Author - Jerry Paxton

Homebound Coming to HTC Vive and Oculus Rift

2016/12/08
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

Sweden – 8th December 2016: Award-winning technology and game developers, Quixel, have announced today that Homebound, their stunning debut space-survival VR title, is heading for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift via Steam in 2017.

VR can take gamers anywhere, placing them in situations they could only dream of – but it’s never left them in a position quite as perilous as that in Homebound. Players will take on the role of a brave astronaut in interstellar peril, facing a series of catastrophic events in the cold void of deep space. When disaster strikes and their ship, out of control, begins hurtling towards Earth, their one mission is to make it out safely, as fast as they can.

Dead or Alive – you are Homebound.

Alone in their capsule and with no one but the ship’s AI to confer with, players’ wits and skills will be stretched to the limit as they encounter relentless disaster, and try to find their way back to terra firma, through the harsh and unforgiving environment of deep space.

Swedish developers, Quixel, renowned for their world class, cutting-edge computer graphics technology by entertainment industries worldwide, are developing Homebound as a next-gen experience for VR. With graphics tech pioneers at the helm, gamers can expect to experience jaw-dropping HD visuals, as well as some of the finest hyperreal gameplay on offer in virtual reality. Quixel’s graphical prowess can be seen in the recent Hollywood blockbuster, The Jungle Book, and in AAA game franchises such as Battlefield, Destiny, Halo, Doom, StarCraft and Dark Souls. Other notable Quixel clients include the likes of NASA and Tesla.

Homebound is set for release on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift via Steam in 2017. Steam users can also vote now for Homebound in the upcoming Steam Awards via the official game page.

Heavy Gear Assault Steam Early Access Date Announced

2016/12/08
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

New Brunswick, Canada – December 8, 2016 – Stompy Bot Productions (CSE: BOT) today confirmed that its award-winning Heavy Gear® Assault will be launching on December 15, 2016 for PC through Steam Early Access. Developed by MekTek Studios, Heavy Gear® Assault is a metal-grinding, heart-pounding, combination of fast-paced mech warfare, fuelled by corporate sponsors, on a distant alien planet known as Terra Nova.

The first mech sim to be built in Unreal Engine 4, Heavy Gear® Assault sets a new benchmark for the mech gaming scene, with a game made by and for true mech fans. The same fans behind the critically acclaimed MechWarrior4 MekPaks now bring the return of the cult mech franchise Heavy Gear, which began life as a tactical tabletop wargame and role-playing game in 1994, spawning an animated series and two video game incarnations, Heavy Gear (1997) and Heavy Gear II (1999).

The Steam release of Heavy Gear® Assault is a video gaming David & Goliath tale for developer MekTek Studios and publisher Stompy Bot, who originally looked to Kickstarter to fund its ambitious project back in 2013. It cancelled the campaign when it became clear that it would not be a success, but remained undeterred, beating the odds and finding support from loyal game fans, angel investors, and capital markets.

Vince McMullin, CEO and Producer, Stompy Bot, said:

“Heavy Gear® Assault found great support through our communities who shared their love and passion for the Heavy Gear franchise. Stompy Bot’s independence has enabled us to deliver an outstanding game, which is still closer to the characteristics of the mech genre than anyone has offered before. However, we’re not resting on our laurels and will continue our relationship with the community during Early Access, as we want their feedback as we roll out new features.”

Joe Kreiner, Epic Games’ head of Unreal Engine licensing for the Americas, said:

“As one of the first mech sims built with Unreal Engine 4, it’s great to see Heavy Gear®Assault make its way into players’ hands. This shows how a small team can use our tools to get ahead, realize their vision and ship a fun game.”

About Heavy Gear Assault

Gears, Guts, Glory – Heavy Gear® Assault puts your play style to the test in various Gear platforms including sniper, brawler, electronics, and recon. You are a pilot on the distant planet of Terra Nova, pushing the boundaries of your personal war machine, in an all-out corporate sponsored warfare, seeking fame and glory while destroying your opponent. Enjoy unparalleled customization, beautiful environments, innovative e-sports integration, and a dynamic combat system.

Heavy Gear® Assault’s development will continue to follow a modular release strategy while in Early Access on Steam. Additional features and content will be released regularly throughout the first half of 2017.

Heavy Gear Assault Key Features:

• Dynamic Combat – Rip apart the arena with fully destructible Gears. Blow an opponent’s limb off and use their weapon against them.
• Fully Customizable Gears – Come check out the Gear Bay Module allowing you to select your favorite pilot and fully customize your arsenal, armor and paint.
• Made in Unreal Engine 4 – Battle for dominance in photo-realistically beautiful arenas. Enjoy performance that scales to high and low-spec PCs.
• Built For eSports – Compete in tournaments and organized matches for fame and fortune.
• Community Dedication – Host your own dedicated servers and collect stats for your own private tournament. Take the power in your hands and join or create your own Heavy Gear Assault team.

South Park: The Fractured But Whole Conspiracy Trailer

2016/12/07
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox One News

December 7, 2016 – Today, Ubisoft released a new trailer for South Park: The Fractured But Whole.

Developed by South Park Digital Studios and Ubisoft San Francisco, The Fractured But Whole has expanded with more places to explore and greater freedom to customize each players’ character. An all-new combat system offers unique opportunities to master space and time while on the battlefield, and a revamped looting and crafting system gives players the freedom to craft their own equipment to aid them in battle.

South Park: The Fractured But Whole will be available on PS4, Xbox One and PC.

Beta Registration Open for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands

2016/12/06
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox One News

SAN FRANCISCO – December 6, 2016 – Today, Ubisoft announced that fans can register at ghostrecon.com/beta for a chance to play the Beta.

Developed by Ubisoft Paris*, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Wildlands is a military shooter set in a massive and responsive open world, entirely playable in single-player or up to four-player co-op. Players will discover Bolivia a few years from now, a country turned into a narco-state by the vicious Santa Blanca drug cartel. Sent behind enemy lines, Ghosts will have to cripple the Santa Blanca cartel’s operation, breaking alliances between the drug lords and the corrupted government, and saving the Bolivian population from the cruelty of El Sueño, Santa Blanca’s ruthless leader. To do so, players will have a total freedom of choice to accomplish their missions how they want and watch as the world reacts to their actions.

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Wildlands will be available March 7, 2017 for Xbox One, PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Windows PC.

For more information about Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands, please visit ghostrecon.com.

For the latest on all of Ubisoft’s games, please visit ubiblog.com

*In collaboration with Ubisoft Annecy, Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Milan and Ubisoft Reflections.

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BenQ Announces VITAL Audio System

2016/12/06
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Tech News

COSTA MESA, Calif. — Dec. 6, 2016 — ZOWIE, BenQ’s eSports brand, today announced the introduction of the VITAL Audio System. Sound, just like vision, is one of the most important sources of information when playing any competitive game. ZOWIE VITAL is a solution that achieves clear and consistent sound at home and in any tournament setting. ZOWIE VITAL is finally being released in the U.S. after months of gathering direct product feedback from competitive and professional gamers that attend major eSports events worldwide.

Serious gamers bring their own gaming gear to tournaments, and now it’s possible to conveniently carry the sound settings they’re accustomed to at home to the gaming venue thanks to the compact design of the ZOWIE VITAL Audio System. Since sound quality may need to be adjusted in different environments at varying background noises, the ZOWIE VITAL Audio System includes an intuitive touch panel that allows gamers to adjust the volume, bass, treble and vocal any time – without going back to Windows or the Control Panel. There’s no need for any drivers, ensuring that players can get the same sound quality they’re accustomed to at home easily.

Convenience is important and so is sound fidelity. ZOWIE VITAL upgrades the system’s output to make sure there is enough sound information on every computer, while allowing gamers to choose a wider impendence range of headsets without sacrificing performance.

Communication is key for any team-based eSports game. ZOWIE VITAL has an independent analog-to-digital input for the microphone to ensure that teammates hear voices more clearly.

ZOWIE VITAL allows headsets and speakers to remain connected at the same time providing the highest level of convenience. Players simply click the one-button headset/speaker mode on the touch panel.

ZOWIE VITAL Audio System Key Features:

1. Intuitive touch-panel to easily adjust volume, bass, treble and voice
2. All sound settings can be adjusted while in game
3. Headset and speakers are connected at the same time and selectable by a click of a button
4. Increased performance for sound and voice quality
5. Plug and play; no drivers needed
ZOWIE VITAL Audio System is now available at a retail price of $199.99. More information on the ZOWIE line by BenQ is available at Zowie.BenQ.com.

Bethesda Pinball Launch Trailer

2016/12/06
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox One News

December 6, 2016 – Zen Studios is thrilled to announce that the Bethesda Pinball pack, an exciting three pack of tables based on based on Bethesda’s epic gaming universes: Fallout®, DOOM®, and The Elder Scrolls®, hits Zen Studios’ pinball platforms today! In celebration, we have released an awesome new trailer showcasing all three action-packed tables in the pack.

Stay alive in the stunning yet hostile environments of three fantastic pinball tables inspired by the most iconic Bethesda franchises. Explore the secrets of the post-nuclear wasteland in a world decimated by atomic war, join Factions, raid Vaults and collect Bobbleheads on the Fallout Pinball table, fight your way through the UAC research facility while taking on hordes of demons to earn the DOOM Slayer name on the DOOM Pinball table, and craft weapons, wield magic, equip armor, buy and sell goods, mine materials, find trainers and complete side quests before defeating Alduin and fulfilling your destiny as the Dragonborn on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Pinball table. Each table features leaderboards, score tracking, exciting social features, and more!

Bethesda Pinball is available now for Pinball FX2 on Xbox One, Xbox 360, Windows 10, and Steam, Zen Pinball 2 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita, and hitting the Zen Pinball app on iOS, Android, and Amazon mobile platforms this Thursday. Additionally, a free to play standalone Bethesda Pinball app will be available on mobile platforms at a later date.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf Heading to Early Access in February 2017

2016/12/06
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

December 6th 2016, Kaliningrad, Russia – HeroCraft are pleased to announce that card driven turn-based tactical combat game, Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf, licensed by Games Workshop, is coming to Early Access on Steam in February 2017.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf is a turn-based tactical game which features RPG elements, containing single player campaign, survival and PvP modes. The game is driven using collectible cards representing the arsenal of weapons and abilities of the Space Marines of the Space Wolves Chapter originated from the Feral World of Fenris.

The game was released on iOS for the first time in 2014, then half a year later on Android, with more than 3 million downloads in total. Now we’re really excited to bring the game to PC players as a premium experience, and announce its release on Early Access on Steam.

We intend to make a great PC game which will offer both Steam customers and Warhammer 40k fans a relevant experience they are looking for with enhanced graphics and other PC features. From the very beginning of Early Access we will release the version with original mobile gameplay and in-game balance to see the reaction and gather feedback.This will allow us to plan our development route based on an actual understanding of what players would like to see in our game.

Dmitry Maksyura, the Head of Development Team: “Every member of our team is a Warhammer geek and we have been working on the mobile version of the game for two years already. But all this time we have been dreaming about developing and releasing the PC game on Steam and finally this is happening!”

The Steam version of Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf will be remastered especially for PC players and will include:

  • enhanced graphics with improved textures and materials
  • dynamic lighting
  • improved weapon effects and brand new weather effects
  • overhauled gameplay

Holiday Feast and More Comes to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

2016/12/05
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News

December 5, 2016 – This just in! Please see below for our newest seasonal offering at Three Broomsticks in “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter” at Universal Studios Hollywood:

Celebrate the holiday season at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™! Come now to complement your cup of hot Butterbeer™ with the new Holiday Feast at Three Broomsticks™! Sample treats like a gourmet Butternut Squash soup and a new dessert called Eton Mess all this month.

  • Holiday Feast – The first course will be a Butternut squash soup with crème fraiche. The main course will be a combination of Beef Wellington served with a tarragon aioli sauce & oven roast turkey served with gravy, sage stuffing, roast sweet potato, dried cherries with winter vegetables.
  • Specialty Chicken Sandwich- Honey Ale marinated baked chicken breast with melted cheddar cheese, Applewood bacon, roasted roma tomatoes, lettuce, and béarnaise sauce on a toasted brioche bun.
  • Eton Mess (Dessert)- A traditional English Dessert consisting of a mixture of strawberries, broken meringue, and whipped heavy cream.

NieR: Automata – PSX 2016 Trailer and Release Date

2016/12/05
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Trailers / Videos

LOS ANGELES (Dec. 5, 2016) – At the PlayStation Experience this past weekend, SQUARE ENIX® revealed that NieR: Automata™ will be released on March 7, 2017 for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system. Developed in collaboration with PlatinumGames Inc., the exciting new action role-playing game centers around the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2, and their ferocious battle to reclaim a post-apocalyptic world abandoned by mankind and overrun by powerful weapons known as machine lifeforms.

Fans and newcomers alike are also invited to get their hands on the action-RPG in a newly announced consumer demo, coming soon to the PlayStation™Network.

For gamers in search of exclusive items to complement the fast-paced action of NieR: Automata, Square Enix also announced the “Black Box Edition” and Day One Edition, which include:

“Black Box Edition” for PlayStation®4 system

●      A sleek black Collector’s Edition box housing the below exclusive contents

●      The NieR: Automata game

●      Exquisitely crafted YoRHa “2B” Figurine

●      Hardback 64-page artbook detailing the stunning artwork and illustrations from the game

●      Exclusive steelbook case featuring artwork from renowned Akihiko Yoshida (FINAL FANTASY® XIV / BRAVELY DEFAULT®)

●      Hauntingly Beautiful Soundtrack containing 13 live recorded songs from NIER® and NieR: Automata, composed by veteran Keiichi Okabe from MONACA, Inc. (TEKKEN / Drakengard / NIER)

●     All Day One Edition digital content, including: Machine Mask Accessory, Grimoire Weiss Pod, Play System Pod Skin, Retro Grey Pod Skin, Retro Red Pod Skin, and Cardboard Pod Skin

Day One Edition for PlayStation®4 system

●      The NieR: Automata game

●      Reversible box art featuring character illustrations from Akihiko Yoshida

●      Six pieces of exclusive digital content, including: Machine Mask Accessory, Grimoire Weiss Pod, Play System Pod Skin, Retro Grey Pod Skin, Retro Red Pod Skin, and Cardboard Pod Skin

NieR: Automata will be available for the PlayStation®4 system on March 7, 2017 in North America for $59.99 and Steam® in 2017. The “Black Box Edition” is available for pre-order exclusively through the Square Enix Online Store for $189.99. The Day One Edition is available for pre-order at all participating retailers.

The PlayStation Experience trailer is available at: https://youtu.be/QTG2PxyY1tI.

The Release Date announcement trailer is available at: https://youtu.be/afh9qwWiNnA.

Related Links

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NieRGame

Official Page: http://nier-automata.com/

NieR: Automata is currently in development for the PlayStation®4 system and Steam®. This title is rated M (Mature). Please visit the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) website at www.esrb.org for more information about ratings.