Author - Jerry Paxton

WWE 2K14 Original Cover Artwork Contest Winners

2013/08/15

New York, NY – August 15, 2013 – 2K today announced Mike Rodriguez of Corona, Calif. as the North America winner, along with Alexis Zankowitch of Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux, France as the international winner, of the WWE® 2K14 video game cover artwork contest. The winning entries, both featuring WWE Superstar Daniel Bryan, will appear exclusively inside all retail copies of the game, respective to each geographic region, when the video game hits shelves on October 29, 2013 for North America and November 1, 2013 internationally.

While WWE Superstar The Rock® will serve as the official cover Superstar, WWE 2K14 marks the first time in the franchise’s history that consumers were presented with the opportunity to create and submit their own designs. The WWE Universe responded emphatically, with thousands of entries received by the contest deadline.

“We were blown away by not just the amount of contest entries received, but the overall creativity and quality of them as well,” said Chris Snyder, Senior Director of Marketing at 2K. “Both entries really captured the style and tone of WWE 2K14, and we are pleased to feature Daniel Bryan and these designs as part of our final product at retail.”

Become Immortal – 2K’s lineup of premier sports simulation titles expands with the Company’s upcoming release in the renowned WWE video game franchise, WWE 2K14. Developed by Yukes for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system, WWE 2K14 is positioned to be the most electrifying, authentic and comprehensive WWE video game experience to date. WWE 2K14 is rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB. Fans who pre-order WWE 2K14 will receive Ultimate Warrior at no extra cost on launch day on October 29, 2013 in North America and November 1, 2013 internationally.

For more information on WWE 2K14, visit wwe.2k.com, facebook.com/WWEgames and @WWEgames on Twitter.

2K is a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).

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The Purge Scare Zone Announced for Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood

2013/08/14

Jerry Paxton

Geek News, Halloween, News

The Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood Facebook and Twitter pages have announced “The Purge” scare zone for its October haunted event. Strangely, there is also a more extreme haunted house that was recently announced based on this movie property. It confuses me slightly – but, I am sure each will be scary as I have faith in the teams behind both. According to Universal’s social media channels, another scare zone will be announced “shortly”. Stay-tuned!

AirSplat Announces LA Grand Opening Event

2013/08/13

Jerry Paxton

Action Sports, Airsoft News, Articles, News

IRWINDALE, CA, August 13th, 2013 – AirSplat, the nation’s largest airsoft retailer, has announced the Grand Opening of its Los Angeles location making it their second retail store in the United States. Airsplat will be hosting a Grand Opening event for their newest retail store located in Irwindale, California. The event will be held on Saturday, September 14th, 2013 from 10:00am to 5:00pm and will feature booths from many popular brands in the airsoft industry, airsoft teams, free giveaways and in-store only specials.

The long awaited AirSplat Los Angeles retail store will be located at their headquarters in Irwindale, California. The store will feature thousands of the most popular airsoft guns, parts, accessories and gear. It will also feature a lounge area fully loaded with video games, arcade machines, and an onsite shooting range. Airsplat will also be the first in the industry to offer a unique “touch-and-feel” store approach by allowing its customers to walk into the store to touch, feel, and play with the guns. All guns and accessories will be out on an open display for customers to enjoy and test the guns before their purchase.

“The new store will be an amazing milestone for AirSplat. We are definitely aiming to provide our loyal customers in Southern California with a one-of a-kind shopping experience”, says AirSplat’s Marketing Manager Alfonso Fernandez. “As the largest airsoft retailer, we are committed to providing airsoft enthusiasts with the right product mix needed to complement their expectation.”

About AirSplat
AirSplat is the largest airsoft retailer in the nation. Its main warehouse and headquarters is located in Irwindale, CA which now features a recently opened retail store as well as an additional retail location in Seattle, WA. AirSplat is the first in the industry to offer eight unbeatable guarantees and remains competitive, innovative and always looking for creative solutions to maneuver through the ever-changing ecommerce market.

MWO Introduces 12v12 Combat

2013/08/13

Jerry Paxton

News, Windows PC News

VANCOUVER – August 13 , 2013 – Piranha Games and Infinite Game Publishing announced today that the popular free-to-play ‘Mech combat simulator, MechWarrior Online, now features long-awaited 12 vs. 12 match combat, forever changing the way the game is played. The update provides fans the ability to engage in true-to-MechWarrior combat, a crucial element of the official 1.0 launch later this summer. The latest enhancements to the game also sees the introduction of double XP for the first win of the day, allowing pilots to jump in and leap ahead in mastering their Battlemech’s abilities.

“The 12 vs. 12 gameplay changes combat dramatically,” said Bryan Ekman, creative director at Piranha Games. “Players now have a deep bench of options for a variety of strategies, more creative attacks and defense schemes and can alter their combat strategies in greater variety for each environment. This is true MechWarrior combat.”

Fans can tune in this Thursday, August 15^th for a celebrity showdown between YouTubers Total Biscuit and Angry Joe in a match set to showcase MechWarrior combat at its best as 24 pilots will go head-to-head in battle. Tune in to www.youtube.com/totalbiscuit or www.youtube.com/angryjoe at 1pm PT!

Also dropping in to the Inner Sphere a New Hero Mech ‘Golden Boy’ and a new map — Terra Therma. The Golden Boy sports a 30 percent C-bill bonus, three SRM-6’s, two SRM-4’s and four medium pulse lasers. Check it out now in this official Golden Boy trailer:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcgelolDFeU.

An environmentally terrifying new map is also now playable for pilots wanting to test thermal limits in combat: Terra Therma. Drop in on this tumultuous moon where pilots will be faced with ever-changing tectonic activity and violent volcanic eruptions. Rich in natural resources, Terra Therma is a valuable outpost – so valuable that ‘Mech pilots, ‘Mechs and expensive automated extraction technologies are considered expendable. The battle for the resources on Terra Therma will be as vicious as the landscape itself.

Set to launch on September 17^th, MechWarrior Online has garnered more than 1 million players since its initial announcement last year. The title has added loads of new content with regular updates since the game’s Open Beta announcement last fall.

For more information and to get in the game for free right now, visit http://mwomercs.com.

The Top 10 Most Social Video Game Companies

2013/08/13

Jerry Paxton

Geek News, News

The folks over at the Dachis Group have utilized their marketing analysis platform and released a list of the top 1o most-social video game companies, based on their social media/user-interaction.

The List

#1 Sony
- The creator of PlayStation seems to have landed on the perfect mix of audience size, brand publishing, and subscriber engagement. Whether it is content propagation, Engagement, or subscribers it’s rare to see Sony drop out of the # 1 or # 2 spots in each performance measurement – kudos to them for superior performance across the board. It’s no wonder that they have an audience base of 49,260,647 fans.
#2 Electronic Arts
- Who doesn’t love a game of Madden, or for that matter Crysis? Much like Activision, EA has an enormous social audience, but EA has an edge in the number of its subscribers that participate in the conversation EA promotes. This propels EA to #2 overall in the rankings.
#3 Activision
- With a whopping 63,263,857 fan base, Activision is the top brand among all publishers in terms of raw audience and the attention that comes with it, but their broadcasting to engagement ratio is higher relative to other brands on the list. And as a result they have to settle for “just” 3rd overall.
#4 Nintendo
- Nintendo revived its fortunes by making gaming social enough for anyone to take part. The same is true for their social presence where they are the #3 brand when it comes to the number of fans, 37,547,649 strong, and #2 in the number of branded conversation participants.
#5 Konami
- The strength of Konami’s content is clear in their propagation score (how frequently people repost brand content), where they rank second only to Sony. Konami ranks no lower than 8th in any other category among the various gaming brands.
#6 Warner Brothers
- Warner Brothers isn’t known first and foremost for its games like many of the ranked brands, but it is riding an outpouring of passionate praise for the Batman Arkham so that it stands as #6 in the rankings.
#7 Rockstar Games
- Rockstar ranks #3 in audience participation and does well in every every social metric relative to the competition. News of the upcoming GTA5 propelled Rockstar to its #7 rank.
#8 Ubisoft
- Ubisoft has a smaller audience, 5,673,607 fans, then some of the other brands on this list, but its passion, positivity, and content more than makes up for it. The brand ranks second overall for advocacy among gaming publishers.
#9 Microsoft
- The maker of the Xbox and the Kinect puts up impressive numbers for their audience size, 11,421,575 fans, but what really solidifies their #9 spot is their audience satisfaction score, where they rank #3.
#10 Epic Games
- Despite having the smallest audience size, 1,091,644 fans, Epic ranks #2 in satisfaction and #1 in passion. No doubt part of this is in part due to their massive user forum. Well played, Epic.

Age of Conan The Coils of Ubah Kan Screenshots

2013/08/13

Jerry Paxton

News, Screenshots / Photos, Windows PC News

August 13, 2013 — Funcom’s Age of Conan has just gotten an all new dungeon in the fresh Dragon’s Spine area. The Coils of Ubah Kan offers a brutal challenge for a six man party with great rewards awaiting those who succeed.

In the Coils of Ubah Kan the players enter recently excavated tunnels and can fight their way into the ancient underground city of the Serpent Men to uncover all its secrets. The primeval Serpent Man race has been biding its time for an age, but is now rising again to repel the invasion of their territory.

This new dungeon is found in Age of Conan’s newest area exclusive to Member players – Dragon’s Spine. Here players can take part in all new adventures and test their strength against terrifying monsters. The Coils of Ubah Kan is Dragon’s Spine second dungeon, and even more content will come to this area in the near future.

Screenshots

New Screenshots for Secret Ponchos

2013/08/13

Jerry Paxton

News, PlayStation 4 News, Screenshots / Photos

Switchblade Monkeys, a team made up of former Radical Entertainment devs (as well as some others), have released new screenshots for their upcoming PlayStation 4 spaghetti Western, Secret Ponchos.

Screens

Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches Trailer

2013/08/13

Jerry Paxton

News, PlayStation 3 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox 360 News

Here is the official trailer to “The Brigmore Witches” DLC pack for Bethesda Softworks and Arkane Software’s Dishonored.

Trailer

Call of Duty: Ghosts Multiplayer Reveal Live Stream

2013/08/13

Jerry Paxton

News, PlayStation 3 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox 360 News

Activision and Treyarch will be hosting a live stream of the Call of Duty: Ghosts multiplayer reveal trailer on Wednesday, August 14th at 10:30AM PDT. According to the news release we were issued,

“The global multiplayer reveal will go in-depth on all things multiplayer, and will include several world premier announcements for the millions of fans that play Call of Duty ever year.”

Stream Link

Farming Simulator Gets Release Date and New Screens

2013/08/13

Jerry Paxton

News, PlayStation 3 News, Screenshots / Photos, Xbox 360 News

August 13, 2013 — Farming Simulator planted seeds deep within the hearts of PC players worldwide with millions of copies sold since the start of the series. Now the worldwide phenomenon Farming Simulator finally arrives on PlayStation®3 and Xbox 360® on the 4th of September. Way more than a simple port, the console versions of Giants Software’s hit title bring its fair share of new content: an exclusive American environment and plenty of new vehicles! Today we are offering you the chance to learn more about this new content through these 5 images showing the new fleet of vehicles as well as the new environments that await your future farm!

For those who are lucky enough to take part in the Gamescom at Cologne from the 21st to the 25th of August, we are proud to announce that Farming Simulator on Consoles will be playable for all attendees and a preview will be presented on the A-010 stand, Hall 9. This is the perfect opportunity to put on your virtual farmer’s hat before the game release on the 4th of September.

Farming Simulator invites you into the challenging world of a modern day farmer. Take on all the challenges of farming life, including animal husbandry (cows, chicken and sheep), crops, sales… it’s up to you to manage and grow your own farm in a huge open world, including an all-new American environment. As your career progresses, you will control over a hundred farming vehicles and machines, faithfully recreated from the biggest names in the industry (Case IH, Deutz-Fahr, Lamborghini, Grimme, etc…), including vehicles new to Farming Simulator on consoles!

With a deep and powerful simulation experience, a large open world and a huge fleet of vehicles including brand new machines, Farming Simulator invites you aboard the largest farming simulation ever created!

Farming Simulator will be available on PlayStation®3 et Xbox 360® on September 4, 2013, in retail stores and download.

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