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Mortal Kombat 11 Free Trial Weekend Coming Soon

2019/10/09

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October 9, 2019 – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and NetherRealm Studios will be offering a Free Trial Weekend for Mortal Kombat 11 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One from Oct. 11-14. With new downloadable content (DLC) fighters and various updates available, this is the perfect time to jump into Mortal Kombat 11, the No. 1 selling console game in the U.S. year-to-date*.

During the Mortal Kombat 11 Free Trial Weekend, players will have access to the following content:

All multiplayer game modes
First two chapters of the cinematic Story mode
Full base game roster of iconic characters
Preview of recently added Kombat Pack fighters within the Towers of Time mode, including the Terminator T-800 from the upcoming Skydance and Paramount Pictures film, “Terminator: Dark Fate,” along with Nightwolf and Shang Tsung

Please note, a PlayStation Plus subscription or Xbox Live Gold membership is required to participate in online multiplayer matches during the Free Trial Weekend. These subscriptions are not required to download the trial or enjoy single player content. Player progress will also carry over to the full game, if purchased, and as an added bonus, all versions of Mortal Kombat 11 will be 40 percent off in the PlayStation Store and the Xbox Marketplace during the Free Trial window, including the Standard Edition, Premium Edition and standalone Kombat Pack.

Ghostbusters Legends Aykroyd and Reitman Go Through Halloween Horror Nights Maze

2019/10/09

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October 9, 2019 – Universal Studios’ “Halloween Horror Nights” is the ultimate Halloween event. For more than 25 years, guests from around the world have visited “Halloween Horror Nights” to become victims inside their own horror film. Multiple movie-quality mazes based on iconic horror television shows, films and original stories come to life season after season. And, the streets of each park’s event are transformed into highly-themed scare zones where menacing scare-actors lunge from every darkened corner.

“Halloween Horror Nights” runs on select nights through Saturday, November 2 in Orlando and select nights through Sunday, November 3 in Hollywood. For more information about “Halloween Horror Nights” at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort, visit www.HalloweenHorrorNights.com.

Outer Wilds PlayStation 4 Announcement Trailer

2019/10/08

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October 8, 2019 – Outer Wilds, the critically acclaimed open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop, will be coming PlayStation 4 on Tuesday, October 15. Developed by LA-based studio Mobius Digital in partnership with publisher Annapurna Interactive, Outer Wilds is a first-person space simulator game that rewards players’ curiosity. Originally released on Xbox One and PC, the game will be available on PlayStation 4 for $24.99.

Winner of the Seamus McNally Grand Prize and Excellence in Design awards at the 2015 Independent Games Festival, Outer Wilds features planets packed with hidden locations that change with the passage of time. Explorers can visit an underground city before it’s swallowed by sand, or explore the surface of a planet as it crumbles beneath their feet. Players also have access to a variety of unique gadgets that help them probe their surroundings, track down mysterious signals, decipher ancient alien writing, and roast the perfect marshmallow.

John Wick Hex Out Now

2019/10/08

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AMSTERDAM and LOS ANGELES — Oct. 8, 2019 — Publisher Good Shepherd Entertainment, in partnership with global content leader Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), has released John Wick Hex for Windows PC and Mac exclusively via the Epic Games Store for $19.99.

Developed by the acclaimed Bithell Games (Volume, Thomas Was Alone), John Wick Hex is fight-choreographed chess brought to life as an action-oriented timeline strategy game, capturing the series’ signature gun fu fun and style. It expands on the series’ universe with an original storyline, unique graphic noir art design, and the world-class voice talents of Ian McShane and Lance Reddick, reprising their revered roles from the films, and Troy Baker as the titular antagonist, Hex.

John Wick Hex includes a riveting original score composed by Grammy nominated composer, Austin Wintory (Journey, Flow, the Banner Saga series).

Created in close cooperation with the creative and stunt teams behind Lionsgate’s hit franchise, every move in John Wick Hex hits like a scene from the movies, letting you feel like the legendary assassin himself. Each action you choose has risks and consequences, and every weapon changes the tactics at hand. Ammo is finite and realistically simulated, so time your reloads and make each decision count.

For more details, visit JohnWickHex.com, and follow @mikeBithell and @GoodShepherdEnt on Twitter.

The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants: Hack-A-Ween Out Now

2019/10/08

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October 8, 2019 – Based on the epic novels of Dav Pilkey (over 80 million copies in print!) comes the Captain Underpants Halloween special, DreamWorks The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants: Hack-A-Ween premiering on Netflix today!

When mean Principal Krupp and evil boy-genius Melvin make Halloween illegal and institute “Hall-no-Ween,” George and Harold team up with their friends to hack their favorite holiday, creating Hack-A-Ween. The kids wear disguises instead of costumes, carve cabbages instead of pumpkins, and get snacks instead of candy. The hacked holiday is a huge hit, so when Krupp and Melvin make even more trouble, the kids realize that in order to really save Halloween they will have to negotiate with the enemy.

Check out the SPOOK-tacular new clips from the Halloween special below!

From Executive Producer Peter Hastings (Animaniacs; Pinky and the Brain), DreamWorks The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants: Hack-A-Ween features the voices of Academy Award-winner Nat Faxon (Life of The Party; Disenchantment; Married) as Mr. Krupp and Captain Underpants, Ramone Hamilton (The Grinch) as Harold, Jay Gragnani (Bubble Guppies) as George, Jorge Diaz (Jane the Virgin) as Melvin, Sean Astin (Stranger Things) as Narrator, Erica Luttrell (Magic School Bus; Steven Universe) as Erica, Evan Kishiyama (Mickey and the Roadster Racers) as Gooch, and Stephen Tobolowsky (Spaceballs, Groundhog Day) as Creepy Rattlechains.

DreamWorks The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants: Hack-A-Ween is now available to watch exclusively on Netflix!

The Debaucheries of Derketo DLC Comes to Conan Exiles

2019/10/08

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OSLO, Norway – Oct 8th, 2019 – Build a luxurious pleasure house in the tree-tops, connected to a bustling tavern by a rope bridge. Decorate your home with an exquisitely crafted chess set, scarlet curtains and wine racks, and prepare yourself for battle with the new and intimidating Dark Templar armor set. The Debaucheries of Derketo DLC lets you cast your prudence aside and give in to your darkest and innermost desires.

Released today on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4, Debaucheries of Derketo offers Conan Exiles players a wide variety of new building pieces, outfits and emotes. Also released is a free update, giving everyone access to the brand-new Wine Cellar dungeon, where you will find the new Khari Warrior and Khari Priest armor sets.

Debaucheries of Derketo pack is available for $9.99/€9.99 (pricing may differ across territories), and contains the following:

10 new building pieces. Build in tree-tops with new tree hut foundation, rope bridges, stages and more.
10 new armor pieces. Go to battle in the new and intimidating Dark Templar armor or the golden Guardian armor.
12 new emotes. Juggle, chug beer, instill fear with the new angry emote or display a cool and nonchalant look.
10 new outfit pieces, including noble clothes and innkeeper outfit.
6 new warpaints, each symbolizing distinct emotions.
29 new placeables. Wine racks, tavern counters, chess set, lavish curtains and more, specifically constructed for tavern interior, pleasure houses and exquisite chateaus.
10 new jewelry pieces. Five golden and five silver pieces of jewelry, designed to seduce even the most cold-hearted warrior.

All the new content in Debaucheries of Derketo is exclusive to this DLC and adds a host of new visual options, but does not give any in-game advantage in power. All the new items have comparable stats to existing items.

For more information check out the official blog and the Steam store.

Conan Exiles is an open world survival game set in the savage lands of Conan the Barbarian. After a successful Early Access run starting in January 2017, the game launched in full on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on May 8th, 2018 and became one of Funcom’s best-selling and fastest-selling games to date. For more information about Conan Exiles, visit www.conanexiles.com.

Netflix’s Daybreak Official Trailer Released

2019/10/07

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October 7, 2019 – In this post-apocalyptic, genre-bending series, the city of Glendale, California is populated by marauding gangs of jocks, gamers, the 4-H Club, and other fearsome tribes who are kicking ass as they fight to survive in the wake of a nuclear blast (on the night of Homecoming…ugh).

Following an eclectic group of survivors as they navigate this strange and treacherous world, DAYBREAK is part samurai saga, part endearing coming-of-age story, and part Battle Royale. This Generation A series (A for Apocalypse! Get it?) is rated TV MA.

Cross Roads Escape Games The Seance Interactive Horror Experience Review

2019/10/07

Jerry Paxton

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Recently, Cross Roads Escape Games announced an immersive horror experience called The Seance, and we got to check out one of their early performances. Made for groups of up to eight guests, The Seance sees its “players” (which is not quite an apt description) sit around the table of medium “Madam Ruby” as she contacts the spirit world. The plot and narrative of The Seance is key to enjoying it – there are plenty of twists and turns along the way which I will not be spoiling in this review.

Immersive horror experiences are fast becoming the new thing for people to do during the Halloween Season. From humble beginnings with mysterious invitations and day-of location reveals, you can now find them at more mainstream establishments like horror theme parks and escape rooms. Cross Roads Escape Games in Anaheim, CA is one of these places. With escape room challenges like The Hex Room and The Psych Ward, Cross Roads Escape Games has long established itself as a top escape game providers in Southern California.

While The Seance is not an escape room by any means, it is definitely interactive, with guests being asked to perform certain tasks during the show. Also, feel free to interact with Madam Ruby where appropriate. There is an element of improvisation to The Seance which I am sure will make the actors in the event happy to break things up during their shows. Speaking of Madam Ruby, Geovanna Flores (the actor portraying her in our show) should be commended for a very believable performance. The thing about The Seance which impressed me most was the various effects employed by Cross Roads Escape Games. The Seance features a ton of practical, in-your-face effects elements which, once you figure out how it is done, seems rather simple. This simplicity, however, is just why it all works so well when you’re sitting at Madam Ruby’s table and everything seems so real.

Overall, The Seance is an outstanding immersive horror experience with just enough spooks for veteran haunters while at the same time not being too extreme for newbies. The Seance runs until November 2 and I highly recommend you go over to Cross Roads Escape Games website for ticket and booking information. Get your date and time set as the time slots are filling up quickly.

Surviving the Aftermath Announced

2019/10/07

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STOCKHOLM – Oct 7, 2019 – Paradox Interactive today revealed Surviving the Aftermath, the next game in the publisher’s Surviving brand, will launch in late 2020 on Epic Games store, Steam, Xbox One, and PlayStation® 4. Players who want to get in on the ground level will be able to purchase and play the game later this year in Early Access on the Epic Games store and Xbox Game Preview. Additional details about Surviving the Aftermath will be revealed on Saturday, October 19 during PDXCON 2019 in Berlin.

Surviving Mars, the survival colony builder developed by Haemimont Games and the first game in the Surviving brand, has experienced record growth in 2019. Since the Green Planet expansion launched in May, Surviving Mars saw eight times the amount of monthly active players, surpassing its launch player peak by 19 percent.

“With the staggering growth of Surviving Mars this year we knew we had something special and we wanted to find new ways to utilize survival management gameplay,” Nikhat Ali, Lead Producer on Surviving the Aftermath and Surviving Mars at Paradox Interactive, said. “Surviving the Aftermath gives us the opportunity to experiment with these mechanics in new and interesting ways that we think our players will love.”

To introduce Paradox’s Surviving game lineup to more players, Surviving Mars and all of its DLC are heading to the Epic Games store on October 10. Kicking off as part of Epic’s Free Games Program, the Surviving Mars base game and Space Race DLC will be free to download from Thursday, October 10 – Thursday, October 17. After the free period, the game will be available to purchase for suggested retail price $29.99.

To commemorate the game’s growth and launch on Epic Games store, Surviving Mars is having a modding contest where modders can create new animals for the Project Laika expansion and win prizes. For more details on how to participate in the modding contest, please visit: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/bring-your-______-to-mars-modding-contest.1249983/#post-25847768

World of Warships: Legends Unveils Halloween Spooks

2019/10/04

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October 4, 2019 – World of Warships: Legends celebrates Halloween early with a new campaign containing a free premium ship as a reward, and their upcoming first-ever PvE Operation—Saving Transylvania. Players have a lot to look forward to in World of Warships: Legends this October.

The new Wicked Waves Campaign features the Jackal, a steampunk war machine with a unique playstyle. Jackal is the free final reward of the campaign. As a Tier III German Battleship, Jackal carries twelve powerful guns all over the ship in a layout used in early battleship designs. Combined with solid armor, the Jackal is a surprisingly flexible Tier III battleship. On the way to earning her, players will receive plenty of other rewards and Halloween containers to help them in-game.

Players with Admiralty backing will receive extra rewards and a unique event commander. Featured as a German Battleship Commander, Henry J. Hide is the perfect partner to the Jackal! Clever references aside, Hide brings new and unique skills to further optimize the Jackal, making them the perfect dynamic duo. There are 45 levels in the Halloween campaign and two weeks to complete it. Jackal, Hide, and the other rewards are permanent, so go have fun and get yourself these unique items.

However, there’s more to Halloween than events and steampunk ships…

Starting October 26th, World of Warships: Legends will allow players to take part in a special event. After selecting one of three event warships and their commander partners, players can take part in a cooperative operation where they must defend the Transylvania, a ship set to save Halloween! Things will quickly go downhill, as players will be fighting against a swarm of monstrous zombie ships! There are special rewards for participating in the mission based on how many objectives players complete. Earn more Halloween containers, premium account time, and coveted universal commendations.

There will be more Halloween themed commanders and ships available in the in-game store. Some of them will only be available during the Halloween season. Event containers will have more items too, holding anything from various boosters to universal commendations for your commanders, these containers also give players a chance to receive permanent Halloween camouflage for the Wakatake or the St. Louis.
World of Warships: Legends is building steam and making headway, with more to come in the future!