Payday 2 Launches Gage Weapons Pack DLC #1

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Payday 2 Launches Gage Weapons Pack DLC #1

Payday 2 is back with yet more DLC in the shape of the first weapons pack from the series’ go–to arms dealer, Gage.

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Frag Grenades make their first entry into the PAYDAY series and are bound to spice things up. With the new Grenade Case asset, players can share
grenades with each other in the heists.

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Three new weapons are added and players can now toggle between Single- and Auto-fire with all full autoweapons. Four new animal masks have been added, as well as new patterns and materials.

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The Gage Weapons Pack #1 is available now from Steam and is priced at £3.99

The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth expansion out now

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The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth expansion out now

Kabam today released The Hobbit: The Desolations of Smaug Expansion Pack for its popular mobile game The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth. Inspired by Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit Trilogy, a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), the free-to-play strategy game challenges players to build their own empire in Middle-earth and features fan favourites Gandalf, Bilbo, Legolas and Tauriel.

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In the new The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Expansion Pack, the evil Dragon Smaug awaits to wage a mighty battle. Players will earn new armor and weapons to equip their heroes to challenge Smaug when he is unleashed. By defeating Smaug, players will make a name for themselves in Middle-earth’s glorious history.

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The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth has grossed nearly $100 million since its November 2012 release. Everyday millions of players worldwide immerse themselves in the epic world of Elves, Dwarves and Goblins, building kingdoms, forging powerful alliances, and strategizing with other gamers to purge Middle-earth of all who oppose them. Key game stats include:

·         More than 1 million alliances have been created
·         Nearly 16 million cities have been built
·         More than 4 million battles are waged every day

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The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth App is available for free from the App Store and on Google Play.

Assassins Creed Set Sail for Assassins Creed Pirates Out Now

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Assassins Creed Set Sail for Assassins Creed Pirates Out Now

Today Ubisoft has announced that the next game in the Assassin’s Creed franchise, Assassin’s Creed Pirates, is now available for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and select high end smartphones and tablets on the App Store, on Google Play and on the Amazon Appstore for £2.99.

The year is 1716, the dawn of the Golden Age of piracy in the Caribbean. Players take on the role of Alonzo Batilla, a young and ambitious Captain who is embarking on an epic quest to find La Buse’s legendary treasure. Along his way Alonzo will cross paths with famous buccaneers including Blackbeard, Bellamy and Hornigold and find himself caught in the middle of the ancestral fight between Assassins and Templars.

In Assassin’s Creed Pirates, players will be tasked to manage their crew, upgrade their ship, recruit new crew members and engage in massive and brutal real-time naval battles to become the most feared pirate in the Caribbean.

Ubisoft Paris has developed a brand new mobile engine to bring groundbreaking 3D visuals to Assassin’s Creed Pirates. This engine is responsible for the breathtaking moving waters, lush islands, and gorgeous graphics that set new visual standards for mobile platforms.

Batman : Arkham Origins Initiation Challenge Map Out Now

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Batman : Arkham Origins Initiation Challenge Map Out Now

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has released the Initiation Challenge Map Add-On for Batman : Arkham Origins is available now on the Xbox LIVE, on the PlayStation Network, Steam and Nintendo eShop for £5.49.

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The Initiation Add-On focuses on Bruce Wayne before he donned his cowl, and introduces a new challenge campaign with four unique challenge maps and two original skins –  Initiation Bruce Wayne and Vigilante Bruce Wayne.  Players who have purchased the Batman: Arkham Origins Season Pass and are connected to the Internet will have instant access to the content.
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Set high in the Paektu-San Mountains of North Korea, the Initiation Add-On follows a young Bruce Wayne as he faces his ultimate test.  Players will embark upon a series of challenge maps that test their martial arts training across exotic locales, including a bamboo forest and a mountain top monastery. Fans will face fresh enemies along with an epic final test to prove their worthiness to Bruce’s greatest and most pitiless teacher, Kirigi.

Saints Row 4 – Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin’? Pack

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Saints Row 4 – Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin’? Pack

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin’? She’s playing Saints Row IV, that’s what. Ash. Anthony. Papa Burch. Now available as homies. Who better to back the Boss than the Saints’ biggest fans?

Get the Burch family to your console today, for only $2.99! Would you kindry buy this pack?

Ashly’s bored! Check out what Volition does to relieve her from boredom:

Confirmed List of Companies Working for ID@Xbox

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Confirmed List of Companies Working for ID@Xbox

Today Microsoft has announced the first developers who will publish games for Xbox One under the manufacturer’s new ID@Xbox program, that was unveiled at Gamescom this year. The program’s director Chris Charla, “thousands” of developers have expressed an interest, and Microsoft has now shipped development kits to more than 50 companies.

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Here is a list of so far confirmed companies making games for the Xbox One.

– iNiS (Lips, Elite Beat Agents, Gitaroo Man)
– Comcept (Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z, Soul Sacrifice)
– Vlambeer (Serious Sam, Ridiculous Fishing)
– Double Eleven (LittleBigPlanet PS Vita, PixelJunk Shooter)
– Slightly Mad Studios (Need for Speed: Shift, Project Cars)
– Born Ready (Strike Suit Zero)
– Crytek (Crysis, Ryse: Son of Rome)
– Happion Labs (Sixty Second Shooter)
– Team 17 (Worms, Alien Breed)
– Panic Button (Kinect Star Wars, Injustice: Gods Among Us)
– Double Fine (Brutal Legend, Psychonauts)
– Drinkbox (About a Blob, Guacamelee)
– Team Colorblind (Aztez)
– Signal Studios (Ascend: New Gods, Toy Soldiers)
– Zen Studios (Castlestorm, Marvel Pinball)
– Bongfish (Motocross Madness, Harm’s Way)
– Half-Brick Studios (Fruit Ninja Kinect, Raskulls)
– NinjaBee (A Kingdom for Keflings, Dash of Destruction)
– Zeboyd Games (Cthulhu Saves the World, Penny Arcade Adventures)
– Nicalis (Cave Story, VVVVVV)
– The Men Who Wear Many Hats (Organ Trail, Max Gentlemen)
– Iron Galaxy (Divekick, Wreckateer)
– Jackbox Games (You Don’t Know Jack)
– High Voltage Software (The Conduit, Kinect Star Wars)
– Capybara Games (Below, Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes)
– Behaviour Interactive (Naughty Bear, MySims SkyHeroes)
– Hidden Path (Defense Grid: The Awakening, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
– Gaijin Games (Bit.Trip series)
– The Odd Gentlemen (The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom, Slap Happy Sam)
– WayForward (Adventure Time: ETDBIDK, DuckTales: Remastered)
– Other Ocean (Iron Brigade, Stacking)

Guild Wars 2 A Very Merry Wintersday arrives next week

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Guild Wars 2 A Very Merry Wintersday arrives next week

The nights may be growing longer and colder, but Lion’s Arch is merrier than ever before! Wintersday is returning to Tyria, along with everyone’s favourite toymaking inventor – Tixx! Celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of the next in this six-week winter festival!

Players can get an inside look at the Wintersday release during a livestream with ArenaNet developers on Monday, 9th December at 21:00 CET (20:00 GMT) on the Guild Wars 2 Twitch TV channel

For more information about A Very Merry Wintersday, which continues NCSOFT and ArenaNet’s trendsetting pace of delivering new content to players every two weeks, for more information please follow this link.

Zen Pinball 2 Coming to PS4 This Month

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Zen Pinball 2 Coming to PS4 This Month

Zen Pinball 2 will release on PlayStation 4 on 17th December  in North America and 18th December in Europe, featuring a selection of tables from the previous generation’s table library. Marvel’s Doctor Strange will join Zen Pinball 2 on PlayStation 4 as launch content. The table will be available for $2.99.

“We are able to bring a special selection of Zen Pinball tables from PlayStation 3 to PlayStation 4. If you own any of these on PS3, we invite you to download them on PS4 at no charge. This is our way of saying thank you to all of the players who have supported Zen Studios on PlayStation platforms over the years,” said Mel Kirk, Zen Studios Vice President of Publishing.

Additionally, the fantasy themed Sorcerer’s Lair table will be free for all players on PlayStation 4! Simply download the Zen Pinball 2 platform and you can access the table at no cost.

Zen Pinball 2 will launch on PlayStation 4 as a free platform download with a total of 20 tables available as paid DLC. Users can purchase tables inside the Zen Pinball 2 platform, including the following tables and packs at launch:

  • Star Wars Pinball
  • Star Wars Pinball: Balance of the Force
  • Marvel Pinball
  • Marvel Pinball :Avengers Chronicles
  • Plants vs. Zombies Pinball
  • Epic Quest
  • Paranormal
  • Earth Defense

Table packs will cost $9.99 and individual tables will cost $2.99 on PlayStation 4.

Zen Studios has HUGE plans for pinball in 2014, including more Star Wars Pinball and Marvel Pinball tables, as well as tables based on more iconic and exciting brands.

Arma 3 Release date for The East Wind New Campaign

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Arma 3 Release date for The East Wind New Campaign

Bohemia Interactive today announced the release date of the second campaign episode for Arma 3. Picking up from where the first episode left off, the campaign is set to continue with the release of the ‘Adapt’ episode on Tuesday January 21st, 2014.

The official campaign for Arma 3, named ‘The East Wind’, unfolds over three episodes: ‘Survive’, ‘Adapt’, ‘Win’. In the first episode, players were introduced to Ben Kerry, a regular soldier who’s part of a NATO-peacekeeping mission in the Mediterranean. After a botched withdrawal trapped Kerry’s unit on the island of Stratis, in the midst of a flashpoint, they attempt an escape to the neighbouring island of Altis.

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“While the first part of the campaign focused on the basics of infantry combat, this second ‘Adapt’ episode plays with the other cool features of Arma 3’s sandbox”, said Jaroslav Kasny, Playable Content Lead for Arma 3. “Players will find more open and unorthodox scenarios, and with the help of guerrilla warfare, set out to defeat a much stronger enemy.”

Before the upcoming holidays, ahead of the second episode’s launch, Bohemia Interactive will already be releasing the episode’s new sandbox content. Included in this (free) package are 3 additional vehicles for the Altis Armed Forces faction. The Wy-55 Hellcat helicopter has previously seen action with the British Armed Forces, and now provides a maneuverable and armed aerial reconnaissance platform for the AAF. The FV-720 Mora is a tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicle best employed in combined arms warfare. Last but not certainly least, we find the fully new MBT-52 tank, brought in to the round out the faction’s war fighting options. The vehicles, plus other new content such as black versions of the MX rifle family, infra-red grenades and the LRPS sniper scope, will be made available on Wednesday December 11th via an automatic update on Steam.

Give Your PS4 The Sound it Deserves with Creative headsets

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Give Your PS4 The Sound it Deserves with Creative headsets

With launch of the Playstation 4, Creative has announced its headsets that are tested and compatible with the new Sony console. They include the Sound Blaster EVO series and Sound Blaster Tactic3D Fury and Rage USB.

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The Sound Blaster EVO ZXR is the ultimate headset to enjoy music, games and mobile communications. The SB-Axx1 sound chip enhances the sound and the powerful 50mm drivers provide impressive sound reproduction. The little brother of the EVO ZXR is the EVO Zx, an on-ear headset with 40mm drivers. Again, the audio processor SB-Axx1 makes for powerful, immersive sound. The earcups on both headsets cover your ears entirely, passively cutting out external noise.

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Sound Blaster EVO ZxR wireless headset – RRP: £249.99
Sound Blaster EVO Zx wireless headset – RRP: £199.99

Sound Blaster Tactic3D Fury and Rage USB

The Sound Blaster Tactic3D Fury headset has the distinctive design and optimisation of the Tactic3D series. The built-in 40mm FullSpectrum drivers deliver an impressive and balanced sound experience. On the Tactic3D Rage, the powerful 50mm drivers and SBX Pro Studio technologies deliver superior gaming audio. On both headsets, the air-permeable earcups cut external noise effectively, improving concentration. As an added bonus, the soft ear cushion is comfortable for those long gaming nights. The detachable microphone with integrated noise reduction completes the package.

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Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage USB – RRP: £59.99
Sound Blaster Tactic3D Fury USB – RRP: £49.99

The Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief Out for Xbox 360 Now

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The Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief Out for Xbox 360 Now

Nordic Games has announced that console players can test their investigative skills in The Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief, now available as an Arcade title on the Xbox Live for the Xbox 360, priced £7.99 per episode.

All three episodes of The Raven, ‘The Eye of the Sphinx’, ‘Ancestry Of Lies’, and ‘A Murder Of Ravens’ are being released on Xbox Live for Xbox 360 simultaneously today. The version for Sony’s PLAYSTATION Network will be released in Q1 2014.

Beautifully animated, this adventure is a daring hunt across 1960s Europe where players journey through thrilling atmospheres and stunning environments with the aim of catching the infamous art burglar -The Raven. Players will need to follow the notorious thief’s trademark black feathers in the quest to capture him and finally put his crime spree to an end. The version on Xbox Live for Xbox 360 will leave players on the edge of their seats.

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“We’ve put everything into the console version to deliver the same experience on different peripheral devices,” says Martin Kreuch, Producer at Nordic Games. “Working with the Unity Engine opens a lot of opportunities in this regard, but like almost every engine, also creates certain challenges. Together with the KING Art team, however, we managed to overcome them.”

“It was a unique challenge to translate the classic controls of an Adventure game to something that work well on consoles,” says Arne von Öhsen, Programmer at KING Art. “We think we managed exactly that and eagerly await the feedback from the console community.”

The Raven combines the thrill of the chase ‘whodunit’ with the risk and reward of a heist story where players get to experience both sides of the story as the investigator and the thief. Paying tribute to Agatha Christie’s crime stories and gangster movies from the 60s and 70s, The Raven is set to be a thrilling episodic journey.

All three episodes for The Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief are out today on Xbox Live for Xbox 360 and are also available for PC (Windows/MAC/Linux).

The Free to Play Game Blacklight: Retribution Launches today for PS4

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The Free to Play Game Blacklight: Retribution Launches today for PS4

Today the free to play first-person shooter Blacklight: Retribution launches on PlayStation 4 in Europe.

The Zombie Studios’ game that was intended as a PS4 launch title for the Europe launch, but it suffered a last minute delay. It’s not available at the time of writing but it will be available to download from the PlayStation Store today. (Update with download link)

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“This is a really great time for our studio, and we know that our current fans and newcomers alike will enjoy the game as much as we do,” said Zombie chief Jared Gerritzen.

Like other F2P games on Sony PlayStation 4, a PlayStation Plus subscription is not needed to play it.

Broken Sword 5 Part 1 is Out Now

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Broken Sword 5 Part 1 is Out Now
The game designer Charles Cecil and Revolution Software have released the first episode of their most ambitious Broken Sword title to date.
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Broken Sword 5 – The Serpent’s Curse: Episode One is now available on PC, Mac and Linux, priced £18.99 for both episodes.
The game sees the series return to point and click for the first time since Broken Sword 2 – to the genre in which Revolution has truly excelled. Broken Sword 5 – The Serpent’s Curse has re-united key members from the original Broken Sword team, with layout artists from studios such as Disney, Aardman, and Universal who have created sumptuous, classically drawn backgrounds. The rich, lavish HD art, evolves the art-style so loved in the previous Broken Sword games.

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When a mysterious painting is stolen during an armed raid on a Paris gallery, George Stobbart and Nico Collard are thrown, seemingly by chance, into the investigation together. From Paris to London and beyond, the trail becomes a race against time as dark forces from Europe’s turbulent past are woken from their slumber.  Broken Sword characters old and new are encountered – but who can George and Nico trust? The journey they are on reveals a conspiracy as old as the written word, whose ancient heresies will cause innocent blood to spill once more…
“This has been a labour of love not just for us here at Revolution but the entire Broken Sword community too,” says Charles Cecil, founder, Revolution Software. “We have been privileged to be able to make the game we’ve wanted to thanks to the generous support of our Kickstarter supporters, who really have given us the freedom to take the series to new heights.

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“But this is only the beginning – we’ve a concluding episode due early next year which will complete the story of what I hope will be seen as our most ambitious Broken Sword game ever. We’re really excited to finally unveil the start of George and Nico’s greatest adventure.”
Broken Sword 5 – The Serpent’s Curse: Episode One is available now for PC, Linux and Mac from Steam and GOG.com, priced £18.99. A PlayStation Vita version will be available shortly, with iOS, Android, and other formats to follow in the new year.

Welcome to Need for Speed Rivals Network

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Welcome to Need for Speed Rivals Network

The Need for Speed Network is more than just a companion app! OverWatch allows you to see your Friends playing in real time, interact with them and unlock exclusive content.
Plus, with Need for Speed Network powered by Autolog you can view your game progression, see your next unlocks and plan your next gaming session on the move.

Need for Speed Rivals is available now for PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3 & PC.

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