Author - Jerry Paxton

World of Warplanes Screenshots, Website News

Wargaming.net has announced that the official website for their upcoming World of Warplanes is now online. Additionally, the company also released some new screenshots for the title, which will put players against one another in the skies over World War II battlefields. So far, it is not yet known if there will be any integration with their current WWII tank-battle titled, World of Tanks.

“We are thrilled with the launch of a website for World of Warplanes,” said Wargaming.net CEO Victor Kislyi. “We’ll be gradually expanding and developing the website along with the growth of the game and its community.”

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Knott’s Halloween Haunt Hiring Day

The good people at Knott’s Berry Farm allowed us access into their open hire process for the upcoming “Halloween Haunt” event. The open-casting took place today and will continue into tomorrow as open character spots in various park locations are filled. Entrants lined up early in the morning to get an appointment card telling them when to arrive today and, once done, they must submit to a very interesting audition process.

Knott’s Halloween Haunt runs on various days from September 23, 2011 to October 31, 2011. Tickets are available now at Knott’s official website.

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New Screenshots for Julius Styles: The International

Lapland Studios is just a week away from launching their Wesley Snipes-powered iOS game, Julius Styles: The International.

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Jedi Consular Trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic

Bioware, Lucasarts, and Electronic Arts have released a new trailer from their upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic, showing off the game’s Jedi Consular class. The Jedi Consular is the more support Jedi class on the Republic side, assisting the rest of the team when needed with healing, etc.

New Disney Universe Screens Show Character Costumes

Disney Interactive has released some new screenshots from their upcoming action-adventure title, Disney Universe, showing off some of the game character’s classic costumes. The game is due out this fall on the Windows PC, Xbox 360, Wii, and PlayStation 3 platforms.

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Tropico 4 PC System Requirements

Kalypso Media has released the official system specifications for their upcoming Tropico 4 city-building/dictatorship simulation. The game is due out on August 30, 2011.

Tropico 4 System Specifications — 

Minimum Required:
Operating System: Windows XP SP3 (32-bit),  Vista / 7 (32 or 64-bit)
Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core CPU
Memory: 1 GB RAM
HDD: 5 GB free hard disk space
Graphics: Shader Model 3.0 (Geforce 6600 or higher, Radeon X1600-Series), 256 MB, DirectX 9.0c

Recommended:
Operating System: Windows Vista / 7 (32 or 64-bit)
Processor: 2 GHz Quad Core CPU
Memory: 2 GB RAM
HDD: 5 GB free hard disk space
Graphics: Shader Model 3.0 (Geforce 8800 or higher, Radeon HD4000-Series or higher), 512 MB, DirectX 9.0c

Tropico 4 will also support NVIDIA’s FXAA technology on both console and Windows PC, which offers advanced anti-aliasing features with a minimal effect on system performance.

AVATAR S Gaming Mouse Giveaway – Expired

NZXT has generously offered us one of their new AVATAR S gaming mice to give away to you fine readers! We would like to thank NZXT for their sponsoring of this giveaway and we invite you to checkout their official Facebook page! This giveaway will run until Friday, Aug 26th 2011 @ 11:59pm Pacific time. At that time, no further entries will be accepted and one winner will be announced.

To Enter

  1. Simply LIKE* our Facebook page and then leave a comment on this official Facebook post. What kind of comment? Well… In a few sentences, tell us what video game you were looking most-forward to that got canceled prior to release.

*Note, it is important to stay ‘LIKED’ to our FB page at least until after the contest is over. No like-y, no win-ey. Them’s the rules!

Am I Eligible?

This random drawing giveaway is open to residents of the continental Unites States and Canada. Enjoy!

 The Mouse Up Close:

*This image from the official product page

King Arthur: Fallen Champions Trailer

Paradox Interactive has released a new trailer for its stand-alone bridge between King Arthur: The Roleplaying game and King Arthur II: The Roleplaying Game titled “King Arthur: Fallen Champions”. The game is due out on August 25 for a retail price of $9.99.