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Square Enix Reveals PAX East Lineup

2015/02/24
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News

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LOS ANGELES (Feb. 24, 2015) – Square Enix Inc., publishers of SQUARE ENIX interactive entertainment products in the Americas, announced its game lineup for the upcoming Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) East 2015 in Boston (March 6-8, 2015). Attendees will get their first opportunity to check out the company’s new games for 2015.

Titles include the upcoming action RPG, FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0™ HD and the new episodic narrative sensation, LIFE IS STRANGE. PAX attendees can preview and play the entire lineup at Booth #4404.

  • FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0 HD – One of the most highly anticipated role-playing games of all time, FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0 HD makes its Western debut on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft. Players are transported to Orience, a dark world governed by crystals and torn apart by war, as the nation’s youth are swept into its conflict. This title, along with the accompanying FINAL FANTASY ® XV -EPISODE DUSCAE- demo , will be available onMarch 17.
  • FINAL FANTASY XIV: A REALM REBORN ® – The critically acclaimed MMORPG that is true to the legendary franchise. Attendees can pit themselves against the daily Battle Challenges featuring the epic boss from the FINAL FANTASY series – Shiva. By beating the boss, players can win an exclusive “I BEAT SHIVA” T-shirt. The adventures continue with “HEAVENSWARD™,” the game’s first and upcoming expansion that features an all-new storyline surrounding the city of Ishgard and the Dragonsong War, a brand new race, new jobs and more.
  • LIFE IS STRANGE – Developed by DONTNOD Entertainment, the Paris-based studio that released debut game REMEMBER ME last year, LIFE IS STRANGE takes place in the fictional town of Arcadia Bay, Oregon, where senior Max Caulfield returns after a 5-year absence. Reunited with her former friend Chloe, the pair begins to uncover the uncomfortable truth behind the disappearance of fellow student Rachael Amber.

The company will also be hosting panels for FINAL FANTASY XIV, FINAL FANTASY XV, LIFE IS STRANGE, and JUST CAUSE 3, giving fans an opportunity to converse with the talented people behind these titles.

FINAL FANTASY XIV: HEAVENSWARD PANEL
Albatross Theater from 12:00PM – 1:00PM, March 7
Twitch: www.twitch.com/finalfantasyxiv
YouTube: www.youtube.com/finalfantasyxiv

Talking Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward with Naoki Yoshida

Join FINAL FANTASY XIV producer / director Naoki Yoshida as he takes the stage to discuss details on the acclaimed MMORPG’s first expansion – Heavensward. Note: Yoshida has a habit of announcing things he shouldn’t, so you won’t want to miss this! (…and we’ll keep the PR team distracted so they won’t interfere.)

FINAL FANTASY XV PANEL
Albatross Theater from 3:00PM – 4:00PM, March 7
Twitch: www.twitch.com/squareenixpresents
YouTube: www.youtube.com/squareenixpresents

Behind the Game Designs of FINAL FANTASY XV

Join two of FINAL FANTASY XV’s lead game designers, Wan Hazmer and Prasert Prasertvithyakarn, as they share their experiences working on one of the most anticipated games of all time. Hazmer and Prasertvithyakarn are attending PAX EAST from SQUARE ENIX’s Tokyo Studios where they work in tandem to bring FINAL FANTASY XV to life. Fans will also be in for a treat with additional information revealed on the upcoming title, FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0 HD!

LIFE IS STRANGE PANEL
Dragonfly Theater from 1:00PM – 2:00PM, March 6

What If? An Insider’s Look at Life is Strange.

Join moderator Jessica Chobot (host of Nerdist News) and the lead developers of Life is Strange to hear the key choices they made during development. Learn which areas of the game were prototyped first and how development grew from there. We’ll also lift the curtain on what you can expect from Episode 2 and give you an exclusive first look at some of the new areas you’ll explore and some key characters you’ll meet along the way. Stick around for a code giveaway at the conclusion of the panel.​

JUST CAUSE 3 PANEL
Guns N Rico – Just Cause 3’s Appetite for Destruction
Albatross Theater from 6:00PM – 7:00PM, March 6
Join moderator Greg Miller (http://www.kindafunny.com/) and key members of Avalanche Studios – the makers of Just Cause – as they discuss the series’ inspiration and distinctive style and talk about the upcoming Just Cause 3. Panelists will include Christofer Sundberg (Avalanche Studios founder and chief creative officer) Roland Lesterlin (Just Cause 3 game director) and Zach Schlappi (art director)

Japanese Tanks Coming to World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition

2015/02/24
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Screenshots / Photos, Xbox 360 News

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February 24, 2015 — Hot on the tracks of the recent Chi-Nu Kai tank, Wargaming today introduced the Imperial Steel update for World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition, bringing a brand new line of Japanese tanks to the game. Console tankers can now advance through the Japanese Tech Tree and engage the enemy on the newest map, “Sacred Valley”.

The Imperial Steel adds an impressive thirteen new vehicles to tanker arsenals. The Japanese Tech Tree will initially field two branches with nine medium and four light tanks available for battle. Players can now command the following light tanks: the R. Otsu, the Ha-Go, the Ke-Ni and the Ke-Ho. Additionally, powerful Japanese medium tanks roll into the fray, with the Chi-Ni, STA-1, Type 61 Chi-Ri and more at tank commander’s disposal. Medium tank commanders can now gain a competitive edge whether it is through their vehicle’s agility or the impressive rate of fire the Japanese mediums deliver.

A new Japanese battleground unfolds for tankers with the arrival of the “Sacred Valley” map. An abandoned village at the bottom of a serene-looking valley provides great cover for tanks of all sizes while bringing the opportunity for intense, short-range skirmishes. The map is bordered by cliffs, and the advantageous high ground will let long-range gunners rain the destruction on any tank unlucky enough to enter into their gun sights.

For more details please see the links below:

Japanese light and medium tanks:

http://worldoftanksxbox360edition.com/en/news/announcements/imperial-steel-inbound/

“Sacred Valley” Map:

http://worldoftanksxbox360edition.com/en/news/Guides/map-overview-sacred-valley/

For more information about World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition, visit:

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Valve Revealing New Steam Hardware at GDC

2015/02/24
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, Hardware News, News

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February 23, 2015 – Valve will show a family of new Steam devices at next week’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, CA. Products being demonstrated at GDC include Steam Machines with the final Steam Controller, new living room devices, and a previously-unannounced SteamVR hardware system.

Developers and publishers interested in experiencing the new SteamVR hardware may request to schedule a GDC demo at http://www.steampowered.com/universe.

GDC 2015 will mark the 13th anniversary of Valve’s first public announcement of Steam, which has since become the leading platform for PC, Mac, and Linux games and software.

In the last year, Steam added new services and features – including In-Home Streaming, Broadcasting, Music, and user created stores – as it grew to over 125 million active accounts worldwide.

Steam now offers 4500 games, with 400 million pieces of user-generated content contributed by members of the Steam Community.

Dying Light Inspires a Live-Action Short-Film The Last Supply Drop

2015/02/24
Jerry Paxton
News, PlayStation 4 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox One News

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February 23th, 2015 – Warsaw, Poland/ How much of Dying Lightcould actually be recreated in film? This question inspired Techland and Flying Carpet Studio to create a live-action short-film “The Last Supply Drop” which was released today. Telling a story about four quarantine survivors’ last ditch attempt to get to an air-drop full of crucial supplies, the video brings Dying Light key gameplay features to the real life, including parkour movement, car traps, and the fan-favorite dropkick attacks.

Dying Light is available worldwide in digital form with box copies also available in North and South America. The physical release in Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania is set for the 27th of February 2015.

Final Fantasy XV Episode Duscae Demo Screenshots

2015/02/23
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, Screenshots / Photos, Xbox One News

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With the upcoming release of the Final Fantasy XV – Episode Duscae demo, Square Enix has released new screenshots showing off the game’s Duscae region, the camp system, along with missions that Noctis and his party will take on in the game.

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Origin PC Reveals Origin Omega Line of Home Theater PCs

2015/02/23
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Tech News

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Miami, FL – February 23, 9:00 AM Eastern – ORIGIN PC launched today their new line of home theater PCs, the ORIGIN OMEGA, for gamers and enthusiasts all over the world. The ORIGIN PC OMEGA is the ultimate Home Theater PC designed to bring the power and flexibility of a PC to any living room. Featuring a variety of customizable HTPC cases to choose from, support for 4K gaming at 60+ fps, the ability to boot directly into Steam Big Picture Mode and with optional mouse emulation software support for your wireless controller, the ORIGIN OMEGA redefines the HTPC category with countless options and unlimited forms of entertainment. Also featuring custom airbrushed paint in any design or color, up to Triple NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 graphics cards in SLI, and hot swappable hard drive bays with SSDs or HDDS, the new ORIGIN OMEGA is the ultimate solution to bring true next-gen PC gaming to your big screen TV!

The New ORIGIN PC OMEGA starts at $999 and Features:

  • Truly Custom Name Brand Components:  Customize your OMEGA and choose from a variety of HTPC cases to match your personal home or office set up.  Only ORIGIN PC gives you the choice of the highest quality, name-brand components that have been tested and approved for high-performance!
  • NVIDIA SLI Ready– Take full advantage of the power of NVIDIA SLI technology with up to 3-WAY NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980s to run any PC game at up to 4K resolutions  with buttery smooth framerates that will make all of your console gaming friends jealous!
  • ORIGIN PC Professional Overclocking:  Unlock the full potential of your CPU and or GPU with ORIGIN PCs professional overclocking services to maximize your gaming experience.
  • Multiple Storage Options: Customize your OMEGA to support an SSD and/or, high capacity storage drives for a total of up to 14 TB of space!  Install all of your games and media so you don’t have to choose only what fits.
  • Steam OS Support: Want to choose a different OS other than Windows? Not a problem!  The ORIGIN OMEGA will soon also support STEAM OS on its official launch date.
  • Steam Big Picture Mode: Want a more console-like experience for your PC? You can choose to boot directly into Steam’s Big Picture Mode to enjoy the intuitive navigational menu using a wireless controller and have easy access to your entire Steam Library of games and media.
  • Mouse Emulation Software Support: Don’t want to use a wireless mouse or keyboard? No Problem! ORIGIN PC can install optional Mouse Emulation software so you can have full control over your mouse and keyboard using your wireless XBOX controller!
  • Easy Updates and Access to Your Favorite Apps: Why settle by struggling to properly update your drivers or access all of your favorite non-steam PC games and apps from an annoying/limited GUI? With OMEGA, you have zero bloatware and can have easy access to all of your favorite applications such as Battle.net, EA Origin, U-Play, SKYPE, Netflix, Skype, and much more!
  • Free Lifetime 24/7 Support: Every ORIGIN PC system comes with industry leading Lifetime 24/7 Support based in the United States.

Dungeons 2 Release Date and Trailer

2015/02/20
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

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Ridgewood, NJ – Feb 20, 2015 – The Dawn of Terror approaches. On April 24, The Dungeon Lord shall arise from the dark depths of The Underworld, as Dungeons 2 is released for PC, Mac & SteamOS. Featuring a unique mixture of classic dungeon simulation and real-time strategy gameplay,Dungeons 2 challenges players to assume the role of The Dungeon Lord as he crafts a network of terrifying dungeons and uses its resources to fuel a campaign against the forces of goodliness. Order your servant snots to do your bidding and fill your coffers with gold, amass an army of lurching minions and then head to the surface world of the humans to conquer The Overworld. A brand new gameplay trailer is available to watch below, featuring in-game narrator and acclaimed voice actor Kevan Brighting. It shows off the basic ways to look after your dungeon, as well as how to manage your demonic horde once you reach the surface.

Dungeons 2 will be available worldwide via Steam for Windows PC, Mac and SteamOS on April 24, with a boxed retail version for PC released in Europe on the same day.  The North American PC retail version will be available at retail on April 28. For more information please visit:http://www.dungeons-game.com/en/. To stay up to date on the Dungeons Lord’s activities, ‘Like’ our Facebook page here.

ESL Announces World’s Largest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Event

2015/02/20
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos

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(Cologne, Germany) February 20, 2015 – The world’s largest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament will be held in Germany this year thanks to a partnership between LANXESS arena and ESL, the world’s largest esports company. Set to take place in Europe’s second largest multifunctional arena, usually home to ice hockey giants, “Kölner Haie”, the event will boast competition between sixteen of the world’s best First Person Shooter (FPS) teams in a 15,000-seater stadium on August 22nd and 23rd.

“We had the honour of hosting two US$250,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournaments last year as part of the ESL One esports tour, and this year we plan on stepping it up,” said Ulrich Schulze, Managing Director of Pro Gaming at ESL. “ESL One Cologne is going to be the largest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event in the world. Taking place in the biggest indoor arena in Germany, we’re sure it’ll be a massive hit for fans from all over.”

ESL One Cologne marks ESL’s fourth US$250,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament in just over two years. While previous ESL One events featured a community funded prize pool, the Cologne prize money is to be provided by ESL directly. Ulrich Schulze noted that this was proof of the company’s dedication to the game’s esports development, saying that 2015 would see the company do even more with the game than ever before.

“We’re very excited to be the first German arena to host an event of this kind and are convinced that Cologne, as both a tourist destination and as a technology capital, is perfectly suited,” said Stefan Löcher, CEO of ARENA Management GmbH. “In co-operation with our partner, ESL, we’re looking forward to host some of the world’s best esports players and their fans come August 2015.”

Sixteen teams will make their way to Cologne this August to battle it out for US$250,000 in prize money. Information on tournament structure and the qualification process will be released at a later date.

Ticket sales for ESL One Cologne in the LANXESS arena (August 22nd and 23rd) begin on February 23rd. Tickets will be available on Eventim and all associated ticketing agencies in Germany.

More information can be found at www.esl-one.com

Dirty Bomb Closed Beta Dates and Training Video

2015/02/20
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

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LOS ANGELES and LONDON – Feb 20, 2015 – Nexon America and Splash Damage are temporarily opening the floodgates for their upcoming hardcore first-person shooter Dirty Bomb, with two stress tests to be held in February and March. Beginning today, Nexon will invite more than 100,000 new players to take part in the game’s closed Beta for server tests running on Steam the weekends of Feb. 20 – 23 and March 6 – 9.

Dirty Bomb stress test schedule:

  • Friday, Feb. 20 at 9 a.m. PST / 5 p.m. GMT thru Monday, Feb. 23 at 9 a.m. PST / 5 p.m. GMT
  • Friday, March 6 at 9 a.m. PST / 5 p.m. GMT thru Monday, March 9 at 9 a.m. PST / 5 p.m. GMT

To welcome new players, Nexon and Splash Damage have released a new Training video…

Developed by UK-based Splash Damage, Dirty Bomb is a competitive multiplayer online first-person shooter, and the first in a new generation of games published by Nexon America. Free-to-play, and more importantly, free-to-win, Dirty Bomb is a unique team-based game in which players will select from a diverse group of mercenaries, each with their own very different personalities, talents and weapons, to create specialized squads to take into the fray on a quest for riches and bragging rights.

Earlier this year, Nexon America and Valve announced a partnership to bring Dirty Bomb exclusively to the Steam platform. Running on dedicated servers, the game now delivers matchmaking, chat and parties, with additional Valve solutions coming soon through the Steamworks program.

For more information on the game, and for the chance to be part of Dirty Bomb’s closed beta, please visit http://dirtybomb.com