Alienware Live invades Australia

To celebrate 20 years of innovation, Alienware is launching a new gaming lounge in Sydney

• Alienware partners with Sydney-based gaming café, City Hunter
• Alienware Live AU to showcase latest innovations from Alienware, including VR ready machines
• Alienware to host community launch party at the newly fitted out space on August 18

Sydney – August 2, 2016 – Alienware, the leader in high-powered gaming systems, today announced its partnership with Sydney-based internet café City Hunter to launch Alienware Live AU in Chatswood this August. Alienware Live AU is a new initiative between Alienware and City Hunter which will showcase the latest innovations from Alienware, engage with the Alienware community and celebrate its 20-year history.

“For 20 years, Alienware has been at the forefront of PC gaming technology, our innovation has led to new ways for customers to play. The partnership with City Hunter continues our ethos of bringing high-end PC gaming experiences to our fans.” said Ben Jackson, General Manager, Consumer and Small Business. “Alienware Live AU is a great way for our fans to experience the latest Alienware hardware, provides a premium PC gaming experience for the City Hunter community, and play some games in a fully immersive environment!”

Alienware Live AU features 28 high-end PCs, ready–to-play the latest games at blisteringly high resolutions and fast frame rates. The PCs will showcase Alienware’s entire range of Area 51, Aurora, Alpha, and gaming laptop lines, which is the culmination of 20 years of product development at the cutting edge of PC gaming technology. Of the 28 PCs at Alienware Live AU, two will be dedicated to running Virtual Reality (VR) experiences which will help make VR more accessible to a wider audience. The VR space will be home to an Oculus Rift space, powered by an Alienware Alpha and Graphics Amplifier, as well as an HTC Vive area which will be running on Alienware’s new VR-ready Aurora desktop PC. Both VR experiential spaces will also be running on Dell’s state of the art 43-inch 4K monitors.

“Working with a partner that has such a strong history of delivering first-class gaming experiences like Alienware, is a dream come true,” said City Hunter Co-Founder Jun Zhong. “Alienware Live AU will be the perfect place for our community to come and experience the latest gaming hardware in a first-class venue, complete with the newest games like Overwatch, Doom and high-end VR experiences.”

To celebrate the launch of Alienware Live AU, Alienware is offering fans the chance to win an Alienware 15, airfares and accommodation to Sydney for two and tickets to the launch of Alienware Live AU. There will also be multiple double tickets up for grabs to attend the launch event. Fans can enter the #PushYourLimits Twitter competition on @AlienwareOz by sharing how they push their limits. Full details and terms and conditions can be found on the @AlienwareOz Twitter page and Alienware Arena. More updates on Alienware Live AU will be shared on Facebook @Alienware.

To follow the progress of Alienware Live AU, as well as get a behind-the-scenes look at some of the hardware that will be on offer, be sure to follow @AlienwareOz on Twitter.

Information on Alienware models on display at City Hunter’s Alienware Live

Alienware Aurora desktop

The new Alienware Aurora is a mid-tower desktop with full-scale power and performance. Despite a smaller footprint than the previous Aurora, it boasts even more dedicated graphics and overclocking potential, including the latest generation NVIDIA GeForce cards, for 4k gaming or even up to 12k gaming as a dual-graphics capable desktop. Performance improvements also include the latest Intel CPUs, available with liquid cooling, and overclockable memory available with Kingston Fury X running at a blistering 2400 MHz. The Aurora’s innovation also includes Alienware’s first chassis with tool-less access for easy swapping of GPUs and as many as 3 of the 5 potential storage drives. These and other innovations join the solid lineup of Alienware software including custom lighting with AlienFX and total control with Alienware Command Center. Whether gaming at insanely high resolutions or experiencing optimized VR experiences, the new Aurora is the latest in a long line of leading engineering and design innovation specifically tailored for gamers.

Alienware Alpha compact desktop

The new Alpha is the perfect Windows gaming system for virtually any room, and LAN parties have never been easier with the performance and minimal set up of this accessible ultra-small form factor PC. Its compact design now comes fully upgraded with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 GPU with 4GB of GDDR5 memory for over 60% higher GPU performance than the previous generation. Also configurable with a new AMD Radeon graphics option, the new Alpha boasts better frame rates at higher resolutions and higher settings. For future proofing and to push performance to VR and 4k gaming levels, the new Alpha is now compatible with the Alienware Graphics Amplifier.

Alienware Area-51 desktop

As one of the most revered performance PCs of all time, the Area-51 ups its game. The ultimate full-tower gaming desktop is now equipped with the new Intel Core i7 (a.k.a. Broadwell-e) CPUs ranging from 6- to 10-core options, as well as NVIDIA’s latest GeForce graphics technology (a.k.a. Pascal). According to Intel, the Core i7 delivers up to 35% faster multi-threaded performance and combined with the new GeForce GTX graphics there is a new standard for multi-tasking and VR. The iconic triad design exemplifies Alienware engineering prowess with support for up to three full-length double-wide graphics cards, easily removable side-panels, convenient access to ports and carrying handles, as well as a highly-optimized thermal management system. It’s not only ideal for gamers and VR enthusiasts, it’s the platform of choice for anyone that wants to configure elite performance.

About Dell

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REIGNS CORONATION SET FOR AUGUST 11 ON iOS, ANDROID AND PC

– Swipe Left or Right and Impose Your Will –

The Throne Room – Majestic developer Nerial and its humble servants at Devolver Digital have announced that regal card game Reigns is set to release on the App Store, Google Play, and Steam on August 11 for $2.99 [http://reignsgame.com/]. Swipe left, swipe right, and rule your kingdom as you see fit while appeasing the most influential factions of the kingdom and avoiding usurpers at every turn!

Aspiring monarchs will need to survive the seemingly never-ending gauntlet of requests from their advisors, peasants, allies, and enemies while maintaining balance between the influential factions of your kingdom. But beware; each decision you make might have implications and unfortunate consequences down the road that could put your reign and family’s dynasty at risk! Over 750 unique cards, interconnected story paths, and surprise events assure that no two reigns are ever the same!

“Pretty hyped to also announce that your good buddy Fork makes an appearance in Reigns. If you find my elusive card you become the legal owner of Devolver Digital straight up Willy Wonka style,” noted Devolver Digital CFO Fork Parker. “Just kidding, you’re going to be poor forever.”

The most skilled rulers will carefully track their dynasty as they find new and more inventive ways to die at the hands of those they rule over. Royal challenges like marriage, alliances, and simply living to see 30 or fathering an heir give short-term goals and long-term rewards in new cards and content.

Heirs to the throne can learn more about Reigns by visiting reignsgame.com and following @ReignsGame on Twitter.

STUDIO WILDCARD RELEASES ARK: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST MOD TOOLS TO THE COMMUNITY

Competitive Game Shifts Back to Become Part of ARK: Survival Evolved to Allow Unlimited Modding; Survivor Leagues Continue for Teams to Battle for Monthly Cash Prizes; Steam Sale at 50% Off Until 10 pm PST, August 4

Seattle, WA – August 1, 2016 – Studio Wildcard announced today it will now offer full Steam Workshop support for the competitive dinosaur survival spin-off ARK: Survival of the Fittest (ARK: SotF) including mods, maps, and total conversions across all PC/Mac/Linux/Steam OS platforms. Starting today ARK: SotF will no longer be a standalone game, but be re-integrated into ARK: Survival Evolved (ARK: SE) so the developer is able to provide unlimited modding support which will then offer users the ability to freely take assets from ARK: SE and move them into ARK: SotF without restriction.

“We think that Steam Workshop support for Survival of the Fittest is a significant addition — it’s pretty much the most-requested feature for the game at the present time,” said Jeremy Stieglitz, lead designer, programmer, and co-founder, Studio Wildcard. “We can now support unlimited modding with both games and modders have instant access to work with new content as it drops into either game.”

Reminder! Right now ARK: Survival Evolved is 50% off its retail price, making it the best deal ever on this dinosaur experience. Go buy it on Steam before the sale ends at 10 pm PST, Thursday, August 4, to start taming, training, riding and breeding dinosaurs!

In the last year more than 4,000 mods have been created by the ARK community, including two that have been selected to be included in the main ARK: Survival Evolved game — total conversion mod The Center and functionality mod Primitive+. Players who have purchased ARK: Survival Evolved can begin their own mods immediately! Follow the “How To Mod” tutorial to get started, then join the ARK community, participate in the Unreal Engine ARK Modding forum, and find content in the Unreal Engine Marketplace. Modders can then share their creations with the ARK gamer community using Steam Workshop.

Tune in starting at 8 am PST, Saturday, August 6, as the July Survivor League Championship pits the top ranking ARK: Survival of the Fittest teams in each of three game modes against each other for a high-stakes bounty of more than $65,000 in prizes. Come watch all the epic battles hosted by shoutcaster typeForced at www.twitch.tv/survivetheark.

Originally designed as a mod for ARK: Survival Evolved, the competitive ARK: Survival of the Fittest is a multiplayer online survival arena (M.O.S.A.) game that pits as many as 72 combatants against one another in spontaneous Hunger Games-style competitions within a closed battlefield, where a continually shrinking “ring of death” will push survivors into an epic final showdown with only one “Tribe” making it out alive.

Survivors can form one- to six-person tribes with the option to choose Unofficial (PC-hosted) and Official (Ranked) servers, and a variety of game-lengths and sizes in which to play. Players will start in the base forest environment introduced in the original ARK: Survival Evolved, with new environments and creatures introduced regularly as the game evolves. Dedicated eSport ranking, matchmaking, and tournament features make ARK: Survival of the Fittest readily accessible to all players.

ARK: Survival Evolved takes on the survival genre with a unique blend of emergent multiplayer cooperation and competition. Players must hunt, harvest, craft, research technology, and build shelters to protect against punishing climate conditions, dangerous wildlife, and potential enemies. Tame and ride one of 100 prehistoric beasts, including gargantuan creatures on a scale never before seen in video games! Fly a Pterodactyl squadron over the snow-capped mountains, race through the deep jungle with a pack of trained Raptors, tromp through a fortified enemy base along a convoy of gigantic Brontosaurus, or chase down prey on the back of a raging T-Rex.

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

ARK: Survival Evolved is in development for Xbox One via the ID@Xbox program, PlayStation®4 with VR-support, and Steam PC. The game 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!

To join our growing band of survivors, journey to Steam or Microsoft’s Game Preview on Xbox One to download the game. For the latest updates follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, subscribe to us on YouTube, visit the Website at playark.com and watch us tame and train leviathan dinosaurs on Twitch.TV.

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ABOUT STUDIO WILDCARD

Studio Wildcard was co-founded in 2014 by Jesse Rapczak, former Technical Art Director at Microsoft Game Studios, and industry veteran Jeremy Stieglitz with the mission of bringing AAA quality to ambitious indie productions that are designed for core gamers. With combined 25 years of industry experience across multiple independent and studio-backed titles, Jeremy and Jesse have teamed up with other veteran developers for Seattle, WA-based and Gainesville, FL-based development studios that also include distributed team members across multiple continents. Wherever talented, driven developers may reside, Studio Wildcard intends to seek out and work with them!

ABOUT INSTINCT GAMES

Instinct Games is Egypt’s leading game development studio. Started in 2011 by former Timeline Interactive co-founders, the Instinct Games team develops and produces video games on all major platforms utilizing its competent technical team. Its mission is to collaborate with world class partners to foster Egypt’s video game development ecosystem and set a precedent of high quality, low cost, entertaining indie games with worldwide appeal.

Snail Games Announces Dark and Light at ChinaJoy 2016 Expo in Shanghai

Shanghai – August 1st, 2016 Chinese game developer and publisher Snail Games is making a major step forward in the PC gaming market with its latest sandbox MMO – Dark and Light, announced at the ChinaJoy 2016 expo in Shanghai. After more than ten years since development first began, the game has finally come onto the scene again this year.

One World, Twelve Years

Dark and Light first caught the public’s eye back in 2004 with its impressive 40,000 square-kilometer world, the largest ever MMORPG map.

The original concept of Dark and Light was to provide a deep and realistic world simulation, complete with complex systems for each of the necessary parts of a real world – weather, landscape, wildlife, plants, even laws. All the systems were connected, meaning that a change in any one system would drastically affect all the others, however, these deep, interlacing systems lead to numerous difficulties during the game’s early stages of development.

With the breakthrough of a new game engine in 2008, Snail Games refocused its efforts on Dark and Light, determined to see this phenomenal sandbox MMO concept all the way to completion. A teaser video of Dark and Light was released in 2012, showcasing the progress that had been made up to that point, but due to several factors, no further information about game was released after that teaser, leading fans to wonder whether the game would ever make it to release.

Change in Consistency

After nearly four years of silence, at ChinaJoy 2016, Snail Games unveiled that Dark and Light was alive and well. In fact, it was clear that the game had been largely improved since the last time it was shown, from the game engine to the game mechanics.

With the revolutionary UE4 engine, the difference between the current version of the game and its previous iteration is night and day. The game’s lore and setup has also been significantly updated with multiple universes, three races, and a rivalry between the dark and light all setting a new tone for the game.

In addition to the improvements in visual fidelity and changes to the fictional game world, Dark and Light now boasts a more magical fantasy element with the inclusion of sorcerers and aliens, which tie into the central conflict of the game. Players will be able to explore a simulated world that not only feels real and believable but also feels imaginative and new.

Over the past 12 years, the enthusiasm of the developers at Snail Games to deliver an amazing virtual world with complete freedom has never wavered. With the continuing improvements to our game engine and the unremitting effort of our development team, the next phenomenal Sandbox MMO – Dark and Light will soon be launched in 2016.

Dark and Light’s Facebook link:

https://www.facebook.com/officialDNL/

Dark and Light’s YouTube link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLKXAuNL9mA

About Dark and Light

Dark and Light is the new flagship PC sandbox MMO from Snail Games, an open-world survival adventure that sets players loose on an amazing new planet. Utilizing the UE4 graphics engine, a highly realistic natural environment has been created, featuring all kinds of plants, creatures, and weather conditions Dark and Light features new creative takes on classic online multiplayer modes like PvP and guild competitions.

About Snail Games

Founded in 2000, Snail Games has been a pioneer in online gaming for over 16 years. With dozens of titles in over 60 countries, including Bounty Bay Online, Taichi Panda, and flagship martial arts MMO Age of Wushu, Snail Games is continuing to push the boundaries of game development, publishing and hardware.

Big Bang Racing Surpasses One Million Downloads!

Traplight’s Social Racer For iOS and Android Featured Among Hot New Releases by Apple and Google

Tampere, Finland, August 1, 2016 – Finnish developer Traplight today announced that their debut physics based social racer Big Bang Racing reached more than a million downloads in just three days after its launch on the App Store and Google Play. Featured on both storefronts among the best new releases, Big Bang Racing offers players a fun, social race experience where every level is designed by players themselves using the built-in touchscreen level editor.

“We are super happy that our debut title has connected over one million players in just three days. The players have created over 100,000 amazing, high quality levels during these three days. We thank all the players who have contributed to building the Big Bang Racing world so far, and we are committed in developing the game further to make it the best possible racing and UGC experience for current and future players”, said Riku Rakkola, CEO of Traplight.

In Big Bang Racing, players compete against others in the thrilling Racing mode and collect treasures from puzzling Adventure tracks. Players can create and share their own levels using a uniquely fun level editor and team up with friends from around the globe to compete for the top places on the leaderboards. Players can also improve their vehicles and collect the swaggiest hats in the universe to personalize their characters. Big Bang Racing is localised in French, Finnish, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese and will be localised in Russian and the Asian markets later in 2016.

Download Big Bang Racing for free:

App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/app/big-bang-racing/id1048896882

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.traplight.bigbangracing

To view the launch trailer visit: https://youtu.be/mCF434B-_Hw

Press images: http://www.traplightgames.com/media/

About Traplight

Traplight, based in Tampere, Finland is a mobile game studio of 15 people established in 2010. Currently publishing their debut title and developing new games based around user generated content, the company aims to revolutionize the way players – and the game industry – conceive and experience user-generated content. The company has collaborated with big game companies such as Redlynx/Ubisoft and Supercell. The core team of Riku Rakkola, Jari Paananen, Sami Kalliokoski and Seppo Santapukki share years of experience in game development, and prior to founding Traplight worked with companies such as Disney, Warner, Sega and LucasArts.

http://www.traplightgames.com

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https://twitter.com/TraplightGames

https://www.instagram.com/traplightgames/

Z-MOVES AND UNDISCOVERED POKÉMON ANNOUNCED FOR POKÉMON SUN AND POKÉMON MOON!

Fascinating new details about the Alola region and its unique characters also revealed

Naruto Online available now in Europe on PC 

NARUTO ONLINE is available now across Europe on PC, published by Oasis Games. NARUTO ONLINE is an MMORPG turn-based browser-game that is set entirely in the NARUTO universe. The game is the very first and only Online NARUTO RPG in the world to be officially licensed from BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT.

While the game faithfully follows the story portrayed in the anime series, NARUTO ONLINE is the only game that allows you to continue the tale. Additionally, five brand-new characters that represent the elements of earth, water, fire, wind and lightning will be introduced. Players can choose to become one of these characters and start a new adventure, gaining experience in a variety of different types of quests and gameplay modes.

Features:

• Based entirely on the NARUTO Anime Story Line

NARUTO ONLINE currently features 9 arcs of the Naruto storyline for players to go through and explore, featuring all the familiar locations such as the Village Hidden in the Sand and the Valley of the End—the story will continue only in NARUTO ONLINE.

• Relive key scenes from the series with the original voice actors in person

Details such as the original voices of the characters and in-game usage of the series’ scenes will make NARUTO fans instantly familiar with game, entering the world they know from the series

• Establish your own Ninja Team

Player can recruit their favourite ninjas and fight together with them. All of the ninjas are modelled after characters from the series so as to seamlessly fit in the game world

• Combo Fighting System

Match the ninjas in your team, making use of the Naruto Bonds-system which can greatly enhance your team’s fighting abilities and manifest groundbreaking combos

• Gameplay Modes

From Single Player mode to Multi-player dungeons, giant Worldboss battles and battlefields, the game features tons of ways of gaining EXP, obtaining new items and equipment while enhancing your characters and their outfit on the way

• Ready to play right away  

No downloads required, users can create an account in under a minute and start playing right away

NARUTO ONLINE is available to play for free now. For any questions or requests, please feel free to reach out to the media contacts below.

For more information, please visit the official website at: http://naruto.oasgames.com/en/

About Naruto

The top-selling NARUTO manga written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto has sold over 200 million copies in 35 countries, and tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja who aspires to become the Hokage, the ninja leader of his village who is acknowledged as the best and strongest. With multiple successful Naruto movies and novels and over 600 episodes of the popular anime still running on television and streaming services, Naruto ranks among the top anime franchises in history.

About Oasis Games

A leading independent Chinese game company, Oasis Games prides itself on serving as an ambassador for China’s massive gaming community to the West with its strategic business endeavors. Established in 2011, Oasis Games was one of the first publishers in China to deliver online games to overseas markets, currently reaching over 100 million players in 70 countries. The company continues its pioneering presence as it is the first, and currently sole, strategic publishing partner of Sony Interactive Entertainment Shanghai (SIESH) for overseas publishing market – affording Oasis Games to be uniquely positioned to bring high quality Chinese games to PlayStation® players worldwide. Its blockbuster online RPG, Legend Online has attracted over 50 million players in China. The award-winning exploration adventure game, KOI, was Oasis Games’ PlayStation®4 console debut for the western market and the company has begun its launches for NARUTO ONLINE, the official RPG browser game of the NARUTO franchise in the west, starting with the North America. For more information, visit http://company.oasgames.com/en/.

Soak Up Some Sun With Winning Putt’s Summer Update

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. announced a new content update for Winning Putt, their multiplayer golf title for PC. The Summer Patch greatly extends guild features by increasing guild’s level caps and adding new Guild rewards. In keeping with the season, the Summer Festival adds new event missions and visual updates to the free-to-play game.

Players who join forces with other golfers in a guild, can now collect guild ranking points. By competing against different guilds in ranked rounds, golfers are able to increase the amount of points earned and help their team climb up the guild ladder. Players should choose their opponents wisely though: while winning a round is great, losing a match means losing guild ranking points as well!

Guilds looking for new teammates can now invite more players, as the total number of possible members was increased from 30 to 40. In addition, the guild level cap has been pushed from 10 to 20.

The update also introduces the sunny season to Winning Putt. Summer decorations in the Square and surrounding areas set the right atmosphere for the newly added festival event: Depending on their mood, golfers choose between hot and cool missions. Each category contains a set of quests with unique items and gold up for grabs. Both mission chains refresh daily so players can tap the Festival’s full potential.

Lastly, the Summer Update brings more real-world details to the game. Based on the CryEngine3, Winning Putt already features realistic and high-quality graphics on PC. With the introduction of day and night cycles, players will now be able to find themselves at nighttime when joining the game’s Square.

Winning Putt is a free-to-play online golf experience where players build their golfing career solo or with friends. A variety of customizations are available to personalize the looks, clothing, and playstyles of the golfer; clubs can be outfitted with special enchantments for longer drives and accurate shots.

For more information on Winning Putt and to join the Open Beta, please visit www.winningputtgame.com.