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Inbound insomnia43 gaming event has £50,000 prize pot

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Multiplay has today announced that gamers heading to the i-43 festival this August Bank Holiday weekend are in with a chance of winning up to £50,000 across a number of exciting tournaments.

Razer, manufacturer of peripherals has now announced that it will be sponsoring the FIFA 11 Xbox 360 tournament along with the previously announced StarCraft II challenge. It has generously supported the tournament with a cash lump-sum that stands at a minimum of £750 for the first prize winner along with an Onza controller and a Chimaera headset.

Leading manufacturer and global supplier of graphic solutions Sapphire has also been confirmed as sponsor, it will be lending support to the StarCraft II and League of Legends tournament with P67 motherboards and HD6870 graphics cards in tow.

The UK’s biggest multiplayer gaming event has now reached its maximum prize fund. Players taking part at this prestigious gaming event at the Telford International Centre will be in with a chance of getting their hands on the biggest prize fund in the history of insomnia festivals. Big money tournaments range between £3,500 and £15,000.

“It’s looking like this will be a unforgettable experience as £50,000 is the largest prize fund we’ve seen. We expect that we’ll see the best gamers in the UK take part in this year’s biggest multiplayer competition,” says Craig Fletcher, managing director, Multiplay. “The competitions themselves are extremely competitive but the prize money adds a distinct edge to the ‘Glastonbury of Gaming’.”

The 5,000 expected attendees will also be able to test drive the latest AMD Llano APUs now that CCL Computers has confirmed its attendance, hosting a number of competitions in its AMD Llano powered media centre. It will be armed with number of freebies.

In addition, Multiplay will proudly be supporting the Anthony Nolan charity which endeavours to save the lives of leukaemia sufferers. The charity will be present at the festival on Saturday and Sunday to encourage gamers to sign up to the bone marrow donor register.

Those unable to attend the event can watch the competition from the comfort of their homes. The i-series website will stream live (http://iseries.multiplay.co.uk/) with over 170,000 people expected to tune in. Commentary will be provided by John “TotalBiscuit” Bain and Shaun “dApollo” Clark, from the immensely popular ‘Starcast’ podcast and League of Legends coverage will be handled by Leigh “Deman” Smith and Joe Miller.

A full competitor “Bring Your Own Computer/Console” pass costs £92 for the whole weekend including camping. There are also options for those unable to bring their own equipment with “Turn Up and Play” passes costing £50 for particular tournaments and PCs being available for rent for £150 inclusive of the full entry pass. Spectator passes start at £5 for a day access to the exhibition or £25 for the whole weekend including camping. Of course for those who can’t make it, there will be free internet coverage of the event streamed live through Multiplay’s site in High Definition. For more information on the event, please head over to http://iseries.multiplay.co.uk/

Persona 3 Portable on sale when it releases

J. Bradshaw
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Ghostlight has revealed that when it releases the JRPG Persona 3 Portable onto PSN, the game will only cost £23.99 (€29.99) for the first two weeks. In addition, from September 7, 2011 onward, the game will cost £27.99 (€34.99). Persona 3 Portable is currently the 3rd highest rated PSP game on Metacritic. Check out the latest trailer for the game below. Will you be picking this game up?

Ghostlight will be bringing Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky and Persona 2 Portable to the Playstation Portable and Agarest: Generations of War Zero to the PS3. Fans of Japanese games certainly have a lot to look forward to.

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We Dance features trailer now showing

Jack Joly
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Nordic Games have unveiled a new features trailer for We Dance, while its September 2nd release date nears ever closer.

The Wii dancing game will offer three methods of control (Star dance mat peripheral, Wii Remote, or both), as outlined in the trailer. The new video also gives an insight into the 40-strong list of songs which will be available to dance to, with choreographed routines based on the movements of real people.

Nordic Games hope to expand the ‘We’ brand with this follow-up on ‘We Sing’, attempting to make a similarly accessible experience that all the family will be able to try out.

Check out the trailer below:

Razer announces Tiamat 7.1 surround headset

J. Bradshaw
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At Gamescom 2011, Razer announced the first true 7.1 surround sound headset. Featuring 10 —count ’em— drivers, this headset is sure to pack a wallop when it releases late this year for $180.

“The Razer Tiamat headset range is the pride of our audio engineering, the world’s first 10 driver headset, built to deliver the most powerful, clear and accurately produced positional audio gamers will ever need for the competitive edge,” said Robert “RazerGuy” Krakoff, President, Razer USA. “Surprise the enemy trying to creep up for a stealth kill, when you can hear their footsteps loud and clear behind you.”

Check out www.razerzone.com/tiamat-7-1 for details on the product. You can also check out the slightly cheaper Tiamat 2.2 headset —with 4 drivers— here.

Now if we could only get them wireless….

Rancor Rampage – New mode for Star Wars Kinect

J. Bradshaw
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Come now, everybody actually likes the Rancor from Star Wars. He is fun to kill and fun to watch being killed. But, wouldn’t it be fun to play as the Rancor, killing everyone else? Kinect Star Wars will let you do just do that when it releases later this year. Watch the playable Rancor in all his glory in the trailer below. Although it is hard to tell if your actually killing people, considering this game is rated and designed for children. I guess its more fun to imagine anyway though. If you would like to check out some screenshots for the game, take a look at this article Capsule Computers posted earlier.

Katanagatari Volume 2 announced for September 20th release

Travis Bruno
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Last month NIS America released Katanagatari Volume 1 Premium Edition and we got our review out for the first volume at the beginning of this month. But at that time the biggest question was, when would the second half of the Katanagatari series be released to everyone in North America? Well NIS America has good news for you, and that news is that you won’t have to wait too much longer because Katanagatari Volume 2 will be released on September 20th.

As standard Katanagatari Volume 2 will be coming in a Premium Edition package and is also getting the Blu-ray and DVD combo treatment. The premium edition will come with the hardcover slip case and a fully illustrated artbook which will be titled “The Epic of Shichika.” Katanagatari Volume 2 Premium Edition will cost $69.99 when it is released in the middle of next month.

Gamescom award winners announced

J. Bradshaw
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“The Best of Gamescom” award has gone to Electronic Art’s new shooter, Battlefield 3, eventhough the convention isn’t over yet. It won the distinction by a panel of press and publishers with a unanimous vote. The independent expert jury also chose the following:

Best Hardware or Hardware Accessories – PlayStation Vita
Best Console Game – FIFA 12
Best Mobile Game – Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Best Online Game – Star Wars: The Old Republic
Best PC Game – Diablo III
Best Browser Game – The Sims Social
Best Family Game – Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster

Capsule Computers congratulates all the winners! We would like to know what YOU would have picked to win?

New Xbox Dashboard is slightly creepy, incredible

J. Bradshaw
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It watches you….

Xbox Live corporate VP Marc Whitten summed up the new Xbox Dashboard’s Kinect focus with the following statement, “It’s not about you learning about our technology, it’s about our technology learning about you.” Yes, Microsoft truly wants to be King of your living room, and to that end, the new Dashboard allows you to efficiently search, watch and play media without having to do anything except talk. Eventhough the Kinect may not be a hardcore gamers first choice when it comes to entertainment, none can deny that the tech behind it and the possibilities for its expansion are mind boggling. We live in the future my friends. The freakin’ future where we can talk to machines and have them do the work, just like Star Trek.

3 new Playstation Move games

J. Bradshaw
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Sony showcased three brand new Playstation Move games at Gamescom 2011, and we have the trailers for you down below. All of them feature family friendly fun with your glowing motion control wand of the future. Curiously, by waving that wand in your living room, you can SAVE THE WORLD, which is demonstrated in the video at the very bottom. On the other hand, Move Mind Benders features 3 games from past PSN releases, like Echochrome, Lemmings and Tumble. DanceStar Party is more or less self explanatory. Which game will you play on party night? The Capsule Computers Crew (if we can ever get together) will most likely play DanceStar, as we have heard there isn’t anything much better than watching Phil do his chicken dance.

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Trine 2 gets a co-op trailer

Travis Bruno
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If you were wondering where the simply amazing graphical demonstration that is Trine 2 was during Gamescom then you should know that it indeed is in attendance at the show. Or should I say Atlus and Frozenbyte have released a new trailer for the game which you can catch down below.

The trailer shows off the different benefits of playing with a co-op partner which can be done either locally or online with friends. The game play shows all of the three characters in play, which means if you haven’t seen much game play then now is the time to take a look at the Thief, Wizard and Knight in action. Trine 2 will be coming to the XBLA, PSN, the PC, Steam and Linux sometime in September.

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