The Emmy® Award Winning Hit Animated Comedy Coming to Consoles Later This Year

Sydney, Australia – May 8, 2012 – The hilarious Griffin family and their friends from Quahog are coming to gaming consoles this fall in an all-new Family Guy video game from Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products and Activision Publishing Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI).  Appropriately titled Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse, the title will offer gamers an interactive Family Guy experience inspired by one of the most popular and notable episodes in the series’ history.

“Fans of Family Guy will love that we’ve taken some of the series’ most iconic and memorable moments and built them into an impressive and uncensored video game” said David Oxford, Executive Vice President, Activision.  “Anyone who watches the show will appreciate how much we have adhered to its rich and twisted universe and characters.”

Family Guy is one of the most-watched and influential shows of the last decade, reaching over 33.5 million viewers weekly in the U.S., and is the number one TV show on Facebook with more than 40 million ‘likes’.  In the U.S., the series is the number one TV franchise on DVD with more than 25 million copies sold.  The new console game from Fox and Activision intends to tap into the core components of the Family Guy spirit.

Jeffrey Godsick, President of Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products said, “With Activision at the helm, we’ve found a world class partner for a Family Guy console video game.  Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse will utilize the source material, including the talented voice cast and writers, authentic humor and subversive spirit of the series, giving fans a whole new way to interact with their favorite show.”

More details about the console game will be announced in the near future.  To find out all the latest news please visit www.activision.com.  For more information on the animated series, visit www.familyguy.com.

About FAMILY GUY

FAMILY GUY follows the adventures of endearingly ignorant dad Peter Griffin and his hilariously odd family of middle-class New Englanders – wife Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie and dog Brian – in Quahog, Rhode Island.  The animated series, which features the voice talents of Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green and Mila Kunis, is a 20^th Century Fox Television production.  Seth MacFarlane is creator/executive producer.  Mark Hentemann and Steve Callaghan serve as executive producers/showrunners, while Chris Sheridan, Danny Smith, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild are executive producers.  Become a fan of FAMILY GUY on Facebook at www.facebook.com/familyguy and follow the series on Twitter at www.twitter.com/familyguyonfox (@familyguyonfox).

About Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products

A recognized industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products licenses and markets properties worldwide on behalf of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Twentieth Television and Fox Broadcasting Company, as well as third-party lines.  The division is aligned with Twentieth Century Fox Television, one of the top suppliers of primetime entertainment programming to the broadcast networks. 

About Activision Publishing, Inc.

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.

Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, South Korea, China and the region of Taiwan.  More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company’s website, www.activision.com. 

Want to play Diablo III how it was meant to be played? Check out the exclusive Australian Geforce Competition.

http://www.geforce.com/landingpage/diablo-3-community-contest-australia

Sydney, Australia – May 7, 2012 – 

Leading interactive entertainment specialists All Interactive Entertainment (AIE) are thrilled to announce that they are the official distributer of Topware Interactive title, Raven’s Cry, in Australia and New Zealand.

Raven’s Cry is a dark action-adventure that will challenge the image of pirates in popular culture. Game events are seamlessly interwoven with historical ones to create an authentic, thrilling narrative. The game begins when Christopher Raven embarks on his vengeful quest to track down and kill the men who murdered his family.

Raven’s Cry thoroughly immerses players in a lavishly detailed world rich with treachery and adventure. The sinister beauty of the 17th Century Caribbean is revealed in the rolling emerald waves and their secrets, kept far beneath; in the dark alleys and curved, cobbled roads, all teeming with murderous miscreants and loudly drunken braves, the prophets of the bottle, the blade, and the flintlock gun. The historically accurate architecture and in-game events will flavor the three major cities found in Raven’s Cry with the atmosphere players crave, as they traverse from the unsavory pirate holdfast of Port Royal to the elegant avenues of luscious Havana, to a lost Aztec City deep in the jungles of the Spanish Main.

Features

• Action adventure set in a dark re-imagining of the pirate-plagued Caribbean.
• Engage in fiercely tactical melee combat with an historical,  authentic pirate-hunting arsenal.
• Player choice will have grave consequences on the outcome of the story – will you become a righteous seeker of renegade justice, or a conscienceless man whose ends justify his means?
• Utilise special combat abilities like Fear Power and cursed Voodoo Charms to overcome and dominate your foes.
• Challenge a memorable cast of villains to brutal, heart-pounding duels to the death as you seek your vengeance

Raven’s Cry will be released in Australia and New Zealand Q4, 2012 on PC, Xbox360™ and Playstation 3®.

To view the new gameplay trailer please visit: http://youtu.be/50QZh6_wWpI.  For more information on Raven’s Cry please visit: www.ravenscry-game.com

COOLER MASTER RELEASES THE SENTINEL ADVANCE II
Superior Gaming Grade Sensor, Onboard Sentinel-X 128KB and weight adjustment system

Sydney, Australia – 7 May, 2012 – Cooler Master, an industry leading chassis, thermal solution, peripheral, and accessory manufacturer today announces the release of the most advanced mouse on the market. Sporting the latest Avago Laser Sensor and many other improvements, Sentinel Advance II storms back onto the gaming scene with near everything under the hood being tuned for ultimate performance.

Featuring the most advanced laser sensor, the Avago 9800, Sentinel Advance II is capable of over 8000DPI. This opens the door for much higher sensitivity and accuracy levels than was possible before and even extends its benefits to lower DPI settings. This is coupled with an ultra low lift off distance (LOD) to provide gamers with the ability to perform actions in a split-second. This ultra low LOD allows gamers to quickly reposition their mouse without the fear of sending the mouse cursor flying off to undesired areas of the screen. Sensor improvements also improve the accuracy of tracking on multiple surface types and textures to provide maximum compatibility.

Packed with new improvements, Sentinel Advance II still maintains the most beloved traits and abilities of its predecessors. 128KB of onboard memory allows multiple profiles and their associated macros to be stored on the mouse itself. This makes the Sentinel Advance II truly plug and play for LANs, competitions, or while on a friend’s system when there is an urge for a gaming fix. A large palm style grip and modular weight management system ensure that the mouse feels as though it is a natural extension of each user’s hand. Sentinel Advance II features an Octo-Shade LED system that is setup for user-defined customizations ranging from different lighting effects to various color mixes. On-the-fly DPI changes are possible via dedicated adjustment buttons. Users that need more functionality will find it with Storm Tactics in that eight buttons can be customized to execute macros and other commands. Sentinel Advance II is the choice for serious gamers looking to edge out the competition.

Pricing and Availability
Manufacturer: Cooler Master
Product Name: Sentinel Advance II
RRP: AU$84.90, NZ$94.99
Website: www.cmstorm.com
Australian Distributors: Ingram Micro, Rectron, Australia IT, DMA
New Zealand Distributors: PB Technology
Availability: 1st week of June

About CM Storm
Through long-standing research programs, CM Storm product are co-developed with the world’s most prolific enthusiasts and eSport prodigies. Thanks to intensive testing and continuous feedback, the CM Storm division has been able to fulfill gamers’ needs and produce creative gaming gear fit for intense firefights. Marking a new era for Cooler Master, CM Storm Gear gives you an edge over standard Peripherals in your digital conquests. For more information, please visit http://www.cmstorm.com

Blood Bowl, the PC video game adaptation of Games Workshop’s mythical board game, today unveiled three new screenshots of its ultimate edition to be released in September: the Chaos Edition!

As an ultra-violent team sport inspired by the universe of Warhammer, Blood Bowl lets players recruit a team of Orcs, Elves, Humans, Vampires, Ogres, Dwarves, and many other fantasy creatures who will throw themselves into the bloodiest of all arenas. Tactics, cold-blood, and unfair play are required in this strategic and violent game!

More than half a million players have already been seduced by the deadly matches of Blood Bowl on PC. Many of them challenge each other online every day to climb the global rankings while the World Cup is in full swing and enters its final rounds. Today, we have the pleasure to officially announce the upcoming release of the game’s latest edition that will surely spell many frightening, sleepless nights!

In Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition, 3 new races are making their triumphant arrival on the field, making a total of 23 playable races! The malevolent and much-anticipated Chaos Dwarves finally make their entrance, while the outcasts of the Underworld teams surface for the first time to participate in the tournament! This is just the beginning of a new season full of touchdowns and blood, as Blood Bowl also welcomes, for the very first time in history, the Daemons of Khorne, hailing all the way from the Chaos realms! The new stadium, recently erected by Amazons and Lizardmen in the very heart of their tropical jungle, is more than ready to welcome all the new teams seeking to win the Blood Bowl!
Today’s three screenshots give the first glimpse of this new stadium as well as the three new races.

World Championship mode expands even further the solo experience of Blood Bowl. From national qualifying games to continental cups to the final tournament, the competition just got bloodier! The online mode will of course be available with its intense matches, vicious private leagues, and global rankings! Get ready for another round of high fantasy football as Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition races for the touchdown!

Visit the official website

Prometheus: The 3D Experience

Ridley Scott, director of Alien and Blade Runner, returns to the genre he helped define. In Prometheus 3D, he brings us yet another groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of humanity within an advanced alien civilisation. Experience Prometheus in IMAX 3D on Australia’s biggest 3D screen.

Opens: 7 June, 2012

Tickets: $25.50 adult, $21.00 concession, $18.00 child 

To the Arctic 3D

Take a journey to the majestic and unforgiving Arctic and follow one extraordinary polar bear mother on the ultimate journey of love and survival. To the Arctic 3D brings you up, close and personal with this family’s struggle to survive in a frigid environment of melting ice, immense glaciers, spectacular waterfalls and majestic snow-bound peaks.

Opens: 21 June, 2012

Tickets: $18.00 Adult, $14.50 Concession, $13.50 Child, $55.00 Family (2 adults & 2 children) 

Batman Begins and The Dark Knight: The IMAX Experience

Before you experience the epic finale to the Batman trilogy, The Dark Night Rises in spectacular IMAX, go back to the beginning with Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Re-live The Dark Knight‘s mind blowing IMAX sequences on the world’s 3^rd largest screen. See Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises in one explosive movie marathon event on 18 July. Go to www.imaxmelbourne.com.au for session times.

Opens: 28 June, 2012 for a strictly limited season

Tickets: $25.50 adult, $21.00 concession, $18.00 child 

The Dark Knight Rises: The IMAX Experience

Get ready for the highly anticipated Batman finale you have all been waiting for in IMAX! The Dark Knight Rises will feature over an hour of IMAX sequences, shot specifically for IMAX screens, double the amount of The Dark Knight! Gotham City is once again threatened by the bone crushing, master villain Bane and the caped crusader must return to take on the ultimate villain. Experience The Dark Knight Rises as it was truly intended by director Chris Nolan, on the world’s 3^rd largest screen at IMAX Melbourne Museum.

Opens: 19 July, 2012

Tickets: $25.50 adult, $21.00 concession, $18.00 child 

IMAX Melbourne Museum, Rathdowne Street, Carlton.  Films screen daily from 10.00am. For session times visit www.imaxmelbourne.com.au or call 03 9663 5454. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

Melbourne Australia, 6th of May 2012. This amusing Star Wars video (and probably the dream of many male Star Wars fans) was brought to our attention on Thursday the 4th of May which happens to be International” Star Wars Day.  Happy Belated Star Wars Day to all! It is a parody of America’s Axe Body Spray (think of Lynx Body Spreay here in Australia). The clip stars Claire Grant and Rileah Vanderbilt, two self-confessed “geeks”, Chewbacca and a very funny cameo at the end. The video was also directed by Seth Green (Robot Chicken, Austin Powers) and is based on the 2009 Axe parody which also won 2 Star Wars Fan Film Awards! Hands off the sabres though!

Dog lovers who get their dogs groomed will also appreciate the end. I hate it when they do that!

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA — MAY 3, 2012 — ATLUS ONLINE, a division of ATLUS dedicated to massively online gaming and entertainment, announced a new partnership with ZQGame to launch the free-to-play real-time strategy game Shadowland Online via the ATLUS ONLINE Portal. To celebrate the launch, Shadowland is offering exclusive items for ATLUS ONLINE users and hosting special events during the launch period and throughout the month of May.

Shadowland Online is a social strategy game that allows gamers to manage and expand their empires to discover new environments, regions, characters, and quests. Players will engage in a sophisticated mix of real-time strategy and realistic simulation. Special social features will let players build alliances and partake in massive team battles, taking the experience far beyond traditional single player fare.

New Shadowland players who register via ATLUS ONLINE during launch (from May 3rd to June 3rd) will be offered an exclusive ATLUS ONLINE Beginners Pack ($15), providing new users with 3,000 gold coins, 250 diamond, and 150 battle achievements! In addition, ATLUS ONLINE will host “Double Battle Achievement” Weekends (May 11-13, May 18 -20) for all Shadowland players.

To register, play, and find more info about Shadowland Online, visit the ATLUS ONLINE game site at http://shadowland.atlusonline.com.