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ARK: SURVIVAL EVOLVED COMES ROARING ONTO PLAYSTATION®4 DECEMBER 6TH

ARK: SURVIVAL EVOLVED COMES ROARING ONTO PLAYSTATION®4 DECEMBER 6TH

Studio Wildcard’s ‘ARK Survivor’s Pack’ Delivers Both ARK and the Scorched Earth Expansion Pack to North American PS4 Gamers

Seattle, WA – November 30, 2016 – Studio Wildcard announced today that its massively popular dinosaur survival game is coming to PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system on December 6, 2016. Dubbed the ARK: Survivor’s Pack, this special offering includes both the base game, ARK: Survival Evolved, and the massive desert-themed expansion, ARK: Scorched Earth together for $54.99 USD.

The ARK: Survivor’s Pack gives PS4 North American players an up-to-date version of ARK: Survival Evolved that includes the previously released content, plus Scorched EarthARK’s first Expansion Pack. The Survivor’s Pack includes exclusive PS4 content including a Bionic Giganotosaurus skin plus an entire Manticore armor set for all male and female characters.

PS4 ARK players will also receive a constant stream of major updates packed with new dinosaurs, weapons, armor, mechanics, and lifestyle improvements, until it releases as a final product in Spring 2017.

Built on Unreal Engine 4, ARK: Survival Evolved is the first to deliver the popular-on-PC persistent online survival genre to both Xbox One and PlayStation 4, with a unique footprint of adventure, multiplayer online cooperation and competition, focused on the basic survival skills of crafting, harvesting, building, and exploration.

In ARK: Survival Evolved, survivors wake up stranded, naked, freezing, and starving on a mysterious island where they must hunt, harvest, craft items, grow crops, and build shelters to survive in every biome. Survivors will tame, train, and ride more than 100 stunning dinosaurs and other prehistoric beasts, including gargantuan creatures on a scale never before seen in video games! In every available biome — Jungle, Snow, Swamp, Redwood, and Desert — you’ll be able to fly an armed Pteranodon squadron over the snow-capped mountains, race through a thick jungle with your pack of trained Raptors, tromp through a fortified enemy base with a convoy of gigantic Brontosaurus, or chase down prey on the back of a raging T-Rex.

Key ARK: Survival Evolved Features

  • TAME, TRAIN, RIDE, and BREED DINOSAURS: Command the most amazing creatures from throughout Earth’s biological history, with more than 100 dinosaurs and creatures planned for full launch. Use cunning strategy and tactics to tame and ride the many dinosaurs and other primeval creatures roaming the dynamic, persistent ecosystems across land, sea, air, and even underground.
  • CRAFT AND BUILD: Using any means necessary to survive, players will craft weapons, clothes, and items, and build shelters. Plant, harvest, build, level-up, and customize everything visually and functionally, including procedurally-generated RPG statistics for creatures, characters, resources, clothing, gear, and weapons both primitive and modern.
  • DISCOVER: Explore a massive living ecosystem and find the means to survive, thrive, and possibly escape the ARK Island.
  • TEAM UP TO SURVIVE: Start a tribe with dozens of other players in a large-scale multiplayer online first person environment to survive and dominate competing tribes…and to ultimately discover ARK’s true purpose.
  • JOIN A TRIBE: The ‘Tribe’ system encourages cooperation, by supporting dynamic parties to share resources, XP, and re-spawn points. Other players are organizing rebel tribes to accumulate resources, experience, re-spawn points, and to construct sprawling villages and cities, with technology spanning the primitive stone-age to the modern electric-powered era and beyond. And they will fight to destroy anything they see as a threat.
  • A LARGER UNIVERSE: Travel between Online ARKs to meet new players, face new threats, and discover new civilizations!

Meanwhile in the Scorched Earth Expansion Pack, players will wake up in a fiery, drought-ridden desert world, where they must immediately seek water, hunt for food, harvest new flora, craft new items, and build shelter from the extreme heat.

Use skills honed on ARK’s faraway Island to kill, tame, breed, and ride the fantastical new creatures that have evolved to survive the Desert’s ultra harsh conditions, including… DRAGONS!

Key Scorched Earth Expansion Pack Features

  • Where’s the Water? Players must re-learn what it means to survive and thrive in a harsh desert environment depleted of water resources.
  • Explore a New World: Scorched Earth is an entirely new map, composed of seven unique, desert themed biomes – dunes, high desert, mountains, canyons, badlands, oasis and the ever-dangerous dragon trench – each with their own aesthetics, resources & ecosystems, and littered with ruins, geysers, and intricate ancient cave systems.
  • Craft More Than 50 New Items: Discover new outfits and structures to protect from the heat, and new tools to help survive in the harsh environment. Carry temporary shelter with you using tents, employ whips, boomerangs and flamethrowers for ‘defense’, wind turbines to generate clean power, and water wells & oil refineries to harvest scarce resources, among many new mechanics!
  • Tame New Creatures: The desert’s biomes are filled with fantastical new creatures, many of which can be tamed. Lead a caravan of the camel-like Morellatops, or rain fire down on your enemies from the back of a Wyvern. Just mind your step in the vast desert, or you might attract a Death Worm!
  • Conquer New Challenges: Prepare yourself for dangerous electrical storms, blinding sandstorms, befuddling heat stroke, and unleash the power of the Obelisks to come face-to-face with ARK’s deadliest boss creature to date  – the ferocious Manticore!
  • Travel Back to the Island: Take characters, favorite creatures and items from Scorched Earth back to the Island, standing out from the crowd and making your Island-dwelling friends jealous with all of the amazing new goodies and secrets you find in the Desert.

Feel like riding a dinosaur? Join the ARK community forums HERE:
https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/

ARK: Survival Evolved is in development for Xbox One via the ID@Xbox program, PlayStation®4, and Steam PC. The game is available next week for PlayStation 4 players and is currently playable in Microsoft’s Game Preview on Xbox One and Steam’s Early Access program, which includes Oculus Rift VR support and an integration of Steam community features such as Steam Economy and Steam Workshop for custom maps and mods. Players can host private/LAN servers and have access to a custom-built version of the Unreal Engine 4 Editor for creating mods. The world of ARK is designed to be modder-friendly and ever-expanding!

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ROCK BAND RIVALS ROLLS OUT ACROSS EU STARTING TODAY!

ROCK BAND RIVALS ROLLS OUT ACROSS EU STARTING TODAY!

Rock Band Rivals Companion App debuts on App Store and Google Play

BOSTON – November 30th, 2016 – Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. and Performance Designed Products LLC (PDP) proudly announced that Rock Band™ Rivals will be available on both Xbox One and PlayStation®4 across EU from today, fans should check local retailers for specifics. In addition, the Rock Band Rivals Companion App, the first mobile companion app in Rock Band history, is now available on the App Store® and Google Play™.

The launch trailer for Rock Band Rivals is available here:

 

Additional assets for Rock Band Rivals are available here.

I’m incredibly proud of what the team has accomplished with Rock Band Rivals,” said Daniel Sussman, Rock Band Rivals product manager. “Both Rivals mode and Rockudrama introduce completely new and incredibly fun ways to play Rock Band. I can’t wait for Rock Band fans everywhere to experience their band’s comically tragic story and begin their climb up on the leaderboards.

Rock Band Rivals introduces two all-new game modes as well as multiple new venues and Rock Shop items to Rock Band. Marking the much-anticipated return of online play to Rock Band, Rivals mode also represents the most dramatic shift to the Rock Band meta game since the franchise’s introduction in 2007. In Rivals Mode, players band together to form crews of up to ten people to take on other crews around the world in a structured and ongoing series of uniquely themed gameplay challenges. At the beginning of each challenge, crews will be assigned to one of six tiers. When a challenge ends, the best crews will ascend to a new tier, while underperforming crews will face demotion. As crews get promoted they’ll earn badges and face stiffer competition in their quest to earn their place amongst the elite in the highest tier – Bloodstone.

Rockudrama is an all new campaign mode and the world’s first playable music documentary. Featuring a mix of live-action video, in-engine footage and classic Rock Band gameplay, Rockudrama dynamically tells the story of your band’s epic, and often hilarious, rise to fame. As players progress through their band’s memorable and winding road to glory, they will be introduced to a series of new venues and character assets that will be unlocked for play across all of Rock Band 4’s gameplay modes.

With the free Rock Band Rivals Companion App, players will be able to coordinate with their crews no matter where they are. Within the app players can access details about the weekly challenge, manage their crew roster, message other members of their crew and monitor their crew’s progress during weekly challenges.

Rock Band Rivals is available in two separate bundles featuring the new Rock Band Wireless Fender® Jaguar® Guitar Controller. For players looking for a full band experience, the Rock Band Rivals Band Kit, available for both Xbox One and PlayStation®4, offers an all-in-one Rock Band kit featuring Rock Band Rivals and Rock Band 4 game software, Rock Band Wireless Fender Jaguar Guitar Controller, drum kit, microphone, wooden drum sticks, adjustable guitar strap, and 4xAA alkaline batteries for £199.99/€234.99. For guitar enthusiasts who want to pick up the new Fender Jaguar Guitar Controller, the Rock Band Rivals Wireless Jaguar Bundle will be available with included Rock Band Rivals and Rock Band 4 software for £99.99/€119.99.

Following the precedent set by Rock Band 4, Rock Band Rivals will continue to be updated following launch, including the release of synchronous online multiplayer in December.

Fans interested in learning more about Rock Band Rivals, including where they can find bundles at retail, can visit: http://www.rockbandrivals.com/

For information about Rock Band controllers and other Rock Band peripherals: http://pdp.com/en/rockband-rivals/

About Rock Band
The latest entry into one of the best-selling and most beloved game franchises of all time, Rock Band 4 delivers the ecstatic rush of a live band performance like never before. The first Rock Band to be approached as a platform, Rock Band 4 has seen regular updates since its October 2015 launch, including the addition of several free, community-requested features like Practice mode and Setlists. Rock Band Rivals, which adds online multiplayer, a new look and feel and a hilarious new campaign mode to Rock Band 4, was released on October 18, 2016.

Last December, Oculus and Harmonix announced Rock Band VR, a completely new music simulation experience coming exclusively to the Oculus Rift.

For more information on Rock Band and to stay up to date with the latest news and announcements, head over to the Rock Band 4 blog or follow @RockBandon Twitter for updates.

About Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.
Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., based in Boston, MA, and established in 1995, is the leading developer of groundbreaking music-oriented video games. Harmonix was founded to invent new ways for non-musicians to experience the unique joy that comes from making music and has pioneered music and rhythm gaming in the US. For more information, please visit www.harmonixmusic.com.

© 2016 Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Harmonix, Rock Band and all related titles and logos are trademarks of Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. Rock Band 4 developed by Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. FENDER™ and JAGUAR™ are trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

“PlayStation” is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc.

Google Play is a trademark of Google Inc

 

Techland unveils Jack character class video for Torment: Tides of Numenera

Techland unveils Jack character class video for Torment: Tides of Numenera

November 30, 2016 – Wroclaw, Poland Techland is proud to reveal the ‘Jack’ – the third new character class making its debut in Torment: Tides of Numenera.

View the Jack character class video here or download it in multiple language formats from the official FTP here

Jack offers quick wit, cunning play and charm, but is not limited to one skill or tactic, essentially making him the Jack of all trades. Players who want to explore and truly interact with their surrounding and the characters inhabiting the world need look no further. The Jack has the widest variety of skills to develop and can call upon a range of tricks to avoid direct combat.

Torment: Tides of Numenera is an epic role-playing-game set across Monte Cook’s stunning science-fantasy world that takes place a billion years into the future. Offering exploration and innovative turn-based combat, Tides of Numenera is a unique experience that is a thematic successor to the critically acclaimed Planescape Torment.

For more info on Torment: Tides of Numenera, check out the tormentgame.com website.
Torment: Tides of Numenera will be available on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2017.

About Techland
Founded in 1991, Techland is a renowned independent game developer, distributor, and publisher. The Poland based company is best known for the original Dead Island games, the Call of Juarez series, and Dying Light. Thanks to its proprietary game engine technology, Techland develops top-tier entertainment content for Windows PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac OS X, Android, and iOS. Comprised of four offices in Warsaw, Wrocław, Ostrów Wielkopolski, and Vancouver, Canada, the company is committed to delivering unforgettable experiences and using the latest technology for innovative entertainment. For more information about the company, visit the official website at: http://techland.pl/

About inXile Entertainment
Founded by long-time industry veteran @BrianFargo in 2002, inXile Entertainment develops interactive entertainment software for all popular game systems, personal computers and wireless devices. Following the critical and commercial success of Wasteland 2, inXile crowdfunded and is currently developing Torment: Tides of Numenera and The Bard’s Tale IV. For more information about inXile Entertainment visit: www.inxile-entertainment.com .
Torment is a trademark of inXile Entertainment. Numenera is a trademark of Monte Cook Games LLC.
All product titles, publisher names, trademarks, artwork and associated imagery are trademarks, registered trademarks and/or copyright material of the respective owners. All rights reserved.

Long Awaited Mobile MMO, Durango Invites Fans To Register For Limited Beta

Long Awaited Mobile MMO, Durango Invites Fans To Register For Limited Beta

Developers of the Popular MMO Vindictus Open Registration for Worldwide Limited Beta Testing of New Mobile MMO World with Massive Clan Versus Clan Battles

Seoul – Nov. 30, 2016 – MMORPG fans, rejoice! NEXON Korea Corporation, subsidiary of NEXON Co., Ltd. (“Nexon”) (3659.TO), a global leader in online games for PC and mobile, invites fans to register for the public Limited Beta and experience the immense world of Durango, a sandbox massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) on mobile. Durango is a pioneering MMORPG with an endless number of islands, full of primitive dinosaurs awaiting player discovery. Durango begins limited beta testing on Dec. 13. Beginning today, beta keys will be distributed to registrants across the world, excluding mainland China and Japan. Eager gamers may now register on the Durango website: https://i.nx.com/0Ux.

As one of the developers behind the popular MMO PC game Vindictus, Eunseok Yi’s What! Studio will thrust players into an unknown world where dinosaurs still roam around freely in Durango. Players will get a glimpse into a beautiful, but dangerous world where survival is the number one priority. Jampacked with a fully-immersive and interactive experience, players will lead their characters as they learn to build communities, hunt, scavenge and battle to keep their clan alive in the foreign land plagued by rival clans and dinosaurs.

During this round of limited beta, MMO fans from all around the world will learn to tame and ride diverse dinosaurs. Players can also build villages with fellow players, and battle against rivaling clans to protect one’s homeland in massive clan battles in a seamless MMO world. Players can also customize their characters with unique clothing styles and colors – there is no limit in self-expression in Durango.

Additional Information for members of the press:

About NEXON Co. Ltd.
NEXON Co., Ltd. (“Nexon”) (3659.TO) is a global leader in online games for PC and mobile.
Founded in Korea in 1994, Nexon developed one of the world’s first graphics-based
massively multiplayer online games. Nexon also pioneered the concept of microtransactions
and the free-to-play business model, setting a new standard in which play is free, and users
have the option to purchase in-game items to enhance their experience. Nexon currently
services nearly 100 titles in more than 190 countries. The Company is headquartered in Tokyo,
Japan and its shares are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

About WHAT! Studio
What! Studio (“What Studio”) is one of the leading development teams of NEXON Korea Corporation, led by the director Eunseok Yi, a developer of Mabinogi and Vindictus.
Fun and innovation are the core values, and their mission is to provide players with a unique and memorable experience through distinctive and sophisticated games. What Studio is currently working on their very first project, Durango, which is a challenge making themselves as true pioneers as developers; and hope the game will also inspire players to become true pioneers as well.

NBA® 2K17 Drives into the E-Sports Scene in Europe

NBA® 2K17 Drives into the E-Sports Scene in Europe

European E-sports Tournament to Commence Next Month with Once In A Lifetime Prizes

London, UK- November 30, 2016- 2K are excited to announce NBA® 2K17’s first ever European All-Star Tournament that will take place online on 10th and 11th December from 16.00 GMT. Finalists will get the chance to compete at the renowned NBA headquarters in London with the added bonus of attending the NBA Global Games London featuring the Indiana Pacers and Denver Nuggets at the O2 Arena. The Champions will win an all-expense paid trip to the NBA All-Star Weekend in New Orleans, Louisiana.

‘We believe NBA 2K17 offers a unique competitive experience for eSports enthusiasts worldwide’, said Alfie Brody, VP of Marketing for NBA2K. ‘Following our first eSports tournament, Road To The Finals, culminating this past June in Los Angeles, it was a high priority for our brand to expand the competition to Europe. We’re excited to offer our European customers the same thrill of global competitive gaming and the chance of being crowned the top NBA2K team in Europe’

For a chance to win, participants need to assemble an Pro team of at least 3 players (with a roster allowing up to 10 players) in Pro-AM mode of NBA® 2K17 on PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and compete against others within the two-day event. The team with the highest score at the end of each contest day will compete in the finals in London on 11th January 2017, battling it out for the ultimate trip to the All Star Game in February 2017.

The tournament will be open to citizens of the following countries: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. For more details and full terms and conditions please visit:
https://www.2k.com/nba2k17/2kallstartournamenteu/index.html

Follow @NBA2K on social media and look for the hashtag #ThisIsNotAGame for the latestNBA 2K17 news.

About Take-Two Interactive Software

Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher and marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers around the globe. The Company develops and publishes products through its two wholly-owned labels Rockstar Games and 2K. Our products are designed for console systems and personal computers, including smartphones and tablets, and are delivered through physical retail, digital download, online platforms and cloud streaming services. The Company’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO. For more corporate and product information please visit our website at http://www.take2games.com.

About 2K

Founded in 2005, 2K develops and publishes interactive entertainment globally for console systems, handheld gaming systems and personal computers, including smartphones and tablets, which are delivered through physical retail, digital download, online platforms and cloud streaming services. 2K publishes titles in today’s most popular gaming genres, including shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, sports, casual, and family entertainment. The 2K label has some of the most talented development studios in the world today, including Firaxis Games, Visual Concepts, Hangar 13, and Cat Daddy Games. 2K’s stable of high quality titles includes the critically acclaimed BioShock®, Borderlands™, Mafia, and XCOM® franchises, the beloved Sid Meier’s Civilization series, Evolve™, Battleborn®, the popular WWE 2K franchise and NBA 2K, the highest rated* annual sports title of this console generation.

2K is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). For more information, please visitwww.2k.com .

*According to 2008 – 2016 Metacritic.com

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UBISOFT® INVITES ANZ CUP WINNERS TO MONTREAL FOR $100,000 RAINBOW SIX SIEGE TOURNAMENT

UBISOFT® INVITES ANZ CUP WINNERS TO MONTREAL FOR $100,000 RAINBOW SIX SIEGE TOURNAMENT 

Sydney, Australia – Nov 30, 2016 – Today, Ubisoft® announced that the winners of the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Siege ESL event, The ANZ Cup, will qualify to compete in The Six Invitational. This prestigious tournament will take place in Montreal, Canada on February 3-5, 2017, where there will be a prize of $100,000 for the winners.

The ANZ Cup final takes place on December 8 with the winning team picking up a $5000 cash prize, Audio Technica Headsets, and entry into the Six Invitational, which includes travel for the entire team to Montreal.

The Six Invitational will see the world’s best teams from North America, Europe, LATAM and Australia & New Zealand playing against each other to be crowned champions and walk away with the $100,000 prize.

ANZ players can still enter the ANZ Cup with Open Cups taking place every Wednesday, Major Cups every Thursday and then the Major Final on December 8.

For more information on Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, please visit rainbow6.com.

To enter the ANZ Cup please visit https://play.eslgaming.com/rainbowsix/anz-one/

For the latest on all of Ubisoft’s games, please visit ubiblog.com.

About ESL

ESL Australia, the local division of global electronic sports league tournament organiser ESL, is Australia and New Zealand’s leading esports tournament organiser. ESL Australia features a studio home base in Sydney, Australia, the first ever multi-purpose built esports studio capable of hosting Local Area Network games and a live audience. For more information on ESL Australia, current tournaments and more, visit: http://play.eslgaming.com/australia 

About Ubisoft

Ubisoft is a leading creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and services, with a rich portfolio of world-renowned brands, including Assassin’s Creed, Just Dance, Watch_Dogs, Tom Clancy’s video game series, Rayman and Far Cry. The teams throughout Ubisoft’s worldwide network of studios and business offices are committed to delivering original and memorable gaming experiences across all popular platforms, including consoles, mobile phones, tablets and PCs. For the 2015-16 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of €1,394 million. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.

UNIVERSAL PARKS & RESORTS AND NINTENDO WILL BRING THE FUN OF NINTENDO TO LIFE WITH EXPANSIVE, HIGHLY THEMED ENVIRONMENTS AT OSAKA, ORLANDO AND HOLLYWOOD

UNIVERSAL PARKS & RESORTS AND NINTENDO WILL BRING THE FUN OF NINTENDO TO LIFE WITH EXPANSIVE, HIGHLY THEMED ENVIRONMENTS AT OSAKA, ORLANDO AND HOLLYWOOD

Imagine the fun of stepping into a larger-than-life Nintendo adventure

30th November, 2016 – Imagine the fun of stepping into a larger-than-life Nintendo adventure. Gigantic Piranha Plants spring to life. ? Blocks, power-ups and more surround you. And Mario and all his friends are there to pull you into a brand-new world.

You will enter an entire realm filled with iconic Nintendo excitement, gameplay, heroes and villains. And it is coming to three Universal theme parks around the globe. See more in the official announcement video on YouTube.

The creative visionaries behind Nintendo’s legendary worlds and characters are working together with the creative teams behind Universal’s blockbuster theme park attractions. Their goal: to bring the characters, action and adventure of Nintendo video games to life within Universal theme parks. And to do so in new and innovative ways that capture what makes them so special. All of the adventure, fun and whimsy you experience through a screen will now be all around you – in breathtakingly authentic ways.

  • Nintendo-themed areas are coming to Universal Studios Japan, Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood.
  • These will be expansive, immersive and interactive. They will be highly themed and authentic environments filled with multiple attractions, shops and restaurants.
  • Guests will feel as if they are playing inside their favourite games – this time in real life.
  • There will be something for everyone – regardless of their age or gaming experience level.
  • Planning and creative work on these areas is well underway; they will open separately over the next several years.

The new themed areas come as the result of a global partnership between Universal Parks & Resorts and Nintendo – two icons of the entertainment world. Universal theme parks create incredibly popular family entertainment experiences for millions of people based on compelling characters, stories and innovative technology. Nintendo creates remarkable and imaginative games filled with captivating stories and beloved characters.

Each Universal theme park will announce details of its specific Nintendo areas. The first such announcement will come soon.

 

 

About Universal Parks & Resorts:

Universal Parks & Resorts, a unit of Comcast NBCUniversal, offers guests around the globe today’s most relevant and popular entertainment experiences. With three-time Academy Award winner Steven Spielberg as creative consultant, its theme parks are known for immersive experiences that feature some of the world’s most thrilling and technologically advanced film- and television-based attractions.

Comcast NBCUniversal wholly owns Universal Studios Hollywood, which includes Universal CityWalk Hollywood. It also owns Universal Orlando Resort, a destination resort with two theme parks (Universal Studios Florida and Universal’s Islands of Adventure), five resort hotels, and Universal CityWalk Orlando. In addition, Comcast NBCUniversal owns a 51 percent majority interest in Universal Studios Japan, in Osaka and has a license agreement with Universal Studios Singapore at Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore. The company has also announced plans for a theme park in Beijing.

THE Crew® CALLING ALL UNITS NOW AVAILABLE

THE Crew® CALLING ALL UNITS NOW AVAILABLE

Prove Your Racing Skills in this Intense Face-Off Between Street Racers and Police

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – NOVEMBER 30, 2016 – Ubisoft® has announced The Crew Calling All Units, the second major expansion for The Crew® action-driving MMO, is now available on Xbox One, PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Windows PC.

 

Players will take to the roads in an all new storyline as elite cop Clara Washington to take down illegal street racers nationwide. Gamers looking to drive on the other side of the law can also play as a street racer to show off their driving skills and team up with their crew to take over the U.S. This police-chase fantasy will come to life in an action-packed open world, through 12 new missions that will let players create their own cop tactics, ride in fully-equipped police vehicles and collect new parts, vehicles and XP. Players can pick a side, or swap at will, perfecting their strategies to track down street racers or how to evade the police.

In this always-on, all-terrain confrontation, players will rely on a set of special abilities and some of the most iconic vehicles to speed across the U.S. As a member of the police force, players will have access to a wide range of cop vehicles, from exotic supercars to heavy off-roaders and monster trucks, helping them perform successful arrests. From busy streets to rocky mountain paths, players will be able to use their badge and the terrain to their advantage to take down street racers.  Players who prefer to ride as a racer will take off with cargo for thrilling races and big rewards. Chases can be triggered anytime, anyplace on the map, making each chase unique and unpredictable for players in this open-world face-off.

Additionally, all The Crew players will have complete access to the street racer gameplay, including special abilities such as unlimited nitro and blinding flashbangs, as well as the new level 60 cap and the matching performance boost.

For the fullest driving experience, The Crew® Ultimate Edition is also available. It includes the main game, The Crew® Wild Run expansion and the brand new The Crew Calling All Units expansion, as well as the Season Pass vehicles with their customization options.

For more information about The Crew Calling All Units and the Ultimate Edition, please visit thecrewgame.com.

About Ubisoft

Ubisoft is a leading creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and services, with a rich portfolio of world-renowned brands, including Assassin’s Creed, Just Dance, Watch_Dogs, Tom Clancy’s video game series, Rayman and Far Cry. The teams throughout Ubisoft’s worldwide network of studios and business offices are committed to delivering original and memorable gaming experiences across all popular platforms, including consoles, mobile phones, tablets and PCs. For the 2015–16 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of €1,394 million. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.

© 2014-2016 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. The Crew logo, Ubisoft and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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watch_dogs® 2 NOW AVAILABLE ON WINDOWS PC

watch_dogs® 2 NOW AVAILABLE ON WINDOWS PC

The game offers a multitude of specific features and full 4K support on PC

Sydney, Australia – November 30, 2016 – Today, Ubisoft® announced that WATCH_DOGS® 2 is now available on Windows PC.

WATCH_DOGS 2 features a wide array of PC-specific improvements in order to provide players with the best and most immersive experience possible, whatever the hardware is, including full 4K support with Ultra Textures and Extra Details options. The game also features uncapped FPS, along with a host of other features and options such as multi-monitor support with advanced setting, multiple save files support and a fully mouse-centric UI. For further information about the full PC specific features and improvements, please visit: http://blog.ubi.com/watch-dogs-2-pc-specs-system-requirements-revealed/

The PC system requirements for WATCH_DOGS 2 are:

Supported OS – (64-bit versions only): Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10

Hard Disk Space: 50 GB

Peripherals: Windows-compatible keyboard and mouse, Microsoft Xbox One Controller, DualShock 4 Controller

Multiplayer: 256 Kbps or faster broadband connection

 

Minimum Specs

  • Processor: Intel Core i5-2400S @ 2.5 GHz / AMD FX 6120 @ 3.5 GHz
  • RAM: 6GB
  • Video Card: NVidia GeForce GTX 660 (2GB) / AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2GB) or better

 

Recommended Specs

  • Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.2 GHz / AMD FX 8120 @ 3.9 GHz
  • RAM: 8GB

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 (3GB) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (4GB) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (3GB) or better | AMD Radeon R9 290 (4GB) or better

In WATCH_DOGS 2, players explore the San Francisco Bay Area as Marcus Holloway, a brilliant young hacker from Oakland wrongly framed for a crime he did not commit by the predictive algorithms of ctOS 2.0. This upgraded version of the city infrastructure operating system, which was introduced in the first WATCH_DOGS video game, is being used to track, control and manipulate citizens on a massive scale. As Marcus joins the hacktivist group DedSec, they decide take down ctOS and BLUME, the multinational company behind this oppressive system.

WATCH_DOGS 2 features a vast and dynamic open world offering a variety of environments and gameplay possibilities with extended hacking options and a greater variety of gadgets and weapons. Players can not only hack into the city’s infrastructure but also every person and any connected device to trigger unpredictable chains of events. This unique level of freedom unlocks many opportunities in terms of playstyles and players can choose to use stealth hacking to complete missions without killing a single enemy or go guns blazing for a more ferocious approach.

WATCH_DOGS 2 is developed by Ubisoft Montreal, the studio behind the first WATCH_DOGS as well as numerous successful franchises such as Assassin’s Creed®, Far Cry®, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six®, Prince of Persia®, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell® and many more, with the collaboration of several Ubisoft studios around the world.

WATCH_DOGS 2 is available for purchase on Uplay and other digital distribution services. For more information on WATCH_DOGS 2, please visit watchdogs.com.

About Ubisoft

Ubisoft is a leading creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and services, with a rich portfolio of world-renowned brands, including Assassin’s Creed, Just Dance, Tom Clancy’s video game series, Rayman, Far Cry and Watch Dogs. The teams throughout Ubisoft’s worldwide network of studios and business offices are committed to delivering original and memorable gaming experiences across all popular platforms, including consoles, mobile phones, tablets and PCs. For the 2015-16 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of €1,394 million. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.

Twitter Announces Live Streaming Event with Disney and People for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Twitter Announces Live Streaming Event with Disney and People for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Exclusive live broadcast to feature never-before-seen Rogue One content

November 30, 2016 — Twitter today announced it is collaborating with Disney and People to live stream exclusively a special Rogue One: A Star Wars Story event. The live stream, hosted by People, will feature the debut of never-before-seen content from Rogue One followed by a Q&A with the director and cast members from the film.

Live coverage will start on Friday, December 2nd at 10am PT, streaming from a surprise location. The live stream will be available worldwide to Twitter’s logged-in and logged-out audience on Twitter and connected devices and can be found at RogueOne.twitter.com, Twitter Moments and through @StarWars and @people.

The experience will give Star Wars fans a sneak peek of the highly anticipated film ahead of its December 16 release date, and will include behind-the-scenes commentary during a live discussion with Director Gareth Edwards, Lucasfilm President and Producer Kathleen Kennedy, and cast members including Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk and Riz Ahmed. The Q&A will be hosted by People’s Deputy Entertainment Editor, JD Heyman. Fans can submit questions on Twitter for the cast to answer during the event by Tweeting with #AskRogueOne.

“People come to Twitter to see what’s happening in the entertainment world, and the conversation about movies, especially Star Wars, is constant on Twitter,” said Anthony Noto, COO at Twitter. “Our collaboration with Disney and People will give fans fresh and exciting live Star Wars content that they can view and Tweet about all on the same platform.”

“Disney and Lucasfilm are always seeking out innovative ways to tell great stories and engage with fans around the world,” said Ricky Strauss, President, Marketing, The Walt Disney Studios. “We’re thrilled to join forces with Twitter and People to create this can’t-miss Rogue One event that gives Star Wars fans a behind-the-scenes peek at one of the most talked-about movies of the year.”

“People is thrilled to participate in the celebration of the latest release in the iconic Star Wars franchise,” says Jess Cagle, Editor in Chief, People.  “We have been covering Star Wars since the very first film hit theaters in 1977; our audience can’t get enough of it.”

People is also releasing a special newsstand edition on Nov. 30 called Stars Wars: The Secrets of Rogue One, featuring a VR bonus including goggles, in addition to the original People Special — Rogue One:  A Star Wars Story, which is premiering Nov. 30 on the People/Entertainment Weekly Network (PEN).

 

About Twitter

Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) is what’s happening in the world right now. From breaking news and entertainment to sports and politics, from big events to everyday interests. If it’s happening anywhere, it’s happening first on Twitter. Twitter is where the full story unfolds with all the live commentary and where live events come to life unlike anywhere else. Twitter is available in more than 40 languages around the world. The service can be accessed at Twitter.com, on a variety of mobile devices and via SMS. For more information, visit about.twitter.com or follow @twitter.

About Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
From Lucasfilm comes the first of the Star Wars standalone films, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” an all-new epic adventure. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s ultimate weapon of destruction. This key event in the Star Wars timeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves.

“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is directed by Gareth Edwards and stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Riz Ahmed, with Jiang Wen and Forest Whitaker. Kathleen Kennedy, Allison Shearmur and Simon Emanuel are producing, with John Knoll and Jason McGatlin serving as executive producers. The story is by John Knoll and Gary Whitta, and the screenplay is by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy.  “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” opens in U.S. theaters on December 16, 2016

About People
Time Inc.’s People revolutionized personality journalism when it launched as a weekly in 1974 to celebrate extraordinary people doing ordinary things and ordinary people doing extraordinary things.  Ubiquitous and still at the center of pop culture more than 40 years later, the People brand is accessible across all media and platforms (print, digital, video, mobile, social) bringing more than 80 million consumers a unique mix of breaking news, exclusive photos, video, and in-depth reporting on the most compelling newsmakers of our time.  In addition, comScore ranks the People and Entertainment Weekly Digital Network No. 1 in the entertainment news category.  Each year major media across the globe anticipate the cover reveal of People’s most famous franchise, the Sexiest Man Alive (which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2015) sparking a lively debate on social media.  With a trusted reputation and unparalleled access to the red carpet, celebrities, and entertainment, an essential component of People’s editorial vision remains human interest stories, which touch and often mirror the lives of our passionate audience.  And now, the People/Entertainment Weekly Network (PEN) app offers a free, advertiser-supported OTT streaming video service.  People is an award-winning 24/7 news organization headquartered in NYC with reporters worldwide. For more information visit People.com and Timeinc.com, and follow @people on Twitter and Instagram, @peoplemag on Facebook, and the People channel on YouTube and on Snapchat’s Discover.

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