Mafia III The World of New Bordeaux – Combat

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2K and Hangar 13 has today released Mafia III – The World of New Bordeaux – Combat, the latest in a series of videos detailing a variety of exciting features in Mafia III.

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In Mafia III – The World of New Bordeaux – Combat, learn how Lincoln Clay owns the battlefield against Sal Marcano and the Italian mafia in New Bordeaux. From stalking enemies and executing covert takedowns, to brutal all-out assault with guns blazing, Lincoln does whatever it takes as he dismantles the Marcano family.

Mafia III  will be available 7th October for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC.

EXTRA Slot Stars lands on iOS and Android

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced the release of EXTRA Slot Stars, developed by Open Wager Studios, now available on the App Store for iPhone and iPad, and Google Play for Android devices.

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment partnered with “EXTRA” – the 2016 Emmy-Award-winner for Outstanding Entertainment News Program – to create the casino slots mobile game featuring the “EXTRA” brand and host Mario Lopez.

EXTRA Slot Stars features the best of casino-style slots combined with Hollywood glitz and glamour for players looking to unwind and experience the A-list lifestyle. The game brings to life all of the compelling components of “EXTRA” from the charismatic Mario Lopez to the lively set, with the never ending fun of Vegas-style slots, making EXTRA Slot Stars  the perfect go-to mobile game for players seeking a quick break to win big. EXTRA Slot Stars also keeps players in the know on the latest entertainment news, while they play, via the real-time “EXTRA” news ticker displayed on the bottom of the game screen.

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“I am thrilled to be featured in this one-of-a-kind mobile gaming experience combining entertainment news and the excitement of Vegas jackpots,” said Mario Lopez. “The game allows ‘EXTRA’s’ biggest fans to get the feel of the Hollywood lifestyle enjoyed by their favorite celebrities – anytime, any place.”

Each level theme brings players to a new phase in their mobile journey to the top of the A-list, including spa getaways, neon nightlife, luxury vacations, and more.

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As new levels are unlocked, players see their achievements come to life, accessing an array of wardrobe items, for their custom EXTRA Slots Stars  avatars. Players are able to share their experience by logging into Facebook to connect with friends and post about their tournament wins, jackpots and more.

Fantastic Beasts – October Fan Event with Cast

Fans Will Be Treated to a Special Preview of New Footage From the Film in IMAX, and Can Be Part of a Live Interactive Q & A With the Stars and Director The worldwide fan event will kick off on Thursday, October 13th, at 8:30 p.m. GMT (3:30 p.m. EDT, 12:30 p.m. PDT) and simultaneously in major cities in the U.S. and internationally.

The announcement comes on the heels of today’s debut of the brand new trailer for the film.

Sue Kroll, Warner Bros. Pictures’ President of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution, stated, “The enthusiasm and support of wizarding world fans everywhere has meant so much to us, as well as the filmmakers. We are proud to share some exciting footage from ‘ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ at this global event created just for them, and are especially thrilled that most can experience it in IMAX.”

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Attendees will first be treated to a never-before-seen reel featuring some of the thrilling moments from the much-anticipated film. Talent from “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”will be joining the celebration, in person, at two IMAX theatres, in London and Los Angeles, to welcome the fans.
In London: Eddie Redmayne , Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, and
director David Yates will be on hand.
In Los Angeles: Colin Farrell and Jon Voight will be in attendance. Fans gathered at those locations, as well as attendees watching from IMAX theatres in New York, Sao Paulo and Mexico City, as well as a non-IMAX theatre in Rome, will be able to submit questions to the stars and director during the Q&A. It will be a rare opportunity to learn more about the story and their thrilling foray into a new era of the wizarding world.
The footage shown, as well as the Q&A, will also be streamed live online at www.facebook.com/FantasticBeastsUK so eager fans around the world can share in the
excitement.
Fans at each location will be presented with a specially designed “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ”exclusive t-shirt, commemorating the worldwide event, as well as a collectible mini-poster.
The film will open worldwide beginning November 18, 2016, in 2D and 3D in select theatres and IMAX,

Homefront: The Revolution announces The Voice of Freedom single player DLC

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Today Deep Silver and Dambuster Studios have released the first new additional single player content for Homefront: The Revolution.

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The Voice of Freedom casts the player as Benjamin Walker, legendary figurehead for the rebellion and the KPA’s most wanted man, as he tries to infiltrate Occupied Philadelphia and meet up with Jack Parish’s Resistance Cell.

This tense, story-driven prologue will test the player’s stealth and combat skills as they encounter a sinister and hostile faction in the subways of Philadelphia – the ‘90’. The Voice of Freedom is free to all holders of the Homefront Expansion Pass, and available to purchase separately for £4.99 on PS4, and £4.49 on PC and Xbox One.

You are Benjamin Walker, hero of the Resistance and the most wanted man in America. Now you are risking everything to infiltrate Philadelphia and ignite a revolution that will sweep the KPA out of America on a tide of bloody vengeance. If you fail all hope for freedom is surely lost… –

It is ready to download now for Xbox One, the PlayStation 4 and Windows PC via Steam. Players returning to Homefront: The Revolution will also find that the recent ‘Performance Patch’ has massively improved the overall experience.

Disney Magical World 2 coming to the 3DS this October

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Enter the magical town of Castleton and live among your favourite Disney characters when Disney Magical World 2 arrives in Europe for the 3DS on the 14th October. Adventure with Elsa and Olaf, go under the sea with The Little Mermaid and help a cast of over 100 cherished Disney characters, whilst living in the beautiful town of Castleton.

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In Disney Magical World 2, players can create their own avatars – or import their Mii character – and move in to Castleton, where they’ll live with Disney neighbours such as Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Donald Duck. Castleton is home to several shops, a castle area, and access to four brand new connected Disney-themed worlds from classics Frozen, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Lilo & Stitch and The Little Mermaid. Once players are familiar with their surroundings, they are free to explore the six Disney worlds and assist the residents of Castleton around town.

Players can enjoy many activities in Castleton and its connected Disney worlds, including crafting items, surfing, or simply taking some time to decorate their new house. Players can also name and run their very own café, where they’ll decide which food to sell, which decorations and Disney-themed furniture to use, what outfits staff should wear, and change the music played for customers. Once up and running, there is even the chance to throw parties that can be attended by various Disney characters.

As players progress through the game, further items and decorations can be unlocked. Prospective residents of Castleton can get a closer look at these items and decorations in action in the brand new A Wonderful Life video.

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From the castle area of Castleton, there are six worlds for players to delve into, including Hawaii from Lilo & Stitch, 100 Acre Wood from Winnie the Pooh, and Arendelle from Frozen. Across the six worlds there are over 100 episodes for players to tackle, and using their magical wand players can cast powerful spells to defeat enemies and help their Disney friends.

Those wanting a break from the action can join Winnie the Pooh with some farming on Rabbit’s plot, where an array of seeds can be planted and harvested for materials, and rare plants and vegetables can be obtained through cross-pollination.

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New to Disney Magical World 2 are Magical Dreams, special parade-like events that are rewarded to players for completing Dream Puzzles. Dream Puzzle pieces can be collected by talking to characters in Castleton, or by exchanging the Twinkle Stones players will collect as they progress on their adventure.

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Disney Magical World 2 lets players bring their worlds to life with multiplayer modes and online features. Players can visit each other via Local Play, and will even appear in other player’s towns that they’ve met via StreetPass. By participating in these modes players can earn medals, which can be exchanged for rare items in-game. Castleton also hosts various seasonal events where additional medals can be earned.

Players with Disney Magical World save data on their Nintendo 3DS will receive a golden balloon and a voucher to use at McDuck’s when they play Disney Magical World 2 on the same system.

Zen Studios announces Marvels Women of Power for Zen Pinball

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Zen Studios has today announced that Marvel’s Women of Power, an exciting two-pack of pinball tables featuring some of the mightiest Super Heroes and Super Villains in the Marvel Universe, has hit Zen Studios’ pinball platforms today!

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To celebrate this occasion, Zen has released an all-new trailer showcasing the white-knuckle excitement in both tables.

Combining a plethora of stellar Super Hero ladies from the Marvel Universe, the Marvel’s Women of Power two-pack combines two tables starring Ms. Marvel, Black Widow, Squirrel Girl and more! Wage an epic battle in an alternate Soviet-dominated reality in the A-Force table, featuring an all-new storyline where the destruction of a Cosmic Cube has formed a Soviet-controlled alternate reality. Keep the Cosmic Cube balls alive in the table’s Wizard Mode by directly controlling Black Widow and Madame Masque!

In the Champions table, defeat Bombshell with Ms. Marvel in an original storyline where players must help Kamala and her friends as they take on Bombshell following a daring bank robbery. Utilize Squirrel Girl’s “squirrel army” to search for the criminal’s tracks and Spider-Gwen’s webbing to incapacitate your enemies on this exciting table!

Marvel’s Women of Power is available now on PC and consoles, and will be hitting mobile platforms this Thursday (29th September).

Review: Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice

You gotta hand it to Sega for not giving up on the Sonic Boom brand. After all, the Nintendo Wii U title was a disaster in every way possible and the first Nintendo 3DS title wasn’t exactly the return to glory that the hedgehog deserved. Still, the cartoon is probably faring better and that is most likely why the publisher went ahead with getting Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice developed for the Nintendo 3DS.

Watch the new LEGO Dimensions Battle Arenas Trailer

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The new Battle Arenas offer competitive split-screen local gameplay for up to four players. The LEGO minifigures included in expansion packs come with special, golden Toy Tags which unlock a Battle Arena within the free play Adventure World of the corresponding entertainment brand.

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Each Battle Arena has four exciting gameplay modes: Capture the Flag, Objective, Base Bash, and Tick, Tag, Boom!, and comes with its own traps, defenses, and special powers that make every Battle Arena unique. Battles can be played competitively or cooperatively in multiple player configurations including 2 vs 2, 3 vs 1, and individually against the system AI to create fun for the whole family.

Hive announces two new bulbs and more to help light up your life

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British Gas, has today launched two new Hive Active Light bulbs, allowing you to manage every aspect of your lighting and create an ambience to match any mood or occasion.

Building on the launch of Hive Active Light bulbs in June, Hive has expanded its lighting range to now include Hive Active Light Cool to Warm White Bulbs and Hive Active Light Colour Changing Bulbs, giving people access to dimmable, programmable and multi-coloured lighting as the days get shorter.

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Whether it’s making dark mornings more bearable through soft lighting to stir you from slumber, creating the perfect warm ambience for a romantic dinner, or crafting a daylight-like light that re-energises and sharpens your concentration if you need to work late, Hive’s new bulbs will bring endless opportunity to personalise lighting at home to meet your needs.

Hive Active Light Cool to Warm White Bulbs – The Specs:

  • Tuneable white colour from warm white 2700K to daylight cool 6500
  • Simple retrofit of traditional GLS lamps available in both B22 and E27 lamp bases for maximum compatibility
  • Up to 89lm/W delivers more light using less energy
  • Zigbee HA1.2 compatible
  • Long 25,000 hour lamp life to L70
  • Hive Active Light Cool to Warm White Bulbs retail at £29

Hive Active Light Colour Changing Bulbs – The Specs: 

  • Full RGB & White colour changing in single lamp to create the scenes to suit mood and environment
  • Simple retrofit of traditional GLS lamps available in both B22 and E27 lamp bases for maximum compatibility
  • Up to 89lm/W delivers more light using less energy
  • Zigbee HA1.2 compatible
  • Long 25,000 hour lamp life to L70
  • Hive Active Light Colour Changing Bulbs retail at £44
  • Kass Hussain, Director at Hive, said, “Since we launched Hive Active Light back in June, it’s been one of our most popular products.  It therefore didn’t take a light bulb moment to work out that our customers would like as much choice and control over when and how their homes are lit as possible. That’s why our new bulbs are designed to help make any mood achievable and any awkwardly-placed lamp switch easily accessible from your phone.  With the ability to trigger lights using our motion and contact sensors too, people can now effortlessly ensure that they have the right lighting at the right time, whenever they need it most.”

PlayStation VR tour coming to GAME in 6 Stores

GAME Retail have today confirmed it will host a number of virtual reality demos in partnership with Sony Interactive Entertainment UK ahead of the official launch of the PlayStation VR on Thursday 13th October.

Starting on Saturday 1st October, GAME will extend the recently announced “The Future of Play Tour” in six of its stores allowing you to truly ‘Live the Game’. To book a demo slot visit ww.trypsvr.com, players must be 12yrs or over. For players who aren’t able to book a slot, there will be limited, additional opportunities to try PSVR in store without a booking.

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Showcase titles in The Future of Play Tour appearing in GAME stores include: all-action sports shooter RIGS Mechanized Combat League, sci-fi thriller Eve Valkyrie, PlayStation VR Worlds and the VR reboot of first-person tank warfare classic Battlezone. GAME and PlayStation VR experts will allow gamers to both sample immersive gaming and receive advice on making sure their console set-up will deliver the very best experience.

Guy Lister, COO at GAME, said: “We know that UK gamers are desperate to get their hands on virtual reality and they will be able to do that with PS VR at GAME! 2016 is the year of VR and this is technology that has to be experienced to be believed. Our expert store teams can help advise on set-up and offer the best finance and trade in package to save you money. GAME is the only place for gamers to get into VR.”

Demos will be available at the following GAME stores ahead of the launch on Thurs 13th October:

Sat 1st Oct to Thurs 6th Oct

  • Newcastle Metro
  • Edinburgh
  • Hull

Fri 7th Oct to Thurs 13th Oct

  • Trafford
  • Telford
  • White City

10 things you probably didn’t know about The Walking Dead

 

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With the Sixth Season of The Walking Dead leaving us on a massive cliff-hanger, the question we’re all asking ourselves is “who did Negan off?” Unfortunately we can’t answer that but we may be able to answer a few others like “why aren’t Walkers allowed to blink?” and “how do they all happen to have the same walk?” Well, to celebrate the home entertainment release of The Walking Dead: The Complete Sixth Season which will be hitting shelves on Blu-ray™ and DVD from 26th September we now have all the answers. Here are 10 things you probably didn’t know about The Walking Dead…

1. Did you know walkers are not supposed to blink?!  Editors must comb through hours of footage during post-production to edit out any unintentional blinking of any optically sensitive walkers.

2. To help achieve the zombie dead eye look, each actor has a pair of hand-painted contact lenses.  There are 60 pairs in total and they are supposed to last an entire season.  New lenses are created at the beginning of each season and the actors better not lose them!

3. The word ‘zombie’ is not actually mentioned once throughout the whole six seasons. Instead the undead are referred to as walkers but also receive a few other choice nicknames including, Lamebrains, Biters, Rotters, Lurkers, Roamers and Geeks.

4. Each actor who plays a walker in the series has to go to ‘zombie school.’ This is where they learn that special walker walk. This gives a chance for the American fan base to attend and  have a go at being walkers themselves, just as long as they have the right ‘look and performance’ according to Special Makeup Effects artist, Greg Nicotera.

5. The ‘human flesh’ the walkers eat is obviously not really from a human. No one is expecting the extras to become cannibals… instead they get to chomp down on delicious ham soaked in vinegar.

6. In a rather nice tradition, whenever a main character is killed off on the show, the cast and crew have a huge ‘Last Supper’ dinner on the day they film their death scenes to celebrate!

7. While having meals during shooting, the human actors eat separately from the ‘dead’ actors, to keep the sense of distinction. Plus, it’s probably not pretty looking at those walker faces. whilst you eat

8. Chandler Riggs’ is a 17-year-old boy who plays 17-year-old Carl Grimes (son of Rick) Chandler’s stand in and stunt double is a 31-year-old woman named Ashley!

9. In order to show the passage of time, the walkers’ makeup decays more and more as the seasons progress

10. Makeup on The Walking Dead is no small job.  The show goes through 10 GALLONS of fake blood a week.  They have sets of thin blood and thick blood, adding KY jelly to the mixture to make thick blood and adding tights to wounds with blood to make them look like torn muscle or flesh.  It takes a line up of 4 – 5 skilled makeup artists to complete an assembly line of 40 – 50 actor zombies an hour

The Walking Dead: The Complete Sixth Season is available on Blu-ray™ and DVD From 26th September 

Super Dungeon Bros release date announced

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Wired Productions, has today revealed that its much anticipated rock-themed co-op dungeon brawler Super Dungeon Bros, is set to launch worldwide at physical and digital retailers on the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Steam (for Windows PC) this 1st November for £14.99 / €19.99. To celebrate the long awaited arrival of heavy metal heroes: Axl, Lars, Freddie and Ozzie, a brand new trailer highlights Super Dungeon Bros brotastic backstory and underscores the bonie-bashing exploits that players can enjoy, watch the trailer at the bottom of this article.

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“Super Dungeon Bros is our first foray into console gaming and it’s been a huge labor of love for our studio,” said Brad Moss, President, React Games. “We’re really excited to be announcing the release date and very much look forward to seeing our game make it onto retail shelves worldwide. Wired Productions have been a fantastic partner throughout the entire process and, without their support, we wouldn’t have been able to make this happen; roll on 1st November!”

“It’s been a brilliant experience working with a studio on their very first multi-format game, and we’re humbled to have been a part of it,” said Leo Zullo, Managing Director of Wired Productions. “Bringing Super Dungeon Bros to worldwide physical and digital retail is also a testament to the belief we have in the game.”

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In the multiplayer-centric Super Dungeon Bros, a band of heavy metal heroes are summoned to embark on a quest from the Gods of Rock. Their mission: to navigate the fantasy realm of Rökheim and to seek out epic loot, hordes of evil undead and the legends of long-lost fabled rock stars! Featuring captivating, laugh-out-loud, action and adventure, fans can play on or offline with four bros as they fling their friends onto far off ledges and distant trap triggers, or unleash their best tag-team tactics with the ultimate bro-op offensive!

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Three unique and challenging worlds await the brave ones as they explore the rock-themed realm of Rökheim and dive deep into the worlds of Cryptheim (an underground dungeon complex), Chillheim (a brewery built upon a natural brew geyser) and Bogheim (a sprawling jungle filled with poisonous plants and animals). Players will never rock the same dungeon twice thanks to the random room generation AI, with unlimited dungeon designs and endless dungeon combinations!

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Cross-platform online multiplayer is now scheduled for a post-launch release with further details to be announced soon.

Win Scream Queens The Complete First Season on DVD

To celebrate the release of Scream Queens The Complete First Season on DVD, we’re giving away three copies.

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From the mind of Ryan Murphy (creator of Glee and American Horror Story) SCREAM QUEENS is shiny, gory, ridiculous and wickedly funny. A mysterious “Red Devil” killer wrecks havoc at Wallace University’s Kappa Kappa Tau sorority, putting every pledge on edge! Tension mounts as it becomes clear that anyone could be the murderer – or indeed the next victim…

Meanwhile, Dean Cathy Munsch (Jamie Lee Curtis) forces Kappa’s tyrannical fashionista president, Chanel Oberlin (Emma Roberts), to accept anyone who wants to join the sorority. Also starring Lea Michele, Keke Palmer and Abigail Breslin, SCREAM QUEENS is “whip-smart and wickedly funny” (Vanity Fair). Look out for the impressive array of A-list guest stars who pop up in the series, including the likes of Ariana Grande, Nick Jonas and Patrick Schwarzenegger.

How to enter to win

We have three copies of Scream Queens The Complete First Season on DVD to giveaway.

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is to enter below:

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The contest ends at 12.00AM on Monday 10th October 2016.

SCREAM QUEENS, TV’s most mischievous and addictive new series when it arrives on DVD from 26 September 2016.

Win The Nice Guys on Blu-ray

To celebrate the release of The Nice Guys on DVD and Blu-ray, we’re giving away three copies on Blu-ray.

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Holland March (Ryan GoslingThe Big Short, La La Land) is a wise-cracking, down-on-his-luck private eye in 1977 Los Angeles, and a useless single parent to sweet and sassy daughter, Holly, who takes care of him. Jackson Healy (Russell CroweMan Of Steel, The Mummy) is a hired enforcer and debt collector who hurts people for a living. Fate turns them into unlikely partners after a young woman named Amelia (Margaret Qualley – TV’s The Leftovers) mysteriously disappears following the production of her ‘experimental artistic film’. Healy and March soon learn the hard way that some dangerous people are also looking for Amelia, and anyone else who gets involved in the case seems to be winding up dead. Before they know it, their investigation escalates into pandemonium, with dead bodies, wild parties and gun-toting car chases galore.

From the producer (Joel Silver) that brought you Lethal Weapon, The Matrix and Predator and genius director Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, Iron Man 3, The Predator) comes the most unlikely of comedic duos in a film that flaunts as much exhilarating action and slap-stick comedy as it does banter and wit. Complemented by an unforgettably funny breakout performance from newcomer Angourie Rice (Spider-man: Homecoming), THE NICE GUYS has a distinctively unique comedy that will have you laughing out loud over and over again.

How to enter to win

We have three copies of The Nice Guys on Blu-ray to giveaway.

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is to enter below:

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The contest ends at 12.00AM on Monday 10th October 2016.

THE NICE GUYS, arriving on Blu-ray, DVD and digital platforms on 26th September, courtesy of Icon Film Distribution.