Paradox Interactive has announced A House Divided, an upcoming expansion for their strategy epic, Victoria II. A House Divided takes place during the time period of the American Civil War and will allow players to command both sides of that conflict as well as the rest of the represented nations in the game. In order to explain a bit about this new expansion, Paradox has announced a developer diary, which you can checkout over at their official website.
The good people at Eutechnyx have released word regarding several community events and other interesting updates regarding their highly-acclaimed NASCAR the Game 2011. Below you can find all the latest happenings regarding the racing sim!
Game with Developers during Community Event
Players will have a chance to race with the developers on the PlayStation 3 in Eutechnyx’s Community Event. It’s happening tomorrow at 1pm EST so jump on and have a go.
http://nascarthegame.com/news/
The NASCAR The Game 2011 Paint Scheme Community Event
With so many talented paint scheme artists, Eutechnyx wants to find the best! Win a chance to have your paint scheme designs be featured in the next NASCAR game and have your name in the credits.
http://nascarthegame.com/news/
Win the Contingency Panel from Carl Edwards 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Car!
Eutechnyx is giving away a Contingency Panel from Carl Edwards 2010 Fontana car. All you have to do is sign-up for the monthly newsletter for a chance to win.
Richard Towler’s Tuning Guide and Chase Setup’s
Want the most out of your car but can’t figure out what to do? The feedback on the default setups in NASCAR The Game 2011 was mostly positive but they do have a large comfort zone for drivers of all abilities and this doesn’t always equal the fastest lap times. Check out the links below to get the most of our your cars.
Intro – http://nascarthegame.com/news/
Towler’s Chicagoland Setup – http://nascarthegame.com/news/
Towler’s New Hampshire Setup – http://nascarthegame.com/news/
Towler’s Dover Setup – http://nascarthegame.com/news/
For more information, please visit the website at: http://nascarthegame.com
Nordic Games has published its first set of screenshots from “ArcaniA: Fall of Setarrif”, the stand-alone expansion of ArcaniA which will be available for download on October 25th 2011.
At this morning’s Apple “Let’s Talk iPhone” event, Tim Cook did not announce a curved iPhone 5 device. He did, however, announce the iPhone 4S. Looking on the outside pretty much identical to the iPhone 4, on the inside it is a much more capable device. Featuring an 8MP, 1080p camera along with A5 processor, the iPhone 4S also makes a lot of use of the Siri personal assistant software. The phone will be available from $199 to $399 depending on the memory capacity you choose (16GB/32GB/64GB). Also on the phone is a dual-core GPU, with up to 7x the graphics performance (let’s see how the benchmarks support this claim).
“iPhone 4S plus iOS 5 plus iCloud is a breakthrough combination that makes the iPhone 4S the best iPhone ever,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “While our competitors try to imitate iPhone with a checklist of features, only iPhone can deliver these breakthrough innovations that work seamlessly together.”
The Apple iPhone 4S will be available for pre-order on October 7th and released in North America on October 14th (On ATT, Verizon, and Sprint). It will be available internationally on October 25th.
Four new online modes have been announced for Namco Bandai’s upcoming Ace Combat: Assault Horizon. Co-op mode will let friends take on 8 of the single player campaign’s missions together, while Capital Conquest will split players into two teams, each bent on destroying the other’s HQ while defending their own. Deathmatch mode is what you would expect, and Domination mode pits two teams against one another in trying to occupy and hold various bases around the game map. Also announced was that all of the game stats going on will be synchronized by their official website, allowing for real-time stats, leader board, and more. Ace Combat: Assault Horizon is due out on October 11th.
The Activision Independent Games Competition is now accepting submissions by indie developers. The first place winner will receive a cash award of $175,000 and the second place winner will receive $75,000 to assist them with the development of their game.
“This competition underscores Activision’s commitment to fostering creativity in the independent development community,”Dave Stohl, Executive Vice President of Studios, Activision, said. “Many of us began our careers as indies, so we are very proud to offer this kind of support and encouragement to a couple of the industry’s young visionaries.”
Click here for the full info-sheet in how to submit your entry.
Nicolas Games has released a new trailer for their upcoming action-horror game, Afterfall: InSanity. The game is due out in November for the Windows PC platform.
Act of Valor is an upcoming motion picture featuring actors as well as active duty Navy Seals. The film debuted its official poster today, which you can see above.
Additionally, Eventful has teamed up with the Cimarron Group and Electronic Arts to host ascreening of the film which will also feature the chance to play Battlefield 3 on the big screen, prior to its October 25th release date.
You can “demand” that the event come to your town by hitting Eventful’s website.
ABOUT ACT OF VALOR Directors: “Mouse” McCoy, Scott Waugh Writer: Kurt Johnstad Cast: Active Duty Navy SEALs, Roselyn Sanchez, Alex Veadov, Jason Cottle, Nester Serrano Producers: Mike “Mouse” McCoy, Scott Waugh Executive Producers: Jason Clark, Max Leitman, Michael Mailis, Jay Pollak, Lance Sloane, Benjamin Statler, Thomas Tull An unprecedented blend of real-life heroism and original filmmaking, Act of Valor stars a group of active-duty Navy SEALs in a powerful story ofcontemporary global anti-terrorism. Inspired by true events, the film combines stunning combat sequences, up-to-the minute battlefield technology and heart-pumping emotion for the ultimate action adventure. Act of Valor takes audiences deep into the secretive world of the most elite, highly trained group of warriors in the modern world. When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plotagainst the U.S., a team of SEALs is dispatched on a worldwide manhunt. As the valiant men of Bandito Platoon race to stop a coordinated attack that couldkill and wound thousands of American civilians, they must balance their commitment to country, team and their families back home. Each time they accomplish their mission, a new piece of intelligence reveals another shocking twist to the deadly terror plot, which stretches from Chechnya to the Philippines and from Ukraine to Somalia. The widening operation sends the SEALs across the globe as they track the terrorist ring to the U.S.-Mexico border, where they engage in an epic firefight with an outcome that has potentially unimaginable consequences for the future of America. ABOUT ACT OF VALOR EVENT Gamers have until October 12th to help their city become the first to play the game by visiting http://eventful.com/
Activision has released a new combat trailer for its upcoming Spider-Man: Edge of Time.
SOE and Overkill Software have released a new trailer for their upcoming Payday: The Heist. The game puts players into the shoes of a criminal on a crew looking to pull of a variety of heists.
