Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has released a new TV spot for their upcoming Batman: Arkham Origins, exploring the dark childhood of protagonist Bruce Wayne.
Author - Jerry Paxton
NEW YORK– Oct. 16, 2013 – Pyle Audio®, manufacturers of outdoor recreational sports gear and home, car and pro audio equipment, introduces the Hi-Speed HD Camera. Pyle®’s Hi-Speed HD Camera/Camcorder (PSCHD60) is the perfect companion for action sports enthusiasts looking to re-live every hairpin turn or monster jump, while sharing their hi-resolution photos and videos with family and friends. The Hi-Speed HD Camera/Camcorder from Pyle is available in black, blue, grey, red and silver for $99.99 at www.PyleAudio.com.
To ensure that every action-packed detail is captured, this compact camera/camcorder boasts 12 mega pixels and is complete with CMOS image sensor technology. Recording at 120 frames-per-second, this camera/camcorder produces hi-speed, high-quality videos fit for any video production. Features such as its 4X zoom and invertible screen display, are controlled via a 2.5” LCD touch screen. The camera can also be operated by a Wi-Fi remote control to wirelessly snap pictures and record video.
The versatile Hi-Speed Camera/Camcorder comes equipped with a variety of accessories including a waterproof case, multiple mounts and clips, allowing the compact camera to be mounted to bike handlebars, armbands, helmets, snorkel masks, etc. With its two-hour Lithium rechargeable battery and included USB or car charging cables, this camera/camcorder is ready for any action-packed adventure.
Pyle’s Hi-Speed HD Camera Features Include:
• 12.0 Mega Pixel Camera/ Video Resolution: 1080P and/or 720p
• 2.4” Touch Screen Display Panel
• 4X Zoom Feature
• Micro SD Card Slot (Supports up to 32GB)
• Rechargeable Lithium Ion battery that last up to 2 hours
• Wi-Fi Remote to wirelessly snap pictures and video
• Dimensions: 2.6” (W) x 1.9” (H) x 1.3” (D)
• Includes: USB cable, car charger, splash-proof case, wireless remote and mounting clips
• Product # PSCHD60
The Hi-Speed Camera from Pyle Audio is available for $99.99 at www.PyleAudio.com.
Hamburg, October 16th, 2013 – Blackguards, Daedalic Entertainment’s upcoming turn-based RPG has been rescheduled to January 2014. This game is not only new ground for the developer in terms of is grim storytelling; a turn-based RPG also means a whole new genre for adventure-specialist Daedalic to tackle.
‘Of course we want to ensure the highest quality, even if we tread on new ground; and most of all, we want the players to enjoy the finished game.’, Kai Fiebig says, Senior Producer of Blackguards.
‘All the time we’ve gained now will be used to put as much effort as possible into improving the game. We’ll optimize performance, implement new features and also polish the visuals.’
Blackguards will be available January 2014 for PC.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. – October 16, 2013 – Today, Ubisoft® revealed the complete tracklist included in Rocksmith® 2014 Edition™ made of 55 songs ranging from the latest hits to classic rock songs. Ten more tracks are revealed today including “Everlong” by Foo Fighters and “Every Breath You Take” by The Police.
Players already owning the previous version of Rocksmith (released in 2011) will be able to further enjoy their rock experience in Rocksmith 2014 Edition by importing the songs that were included in the first version (an extra cost will apply). Each song from the first version has been revamped to support all of the new features including Automatic Tone Switching, Articulation, Timing and Instant Riff Repeater. Additionally, the DLC bought for Rocksmith will be compatible with Rocksmith 2014 Edition at no extra cost.
Rocksmith 2014 Edition’s complete track list
- Aerosmith – Walk This Way
- Alice Cooper – No More Mr. Nice Guy
- Alice In Chains – Stone
- Arctic Monkeys – R U Mine
- Avenged Sevenfold – Bat Country
- Bob Dylan – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
- Boston – Peace Of Mind
- Bush – Machinehead
- B’z – ultra soul
- Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar On Me (2012)
- Deftones – My Own Summer (Shove It)
- EarlyRise – Wasteland
- Fang Island – Chompers
- Foo Fighters – Everlong
- Gold Motel – Brand New Kind Of Blue
- Green Day – X-Kid
- Iron Maiden – The Trooper
- Jack White – Sixteen Saltines
- JAWS – Stay In
- Joe Satriani – Satch Boogie
- Kiss – Rock And Roll All Nite
- La Sera – Love That’s Gone
- Magic Wands – Black Magic
- Mastodon – Blood and Thunder
- Minus The Bear – Cold Company
- Monster Truck – Sweet Mountain River
- Muse – Knights Of Cydonia
- Nirvana – Heart Shaped Box
- Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger
- Pantera – Cemetery Gates
- Paramore – Now
- PAWS – Sore Tummy
- Queen – We Are The Champions
- Radiohead – Paranoid Android
- Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop
- Ratt – Round And Round
- Red Fang – Wires
- R.E.M. – Losing My Religion
- Rise Against – Savior
- Rush – The Spirit Of Radio
- Screaming Females – Rotten Apple
- Slayer – War Ensemble
- Splashh – All I Wanna Do
- System Of A Down – Hypnotize
- Tak Matsumoto – GO FURTHER
- The Dear Hunter – Stuck On A Wire Out On A Fence
- The Kinks – You Really Got Me
- The Police – Every Breath You Take
- The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black
- The Shins – For A Fool
- The Smashing Pumpkins – The Chimera
- The Who – My Generation
- Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Mary Jane’s Last Dance
- Weezer – Say It Ain’t So
- White Zombie – Thunder Kiss ‘65
Rocksmith 2014 Edition allows players to plug any real guitar or bass with a standard ¼” jack directly into their Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the Sony PlayStation® 3 computer entertainment system, PC or Mac® to begin their musical journey. Rocksmith 2014 Edition will hit shelves on October 22, 2014 in the US.
For the latest information on Rocksmith 2014 Edition, please visit: www.rocksmith.com
2K Sports has released the first next-gen screenshot for the next-gen version of NBA 2K14.
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Our airsoft friends over at G&G Armaments have announced that they are running a contest where the winner gets to fly out to their headquarters in Taiwan.
Checkout the full contest information here.
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Minneapolis, MN – October 12, 2013 – Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), and Marvel Entertainment, LLC today revealed The Amazing Spider-Man 2™ video game is planned to launch next spring, alongside the Sony Pictures Entertainment feature film of the same name. Developed by Beenox, the same game studio behind 2012’s original hit The Amazing Spider-Man™, this all-new third-person action-adventure video game builds on the story of the previous game with an alternative take on the events of the upcoming movie, while also giving players an enhanced, free-roaming web-slinging experience through a greatly expanded New York City.
“The first The Amazing Spider-Man game gave players their own beautifully animated, free-roaming city of Manhattan to traverse and explore – a playground of majestic scale in which to live out our common hero fantasies,” said Thomas Wilson, Co-Studio Head of Beenox. “And the overwhelming message from fans was: ‘MORE!’ That’s what our team is working toward with The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – we’re giving gamers more abilities, more upgrades, more challenges, and more freedom to progress. And with the game launching alongside the new movie, offering an expanded interactive experience beyond the film, fans of the franchise won’t want to miss playing it.”
In The Amazing Spider-Man 2, players once again assume the role of the iconic Super Hero in a unique side-story inspired by the feature film but set in its own continuity. Throughout his journey, Spider-Man will encounter a number of new foes as well as some old friends, as he confronts a new threat to his beloved city. The narrative will give Peter Parker, Spider-Man’s nerdy photojournalist persona, a greater role in the spotlight, as he investigates the complicated motivations and unique personalities behind the menagerie of Marvel menaces threatening Manhattan.
As Spidey, players will be able to free-roam through a greatly-enhanced Manhattan cityscape, one set to offer livelier, more engaging opportunities with which to put his sensational skills to use. Central to the expansive depth and detail being poured intoThe Amazing Spider-Man 2 video game is the new “Hero or Menace” system, which incentivizes Super Hero behavior by rewarding the web-slinger’s crime-fighting efforts, and adds consequences for letting criminality fester. Spider-Man’s personal brand of web-swinging and up-close-and-personal combat will see a variety of new features as well.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 video game is planned to launch alongside the feature film next spring for PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment systems, Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system and Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft, Nintendo’s Wii U™ system and Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held system, and Windows PC. The game is currently rated “RP” (Rating Pending) by the ESRB. For more information on The Amazing Spider-Man 2 video game, please be sure to visit www.TheAmazingSpiderManGame.
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LOS ANGELES – Each year, North America’s largest Halloween retailer, Party City, analyzes pop culture, the latest fashion crazes and Hollywood blockbusters to determine the year’s biggest costume trends. Together with “Hub Network’s First Annual Halloween Bash,” which will be broadcast Saturday, Oct. 26, 8–10 p.m. on the Hub Network, they are bringing you the top 13 costume and holiday-related facts for a spooktacular Halloween in 2013.
Read on…if you dare…
1. According to Party City, princesses and flutter fairies are among the top most popular costumes for the 2013 season. Coordinating accessories at Party City and www.partycity.com allows consumers to create a personalized, one-of-a-kind costume look.
2. Halloween spending in the United States this year is estimated to reach $8 billion, up significantly from 2011’s $6.86 billion.*
3. Consumers are projected to spend $79.82 per person on Halloween, with an average of $28.65 on costumes. An estimated $1.04 billion will be spent on children’s costumes, and $1.22 billion on adult costumes.*
4. 15.1% of the country will dress up their pets. Top pet costumes include: pumpkin, devil, hot dog, cat and bee.*
5. When it comes to inspiration for costume ideas, one-third (32.9%) will search for costume ideas online; another third (32.8%) will look for new ideas in a store, and one-fifth (20.8%) will seek advice from friends or family. Additionally, 14.1% will check Facebook for inspiration and 3.8% will review blogs.*
6. The most popular (human) costumes in 2012 included: witch, vampire, pirate, Batman character and zombie.*
7. In 2011, there were just under 2,000 costume rental and formal wear establishments sellingHalloween costumes. Party City has more than 800 stores across the country. (via U.S. Census Bureau, 2011 County Business Patterns)
8. An estimated 51.4% of Americans will decorate their home or yard this year, and 45% will wear a costume.*
9. More than 47,800 acres of pumpkins were harvested in the United States last year, with a total estimate production value of $148.9 million. (via U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service)
10. The estimated number of potential trick-or-treaters in 2012 (ages 5 to 14) across the US, was 41.1 million. (via U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 Population Estimates)
11. A few of the places across the nation that may put you in a Halloween mood, are: Tombstone, Arizona; Sleepy Hollow, IL; Kill Devil Hill, NC; Casper, WY and Scarville, IA.
12. Americans will buy more than 600 million pounds of candy this year, adding up to $2.4 billion spent on sweets in the weeks leading up to Oct. 31. The most popular candy is Snickers. (via National Confectioners Association)
13. The word Halloween is an abbreviated version of the phrases All Hallows’ Eve and All Hallows’ Evening. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
*via National Retail Federation
Hosted by Kenan Thompson (“Saturday Night Live”), the “Hub Network’s First Annual Halloween Bash,” will feature the first-ever nationwide Halloween costume competition. Fifty semi-finalists representing each state in America will win a trip to Los Angeles to be a part of the televised costume competition to be judged by Halloween-expert Martha Stewart, actor Hal Sparks (“Spider Man 2”), and actress, singer and dancer Coco Jones (“Holla at the DJ”). One lucky winner will take home $25,000 and will have a chance at a walk-on role on the Hub Network’s Daytime Emmy® Award-winning series, “R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour: The Series.” The star-studded, two-hour special also includes a performance by pop-star Cody Simpson and teen-girl pop-group Fifth Harmony. Presenters include Bailee Madison (“Trophy Wife”), Rico Rodriguez (“Modern Family”), Nolan Gould (“Modern Family”), Zachary Gordon (“Diary of a Wimpy Kid”), Keean Johnson (“Spooksville”) and Todd Newton (“Family Game Night”), among others.
The “Hub Network’s First Annual Halloween Bash” will take place at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. Bob Bain serves as executive producer and Paul Flattery is producer for Bob Bain Productions. Viewers can visit hubworld.com/halloween to view all of the Halloween-costume submissions and learn more about the special.
Sponsors of the “Hub Network’s First Annual Halloween Bash” include Party City, Activision’s Skylanders SWAP Force, Hasbro’s Furby Boom!, and Sparkle® Paper Towels.
Some of you older PC gamers might remember a naval strategy title called Larry Bond’s Harpoon. The Harpoon franchise began back in 1980 with a tabletop wargame and then transitioned over to a PC game. The series has been tossed around over the years to various developers and publishers – with the final nail in its proverbial coffin being the cancellation of Harpoon 4 back in 2007. Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations from Matrix Games and Warfare Sims is a new warfare simulation much in the same vein as Harpoon.
The game can be best described as a real-time strategy title with pausing and time scaling. However, simply calling it a strategy game is downplaying the micro-management heaven to be found within. Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations comes already with a number of scenarios for players to engage in as well as a full-featured editor with which to create their own. Players of Harpoon will have a leg up over most new players, but new players should not let the learning curve discourage them.
While the wargame simulation aspect of Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations is fantastic and you can get lost for days in playing it, the game needs to work a bit more on its presentation. One of the most visually-pleasing parts of the Harpoon PC series was seeing missiles and other projectiles narrowly miss or hit ships in a cheesy little graphic. Also, cruising through Harpoon’s database viewer always yielded either a photo or cool graphic of the platform being inspected. In a game where graphics is not the priority – these little splashes of visual panache were incredibly enjoyable. Command does not feature these little touches – instead, always minimizing its visual flair. My hope is that Command gets a little of this minor eye candy in future updates.
*Update (10/13/13): As it turns out, you can add some (not all) database images to the game with an additional download located at the game’s official website. The update is optional and weighs in at 151MB. Hopefully, they add more images to get all of the platforms fleshed-out as a great deal still have no associated image.
The game unfolds in real, or accelerated time and players also have the option of pausing the game to issue orders. Unlike Harpoon, launching aircraft is not very quick as aircraft have to undergo a stepped take off process. Rolling from their hangars to runways or hooks, setting up, then launching. The realism of seeing your aircraft go through these steps is nice but, unfortunately, there is no way to cancel a take off order in mid-sequence.
Now, there is a learning curve to Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations, but it really isn’t as bad as one would think. Setting up orders is fairly straight forward – a combination of menu clicks. Its simple visuals lend more credence to its wargame/simulation-ness and that alone could be too daunting for daring gamers playing with the idea of picking the game up. Don’t let that stop you – if you are interested in war games, I think you will be pleasantly surprised just how quickly you pick up the various options and commands.
Overall, Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations is an excellent warfare simulation and more than a worthy, spiritual successor to the Harpoon franchise. It features an incredibly-detailed game engine in which to wage war and a huge database of platforms, ordinance, and more with which to do it. Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations retails for $80 dollars for a downloadable edition and $95 dollars for the boxed version over at the Matrix Games official website.
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Every so often, I get offered the chance to review a product that we at the site usually don’t evaluate. In this case, it was a pair of the Converse Star Chevron “On Your Mark” sunglasses. While not the most fashionable of gamers, I always enjoy keeping the sun out of my eyes – whether I am prepping for an airsoft game out in the desert or just hanging out on the patio of a local coffee shop, reading a book on my Kindle. So, I was excited to check these new sunglasses out.
The Converse Star Chevron “On Your Mark” sunglasses feature a textured frame, 100% UV protective lenses, and cool carrying pouch. I used these sunglasses out at the previously-mentioned coffee shop as well as around town in my general, day-to-day travels. I was even wearing them during the daytime, prior to the start of the LA Haunted Hayride which I recently reviewed as part of our Halloween column. My biggest complaint about these sunglasses is that I am not a big fan of the gritty texturing on the frame. It reminds me a lot of sand paper or grip tape on a skateboard and just didn’t “feel” right on a pair of shades. This is more of a preference issue as my sister who tried them on really dug the frame surface. I suggest you try them on prior to buying just to see where you fall on the subject. Also, pragmatically-speaking, the textured frame does provide excellent grip so they don’t slip out of your hand. The frame of these sunglasses is very strong and the lenses do have some excellent UV protection – both important features for a pair of sunglasses to have.
Despite this, the sunglasses performed their monumental job of protecting my eyes from the Sun’s harmful rays and were also effective at keeping glare down so I was safer on the roadways. The Converse Star Chevron “On Your Mark” sunglasses retail for about $70 dollars. You can find them at online sunglasses e-tailers as well as brick and mortar stores.
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