Wargaming.net has announced the launch of the official forums for their upcoming World of Warplanes. The flight action title is currently in closed alpha testing.
“We are now on the initial stages of World of Warplanes development, and the feedback alpha testers can give us is of crucial importance,” said Wargaming.net CEO Victor Kislyi. “With their help, we will make a huge step towards finding the ideal game balance.”
Checkout the forum link for more information!
Namco Bandai has announced that a new DLC pack for Ace Combat: Assault Horizon will be available to download for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on October 25, and includes a fictional state-of-the-art support fighter, the ASF-X Shinden II, as well as two new aircraft colors (even a Halloween skin for the F-14D)!
Activision has released a new combat walkthrough video for its upcoming GoldenEye 007: Reloaded, which features HD visuals and online gameplay.
Konami has released a new trailer for its upcoming team-based zombie-shooter, Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone. The game is due out on the PlayStation®Network for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system on October 25th, and Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft on October 26th
Remedy Entertainment has released the much-anticipated multiplayer upgrade to its racing actioner, Death Rally. The company also released two new screenshots showing off this upgrade – enjoy!
* FIRST MULTIPLAYER UPDATE: Race online against other Death Rally players from all around the world!
* FANTASTIC NEW WEAPON: The Flamethrower is now included in the 1st Reward Booster pack!
* NEW CAR PAINT JOB: The Retro Fighter for Shrieker.
* New achievements.
* Enhanced anti-aliasing for iPad 2.
FIRST MULTIPLAYER UPDATE CONTAINS:
* Up to 4 person multiplayer mayhem!
* 1 car (Shrieker), offering multiple paint schemes, separate level advancement than single player for upgrades * 2 upgraded weapons to choose from (shotgun and gatling)
* 6 maps available to race on (including Eureka which is a paid extra map in single player)
Yesterday morning, Six Flags Great Adventure zombies “got frightful” with Vinny Guadagnino from MTV’s Jersey Shore in NYC. The zombies were celebrating the 20th anniversary of the park’s Fright Fest Halloween event, which runs weekends through Oct. 30.
When I first heard about the Ford Brothers’ “The Dead”, I was intrigued at the prospect of a zombie flick set amid the treacherous landscape of Western Africa. Already war-torn, throw zombies into the mix and you could have something that zombie film fans have never seen before. The Dead focuses on the story of a US Air Force engineer (played by Rob Freeman) who is the sole survivor of an evacuation plane crash in Western Africa. The movie follows the engineer has he treks across the arid landscape towards what he hopes is salvation. Along the way, he joins up with an African solider (played by Prince David Osei) who is in search of his son, the lone survivor of a village massacre at the hands of the undead hordes.
The Dead is an entertaining, yet somewhat bleak zombie film which does a good job of setting up the African locale, but not such a good job of setting up the characters played by both Freeman and Osei. There was so much potential that existed in the relationship between these two men and the directors just never explored that relationship to its fruition. The African landscape is strewn with the undead, shambling about in their never-ending search for human flesh. There are a staggering amount of people in Africa, and this film creates a visual force multiplier on the side of the zombies by making sure that at least a couple are in just about every scene of the film. The makeup is simple – a bit of pale base and bleached contacts (there are, of course, more elaborate makeups now and again), but the performances of the zombies help sell the simple look in spades. As opposed to most standard zombie pictures where the dead are constantly moaning and contorting their faces, The Dead’s dead have a docile look about them – almost peaceful. This change of pace is unnerving to say the least.
Overall, I would give the Ford Brothers’ The Dead a solid place alongside 2009’s The Horde as a must-see zombie flick for you U.S. readers this Halloween season. If you would like to check this zombie film out, you should take a look at its current screening schedule for when it will hit a theater near you.
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THQ has announced that its official website has re-launched with a new focus on digital titles and social networking. THQ.com also now features its very own digital purchase and distribution shop.
“This is a significant shift in both the form and functionality for THQ.com,” said Ryan Okum, vice president of interactive marketing, THQ. “While we’ve already reconstructed the site from the ground up to improve the user experience, over the coming months we will be rolling new features to build out a robust community experience by extending our player’s experience from the game to the web and vice versa.”
City Interactive has announced that their upcoming Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 will hit the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Windows PC platforms come March 20th, 2012.
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 is the sequel to City Interactive’s 2010 bestseller, and will be released on March 16th in Europe, and March 20th in the US. The new game will be released for PlayStation®3, Xbox 360 and Window PC and uses the highly-regarded CRYengine3, a state-of-the-art development tool that adds an unprecedented level of depth and realism to the title. The Crytek-developed engine allows for greater levels of details in the game, while the development team has added a wealth of gameplay additions. Thus, as the player picks their way through the war zone locations, they now have access to weapons with differing ranges, thermal vision and advanced spotter cooperation with your colleagues.
gamigo AG has announced that its upcoming online tactical game, Jagged Alliance Online, is now accepting closed beta test applications over at its official website. The company also released some new screenshots from the game, which you can see below.
