, as well.

EVERSPACE is still in development and will be updated regularly. For the launch, an all-new boss fight, new voice-acted dialogue, a different planet type, additional Outlaw stations as well as many interface and gameplay tweaks have been added. Further additions and improvements feature most requested options like turning off v-sync, more granular graphic settings, and improved support for ultra-wide monitors.

In the coming months, two additional player ships will be added: The Colonial Scout, much smaller than the current Colonial Interceptor, will feature extreme maneuverability and a higher top speed but a weaker hull. The Colonial Scout also comes with a cloaking device and sniper weapons as starting gear. The upcoming Colonial Gunship will be the slowest of the three space ships but will compensate through a much stronger hull and an upgradable turret on top.

The Full Release is scheduled for end of Q1 2017 and will feature a fully voice-acted story with several thoughtfully designed characters, situation-based events, as well as the Hardcore Mode and full VR support for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. The price of EVERSPACE will be raised to $39.99 / €36.99 / £29.99 when it hits full release.

“We have been working closely with our fans since our Kickstarter in August 2015 and we are super excited to eventually launch EVERSPACE through Steam and GOG.com.” says Michael Schade, CEO and co-founder of ROCKFISH Games. “It comes with over 300 new features, tweaks and bug fixes, largely based on community feedback since the initial Alpha release and we look forward to keep working closely with our fans to make EVERSPACE as exciting and long-lasting as we can.“

Capcom Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Dead Rising

2016/09/13

Jerry Paxton

Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Windows PC News, Xbox One News

September 13, 2016 – Dead Rising is celebrating its zombie-infested 10^th Anniversary with the release of the hilariously terrifying outbreaks that started it all, as Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record are out now on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 across North America and Europe. The original Dead Rising is also available on Steam as a digital download beginning today. All three titles return to take advantage of the current generation hardware systems, bringing all of the zombie slaying action up to a gory-ous 1080p at 60 fps. Each new version of the game also includes all of the additional previously-released DLC costumes. What a time to be undead!

Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, as well as a Steam version of the original Dead Rising, are available now as individual download titles for $19.99 / €19.99 / £15.99. In North America, a physical release of Dead Rising is available today on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 and a physical release of Dead Rising 2 will be available on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on September 27^th.

Dead Rising
The original that started it all! Explore expansive indoor and outdoor areas of the Willamette Mall and use anything to fend off the hordes of enemies, including makeshift weapons like golf clubs, lawnmowers, frying pans, and more. Use Frank’s photojournalistic skills to capture the insanity on film; the better the shot, the better the reward will be!

Dead Rising 2
The sequel to the smash hit features new protagonist, motorcycle racer Chuck Greene, as he visits a seedy casino town called Fortune City. The game first introduces weapon combinations like the “Portamower” and “Paddlesaw,” two player co-op, and four player gladiator battles to the Dead Rising series.

Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
Frank West returns and takes center stage in the reimagining of the Fortune City incident from Dead Rising 2. The added Sandbox Mode allows players to freely explore the city and participate in challenges, while Frank’s photo skills and new camera features capture all of the violent and hilarious action.

Dead Rising 4
And for the next new Dead Rising fright fest, Frank West makes his heroic return to Willamette to investigate a new zombie outbreak during the holiday season. Dead Rising 4 comes to Xbox One and Windows 10 onDecember 6, 2016.

Mafia III PC Requirements Revealed

2016/09/12

Jerry Paxton

Geek News, News, Windows PC News

Here are the minimum and recommended PC specifications to run 2K Games upcoming Mafia III! Does your rig measure up? Mafia III hits the streets October 7, 2016 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC platforms.

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 7 64-bit

INTEL CPU: I5-2500K

AMD CPU: AMD FX-8120

RAM: 6GB

AMD GPU: Radeon HD7870

NVIDIA GPU: GeForce GTX 660

VIDEO MEMORY: 2GB

HD: 50GB (free space)

RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 7 64-bit

INTEL CPU: I7-3770

AMD CPU: AMD FX 8350 4.0 Ghz

RAM: 8 GB AMD

AMD GPU: Radeon R9 290X

NVIDIA GPU: GeForce GTX 780 or GeForce GTX 1060

VIDEO MEMORY: 4GB

HD: 50GB (free space)