Here is our maze walk-through of Uncle Willy’s Slaughterhouse from the 2013 Knott’s Scary Farm Halloween Haunt.
Author - Jerry Paxton
CARLSBAD, Calif. – October 3, 2013 – Razer™, the world leader in high-performance gaming hardware, software and systems, today announced a partnership with independent developer S2 Games, creators of popular titles such as Heroes of Newerth, on its upcoming multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game, Strife.
To support the development and launch of the game, Razer has outfitted S2’s team with Blade laptops, along with other peripheral products, to demo Strife. S2 will also be exploring development opportunities with Razer’s critically acclaimed Switchblade User Interface and Surround software.
“We support all things gaming at Razer, and independent developers play a huge role in creating the landscape that fans around the world enjoy,” says Min-Liang Tan, Razer co-founder, CEO and creative director. “S2 Games did a phenomenal job in helping to define the MOBA genre in its infancy, and it’s exciting to watch them take the next step in launching Strife.”
Strife will be the developer’s second MOBA title. The genre encompasses some of the most popular games being played at the moment, and S2 will be the first company to come out with a second-iteration MOBA title.
Through the partnership, Razer will be providing exclusive beta access to fans through its social media pages (https://www.facebook.com/
“S2 Games is evolving the MOBA genre, and doing so requires partnering with other leaders in their field,” said Marc DeForest, Chief Executive Officer of S2 Games. “Razer’s innovative prowess makes them a perfect development partner for us.”
S2 is part of Razer’s Indie Development program, which aims to promote the gaming industry by offering a special discounted price on our new Razer Blade Pro Gaming Laptops. To learn more, go to http://www.razerzone.com/
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – October 3, 2013 – Motrr, led by the designers behind the Gorillapod™ line of innovative camera tripods, is pleased to announce the pre-order availability of the Galileo Bluetooth and Galileo 30-pin for iPhone now through the end of October. Galileo, a revolutionary iOS-controlled robotic iPhone platform with infinite spherical rotation capability, brings a world of photo, pano, and video possibilities to iPhone owners.
“We are thrilled to release Galileo, a device platform we hope will inspire creativity and allow for more immersive experiences with people from anywhere in the world,” says Jasper Eisenberg, Marketing Manager at Motrr. “Motrr’s mission is to transform the way we communicate with each other and with the world around us. With an entirely new dimension of control, everything from video calling, time-lapse photography, cinematography, and spherical imaging get way more interesting.”
With applications in areas of photography, cinematography, social networking, video conferencing, baby monitoring, remote learning, and more, Galileo gives iOS devices endless possibilities of remote-controlled motion. Using Galileo, your iPhone, and the Sphere app you are one tap away from capturing amazing spherical panoramas. You can also easily set pan and tilt controls for Galileo locally to create dynamic time-lapse sequences. With a second smartphone, tablet, or web browser, you can control Galileo remotely to monitor your home with one-way video, or enjoy an immersive 2-way video calling experience. Just swipe your finger on your device and Galileo responds, orienting itself in any direction. Finally, you control what you see.
How will you use Galileo?
With the Motrr Software Development Kit, app developers are integrating Galileo motion controls into their apps. This is essential for expanding the platform and providing new and meaningful experiences for our users. Popular use includes:
- Video calling and conferencing – use Galileo to orient your phone in any direction so you can actually control what you see
- Baby monitoring – see what you want to see, not what the nanny shows you
- Remote learning – follow professors around the classroom; see who is asking questions
- Time-lapse photography – create dynamic time-lapse sequences and beautiful 360° panoramas; Galileo features a standard ¼” tripod mount
- Cinematography – shoot interesting transition shots, pan and tilt simultaneously, and create dynamic scenes
- Real estate photography – record 360° spherical virtual home tours with ease
New Galileo owners will be able to download and experience a number of Apps including:
- Motrr Live – Video call your friends and family quickly and easily with Motrr Live. Connect to Galileo and transform your iOS device into a remote control video camera.
- Sphere – Use Sphere with Galileo to create seamless, immersive 360° photo spheres.
- AirBeam – AirBeam for Galileo turns your iOS device into a real-time audio and video monitoring system that you can orient in any direction using Galileo.*
- TimeLapse – TimeLapse is the professional choice for creating time lapse sequences. Use with Galileo for precision control and hands-free image capture.*
- RecoLive MultiCam – Expand your talents as a director with RecoLive MultiCam. Setup your shots with Galileo and swipe your finger on the screen to reposition the cameras.*
*Apps are available for an additional fee.
The Galileo 30-Pin is compatible with iPhone 4/4S, iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 4th generation. The Galileo Bluetooth works with iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, and iPod Touch 5th generation. Both Galileo versions are available for pre-order for 10% off the regular price of $149.95 at www.motrr.com. Use code “galileoten” to pre-order. Galileo will first ship to pre-orders at the end of October and will be available for sale starting in November.
Activision and Treyarch have released a new trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts, showing off the “Squads” multiplayer experience.
About Squads:
Squads introduces a whole new level of competition to Call of Duty: Ghosts. Combining the unrivaled Multiplayer experience with cutting edge AI, Squads lets you play a variety of new game modes with your customized squad-mates. Play solo against another player and their squad, or cooperatively with friends, competing versus an AI-controlled squad. Best of all, the XP earned in Squads is directly connected to your Multiplayer progress!
Trailer
Jackson, NJ – October 3, 2013 – Six Flags Great Adventure’s Fright Fest features four more weeks of “thrills by day, fright by night.” The world’s largest scream park operates Friday nights, Saturdays and Sundays plus Columbus Day through October 27. Twenty-five Halloween-themed shows and attractions, including four new additions, enhance the park’s world-class lineup of thrill rides for all ages, but did you know…
1. It’s all about the zombies. 200 zombies terrorize the park after 6 p.m., and can be found angrily wandering the midways or stalking guests in terror trails and haunted houses.
2. There are seven master makeup artists who use 1,500 ounces of airbrush makeup and fake blood to transform 200 actors, students, parents and business professionals into flesh-hungry zombies each night.
3. Things that go bump in the night: Fright Fest zombies use shovels, chainsaws, clown horns and metal cans filled with marbles to amp up the startle factor on the midways.
4. Special effects supervisor Tony Mandile creates 600 latex foam facial prosthetics from scratch, and each is used only once. At the end of the night, they are discarded and new ones are created every week.
5. Team members travel from as far as Maryland and Connecticut each weekend to perform as a Fright Fest zombie.
6. Not to be corny, but Fright Fest requires 1,500 bunches of corn stalks to complete the corn mazes and festive park décor.
7. The Bloody Fountain is colored by eight pounds of food-grade, red vegetable dye.
8. Six Flags Great Adventure’s landscape department uses eight tons (16,000 lbs.) of pumpkins and gourds, 2,300 mums and 700 bales of hay to create beautiful fall scenes for “thrills by day.”
9. Spiders galore! It takes 1,200 pounds of beef tube webbing to transform the theme park into a scream park.
10. The creepy, hazy ambiance of Fright Fest is thanks to 1,210 gallons of “fog juice” to create the mysterious, rising fog, plus 24,500 lbs. of CO2 and 4,480 liters of liquid CO2 to create the “dry ice” effect of low-level fog during “fright by night.”
11. 35,200 lbs. of propane are required to illuminate the spooky flame columns in the heart of the park.
12. While summer is known for theme parks and thrills, Fright Fest is actually the most popular time of the year at Six Flags Great Adventure.
13. In addition to zombies, thrill rides are a main attraction during Fright Fest. Guests can’t resist a spin on their favorite world-class coaster in the dark like El Toro, Nitro and Kingda Ka.
October 3, 2013, Ridgewood, NJ – Kalypso Media USA is making available new screens and info from Air Conflicts: Vietnam today. The new “Aircraft Customization” overview takes a look at a key aspect of the gameplay – the ability to tune and tweak your aircraft to better fit your fighting and flying style. Download the new screens and overview to have a look at this integral component of Air Conflicts: Vietnam, the upcoming arcade-styled air-combat game for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC.
Vietnam. 1965. A long-simmering conflict escalates into a full-fledged war, and you are about to become a big part of it. Jump into the cockpit of some of the finest combat aircraft as young Joe Thompson, a newly minted U.S. military pilot. He is brave, talented and ready to do his duty, but his experiences during this war will change him forever.
Air Conflicts: Vietnam is an arcade-styled air-combat game that immerses players in the harrowing skies over Vietnam. Take to the air in screaming fighter jets or grab the controls of devastating helicopter gunships as you shatter enemy encampments with explosive ordinance, decimate North Vietnamese ace fighter squadrons, escort bombers as they deliver their deadly payload, or rescue stranded soldiers and deliver support troops to the ever-changing front lines of the vicious battlefield.
Key Features:
- Live a thrilling wartime narrative. In an epic single-player campaign, filled with heroic moments and the darker side of war, your performance in air combat and support missions drives the story from the initial escalation of tension, through key battles of the Vietnam War and, ultimately, the fall of Saigon.
- Jump into the cockpit for instant action. Pilot and customize more than 20 planes and – for the first time in the Air Conflict series – helicopters, including the workhorse UH-1 Iroquois, fire-breathing AH-1 Cobra attack gunships, the devastating F4 Phantom and F104 Starfighter jets, plus fearsome enemy MIG fighter jets.
- Lead your squadron to victory. Command up to four jets or helicopters, maximizing their unique abilities to complete challenging objectives, while earning experience, leveling up and improving your leadership and air combat skills.
- Challenge your friends for air supremacy. Play up to eight online opponents in nail-biting, fast-paced capture-the-flag, deathmatch and team deathmatch air battles.
- Get your groove on. As you test your pilot skills against AI or human opponents, treat your ears to a cool rock soundtrack in the style of vintage Vietnam-era tunes.
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NEW YORK — October 3, 2013 — Paradox Interactive, a publisher of games and minion of all-powerful wizards, today announced the upcoming release of Warlock 2: The Exiled from Ino-Co Plus, the sequel to turn-based strategy fantasy game Warlock: Master of the Arcane. Coming to PC in Spring 2014, Warlock 2 will challenge strategic sorcerers and megalomaniacal mages to conquer Ardania in an all-out war of cunning, combat, diplomacy, and excessively enormous fireballs. Single-player and multi-player gameplay will each challenge would-be warlocks to manage an entire realm full of deadly beasts, promising to make Warlock 2: The Exiled an exercise in constant war mongering and turn-based tragedy.
For a glimpse at the perils of Warlock 2: The Exiled, watch this trailer, courtesy of a babbling man spouting off stuff about war:
Journey back to the realm of Ardania, the land that cannot go an entire week without being conquered, and conquer it once again! Exiled to a shard from a shattered world, players of Warlock 2: The Exiled must contend with fellow exiled mages and a host of terrifying creatures. Wield ancient magic, summon even more terrifying creatures, wage constant war where every decision is crucial (warlocks don’t do auto-resolving battles), and discover just who possesses the greatest balls of fire in a turn-based strategy game that offers no surrender or retreat.
Warlock 2: The Exiled features:
- The Never-ending Gory – The battle for Ardania is constant, merciless, and challenging: your claim to the land will be tested with battles across the world map where each fight is worthy of your personal attention; you’re not called a WAR-lock for nothing
- Spelling Counts – Over 150 spells to add to your tome, allowing command over powerful enchantments, nasty hexes, and elemental forces
- A Crass Menagerie – Hundreds of different mythical and magical beasts to deploy on the battlefield with distinct tactical uses, from giant rats and dwarven prospectors to werewolves with hats on them
- Friendship is Magic – A multi-player experience as robust as the single-player experience, including PvP, Co-op PvE, and every combination in between
- Warlock 2: The Playstyles – Fight your way through the shards to reclaim Ardania in new ‘Exile’ mode, or relive the classic gameplay of ‘Master of the Arcane’ mode with new features from the sequel
For more information about Warlock 2: The Exiled, visit www.warlock2.com.
Ubisoft has revealed the system requirements for the Windows PC versions of Watch Dogs and Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag.
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
Minimum configuration:
- Operating System: Windows Vista SP or Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8 (both 32/64bit versions)
- Note that we only support 64 bit OSs.
- Processor: Intel Core2Quad Q8400 @ 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.6 GHz
- RAM: 2GB for Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
- Video card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or AMD Radeon HD 4870 (512MB VRAM with Shader Model 4.0 or higher)
- DirectX: DirectX June 2010 Redistributable
- Disk Space: 30 Gb
- Sound: DirectX Compatible Sound Card with latest drivers
- Peripherals: Windows-compatible keyboard and mouse required, optional controller
Recommended configuration:
- Operating System: Windows Vista SP2 or Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8 (both 32/64bit versions)
- Note that we only support 64 bit OSs.
- Processor: Intel Core i5 2400S @ 2.5 GHz or AMD Phenom II x4 940 @ 3.0 GHz or better
- RAM: 4GB or more
- Video card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 or AMD Radeon HD 5850 (1024MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0) or better
Supported video cards at the time of release: Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or better, GT400, GT500, GT600, GT700 series or AMD Radeon HD4870 or better, HD5000, HD6000, HD7000 series
– Note: Latest GeForce drivers tested: 320.49 for all series. Latest Radeon drivers tested: 13.1 for Radeon HD4000, 13.4 for Radeon HD5000 and above.
– Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT officially supported.
Watch Dogs
Minimum Specification
- GPU: DirectX 11 graphics card with 1 GB Video RAM
- CPU: Quad core
- RAM: 4GB
Example 1
GPU: NVidia GTX 460
CPU: Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
Example 2
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 5770
CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9750
Recommended Specification
- GPU: DirectX 11 graphics card with 2 GB Video RAM
- CPU: Eight core
- RAM: 8GB
Example 1
- GPU: NVidia GTX 560 ti
- CPU: Intel Core i7-3770
Example 2
- GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7850
- CPU: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
“Ultra” Specification
- GPU: Latest DirectX 11 graphics card with 2 GB Video RAM or more
- CPU: Latest Eight core or more
- RAM: 8GB or more
Example 1
- GPU: Nvidia GTX 670
- CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K
Example 2
- GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7970
- CPU: AMD FX-9370 Eight-Core
October 2, 2013 (Rockville, MD) – Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax® Media company, today announced it has established a new publishing office in Sydney, Australia. ZeniMax Australia Pty Ltd will directly oversee sales, marketing, and distribution for all Bethesda titles in Australia and New Zealand.
The establishment of ZeniMax Australia underscores the importance of the growing Australian market as well as the company’s continuing commitment to the Asia Pacific region. ZeniMax also has operations in Hong Kong and Tokyo.
With the opening of the new office in Australia comes the appointment of Simon Alty as Managing Director for the new territory. Alty was most recently Managing Director of One to Another Pty Ltd where he and his team played a pivotal role in many successful Bethesda launches including The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim®.
“Simon’s experience and expertise in the games industry – specifically having worked on sales and marketing of Bethesda’s titles the last four years – will be of great value as we open a publishing office in Sydney,” said Sean Brennan, Managing Director, ZeniMax Europe Ltd. “Looking ahead, 2014 promises to be a big year for Bethesda as we release a trio of AAA titles: The Elder Scrolls Online, Wolfenstein: The New Order and The Evil Within.”
For more information about ZeniMax Media, visit www.zenimax.com. For more information about Bethesda Softworks and its games, please visit www.bethsoft.com.
Here is our maze walk-through video of “Forevermore” at this season’s Knott’s Scary Farm Halloween Haunt – enjoy!