Sphero Force Band and Battle-Worn BB-8 now available to pre-order

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Sphero Force Band and Battle-Worn BB-8 now available to pre-order

Sphero has announced that it will be adding a new Special Edition Battle-Worn BB-8 Droid to its lineup. Featuring movie-replica deco, the new Droid draws inspiration directly from BB-8, the breakout spherical star, seen in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Star WArs BB 8 plus Force Band

Tech Specs:

  • Connects via Bluetooth SMART (BLE)
  • 25 – 30 M range
  • Charges via micro-USB
  • Charge time = 3 hours
  • Play time = 1 hour of constant driving

Availability and price

The Special Edition comes bundled with the Force Band and will retail for £179.99

The Force Band will also be sold separately for £69.99

Both the Force Band and Special Edition Battle-Worn BB-8 Droid are now available for pre order from Sphero.com, Disney Store, John Lewis, Amazon UK, Argos, Tesco, Firebox, The Hut Group and Shop Direct. Product will be shipped on 30th September.

Force Band

The Force is strong with you. Channel it with the Star Wars Force Band by Sphero. Designed with an authentic Star Wars look and feel, the Force Band attaches to the wrist and utilizes gesture-based controls to operate the BB-8 App-Enabled Droid.

Like a Jedi Knight, you can control your BB-8 App-Enabled Droid with just a wave of your hand. Learn to control your Droid by mastering moves like Force push and pull. After you’ve advanced beyond Droid Control, expand your abilities as BB-8 guides you through Force Training. Use the band by itself to complete Combat Training for Blasters, Lightsabers, and the Force itself, or uncover and collect digital holocrons in your environment with Force Awareness.

Force Band

The Force Band is compatible with the original BB-8 App-Enabled Droid by Sphero and other Sphero robots powered by Bluetooth SMART. Fulfill your destiny and become strong in the ways of the Force.

Additional Force Band functionality includes:

1. Robot Control: Use the Force Band to drive other Sphero robots powered by Bluetooth Smart (BLE).
2. Force Training: Follow commands from BB-8 to master Jedi Knight abilities.
3. Combat Training: Use your imagination to wield a Lightsaber, battle with a blaster or channel the Force.
4. Force Awareness: Uncover digital Holocrons in your environment and collect them in the app.

Tech Specs:

  • Connects via Bluetooth SMART (BLE)
  • 25 – 30 M range
  • Charges via micro-USB
  • Charge time = 3 hours

Play time = 1 hour of constant driving (in ambient play modes, you can get 1-2 days on a single charge)

Force band app

The new Force Band app is free and will be available for download on 30th September in the App Store for iOS devices and Play Store for Android phones and tablets.

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Multiplayer overview trailer

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Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Multiplayer overview trailer

With the new Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Multiplayer set ready to delivers the most customisable Call of Duty MP yet with Combat Rigs, all-new high-tech equipment, the ability to craft hundreds of Prototype Weapons and much more.

Learn more about what to expect on 4th November. Pre-order any edition of Infinite Warfare and get access to the Multiplayer Beta, first on PS4™ on 14th October 2016.

Niantic announced what the next update for Pokémon GO will be

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Niantic announced what the next update for Pokémon GO will be

Niantic has announced what the next update for Pokémon GO will be now trainers, will be introduces a new Buddy Pokémon experience. You will be able to pick your favourite Pokémon to become your buddy. Having a Buddy Pokémon opens up unique in-game rewards and experiences. Buddy Pokémon will appear alongside your Trainer avatar on your profile screen.

Pokemon go buddy

A Trainer can earn Candy for their buddy by walking a certain distance. When you want a different experience, you will be able to choose a new buddy at any time. Go out and explore the world with your Buddy Pokémon!

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare beta date released and more

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Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare beta date released and more

Today at Call of Duty XP, Activision has announced that Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare beta is coming 14th October pre-order any version to get access to the beta, with the beta will go live first on PS4 then on Xbox One no word on a PC beta.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irIkbTen53k

But COD XP 2016 reserved a little surprise news for fans of the franchise with the classic Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, which includes ten campaign has added six new maps for multiplayer scenarios. Also Activision has confirmed the launch itself, for free in next December for the last 6 maps on date to be specified yet.

Confirmed are Crash, Overgrown, Crossfire, Backlot and Bloc, but has not revealed details or clues about the six new game to be added to the next month. The only way to get your hands on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is the Legacy Remastered edition of Call of Duty: Warfare Infinite, which upset many users of the series.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered comes with Infinite next 4th November on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. 

The Call of Duty: Jackal Assault virtual reality experience is on display at the Call of Duty XP event in Los Angeles. And Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing, just announced that Jackal Assault will run on the Sony PlayStation VR headset that debuts in October.

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The Jackal Assault will be available for free to Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare players on the PS4.

BATMAN – The Telltale Series episode 2 gets a name and release date

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BATMAN – The Telltale Series episode 2 gets a name and release date

The second of five episodes in the season of BATMAN – The Telltale Series, Episode 2: ‘Children of Arkham’ will be available digitally worldwide starting Tuesday 20th September on PC from the Telltale Online Store, Steam, and other digital distribution services, on the PlayStation Network for PlayStation 4, and on the Xbox Games Store for Xbox One. Release dates for additional platforms will be announced later in September.

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The series will also be available to purchase at retailers starting 13th September in North America as a special Season Pass Disc, which will include the first of five episodes in the season, and will grant access to the subsequent four episodes as they become available for download via online updates. The series will then be available to purchase at retailers across Europe on 16th September.

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Episode 2: Children of Arkham will debut ahead of public launch at a special Crowd Play event at PAX West, Saturday 3rd September at 8:30 PM in the Wyvern Theatre at the Westin. This will be the very first event using the NEW in-game Crowd Play feature, where the audience will help direct the happenings on-screen using their own mobile devices. There will be giveaways for everyone in the audience, and the event will be hosted by BATMAN expert Dan Casey from Nerdist.com.

Rendered to look like a living, breathing comic book, Telltale’s vision of Batman features an award-winning cast of talent, including Troy Baker in the role of Bruce Wayne, Travis Willingham as Harvey Dent, Erin Yvette as Vicki Vale, Enn Reitel as Alfred Pennyworth, Murphy Guyer as Lieutenant James Gordon, Richard McGonagle as Carmine Falcone, Jason Spisak as Oswald Cobblepot, and Laura Bailey as Selina Kyle. Additional cast and characters will be revealed as the season progresses.

Watch the new Farming Simulator 17 gameplay trailer

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Watch the new Farming Simulator 17 gameplay trailer

With Farming Simulator 17, you discover how to keep and tend animals in this latest entry in the agriculture series. There are more options for farmers than ever before, with the possibility to keep cows, sheep, chickens and, for the first time in the series, pigs!

Farming Sim 17

Players who properly tend to their animals will be able to bring in more income for their farms! Fresh straw for bedding and suitable food for each animal’s diet means more wool from sheep flocks and more milk produced by cow herds. Each animal requires a specially crafted diet, with a careful balance between different food types which you can grow yourself on your own farm. Many vehicles and tools, including many new pieces of equipment, are dedicated to the tending of animals  a selection of which you can see in the trailer below.

Keep the feeding areas tidy and clean, properly feed and water your animals, and offer them fresh bedding regularly. Doing this will cause your animals’ happiness to raise, maximizing their levels of reproduction. Keeping up with these needs means smart farmers can make a good profit by buying small groups of animals, then selling them in larger numbers after they multiply!

Farming Simulator 17 releases 25th October on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.

Review: Metroid Prime: Federation Force

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Review: Metroid Prime: Federation Force

This year is a very special occasion for the Metroid franchise as it’s been thirty years since the launch of the first video-game on the NES. It’s also been six years since the previous Metroid title, Metroid Other M, first came out on the Nintendo Wii. Nintendo is celebrating by releasing Metroid Prime: Federation Force on the Nintendo 3DS. Is it the birthday present that fans asked for?

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snakebyte group announces full product line-up for IFA 2016

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snakebyte group announces full product line-up for IFA 2016

The Snakebyte group has unveiled its snakebyte branded VR:Controller for Android & PC and the Game:Pad 4 Wired Controller for PlayStation 4. Ideal for the new wave of Virtual Reality systems, the VR:Controller has been designed to provide a quality gaming experience and comes complete with dedicated ‘Back, Home and Recent’ buttons for use with Android devices, allowing gamers to master their device and access key features without the need to remove their headset during play. The Game:Pad 4 provides a fully featured controller for use with PlayStation 4, complete with full touchpad controls and complement of action buttons.

Also on show will be the Zoopa branded range of drones and power boats, exclusively distributed by the snakebyte group. Providing a thrilling, cutting-edge experience for all budgets, the range includes entry level products such as the Q55 drone which allows users to enter the exciting world of flight for a remarkable price of under €40, while thrill-seekers will be drawn to the Thunder 800, an 80cm long, twin-battery power boat, capable of achieving top speeds of up to 80km/h!

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With colour coded finishes for PlayStation (Blue), and Xbox (Green), the snakebyte Game:Chair range provides a fully adjustable and supremely comfortable experience for even the most demanding of prolonged gaming sessions. The Game:Chair Pro, shipping in red upgrades the experience yet further, adding a full leather finish for premium comfort.

“As we head into the Holiday season, we’re excited to present a highly diverse range of unique products which we believe will resonate with retail and the gaming community,” said Toni Hannott, Director of Sales and Marketing for the snakebyte group. “IFA is an ideal opportunity to unveil our new product line-up and we look forward to welcoming old and new retail partners at the show.”

Huawei announces the Nova and the Nova Plus at IFA 2016

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Huawei announces the Nova and the Nova Plus at IFA 2016

Today Huawei in Berlin for IFA 2016 has introduced two completely new devices, the Nova and Nova Plus.

The Huawei Nova and Nova Plus is the newest Huawei’s devices, at this years IFA 2016. The 5-inch Huawei Nova looks like a shrunken-down Nexus 6P, while the 5.5-inch Nova Plus takes its cues from the Mate line up.

Huawei Nova colours

The Huawei Nova and Nova Plus are both powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 625 processor, they feature 3GB of RAM and 32GB of built-in storage space. The Nova has a 12-megapixel camera paired with 5-inch display and a 3020mAh battery, whereas the Nova plus camera clocks in at 16-megapixels with OIS, has a 5.5-inch

Huawei Nova Pokemon Go

With the Huawei Nova it featuring a 12MP sensor with phase-detection autofocus with a 1.25 micron pixels, while the Huawei Nova Plus gets a little upgrade with a 16MP and optical image stabilization. Both the Nova and Nova Plus phones have 8MP front cameras, with Huawei’s beautification modes baked into the camera app.

Huawei Nova Plus

Both new phones will have USB Type-C, , so the Nova and Nova Plus feature the new connectivity standard. Fingerprint sensors are located on the back of the phones.

The Nova and Nova Plus runs on the EMUI 4.1, based on Marshmallow, One feature the company showed off was Knuckle Sense, which lets you input gestures with your finger knuckles the screen can tell the difference between fingertips and knuckles by measuring the electric conductivity of the skin.

The price of the Huawei Nova is €399 fro 3GB/32GB and the Nova Plus will be €429 for 3GB/32GB.

Moto Z Play and Moto Mods coming to Europe this month

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Moto Z Play and Moto Mods coming to Europe this month

Welcome to a new member to the Moto Z family , here is the Moto Z Play. It comes with our longest-lasting battery ever and is designed for Moto Mods, giving you even more choice to find a phone that best fits your needs, with the technology that matters most to you.

With Moto Mods your smartphone camera experience can be lifted to the next level with the Hasselblad True Zoom Moto Mod. With a collaboration with legendary photography brand Hasselblad makes advanced imaging experiences like 10x optical zoom and shooting RAW a reality on mobile.

Moto Z Play and Hasselblad True Zoom

Moto Z Play: Ultimate Battery, Unlimited Possibilities

Featuring a thin, lightweight design with a solid aluminium frame and elegant glass back, Moto Z Play packs up to 50 hours of battery life* with Moto’s longest-lasting battery ever, allowing you to play for days without stopping to recharge. Burn through your 50 hours? No problem – power up fast with TurboPower charging: up to 9 hours in just 15 minutes.**

Moto Z Play also offers an ultra-smooth 2.0 GHz octa-core processor, a stunning 5.5” 1080p HD Super AMOLED display and 3GB RAM of memory so you can play games, stream video and multitask without missing a beat. Shoot beautifully sharp photos – day or night – with a 16MP laser autofocus camera, and go from selfies to groupies instantly with the wide-angle, front-facing camera with LED flash.

Moto Z Play will be available globally beginning in September. In the UK, Moto Z Play will be available at £369.99 and Moto Z at £529.99 from John Lewis and Amazon.

Moto Mods: Hasselblad True Zoom

Hasselblad and Moto have teamed up to design an imaging experience that completely transforms mobile photography. Since 1941, Hasselblad has been at the forefront of the imaging industry. Around the world, the name Hasselblad is synonymous with the finest camera equipment ever made. Some of the most iconic images in history have been taken with Hasselblad cameras, from the first images on the moon to The Beatles famous Abbey Road Cover. This year, Hasselblad is bringing their unique, iconic design and imaging experience to the mobile space.

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Add advanced imaging capabilities to your phone in a snap! You can create and share like never before. Featuring 10x Optical Zoom and a Xenon flash, you just focus on getting the shot – lighting and distance will never stand in the way of capturing the perfect image.

Expect even more control and flexibility with the ability to shoot in RAW format. Plus, physical shutter and zoom controls, guaranteeing a great handling experience. Added bonus? You’ll also get free access to Hasselblad’s Phocus software for streamlined editing control and the highest quality output.

Last, but not least, share your beautiful results with family and friends while still in the moment with automatic backup and unlimited free storage at original quality for two years with Google Photos.

The Hasselblad True Zoom will be available globally starting in September. In the UK it will retail for £199.99 at John Lewis and Amazon.

Moto Z JBL SoundBoost Black

JBL Soundboost

Also joining the Moto Mods family already includes the JBL SoundBoost speaker so you can take the party with you, the Insta-Share Projector so you can share content as you want, and power packs from Incipio so you’re never without battery when you need it most.

Moto Mod Price
Power Pack £59.99
JBL SoundBoost £69.99
Insta-Share Projector £249.99
Hasselblad True Zoom £199.99

PlayStation Exclusive Zombie Campaign DLC Invades Tiny Troopers Joint Ops

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PlayStation Exclusive Zombie Campaign DLC Invades Tiny Troopers Joint Ops

Wired Productions, an independent games publisher, is pleased to announce today that Tiny Troopers Joint Ops – the bite-size, twin-stick arcade shooter developed by Kukouri Mobile Entertainment – will benefit from a fresh and exclusive Zombie Campaign DLC for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita on 27th September.

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PlayStation Vita screenshot

As part of the Zombie Campaign DLC, players will be able to get their hands on eight brand new zombie-laden missions which involve various challenges to repel the army of the dead. Players will engage in operations such as assembling and deploying troops to eliminate the supernatural invasion, protecting soldiers against the incoming stream of relentless undead, surviving against all odds until backup can arrive, and making sure all operating systems are still up-and-running throughout the zombie apocalypse. Players will also get the opportunity to unlock brand new trophies!

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Tiny Troopers Joint Ops is an epic bite-sized arcade shooter filled to the brim with action-packed mini maps of mayhem! Players take control of miniature marines as they battle evil foes from around the world with a multitude of weapons and specialist soldiers, and will collect medals, dog tags and intel during the course of each mission.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBmmOdohI3g

With hours of gun toting and explosive gameplay, Tiny Troopers Joint Ops is miniature warfare on a massive scale!

Acer announces the Swift 1, 3 and the Swift 7 at IFA 2016

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Acer announces the Swift 1, 3 and the Swift 7 at IFA 2016

Today Acer has announces the new Swift 7 with a record in 9.98 mm thickness, at IFA in Berlin. The Swift 7 has a 13.3-inch IPS-display with a Full HD-resolution and protective glass Gorilla Glass, inside – Intel Core i5 processor seventh generation (Kaby Lake, Y-series) with very low power consumption. According to the manufacturer, while the laptop battery life up to 9 hours.

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Acer Swift 7 weighs only 1.1 kg and is equipped with up to 8 GB of RAM and SSD-drive capacity of 256 GB. The notebook works absolutely noiselessly thanks to the passive cooling of the processor. Despite the small thickness of the shell, the engineers Acer managed to accommodate two-port USB-C 3.1. In Europe, the starting price of ultrabook – 1300 euros.

Along with the laptop, the record company released three model line. Acer Swift 5 to learn the 14-inch Full HD-display, Intel Kaby Lake chip, up to 8 GB of RAM and SSD 256 GB or 512 GB. On a single charge it will last as long as 13 hours, shell thickness increased to 14.6 mm, but the keyboard had backlighting, and available as an option for touch input support.

Acer Swift 3 with a 14-inch display (Full HD- or HD-panel) is available in variants on Intel Skylake processors and Kaby Lake. The amount of RAM and a solid state drive is the same as that of Swift 5, other features added fingerprint scanner, and the battery provides up to 12 hours.

Acer Swift 1 – the budget option with 14-inch display, Intel Pentium processor or Celeron, 4GB of RAM and a storage capacity of eMMC from 32 GB to 128 GB.

Starting prices are more affordable models:

  • Swift 5 – € 750
  • Swift 3 – € 500
  • Swift 1 – € 350

SONOS, Ushers in New Era of Connected Home Listening

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SONOS, Ushers in New Era of Connected Home Listening

Sonos today unveiled software innovations including voice control and partner app integrations that make it easier than ever for listeners to navigate, discover and share music in their homes. The company also demonstrated how partners are building new connected home experiences on the Sonos platform, further bolstering its leadership in multi-room home audio.

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“With the unprecedented growth in streaming, music has become abundant and immediate,” said Sonos Chief Executive Officer John MacFarlane. “Together with a growing ecosystem of partners, we’re making sure Sonos owners can easily play the music they love out loud in every room in the home, and intuitively control that experience using our app, our partners’ apps, touch and voice.”

Alexa, Turn It Up!

Sonos owners with an Alexa-enabled device such as an Amazon Echo or Echo Dot will soon be able to use Amazon’s popular Alexa service to control their Sonos sound system, the companies announced. The software integration – collaboratively built from the ground up using the Alexa Voice Service (AVS) SDK – taps into both Sonos’ and Alexa’s existing music capabilities, so owners don’t have to learn additional commands or key words. Simply ask Alexa to play your music from Amazon Music, Spotify and more and it will flow to any group of Sonos speakers in the home. By integrating Alexa into their Sonos sound systems, owners can use their voice to play, pause, skip, control volume and more.

“Our Amazon customers love listening to music. With Echo and Alexa, we combined that love of music with the ease of hands-free voice control, and today, music is one of the most-used features on Alexa-enabled devices,” said Mike George, vice president, Amazon. “We’re thrilled to collaborate with Sonos to combine the magic of Alexa with an incredible way to listen to music in every room in the home.”

“Our mission is to fill every home with music,” said Sonos President Patrick Spence. “We don’t care what you listen to, how you get to it, or in what room – we just want it to be effortless, quick and epic. Alexa on Sonos will be all that, and fun too.”

These new voice capabilities will be delivered in a software update that will work with new and previously purchased Sonos and Alexa-enabled devices such as Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, Amazon Tap and Amazon Fire TV. The companies will begin rolling out the experience through an invite-only beta test later this year, with general availability in 2017.

I Want My Spotify

Sonos also announced a Spotify Connect integration with additional functionality that will make it the only whole-home sound system that can be fully controlled directly from the feature-rich Spotify app, including play controls and easy access to grouping and ungrouping of rooms. Spotify will be the first music streaming service that allows Spotify Premium listeners to have full control of the music all over their homes outside the Sonos app.

This inherently social listening experience also makes it possible for everyone in the home to control a listening session with both the Spotify and Sonos apps, which stay linked with one another. Friends coming over? They can connect to your WiFi and use their own Spotify app to instantly play music to your Sonos speakers without downloading the Sonos app. And as you can control your Sonos system when you’re away from your home WiFi, you can now have music playing for you as soon as you come home.

Sonos Spotify

“Fifty percent of all Sonos households use Spotify,” said Sonos Vice President of Software Antoine Leblond. “By tightly integrating the Spotify experience with the Sonos system, we’ve created an easier way for Sonos owners to get music out of their phones and playing all around their homes.”

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“We’re excited to partner with Sonos and enhance the at-home listening experience,” said Gustav Söderström, chief product officer at Spotify. “Spotify listeners can now seamlessly transition their listening throughout the day from their headphones, to the car, to their computers or to their Sonos system at home, with complete control of all their favourite Spotify features, directly from the Spotify app.”

This free software update will be available in October as part of the Sonos public beta programme.

Get ready for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Multiplayer Reveal this week

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Get ready for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Multiplayer Reveal this week

Get ready to tune in this Friday September 2nd September at 6PM BST for the Global Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Multiplayer Reveal. Be among the first to see and hear all the intel on Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Multiplayer mode as it happens.

Call of Duty XP 2016

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Call of Duty XP is the ultimate Call of Duty experience for any fan of the franchise and a celebration of our passionate community. From 2nd – 4th September, thousands of fans from the global Call of Duty community will assemble at the Forum in Inglewood, California for a three-day Call of Duty immersion.

Featuring the first hands-on for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare multiplayer and Zombies in Spaceland modes, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered multiplayer and new Call of Duty: Black Ops III Downloadable Content, it will also play host to the thrilling finals of the Call of Duty World League Championship, presented by PlayStation 4

Attending fans will also get to play the first Call of Duty PlayStation VR experience on-site and feel what it’s like to pilot and dogfight a Jackal, the personal fighter jet in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Other experiences include Nuketown paintball, where players will be able to challenge each other in a frenetic paintball battle on a life-sized Call of Duty: Black Ops Nuketown multiplayer map, or team up with others in an intense laser tag experience inspired by Infinite Warfare’s Zombies in Spaceland game mode and more.  The interactive experiences will be available for participation on Friday, 2nd September and Saturday, 3rd September.

The weekend will be brought to a close when multi-platinum selling artists, Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa take to the stage at The Forum in Inglewood to perform a joint set.

For fans who can’t attend Call of Duty XP in person, select events from the celebration, as well as the Call of Duty World League Championship, Presented by PlayStation 4, will be livestreamed in HD on Twitch at www.twitch.tv/callofduty and on YouTube at www.youtube.com/callofduty

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