LOS ANGELES (Dec. 13, 2012) – Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX® interactive entertainment products in the Americas, and IO Interactive A/S, a Square Enix studio, today announced HITMAN HD: TRILOGY, a deadly combination of games including Hitman Contracts, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin and Hitman Blood Money. Players will experience more than 40 intense missions across three classic Hitman games, all presented in glorious HD. HITMAN HD: TRILOGY will be released for PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for $39.99 in North America.
The HITMAN HD: TRILOGY is scheduled for release in North America on January 29, 2013 and across Europe and PAL territories on February 1, 2013 for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and Xbox 360. HITMAN: TRILOGY is rated M for Mature. Please visit the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) website at www.esrb.org for more information about ratings. For more information and updates, please visit the official website at: www.hitman.com.
Los Angeles, CA – December 13, 2012 –The Guinness World Record holding worldwide concert spectacular Video Games Live is once again breaking new ground. On Friday, December 14th at the Dubai World Trade Center, Video Games Live will be performing the first ever video game concert in the Middle East. Synchronized to 3 massive video screens, state-of-the-art lighting and special fx; award winning film/television/game composer Emmanuel Fratianni will conduct the United Arab Emirates National Symphony Orchestra as they perform some of the most beloved game music over the past 40 years. The 3 hour performance will also include special guest performances by Blizzard Entertainment Audio Director and composer Russell Brower, God of War composer Gerard Marino, The Blindfolded Pianist Martin Leung and Laura “Flute Link” Intravia. Atari founder Nolan Bushnell will be appearing on stage and taking part in the post-show Meet & Greet. UAE National Symphony Orchestra concertmaster and 1st chair violinist Min Yang will also be joining the Meet & Greet and has performed on the Star Wars films and Final Fantasy: Spirits within as a part of the London Symphony Orchestra.
Video Games Live has signed a 5 year deal with Cyclops Entertainment to return to the Middle East and its surrounding areas. Future installments will include multiple cities and countries in the region including India. Creator/Executive Producer/Host and video game industry veteran Tommy Tallarico states “The excitement level for VGL in the Middle East has been overwhelming! The national coverage we’ve received so far has been unprecedented and we look forward to performing in front of our newest 4,000 friends this Friday and returning for the next 5 years with a new show each and every year.”
The Dubai event is being sponsored by McLaren Automotive, Bentley Motors, Red Bull, Lama Tours, Sony PlayStation Middle East and Microsoft Xbox Gulf. McLaren Automotive will be showcasing two McLaren P1’s on the sides of the stage during the event. The pre-show festival begins at 1:00pm and features booths by Sony, Pluto Games (Xbox), Red Entertainment and Power League Gaming. The widely popular Costume Contest and Guitar Hero Competitions will also be present and prize give-a-ways include a Playstation Vita , Xbox 360, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Prestige Edition and a Nintendo Wii.
Video Games Live is currently touring the world and has over 40 shows planned for 2013 starting in January with multiple shows in Texas, Louisiana and Florida. Tickets are ON SALE NOW: http://www.videogameslive.com/index.php?s=dates
This latest trailer for Guillermo Del Toro’s upcoming Pacific Rim is chock full of so much awesome content, I may not be able to sleep tonight. Seriously. Forget all the supposed secrecy on what the Kaiju (the monsters in the film) or robot suits looked like – its all in this bad boy. Enjoy!
12th December, 2012 — Wargaming today announced that Update 8.2 is now available in Europe and goes live in North America on December 13. The release introduces players to five new US machines featuring autoloaders and oscillating turrets. The line of premium vehicles has been reinforced by the British TOG II prototype heavy tank, the heavily armed AT-15À heavy TD, and the French FCM 50t heavy tank with impressive speed characteristics.
To ensure players get a perfectly balanced experience, the previously announced deployment of Chinese tanks will now take place in the next update.
Update 8.2 also added overhauled rendering and lighting to the next four battle arenas: Prokhorovka, Redshire, Erlenberg and Ruinberg, making them more realistic and inviting players to reconsider their strategies and apply new combat tactics.
Durham, USA – December 12th, 2012 – Funcom is excited to announce that subscription is no longer required to play the company’s modern-day massively multiplayer online game ‘The Secret World’. The game is now available online and in retail and starting today no subscription fee is required to enjoy any of the game’s content, features or storylines. There are no complicated rules or restrictions, no complex matrixes telling you what you can and cannot access. Pay Once, Play Forever – it’s that simple.
“With this recent change there is no reason not to join and take part in ‘The Secret World’,” says Game Director Joel Bylos. “Most players end up having a ton of fun once they delve into the myths and legends of ‘The Secret World’, and we believe the game has the potential to be even more successful without the subscription entry barrier. It is an ambitious and very exciting move for us!”
Besides working tirelessly to expand ‘The Secret World’ through new content and features, Joel Bylos is also currently preparing for the end of the world, expected to come on December 21st 2012. Recently, Bylos released the first in a series of videos chronicling his final days on earth. Meanwhile, in the realm of the sane, Funcom is also currently running a special end-of-the-world alternate reality game.
‘The Secret World’ is one of the most unique massively multiplayer games ever released, breaking the mold on everything from its modern-day setting to its freeform progression system that is neither built on classes or levels. The game received several glowing reviews after launch earlier this year, with magazines such as PC Powerplay saying “The Secret World is a breath of fresh air in a stale genre” and TenTonHammerreporting that “Funcom has colored outside the tried and true lines of the MMO genre”. As of now, ‘The Secret World’ has a user rating of 8.2 on MetaCritic and 8.50 on MMORPG.com.
Since launch, the talented and dedicated live team working on ‘The Secret World’ has pushed out four major content updates, adding everything from new weapons to an entire raid to the game. This post-launch update plan is among some of the most ambitious in the MMO industry, and the team will continue to create free updates – also called Issues – as well as offering optional paid content packs.
Even though the subscription requirement for ‘The Secret World’ has been removed, there is still a Membership option available which provide exciting bonuses such as 10 USD/EUR per month which can be spent in the in-game store, the ‘Time Accelerator’ item that grants double experience gain for one hour each day, a fixed 10% discount to everything in the in-game store, and more.
‘The Secret World’ is developed by Funcom and co-published by EA Partners, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA). For more information about the game please visit www.thesecretworld.com.
DECEMBER 12, 2012 — Leading independent games studio Jagex today announced the launch of its all new Transformers Universe website in preparation for the next stage of the free-to-play MMO’s release.
As well as featuring an entire redesign, the addition of forums and a news feed for all things Transformers Universe, the website will be the new and improved hub for the game’s BETA when it goes live in early 2013.
Tim Hodges, Transformers Universe Brand Director commented “We are delighted to be entering the next phase of our launch plans for Transformers Universe and we hope that players enjoy using this new hub for all the latest Transformer Universe news and information. We’re getting closer to unleashing Transformers Universe into browsers so stay tuned for more information and be sure to visit the site and sign up for BETA today”
MOSCOW, Russia – December 12, 2012 -Leading Eastern and Central European publisher, 1C Company, and Best Way are proud to announce the launch of the official website of the upcoming Action/RPG Nuclear Union.
The website can be found at http://www.nuclearunion.com/and gives great insight on the game world with its culture, locations, enemies and much more. Fans will also find new art, screen shots and enemy descriptions to help them prepare for the apocalypse.
Nuclear Union is a new large-scale RPG for PC from the creators of the Men of War series, taking place in a post-apocalyptic alternative reality where the world has survived a nuclear war that broke out after the Cuban Missile Crisis. 50 years after the war, the fragments of the Soviet empire that were hastily brought underground have gradually become a real state with its own capital, a city called Pobedograd. Using prototype weapons, radiation suits and anything he can find, this is more than one man’s story of survival, but that of an empire and the world.
DC Comics and Warner Bros. Pictures have released a new trailer for their upcoming Superman reboot, Man of Steel. I was apprehensive at first, however this looks pretty interesting.
A big thanks to the folks at Bethesda Softworks for thinking of us during the holiday season. A Dishonored-themed card arrived for us the other day. Tis the season!! 🙂
Copenhagen, Denmark – December 11th, 2012 – Independent studio Full Control today announced that in association with Games Workshop it will be bringing the legendary Space Hulk IP to popular digital gaming platforms in 2013. Based on the best-selling board game and set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, Space Hulk is a 3D digital turn based strategy game that recreates the classic claustrophobic board game experience for single player and multiplayer cross-platform play between PC, Mac and on iOS.
Space Hulk is set in the isolated corridors and tomb-like chambers of an ancient vessel lost in the graveyard of space. Players lead a small army of fearless Space Marine Terminators to battle in a ferocious fight for survival against hordes of predatory alien Genestealers. Based on the “Sin of Damnation” campaign from the 3rd edition board game, Space Hulk includes a robust 12 mission single-player and co-operative campaign. Recreating the tense battles of the board game, multiplayer mode will allow players to go head-to-head as one player controls the Space Marines and their opponent the Genestealers, in the ultimate fight for domination. Cross platform functionality in multiplayer mode allows players to compete against friends whether they play on PC, Mac or mobile. The Space Hulk level editor will enable players to design their own levels, share them with others online and in a central hub explore creations of the community.
“Since playing the board game decades ago I have always wanted to recreate this slice of Warhammer 40,000 as a computer game. Now we can finally bring the board game to life in glorious 3D full of scary Genestealers and mighty Terminators fighting for human kind,” said Thomas Hentschel Lund, CEO of Full Control. “As huge fans of the Space Hulk board game and the Warhammer 40,000 universe in general, we are delighted that Games Workshop has given us the opportunity to work with this iconic license and bring our version of Space Hulk into the hands of all fans out there”.
‘Space Hulk is one of our timeless games that has both classic gameplay and extraordinary imagery in the form of the Warhammer 40,000 universe,’ said Jon Gillard, the Head of Licensing for Games Workshop. ‘Over its 23 year history, three physical editions and three video games it has consistently reset the bar for quality and edge-of-the-seat gaming and we have no doubt that will continue to be the case with this version from Full Control. Their passion for the game and their development skill, combined with the power of the Warhammer 40,000 setting is going to create something very special indeed. There are a lot of people here at Games Workshop who are desperate to get this on their iPads!’
Space Hulk is powered by Full Control’s battle proven formula for 3D tactical turn based games utilised in the successful “Tactical Soldier – Undead Rising” and the recently released “Frontline Tactics” video games.
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