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Stern Pinball Releases New Accessories for Venom Pinball Line

2025/03/19
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Peripherals News, Trailers / Videos

In collaboration with Marvel, Stern Pinball, Inc., announces a full line of Venom pinball machine accessories compatible with the Pro, Premium, and Limited Edition (LE) models. Choose your accessory, change the Venom pinball experience with these newly available upgrades that will level up your game.

The Symbiote Containment Topper will transform your gaming experience featuring choreographed RGB lighting, illuminated decorative plastics, and an interactive symbiote LCD screen. Players will be able to play as a new host, Ghost Rider, as well as the all-new wizard mode, Symbiote Mania. Through the power of Insider Connected, players will have the ability to continue their adventure as Ghost Rider and play Symbiote Mania on any connected game for up to 3 months even if it doesn’t have a topper.

Launch into action right from the plunge with the sculpted Symbiote Tendrils Shooter Knob. This shooter knob adds an immersive feel and fun element to the start of your pinball mayhem.

Make your speakers pop with the official Speaker Expression Lighting System accessory. With intelligent RGB LED lighting, your speakers will light up and flash as you explore this antihero’s Marvel Universe, fully integrated and dynamically responsive to game events.

Protect yourself and your game with the Venomized Side Armor. This dramatic side armor adds further dimension to your Venom pinball gaming experience.

Fully dress up the inside of your game with the Venom Inside Art Blades. Featuring stunning and distinctive hand-drawn artwork of Venomized Heroes and Enemies by Zombie Yeti, these art blades add an entirely new dimension inside this world under glass.

“Choose your accessory, change your game with the official Venom pinball accessories,” said Seth Davis, President and CEO of Stern Pinball, Inc. “Transform your Venom pinball experience today.”

Pricing and Availability:

Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price:

  • Symbiote Containment Topper $US 1,299.99
  • Symbiote Tendrils Shooter Knob $US 199.99
  • Venomized Side Armor $US 399.99
  • Venomized Heroes and Enemies Inside Art Blades $US 99.99
  • Speaker Expression Lighting System $US 199.99

MSRP for sales to USA end-users, before any VAT, GST, Sales Tax, Duties, or other taxes.

Nightdive Announces I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream for Consoles

2025/03/19
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, PlayStation 5 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox One News, Xbox Series X News

Hate. Let me tell you how much I’ve come to hate you since I began to live.

The world has ended, and humanity’s last five survivors are held prisoner miles underground, nestled squarely in the heart of darkness.

Allied Mastercomputer. Adaptive Manipulator. Aggressive Menace. Cogito ergo sum — I think, therefore I AM.

Today at The MIX Spring Showcase, Nightdive Studios announced that the critically acclaimed 1996 point-and-click horror adventure I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream will be released on March 27, 2025, on PlayStation 4|5, Xbox One and Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.

Watch the I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream console announcement trailer here:

“It’s been nearly 12 years since Nightdive Studios re-released the iconic I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream on PC, and we’re so excited to once again give it renewed life by releasing it for the first time on consoles,” said Nightdive studio head, Stephen Kick. “Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen a lot of love for the original game and Harlan Ellison’s short story across social media platforms like TikTok and Reddit. It only felt right that we helped make this title more accessible and further preserve its legacy.”

Based on the post-apocalyptic short story by renowned author Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream plunges players deep within the center of the earth, where they play as each of the five survivors who have been trapped in the bowels of the insane AI AM for the past hundred and nine years. Fueled by his intense hatred for the human race, AM has spent the past century torturing and toying with each character as he sees fit, culminating in a final game: an appropriately meta adventure-style quest for each of them, teasing the prospect of freedom if they succeed.

Each victim is subjected to a personalized psychodrama designed by AM to explore their greatest fears and feelings of guilt. Players go through each character’s personalized scenario, discovering the truth about each of their pasts and why AM chose to keep them alive and prolong their suffering. Whether they have the strength to overcome his games and face their demons…well, that’s for the player to decide.

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream is a fully voice-acted experience, upping the immersion and giving the horrors taking place even more impact. Additionally, AM, the megalomaniacal all-powerful techno god, is voiced by the legend himself: Harlan Ellison.

Capcom’s Resident Evil 3 Comes to iOS

2025/03/19
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, Mobile News, News

Today, Capcom revealed Resident Evil™ 3 is the latest entry in the highly acclaimed Resident Evil™ series to make its way to Apple devices. This best-selling remake of the 1999 classic is now available on the App Store, joining Resident Evil™ 2, Resident Evil™ 4, Resident Evil™ 7 biohazard, and Resident Evil™ Village. All five beloved modern survival horror games can now be enjoyed on iPhone 16 models, iPhone 15 Pro models, and every iPad and Mac with the M1 chip or later.

Resident Evil 3 follows S.T.A.R.S. officer Jill Valentine in her desperate journey to escape the viral outbreak spreading through Raccoon City. The game delivers a unique strain of survival horror based on the fear of being pursued by a relentless force, the Bio Organic Weapon known as Nemesis. Powered by Capcom’s RE ENGINE, this vivid reimagining of the original game delivers action-packed gameplay and bone-chilling visuals with detail and fidelity that can only be realized by today’s current technology.

Like other Resident Evil games now available on Apple devices, players can try a portion of Resident Evil 3 with a free download before continuing the story by picking up the full game. The experience can also be enjoyed across all supported devices linked to the same Apple Account. Save data is transferrable between iPhone, iPad, and Mac enabling cross-progression whether at home or on the go.

Resident Evil 3 on iPhone and iPad includes fully customizable touch controls for easy on-the-go play. iPhone and iPad players can utilize a brand-new Auto Fire feature as well, offering the option to automatically fire weapons after aiming at enemies for a short time. Resident Evil 3 is also compatible with a variety of controllers on iPhone, iPad, and Mac for the complete gaming experience.

To celebrate the launch, Resident Evil 3 is on sale for a limited time. In addition, Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 7 biohazard, and Resident Evil Village are also currently on sale via the App Store, offering these fan-favorite Resident Evil games at great discounted prices of up to 75% off.

CCP Games Announces Three-Day EVE Frontier Hackathon

2025/03/19
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Windows PC News

CCP Games has announced a three-day Hackathon for EVE Frontier, the hardcore survival MMO. Running April 29 – May 1, players and developers will compete to create third-party tools and applications that enhance the player experience, such as interactive maps, data explorers, analytics dashboards, and other utilities.

The winning teams will receive up to $3,000 in Icelandair Vouchers and additional tickets to EVE Fanfest 2026.
Taking place before EVE Fanfest, the Hackathon will reward innovative ideas that resonate with EVE Frontier’s vision for a massively moddable living universe, empowering the community with tools for survival, intel and collaboration.

Using the EVE Frontier REST API and WORLD API, in-game data will be readily available for participants, allowing them to access both public and private endpoints. The third hackathon for EVE Frontier, it will also introduce PODs (Provable Object Data), a new framework that enables integration of out-of-game events and applications with in-game data. More details on PODs can be found at https://pod.org/.

Those interested can register to join online, or at CCP Games’ headquarters in Iceland, where on-site participants will be given tickets to attend EVE Fanfest 2025. To enter, register at https://hackathon.paperform.co/ and for more information, visit https://www.evefrontier.com/en/hackathon-2025.

ZHIYUN Set to Unveil Latest Innovations at NAB 2025

2025/03/19
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Tech News

ZHIYUN will be lighting up the NAB 2025 show in Las Vegas with new accessories for photographers and videomakers to empower creativity. The show will witness the unveiling of two brand new ZHIYUN products: a compact, bright RGB COB (Chip on Board) light, and a new high brightness panel light. ZHIYUN will provide live demonstrations for visitors and media at its booth.

More details of ZHIYUN’s new video and photo products will be revealed at the show. ZHIYUN will hold a new product launch event at its booth on the afternoon of April 6. ZHIYUN will also showcase key creative accessories from its range of popular Molus, Fiveray and Cinepeer lights; and Crane, Weebill and Smooth series gimbals.

Organized by the US National Association of Broadcasters, NAB 2025 takes place from April 6 to April 9, 2025 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. ZHIYUN will be at Booth N2875 in the North Hall.

ZHIYUN shines in lighting at NAB

As well as exclusive new products, ZHIYUN will be showing many of its outstanding range of lights and gimbals that have already been helping photo and video creatives and professionals produce spectacular results quickly and easily.

The MOLUS X60 videography and photography light provides powerful 60 watt professional quality lighting, but is remarkably compact, easy-to-use, and cool-running. Color fidelity is excellent, and the MOLUS X60 RGB variant provides full color control.

There are ultra-portable lights to make working on the move even easier. ZHIYUN’s FIVERAY M40 light provides 40W of high power lighting in a lightweight palm-sized device that fits in a pocket. Meanwhile, the FIVERAY M20 and M20C pocket-sized 20W lights combine professional-level features with consumer-level ease-of-use in an easily portable format.

ZHIYUN’s CINEPEER C100, is a 100W RGB portable light with 36,000 color options, built-in lighting effects, adaptive charging, and long battery life.

Innovations in gimbals and AI tracking

The Crane M3S compact portable gimbal is a 705g (1.5 lbs) stabilizer with an impressive load-bearing capacity that handles a wide range of mainstream full-frame cameras and lens combos. It can also be used with mobile phones, mirrorless cameras, and action cameras.

Powerful AI tracking technology transforms the video creation process in ZHIYUN’s SMOOTH 5S AI smartphone stabilizer gimbals. The compact magnetically-attached AI tracker is easily controlled by simple hand gestures, and makes professional-level video quick and easy to shoot – even for solo creators.

Other ZHIYUN accessories to catch at NAB 2025 include:

  • Lights: Molus G300 and G200, Molus B series, Molus X100
  • Gimbals: Crane 4 and Weebill 3S

NAB Event details

ZHIYUN welcomes friends from the media, industry, partners and customers to visit to find out more and to see demonstrations.

Venue: Las Vegas Convention Center

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, US

Date April 6th to April 9th, 2025

ZHIYUN is in Booth N2875 in the North Hall

https://www.nabshow.com/

Steel Hunters – Early Access Date Announcement Trailer

2025/03/18
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

Wargaming, the award-winning developer behind the hit World of Tanks and World of Warships Franchises, unveiled today that its recently announced original IP Steel Hunters, a free-to-play mech hero shooter that uniquely blends Battle Royale and Extraction mechanics, will officially enter Early Access on April 2. Guided by a player-first philosophy, this Early Access phase empowers the community to actively shape and evolve the game through their feedback until its full release, ensuring it becomes the most engaging and satisfying mech-shooter experience. The development team will share additional insights into this approach as the game enters Early Access.

Steel Hunters offers an intense mech power fantasy where players control formidable mechanical giants—Hunters—and participate in action-packed battles, pursuing various objectives to level up and acquire gear. Each Hunter comes with its own distinct playstyle, unique ability kits, and progression systems that allow for a variety of strategies and tactics to outmatch opponents as they advance toward the final showdown at the extraction point.

Choose from an elite roster—including Razorside, Heartbreaker, Fenris, Ursus, Trenchwalker, Prophet, and Weaver—each armed with devastating abilities and ready to dominate dynamic battlegrounds like Crimson Ridge, Maryland Heights, and Stonecutter Keep.

Police Shootout Out Now on Console

2025/03/18
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 5 News, Windows PC News, Xbox Series X News

Get ready for a thrilling gaming experience in Police Shootout, a unique blend of shooter, tactical game, and adventure, launches on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. This innovative title combines the intensity of a first-person shooter with the strategic depth of turn-based combat, set against the backdrop of a police intervention simulator.

Police Shootout offers a captivating narrative intertwined with challenging gameplay, making it a must-play for fans of tactical shooters and adventure games. Step into the role of Scott Price and embark on a journey that will test your skills as a police officer in the quaint yet unpredictable town of San Adrino.

Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons – Free DLC Trailer

2025/03/18
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

Maximum Entertainment, alongside developer Secret Base, announced today that the beloved beat ‘em up Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons will be expanding its roster with two brand-new playable characters in a free DLC pack scheduled for release in April. This marks the first of several planned character updates, with an additional six new fighters to be added later this year.
To celebrate the upcoming DLC, the game is currently available for 60% off on PC and Nintendo Switch: Buy Now

Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons is a dynamic side-scrolling action brawler that brings the iconic Billy and Jimmy Lee back into action, joined by new allies to combat the criminal underworld of New York City. Players can unleash devastating combos and special moves as they fight their way through the city, with unique playable characters and unlockable upgrades. In a fresh twist on the classic formula, players can select up to two characters to form a tag team for cooperative play.

Meet the New Fighters

JEFF
A childhood rival of the Lee brothers, Jeff trained alongside them in the martial art Sōsetsuken. But as his skills lagged behind, jealousy grew. Determined to surpass Billy and Jimmy, Jeff abandoned his noble path and embraced the streets, merging Karate with Sōsetsuken to develop a dangerous, unpredictable fighting style.

ABORE
A massive ex-soldier with a stoic demeanor, Abore fights with raw power and unwavering calm. His incredible strength and resilience have led some to wonder: is he a man, or something more? The quiet brawler offers no answers, only crushing blows.

Key Features:

  • Seamless, fast-paced tag-team action.
  • A wide array of devastating combos and special moves across more than a dozen unique playable characters.
  • Two-player local co-op that multiplies the action with a friend.

ARK: Lost Colony Announced Starring Michelle Yeoh

2025/03/18
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

At Game Developers Conference 2025, Studio Wildcard revealed a two-minute anime-style trailer for ARK: Lost Colony, the first all-original ARK: Survival Ascended expansion pack. The expansion will feature numerous cinema-grade anime story sequences, created by legendary Japanese animation studio MAPPA (Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack on Titan, Chainsaw Man). In this new frozen world, players follow in the footsteps of legendary ARK survivor Mei Yin, on a soul-searching quest deep into the chilling heart of darkness to find answers to long-buried secrets of ARK’s past.

ARK: Lost Colony directly connects the storylines of ARK’s Extinction and Genesis expansions and leads into the events of ARK 2. Starring the voice talents of Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once) reprising her ARK: The Animated Series role as Mei Yin, Madeleine Madden (Wheel of Time) as Helena Walker, Auli’i Cravalho (Moana) as Meeka, along with yet-to-be-revealed, fan-favorite characters voiced and depicted for the first time in-game.

ARK: Lost Colony will present survivors with thrilling new challenges as they become the hunted in a vast occupied city, and gain access to powerful new kinds of character abilities, unique gear, building systems, and phenomenally exotic tames. Will Survivors be able to face down the demons lurking in Arat Prime, and connect ARK’s past and future? Players can find out when ARK: Lost Colony becomes available for pre-order in June 2025. All purchases will immediately unlock exclusive ARK: Lost Colony preview gameplay content. With a full release in November 2025, ARK: Lost Colony will be priced at $29.99, for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC platforms, and can be wishlisted on Steam now.

The definitive survival experience returns better than ever with ARK: Survival Ascended! Create a Survivor, form a tribe, and then tame, train, breed & ride dinosaurs within a living ecosystem. ASA is now available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC and Steam.

For the latest updates, join the ARK Survivor’s conversation on Discord, follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, subscribe to us on YouTube, visit our website at playark.com and watch us tame ‘n train leviathan dinosaurs on Twitch.TV.