Sony Online Entertainment and “The Black Widow Company” have released a new gameplay video for the upcoming online shooter, PlanetSide 2 – enjoy!
Author - Jerry Paxton
November 1st is always a depressing day for me. Halloween, one of the biggest nights of the year, is now over. No more haunted houses, kids trick or treating, or ghosts and goblins for a whole year. So, we have changed our site back from its more ghoulish-look and will resume our regularly-scheduled program. However, we had fantastic fun at various events like the LA Haunted Hayride, Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights, and Knott’s Scary Farm – to name just a few. What’s next? Thanksgiving, the December commercial-religious holiday of your particular persuasion, and New Year’s. We would like to thank @IsItOctoberYet for helping us gather a lot of this coverage (they are some awesome people we love working with) and we look forward to what next year’s twister “haunt minds” think up next! Until then, BOO!
In honor of my favorite holiday, let’s look back on some of our Halloween season coverage:
New Movies:
Haunted Attractions:
Universal Studios Hollywood – Halloween Horror Nights
Knott’s Scary Farm Halloween Haunt
Six Flags Great Adventure Fright Fest
Great America’s Halloween Haunt
Winchester Mystery House Fright Nights
Here is a letter from Project Gorgon’s Community Manager, Mitch Gross, talking about their game’s Kickstarter campaign and the urgent need for donations before time runs out.
From Project Gorgon
Just wanted to send a quick follow-up note and thank everyone who covered Project: Gorgon during our Kickstarter campaign.
We have 28 hours to go and unless there is a sudden surge in donations it does not look like we will make it.Our main focus with this campaign was to secure funding to improve the art of the game but regardless of how things end, Eric Heimburg and Sandra Powers (our intrepid developers) have been working on this game for three years and still intend to move forward and do the best they can with the resources available.
We haven’t given up hope though and anything you can do to help us get attention to our campaign and to the game itself would be appreciated.
You can find our Kickstarter page at http://kck.st/T0AbsJ
Let me know if there is any additional information or media you need. I’ve attached some screenshots to this email as well.
Thanks!
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Mitch Gross
PR & Community Manager
Project Gorgon W-i-P Screenshots
31 October, 2012 — Wargaming today announced the release of Update 8.1, adding the highly anticipated British line of armored vehicles to the free-to-play MMO action game World of Tanks. The newly added national tech tree contains 22 finest models from the Royal Tank Corps across three main tank classes. World of Tanks Update 8.1 will be available on October 31 for the European players and on November 1 for the American community.
The infantry/cavalry concept of the British armored warfare has been modified to fit into World of Tanks’ three class system of light, medium, and heavy machines. The slow and clunky but powerfully gunned and thickly armoured British heavy tanks can rival the vast majority of top tier machines, while the fast yet firepower lacking medium and light tanks can prove to be invaluable for scouting in combat.
Besides the familiar Matilda, Valentine, and Churchill models that are present in the game as the Soviet Lend-lease premiums, the British line features a wide selection of tech modifications for the Black Prince, Vickers and Cruiser tanks. Further up the tech tree, the selection of armored vehicles includes a diverse range of agile cruiser tanks, such as the Covenanter, Crusader, Cromwell, and the Comet. The Medium branch is topped with two ferocious modifications of the Centurion tank, while the top tier heavies include the maneuverable Caernarvon, the powerful Conqueror, and the intimidating FV215.
Along with the massive addition of new vehicles, Update 8.1 also introduces an overhauled rendering system for Province, El Halluf, Dragon Ridge, and Abbey battling arenas, while the list of premium vehicles now includes the Soviet SU-122-44, the German Pz IV Schmalturm VI, and the Panther M10.
MONTREAL – October 31,2012 – Red Barrels, the independent developers of survival-horror PC title Outlast, today revealed shocking direct footage of the happenings within Mount Massive Asylum, a facility owned by the Murkof Corporation.
The footage, sent by an anonymous source, was accompanied by a message from the investigative reporter who captured the video, Miles Upshur. His note has been published in its entirety below, and the footage itself can be viewed here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Red Barrels strongly encourages the viewing of this video, although many may find it terrifying to view.
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Message from Miles Upshur, Investigative Reporter:
I’m risking my life stopping to write this, but the world has to know what I’ve found.
I am currently inside Mount Massive, a supposedly abandoned asylum in Colorado, and I’ve stumbled across an atrocity I can’t put into words. The Murkof Corporation is in the middle of creating something unthinkable here—a malevolence that humanity has yet to experience. I fear for my life, and for mankind, because of what I’m witnessing.
Video of everything I’ve seen so far can be found on this tape. I need to find my way out of this complex, but fortunately I have what I need to capture more footage in the meantime… as long as my camera power lasts, at least.
If you find this note, please spread this video and share the truth. They must be stopped.
– Miles Upshur
New York – October 31, 2012 – Just when Europe thought it was safe from troublesome Eastern foes, a new blood-curdling threat looms off the Western coast in Crusader Kings II: Sunset Invasion.
In the latest DLC for the critically-acclaimed strategy/RPG Crusader Kings II, Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studios pose the question – what would have happened if the Aztecs invaded 13th Century Europe?
For the first time ever, Paradox Development Studio is introducing a fantasy scenario in their strategy games. Introducing a wealth of new features to appease the angriest of sun gods, the upcoming Crusader Kings II DLC brings the savage, blood drenched Aztec civilization to European shores, determined to wreak carnage on its inhabitants. Cower in fear at the invaders strange gods and rituals including the potential peril of having your vital organs offered up to these vengeful deities in sacrifice. Anything to keep them happy!
It will be survival of the fittest to survive the onslaught of the menacing Mesoamerican warriors, bringing with them exotic and deadly diseases, and an appetite for destruction.
Crusader Kings II: Sunset Invasion arrives November 15th 2012 on all major digital download portals for 4,99 USD.
Get ready to face the biggest threat Europe could have known!
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Happy Halloween to all our fair GamingShogun.com readers out there! On this special day, I wanted to share with you one of my favorite holiday songs/segments from when I was a kid. The song is “The Headless Horseman” and my favorite cover of it was from Kay Starr back in the 1940s (very jazzy version). This is the 1949 Bing Crosby version from Disney’s “The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad”. Also, feel free to peruse all of our Halloween stories from this haunted season.
The Headless Horseman
Lionsgate has released a really cool motion poster for their upcoming Texas Chainsaw 3D, due out in theaters come January 4th, 2013. Enjoy!
Motion Poster
OCTOBER 30, 2012 – Just in time for Halloween, Dark Sky Films reveals the first photos from Adam Green’s HATCHET 3 Directed by BJ McDonnell. HATCHET 3 will continue the saga of Crowley, the “Bayou Butcher,” who first made his gruesome mark in 2007’s groundbreaking Hatchet. Adam Green’s HATCHET 2 sequel became the first unrated independent horror film to be exhibited by a major chain (AMC Theatres) in more than 25 years when it opened.
The movie is written and executive produced by series creator Adam Green, who also directed the first two films in the series. Veteran camera operator BJ McDonnell (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Project X, Easy A, Hatchet 2) makes his directing debut on HATCHET 3.
HATCHET 2 stars Danielle Harris and Kane Hodder return in Hatchet 3, along with Derek Mears (Friday the 13th 2009), Caroline Williams (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2), Sean Whalen (The People Under the Stairs) and others
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LOS ANGELES – October 30, 2012 – With a current player base of more than 200,000 gamers, the time is now for remaining survivors that have yet to get their first taste of The War Z. The game is available for unrestricted access on October 31, 2012 and, to celebrate, developer Hammerpoint Interactive is introducing brand new content that will feature the following:
- New Characters – new playable characters
- New Zombies – new zombie models
- New Playable Area – entirely new section of game world opened up, including new large cities – effectively doubling the current map size
- Special Themed Items – players will have access to special, Halloween-themed items in the game marketplace
Additionally, to commemorate this milestone, Hammerpoint will be reintroducing the “Legend” package for a limited time. Through Sunday, November 4, 2012, the Legend package, which was previously sold out, will be available and will include the following:
- Full Game Access
- $30 of in-game currency
- Six-months of “stronghold” server hosting
- Special player recognition in-game and on forums
Players can purchase the Legend package (or other packages) now at (http://www.thewarz.com/buy)
“The last couple of weeks of Alpha, since we began allowing public access, have been incredible,” said Sergey Titov, executive producer for The War Z. “We’re extremely happy with the way things are going and the players seem to understand the hurdles of the game being in Alpha and have been really supportive. We will continue to listen to the feedback from our community and use it to add the features and content that will match their expectations and help us to make this game the best it can be.”
The War Z is an online, multiplayer, survival-simulation game set in an open world infested with zombies. Players are thrust into this post-apocalyptic world five-years after a viral outbreak that ravaged the human population and left, in its wake, a nightmare of epic proportion. Hordes of undead zombies roam the cities, and the few remaining human beings have devolved into a lawless, nomadic society where the sole objective is to survive at any cost. Players must use skill and cunning in order to acquire food, weapons and other supplies necessary for survival. While navigating the vast landscape, they will discover cities teeming with the undead as well as other players that may or may not be friendly.
Players can visit http://www.thewarz.com for more information. They can also have a chance to win gear and game access by “liking” on Facebook (http://facebook.com/warzmmo) and “following” on Twitter (http://twitter.com/the_war_z).
About Hammerpoint Interactive
Hammerpoint Interactive was formed in 2011 by a team of experienced developers looking to create a fresh experience in the online, multiplayer arena. Having worked with large publishers, such as Electronic Arts and Activision, as well as on multiplayer games, such as World of Tanks, the team possesses the knowledge and skill to create multiplayer games that appeal to both hardcore and mainstream gamers. The company is backed and financed by Arktos Entertainment Group.
About Arktos Entertainment Group
Arktos Entertainment Group (www.arktosentertainment.com) is a privately held Los Angeles based investment and holding company, providing investment as well as creative and production management support for companies in the interactive and online entertainment industries. Arktos Entertainment published and is operating The War Z through OP Productions, LLC, a newly created subsidiary.