ARK: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST ‘UNNATURAL SELECTION’ TOURNAMENT FINALE CONCLUDES ON TWITCH WITH $40,000 IN PRIZES

Watch Wednesday, September 2 for the Biggest (90-foot Tall Dragon), the Largest (Multiplayer ARK Session ever, With More Than 144 players), and the Longest (a 4.5 Hour Marathon Match) ARK Event Ever

Seattle, Washington – Tuesday, September 1 – Studio Wildcard is proud to conclude today the ARK: Survival Evolved “Unnatural Selection” Championship and ‘ARK Survival of the Fittest’ Tournament Event. The winners of the Preliminaries (which ran from August 29-31) have been invited to the Finale Match, to take place at 2 pm EST on Twitch.TV, and broadcast live from the Studio Wildcard offices in Seattle, WA. The stakes are huge and the competition is fierce and unforgiving, as a total of 144 contestants will find themselves forced to virtually murder each other to the death, in groups of four-player Tribes, to claim the ultimate victory.

Watch it on YouTube HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTyA7zl0hVs&feature=youtu.be

The winning Tribes will receive a substantial Winner’s Check for $20,000:

• Championship First Place Winning Tribe will receive: $20,000 split up to four ways (depending on size of the Tribe)
• Championship Second Place Winning Tribe Will Receive: $10,000 split up to four ways
• Championship Third Place Winning Tribe Will Receive: $4,000 split up to four ways
• Each 144 Championship qualifiers will receive a $100 Steam Gift Card for joining the Championship game.

Watch the event live at 2 pm Eastern on Wednesday, September 2 on the “SurviveTheArk” Twitch channel for your chance to win free ARK Steam codes, as well as vote on which of the devastating “Evolution Events” the contestants will face, in real-time!

About the ARK Survival of the Fittest Contest

‘Survival of the Fittest’ Unnatural Selection features modifications to the ‘Survival of the Fittest’ ARK competitive game mode, including:

• The Dragon! At mid-way through the match, the Dragon becomes available for taming at the central platform. Beware however, he can only be ridden for a short time before he turns on his master! Furthermore, the dragon will reappear during extended sudden death to eliminate all remaining survivors if they are not sufficiently murdering each other!
• Four Player Tribes: Stay in competition longer as your skilled team has more shots at making it to the big-time!

Six New Evolution Events, for a Total of 14!

• The Beast Within: A Red mist permeates the ARK, driving its creatures insane. Even Herbivores become rabid and aggressive, and will attack you on-sight!
• Predator’s Night: Carnivore targeting ranges and Aggro towards Survivors are doubled, better keep your distance!
• Supply Overload: Supply crates are spawned at every potential location! Go get ‘em, but watch out for other Survivors!
• Double Taming: The ARK’s many creatures are cowed at the sight of the mighty Survivors. Taming speed is temporarily doubled!
• Harvesting Bounty: Better stock up, because it’s been a good year! Harvest while you can.
• Harvesting Famine: Harvesting will barely yield anything. Hope you’ve got some supply reserves!
• New Tame-able Creatures Roaming the ARK:  Gigantopithecus and Doedicurus!

The most popular open-world Early Access game on Steam, ARK: Survival Evolved brings a new level of depth to the survival genre with a unique blend of emergent multiplayer cooperation and competition. Players awake naked and starving on the beach of a mysterious island among a herd of other confused humans and must explore the vast island of ARK to survive. What is the secret to survival?

Developed by Studio Wildcard, in conjunction with Instinct Games, ARK: Survival Evolved will launch in June 2016 on Xbox One via the ID@Xbox program, PlayStation®4 with Project Morpheus support, and full release on Steam. The game is currently in Steam’s Early Access program and 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 over to Steam 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 www.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, with the mission of bringing AAA quality to ambitious indie productions designed for core gamers. With 12 years of industry experience across multiple independent and studio-backed titles, Jesse has teamed up with other veteran developers for a Seattle, WA-based development studio that also includes 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.

DOVETAIL GAMES ANNOUNCES MEIGS FIELD

THE SECOND ORBX AIRPORT ADD-ON COMING EXCLUSIVELY FIRST TO FSX: STEAM EDITION

Chatham, Kent – Sept. 1, 2015 – Earlier this year, Dovetail Games, the multi award-winning developer and publisher of a range of simulation games, announced Friday Harbor, the first new airport and scenery add-on for FSX: Steam Edition by acclaimed software developer and publisher Orbx Simulation Systems. In the lead up to Friday Harbor’s release later this month, we are pleased to announce the second Orbx title to be released exclusively first for FSX: Steam Edition later this year: Meigs Field.

Like Friday Harbor, Meigs Field for FSX: Steam Edition is optimized specifically for the Steam platform. This high-quality airport and scenery pack will feature an automatic installation process via Steam and will be completely self-contained without any dependencies on previous releases from Orbx.

Flight simulation has been intertwined with the legendary Meigs Field for decades. Few airports hold as much nostalgia, familiarity, and emotion for aviation enthusiasts. Located on the coast of Lake Michigan, Meigs Field operated as the gateway to corporate Chicago for over half a century.

Now, twelve years after its closure, Meigs Field (KCGX) has been recreated with the utmost attention to detail and accuracy. Depicted as it was in its final years, virtual pilots are welcomed to return to what was once the busiest single-strip airport in the United States and enjoy it in high definition.

Featuring a fully modeled terminal, highly detailed static aircraft, and other historically accurate elements, the airport has been brought back to life. In addition to the airfield itself, the city of Chicago’s waterfront and parks district has received a facelift to bring the area up to date. With over a decade of combined experience in flight simulation development, Alex Goff and Tim Harris have developed Meigs Field using the latest technology to provide a beautiful and smooth flight simulation experience.

Key features

• 30cm ground imagery for airport and Chicago waterfront
• Custom 5m mesh
• Highly accurate rendition of Meigs Field as it stood in the early 2000s
• Waterfront landmarks including the Adler Planetarium, Shedd Aquarium, Field Museum, Soldier Field, and McCormick Place Convention Center
• Optional custom autogen trees for improved authenticity
• Optional custom ground bump map for improved clarity
• Full control panel app to customize player’s level of detail

Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition was launched by Dovetail Games in December 2014. It delivers an authentic aviation experience for simulation enthusiasts and those with a passion for aviation. The game is available now on Windows PC via Steam. For further information, please visit www.dovetailgames.com or https://fsxinsider.com.

Play FIFA 16 before release at Legends of Gaming Live

London’s next level gaming festival adds EA SPORTS’ smash hit to gameplay line-up

London, 1st September 2015: Endemol Beyond has the pleasure of announcing that EA SPORTS™ FIFA 16 will be playable at Legends of Gaming Live, before its highly anticipated release on September 24^th.

Gamers will be able to get their hands on the latest in the hit franchise with a backdrop of the greatest YouTube gamers in the world going head to head live on stage in a stellar live show.

Available to pre-order now, FIFA 16 innovates across the entire pitch to deliver a balanced, authentic, and exciting football experience that lets fans play their way, and compete at a higher level. Players will have Confidence in Defending, take Control in Midfield, and produce more Moments of Magic than ever before.

“We’re absolutely thrilled that the world’s biggest football title will be available to play at the show,” said Tom Greenwood-Mears, Senior Commercial Manager, Endemol. “The FIFA franchise is a huge part of the YouTube community, especially in the UK, and it’s a favourite of a number of our own Legends of Gaming. As such, it’s the perfect addition to an already killer line-up.”

FIFA 16 joins a host of other gaming content from a variety of publishers and developers, including pre-release gameplay from the likes of Nintendo. The live show will bring attendees the chance to watch some of the world’s biggest YouTubers battle it out on-stage to claim the coveted crown of 2015’s Legend of Gaming. Stars such as Ali-A, Syndicate, Ashley Mariee and Dan TDM will be there in person – lucky attendees even have the chance of meeting their heroes in the flesh.

Legends of Gaming Live is taking place at Alexandra Palace on 5^th September, from 9am – 9pm. For more details and to purchase tickets, please visit;http://www.legendsofgaming.co.uk/

The Legends of Gaming Channel can be found here:  https://www.youtube.com/user/legendsofgaming

For more information about EA SPORTS FIFA 16 visit http://www.easports.com/fifa

AND NOW, A STATEMENT FROM DEADPOOL: “YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAH!”

(Deadpool Coming To Playstation®4 And Xbox One In November)

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Sept. 1, 2015 – The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The original draft of Hamlet. Third-wave ska. All treasures of human vision and artistry lost to the unfathomable reaches of time. But sometimes, life, uh, finds a way. Deadpool, THE third-person action-shooter made by ME, DEADPOOL, and NOBODY ELSE, especially not anyone at Activision Publishing, Inc. or Marvel Entertainment (hey, what about ME?!)  (oh, puhh-lezz!) is hitting the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Xbox One this fall.

Here’s your fact sheet: Deadpool is a deluxe combo platter drizzled with guns, katanas, guns and katanas, explosives, pancakes, sassy one-liners, mutant powers (like my turbo healing factor), babes and baddies. “Is there more, Deadpool?” YEA, PROBABLY.

Now because I’m an incredibly honest and forthright fellow, let me just tell you: these new versions of Deadpool are not 100% perfect (of course they’re perfect. It’s Deadpool, dummy!) (No thing or person is perfect!). You see, in full-disclosure, somehow Wolverine is still in my video game. (See!  I told you.) I just… ugh. But it does include all my original DLC, including two Challenge maps (“GRT Plaza” and “Inside the Tower”), as well as the form-fitting Uncanny X-Force and D-Pooly suits (I do loves me some form-fitting) for use in the never-ending thunderdome of carnage I call Infinite Mode.

I’m bringing it all to PlayStation®4 and Xbox One in North America on Nov. 17 for $49.99 as a digital and physical retail title – however you want me, baby! (Hee hee, you know you want me.)  You better believe it’s rated M (Mature) by the ESRB, too. (YES!) (You, sir, are so NOT mature.) “But Deadpool, how can we engage with your personal brand in the meantime?” Worry not, my beloveds! You may follow me on that Facebook thingy at ‘RealDeadpool’ for all the shameless self-promotion you could ever wallow in.

Now for all the mandatory mumbo-jumbo from the corporate suits.

About Activision Publishing, Inc.

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading global producer and publisher of interactive entertainment. Activision maintains operations throughout the world. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company’s website, http://www.activision.com or by following @Activision.

About Marvel Entertainment

Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy-five years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing. For more information visit marvel.com.  © 2015 MARVEL

KOEI TECMO AMERICA LAUNCHES NOBUNAGA’S AMBITION: SPHERE OF INFLUENCE

BURLINGAME, Calif. – September 1st, 2015 – KOEI TECMO America today announced that the historical simulation/strategy epic, Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence, has shipped to stores and is now available across North America for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system. The game is also available for PlayStation®3 via digital download and for PC via Steam®. Those who purchase from Steam® during the first week of launch will enjoy a $10 discount and receive three additional playable scenarios: ‘The God of War Descends’, ‘Stronger than an Alliance’, and ‘Dawn of Revolution’.

KOEI TECMO also released today a launch trailer for the game.

Set against a backdrop of a fragmented nation, players take the mantle of a Daimyo, a feudal lord of the Sengoku era (15^th-16^th century Japan), and fight for the great ideal of uniting the war-ridden country under one rule. Providing the choice to play as either a historical personality or a uniquely created character, Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence offers an extremely wide pallet of choices for the player to shape the world as they please.

Three key elements help you on your path of unification: Creation, Diplomacy and War. Balancing these elements is crucial to expanding your influence and power during the warring period of Japan.

Will you become Shogun? Or will you just become a distant memory? You control the fate of your clan.

Having recently celebrated its 30^th year anniversary, Nobunaga’s Ambition is one of the longest running franchises for KOEI TECMO Games in Japan, and during its lifetime it has received high praise by an ever-growing fan base across an array of platforms.

Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence has been rated T for “Teen” by the ESRB.

For more Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence news and a first look at the newest trailer, please visit the official website at www.koeitecmoamerica.com/sphereofinfluence, Like KOEI TECMO America on Facebook at www.facebook.com/koeitecmous, and follow KOEI TECMO America on Twitter @KoeiTecmoUS. 

ABOUT KOEI TECMO AMERICA CORP.

KOEI TECMO AMERICA CORP. is a publisher of interactive entertainment software for current generation consoles, handhelds and digital download content based in Burlingame, California. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of KOEI TECMO HOLDINGS CO., LTD., headquartered in Yokohama, Japan. KOEI is best known for its Dynasty Warriors® and Samurai Warriors® franchises. TECMO is best known for the Dead or Alive®, Ninja Gaiden®, Tecmo Bowl®, and Fatal Frame® series.

©2015 KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. The KT logo is a registered trademark of KOEI TECMO HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

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

©2015 Valve Corporation. Steam and the Steam logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Valve Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Pokémon Shuffle Mobile Now Available on the App Store and Google Play

Blockbuster Match Three Puzzle Game Now on Mobile

Star of cult series Vikings storms his way to Australia Clive Standen (aka Rollo) charges into Oz Comic-Con Brisbane and Sydney

Vikings fans, get ready to rampage! British heart-throb Clive Standen, star of the Emmy Award-winning series Vikings, hits Australian shores for Oz Comic-Con Brisbane (September 19-20, BCEC) and Sydney (September 26-27, SEC@GI) this month.

Standen plays the impetuous, handsome Rollo, brother of Norse warrior Ragnar Lothbrok (played by Travis Fimmel). Australian fans will have the opportunity to get up close and personal with this hot new talent straight after his much-anticipated film Everest premieres in Australia on the 17th September. He has also appeared in Doctor Who, Camelot and Robin Hood.

Standen will be taking part in professional photograph and autograph opportunities across the weekend, as well as an exclusive Q&A panel on each day of the show. A limited number of places at an exclusive dinner with Standen on the Saturday night of each show are also available, so those interested should act now to avoid disappointment.

Standen joins a growing list of guests in the impressive line-up for Oz Comic-Con Brisbane and Sydney. Other guests recently announced include Brian Krause (Charmed), Stephen Hunter and Jed Brophy (The Hobbit), Jim Beaver (Supernatural), Mark Sheppard (Supernatural – Brisbane only), Ksenia Solo (Lost Girl), Rachel Luttrell (Stargate Atlantis) and Rachel Nichols (Continuum). This is in addition to previously announced guests including Richard Dean Anderson (MacGyver, Stargate SG-1), Tim Rose (Star Wars), Rob Maschio and Sam Lloyd (Scrubs) and Dante Basco (Hook).

Oz Comic-Con Brisbane and Sydney are about more than their film and television guests however, with a huge range of activities and features occurring in both cities across the weekends. Amazing Cosplay (including the state and national finals of the Australian Championships of Cosplay), dedicated workshop stages, a huge range of vendors and talented comic book artists make Oz Comic-Con the place to be this September.

Oz Comic-Con will be held in Brisbane at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on September 19-20 and in Sydney at the Sydney Exhibition Centre @ Glebe Island on September 26-27. Tickets and tokens are on-sale now from www.ozcomiccon.com.

For a full guest-list and further information, please visit www.ozcomiccon.com.

About Oz Comic-Con

Oz Comic-Con produces pop culture events across Australia that celebrate TV shows, movies, comic books, graphic novels, anime and gaming. The events feature multi-genre content from across the spectrum – appearances by film and television stars, comic book artists and voice actors; gaming demonstrations and cosplay competitions; creative workshops and master classes; and hard-to-find merchandise. Oz Comic-Con proudly supports local Australian talent and businesses in many areas, providing a platform to showcase Australian creativity and endeavours. Oz Comic-Con was created by Sydney-based company DCA Enterprises, who now work in partnership with international event organisers ReedPOP to produce the Oz Comic-Con shows. The ReedPOP portfolio includes New York Comic Con, C2E2, PAX (Prime, East and Australia), Star Wars Celebration, Emerald City Comicon and the UFC Fan Expo.

RAZER ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF NEW NABU SMARTBAND 

Thousands of Limited Edition PAX Nabu X units to be given to expo attendees as part of Razer wearables celebration 

SEATTLE (PAX Prime 2015) – Razer, a world leader in connected devices and software for gamers, today announced the launch of its Razer Nabu smartband. A two-and-half minute zombie survival guide commercial produced by Razer will inaugurate a marketing campaign that highlights the benefits of “living smarter” with Nabu.

Interested parties may check out the “Five Rules of Zombie Survival” spot at http://rzr.to/nabu-ad

“When we originally announced the Razer Nabu at CES 2014, we received a ton of feedback on features that users enjoyed and aspects that needed improvement,” says Min-Liang Tan, Razer co-founder and CEO. “We re-designed the Razer Nabu with that feedback, including a change in the placement of the button for a more intuitive user experience. The zombie video we’ve made is a fun way for us to commemorate the re-launch of one of our most anticipated products with the fans who helped make it a reality.”

Razer will celebrate its next generation of wearable products at PAX Prime in Seattle this weekend by giving away 2,000 exclusive PAX Blue Nabu X smartbands to gamers at the expo.

Both Nabu and Nabu X will receive major updates through a new companion app that will be compatible with both devices. The new companion app comes with a vibrant UI for a clearer, more motivating picture of the user’s daily activity, as well as advanced auto-sleep tracking algorithms, amongst other new features. Current Nabu X users can download the beta version of the companion app at www.razerzone.com/nabu-x from today.

A unique band-to-band communication technology is built into the Razer Nabu. Users will be able to display fitness tracking and smartphone notifications directly on their wrist via a discreet OLED screen. To find out more about the Razer Nabu, please visit www.razerzone.com/nabu.

PRICE: $99.99

AVAILABILITY: 

Pre-order – Opens Sept 15^th

Shipping – October 2015

PRODUCT FEATURES:

Compatible with: iOS devices – iPhone 5, 5S, 5C, 6 and Android 4.3-and-up devices

Lithium-polymer battery with up to 6 days life

Splashproof Display and sensors:

OLED 128×16 single color

3-axis accelerometer

Cylindrical vibration motor

Software:

Pairing via Bluetooth Low Energy

Nabu companion app downloadable on Google Play Store and Apple iTunes

Video: http://rzr.to/nabu-ad

ABOUT RAZER: 

Razer is a world leader in connected devices and software for gamers.

Razer is transforming the way people play games, engage with other gamers, and identify with the gamer lifestyle.  Having won the coveted “Best of CES” award consecutively for five years, the company’s leadership in product innovation continues to create new categories for the gaming community that is estimated to have over 1 billion gamers worldwide.

Razer’s award-winning design and technology include an array of user interface and systems devices, voice-over IP for gamers and a cloud platform for customizing and enhancing gaming devices.

Founded in 2005, Razer is backed by Intel Capital, IDG-Accel, and Heliconia Capital Management (Heliconia), a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore investment company Temasek.  For more information visit http://www.razerzone.com/about-razer

Razer – By Gamers. For Gamers™.

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THE RAZER WILDCAT TOURNAMENT GRADE CONTROLLER FOR XBOX ONE™ OFFERS GREAT CONTROL AND PRECISION 

Razer’s latest console gaming product is designed for eSports 

SEATTLE, WA (Pax Prime 2015) — Razer™, a world leader in connected devices and software for gamers, today announced the launch of the Razer Wildcat for Xbox One, a pro-gamer-validated, tournament-grade, console controller with four multi-function buttons added to the conventional array, which allows gamers to re-bind any button on the controller for easy access.

25% lighter than other tournament grade controllers, the Razer Wildcat for Xbox One features an ergonomic shape to increase actuation speed and a quick control panel that allows users to create dedicated button layout profiles for different games on the fly.

“The Razer Wildcat for Xbox One is the third generation Razer Xbox controller and the result of years working with eSports athletes on many prototypes,” says Min-Liang Tan, Razer co-founder and CEO. “The lightest tournament-grade controller in its class with additional remappable buttons gives gamers an incredible edge.”

Designed with the feedback of eSports athletes, the Razer Wildcat for Xbox One offers unrivalled durability with reinforced high carbon steel analog stick necks, removable aircraft-grade aluminum triggers, and optional palm grips and analog stick grip caps.

Product Features:

• 2 shoulder Hyperesponse Multi-Function bumpers
• 2 removable Hyperesponse Multi-Function triggers
• 4 Hyperesponse ABXY action buttons
• 4 button Quick Control Panel
• Optional trigger stops for rapid fire
• 5 mm audio port for stereo audio output and microphone input
• Optional rubber palm grips
• Optional analog stick grip caps
• Carrying case
• Detachable 3 m / 10 ft. lightweight braided fiber cable with Micro-USB connector
• Approximate size : 106 mm / 4.17 in. (Length) x 156 mm / 6.14 in. (Width) x 66 mm / 2.60 in. (Height)
• Approximate weight (without cable) : 260 gm / 0.57 lbs 

Price:   U.S. $149.99 / EUR €179.99 

Availability:

Razerzone.com – October 2015

Worldwide – October 2015

Product Images:

For digital screens (websites, mobile, social media)

Wildcat PNG – RGB

Product Video:

www.rzr.to/WildcatVideo

For more information about the Razer Wildcat, please visit http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-controllers/razer-wildcat-xbox-one

About Razer:

Razer™ is a world leader in connected devices and software for gamers.

Razer is transforming the way people play games, engage with other gamers and identify with the gamer lifestyle. Having won the coveted “Best of CES” award consecutively for five years, the company’s leadership in product innovation continues to create new categories for the gaming community that is estimated to have over 1 billion gamers worldwide.

Razer’s award-winning design and technology include an array of user interface and systems devices, voice-over IP for gamers and a cloud platform for customizing and enhancing gaming devices.

Founded in 2005, Razer is backed by Intel Capital, IDG-Accel and Heliconia Capital Management (Heliconia), a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore investment company Temasek. For more information visit http://www.razerzone.com/about-razer.