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Game of Thrones Season 4 Casting Changes

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Game of Thrones Season 4 Casting Changes

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Game of  Thrones has gone through a number of casting changes over the month, with the latest being Gregor “The Mountain that Rides” Clegane. That’s right, Clegane, who was absent in Season Three will be making a return in Season Four with a new actor portraying him. The role was once taken by Conan Stevens in Season One and Ian Whyte in Season Two. This time around, Haþór Björnsson, a professional Icelandic strongman who came in third in 2012 World’s Strongest Man competition, will be taking the role; fitting as Gregor Clegane got the title “The Mountain” for his sheer size.

Though Clegane isn’t the first recasting for Season Four, it is the most foreseeable. Ian Whyte who replaced Conan Stevens in the role for Season Two, was criticized for his lack of mass and with Clegane’s important role in the next season, the recasting is an expected move.

The other two roles that were recast were Tommen Baratheon and Daario Naharis. Tommen Baratheon’s Callum Wharry was replaced with Dean-Charles Chapmen. Chapmen has previously played Martyn Lannister in two episodes of Season Three. The other recast is for Daario Naharis; who was played by Ed Skrein in Season Three. Naharis will now be portrayed by Michiel Huisman; who has previously starred in HBO’s Treme.

Hafþór J Björnsson, Dean-Charles Chapmen, and Michiel Huisman will be joining the rest of the cast of Game of Thrones when Season 4 premiers in early spring 2014 on HBO.

New Beyond the Boundary PV uploaded

Sanjay Parbhu
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New Beyond the Boundary PV uploaded

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Kyoto Animation has uploaded a new promotional video for their upcoming anime series Kyokai no Kanata (Beyond the Boundary), the video was uploaded on both the KyoAni YouTube channel and on the Kyokai anime website.

The promo is around one minute thirty eight seconds long and shows one of the main characters, Mirai Kuriyama, leaping over her school rooftop fence, this is then followed by various fight scenes and a preview of a few monsters that will be in the anime.  This video has a lot more action than the first PV released; which was a one minute showcase of the four main characters. Check out the newest PV by clicking the video below.

The anime is an adaptation from the light novels created by Nagomu Torii and Chise Kamoi and is based around the strange things that occur after half demon Akihito Kanabra rescues blood manipulator Mirai from jumping off the school rooftop. The series is set to air during the Fall season of this year.

Shadowloo Showdown 2013 Comes To Melbourne

Nathan Farrugia
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Shadowloo Showdown 2013 Comes To Melbourne

shadowloo-showdown-01This October The Atrium event room at Flemington Race Center will be transformed into a massive fighting tournament venue for Shadowloo Showdown 2013, the biggest fighting event in the Southern Hemisphere. The event will pit players from Australia and those travelling in from around the world in the top fighting games of this generation for cash and prizes. The tournament isn’t just open to pros, anyone can compete to try and take the crown of their favourite fighting game.

Special guests in the fighting community will also be in attendance. Confirmed so far are team Mad Catz consisting of Tokido and Mago, GamerBee, AVerMedia’s star player from Taiwan and Evolution 2013’s champion from Singapore; DM|Xian.  Xian became the EVO Super Street Fighter IV champion in Las Vegas, beating out over 2000 other competitors.

The last Shadowloo Showdown was host to over 400 competitors and hit just over 20,000 concurrent viewers on our TwitchTV channel. This year we aim to beat those numbers again. The official list of games being run at Shadowloo Showdown include:

There will also be various other fighting games for people to play such as Dead or Alive 5, Skullgirls, Guilty Gear and more. Fans of cosplay can also compete in the Fighting Game Themed Cosplay Competition with cash and prizes on the line. A book will be published after the event featuring some of the best shots taken at the contest.

If you want to learn more about Shadowloo Showdown or want to register for any of the events running there, visit the official website. The event will take place on October 12 – October 13.

Mighty No.9 Meets Kickstarter Goal

Luke Halliday
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Mighty No.9 Meets Kickstarter Goal

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Keiji Inafune and his studio Comcept have reached their goal on Kickstarter for their Mighty No.9 project. They reached their goal of $900,000 in less than a week, with the funding continuing to rise as fans attempt to reach stretch goals such as a Wii U, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 version of the game.

The game is a modernized Mega Man styled game from the man behind the series himself Keiji Inafune. With the support of the countless Mega Man fans feeling they have been wronged by Capcom’s loss of support for the blue bomber, Inafune will be bringing them an alternative in Mighty No.9.

As of time of posting the Kickstarter project is sitting pretty at roughly $1.5 million and counting. Stay tuned for further information on Mighty No.9 as the project approaches its stretch goals.

Xbox One Release Date Officially Announced

Simon Wolfe
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Xbox One Release Date Officially Announced

Microsoft has been silent for sometime for an exact release date of the Xbox One, even after the PS4 was finally revealed to be coming out November 15th. But, the silence of an exact release date has now been shattered as the date has been formally released, as well as tweeted by Larry Hryb, Xbox’s own Major Nelson even showing off shots of the first Xbox One’s coming off the line all packaged and put on a pallet.

The Xbox One is coming November 22nd, 2013 launching in 13 countries; Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, UK, and USA, a much bigger launch than the Xbox 360’s release on the same date 8 years ago, which was only in the United States and Canada.

The Xbox One will be hitting store shelves and a little bit more powerful than previously reported to boot, with extra power from an increase in the CPU from 1.6GHZ to 1.75GHZ as Microsoft has also revealed today. Those that were waiting to know the exact release date before pre-ordering have no excuse now, though Microsoft must be looking out for their fans as additional Xbox One Day One Editions are becoming available now too.

Farming Simulator Console Launch Trailer

Simon Wolfe
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Farming Simulator is finally coming to consoles tomorrow in Europe and Japan, with North America to follow soon after. After several outstanding years as a computer exclusive, the top farming simulation is set to make the transition to Xbox 360 and PS3 and so developer Giants Software and publisher Focus Home Interactive have released a launch trailer to show off some more shots of the new features for the console version.

Farming Simulator has everything a would be farmer would want to toy with from fields, to livestock, to all those amazing machines that get the work done. With brand new equipment specifically for the console version and now double the farm land thanks to the new American environment.

Those wanting to see the launch trailer for themselves can find it embedded below. Farming Simulator will release tomorrow in Europe and Japan, then soon after for America for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

Watch_Dogs 14 Minute Gameplay Video Released

Simon Wolfe
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Watch_Dogs has been on the minds of almost everyone since it was first revealed last year and while there has been more information on it and videos, there hasn’t been too much to see of the organic gameplay. Ubisoft has however just released today a 14 minute gameplay demo showing off the open world aspects of the hot new IP.

Instead of focusing on the story or showing off a mission that players will being experiencing eventually anyway the video demos some of the different things players will be able to do just walking around the open world of Watch_Dogs. From getting access to different sectors of the CTOS, itself vaguely reminiscent of viewpoints in Assassin’s Creed; to intervening on petty crime; to buying weapons and tools to fight and hack.

Needless to say, this is the gameplay that people have been waiting to see, both giving a view of what the world itself will be like and how much there actually is to do outside the story. Those wanting to watch the gameplay video for themselves can find it embedded below. Watch_Dogs is set to release later this year for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U, Xbox One, PS4, and PC.

Female Fighters Join EA Sports UFC Roster

Zac Elawar
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Female Fighters Join EA Sports UFC Roster
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“They’re in the game!”

Ahead of their epic confrontation as opposing coaches on the next season of The Ultimate Fighter, UFC Women’s Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and arch-rival Miesha Tate have made history as the first ever female fighters confirmed for inclusion in a MMA game.

EA Sports UFC will feature the two, along with many more women competitors, when it releases in Q1/Q2 of 2014. Players will be able to “feel the fight” on either end of Rousey’s crippling, signature armbar and Tate’s grinding grappling game. General Manager, EA Sports UFC, Dean Richards and UFC President Dana White had the following to say about the announcement;

This is a great moment for videogames and for Mixed Martial Arts. In our commitment to delivering the most realistic fighting experience ever achieved, we wanted to represent the full spectrum of talent and diversity of all the fighters in the sport, including women who have become an undeniable force to be reckoned with.

Since we added the Women’s Bantamweight division earlier this year, the women have impressed everyone. The fights are always exciting, Ronda Rousey is as talented as any champion in the UFC and her rivalry with Miesha Tate is one of the most intense in UFC history. The female division has become a huge part of the UFC and fans will now be able to experience fighting with them in the game.

Check out EA Sports UFC‘s pre-alpha gameplay footage that was recently released, and the Ronda Rousey interview embedded below.

Freefall Racers for Xbox Kinect Coming September

Simon Wolfe
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Freefall Racers for Xbox Kinect Coming September

Deep Silver, whose last release has hit 1 million units so far, has revealed the release date of their new upcoming game for Xbox 360 Kinect involving flying squirrels, Freefall Racers. Along with Smoking Gun Interactive and Rubicon Organization, Freefall Racers lets players glide through the air racing against other flying squirrels for family friendly fun all using the Kinect sensor to let players control dives, steering, and use bonuses.

 Freefall Racers offers 9 different characters to play as on 8 different tracks from the jungle, to the desert, to a snowy mountaintop. Players will be able to go at it cooperatively or head-to-head with another player to spread the fun as they skydive to see who can reach the finish line first.

Freefall Racers is set to be released on for Kinect through Xbox Live on September 6th for $9.99 (€9.99 / £7.99). Those wanting to see more of the game can click on the images in the gallery below to see the full-sized screenshots.

Stan Lee Playable in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes

Zac Elawar
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Stan Lee Playable in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes

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You’d think that with a roster of over 100 Marvel Universe super heroes and super villains, no extra help would be required. I mean, who’s not already in there that could really make any more of a significant difference in battle? Well the answer, of course, is Stan Lee!

Backup has arrived from the comic book legend in TT Games and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s LEGO Marvel Super Heroes. Check out the announcement trailer embedded at the bottom of this article for a first look at ‘the man’ in action! He just has to make a cameo in everything, doesn’t he? For those unfamiliar, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes features an original story wherein players can take control of favourites like Iron Man, Spider-Man, the Hulk, Captain America, Wolverine and many more, as they unite to stop the  mischievous Loki, and a host of other baddies, from assembling a super-weapon capable of destroying the world.

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LEGO Marvel Super Heroes is set for release this autumn, on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, PC, and next-gen consoles Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

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