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The legendary Insecticons are now live for the TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON multiplayer community.

Starting today, Fall of Cybertron players on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 can download the Massive Fury Pack, which includes the following multiplayer characters, including their full body + individual body parts for use in the multiplayer character creator.  It also includes the following single-player campaign items:

  • KICKBACK (Flying Insecticon)
  • SHARPSHOT (Flying Insecticon)
  • HARDSHELL (Beetle Tank Insecticon)
  • G1 RETRO OPTIMUS PRIME
  • AUTOBOT HOUND
  • Single-Player campaign items:
    • G2 BRUTICUS (character skin)
    • G1 SHOCKWAVE BLAST CANNON (weapon)
    • G1 MEGATRON PISTOL GUN (weapon)

Here is our DLC trailer with an in-game look at the characters in action, along with all the current DLC available: http://youtu.be/hBUi7S0926s

For more information, fans can visit www.facebook.com/TransformersGame or www.TransformersGame.com

 
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Paramount Pictures Release Schedule from October 2012 to June 2013

Melbourne Australia 2012 – Paramount have released their movie schedule up until June 2013. Moves include Paranormal Activity 4, Guilt Trip and Star Trek Into Darkness… lots of good films here!

October 11 – WUTHERING HEIGHTS
October 18 – PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4
November 29 – FUN SIZE
December 13 – RISE OF THE GUARDIANS (3D)
December 26 – QUARTET
January 3 – JACK REACHER
January 17 – HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS
January 24 – GUILT TRIP
February 7 – FLIGHT
February 21 -CIRQUE dU SOLEIL: WORLDS AWAY (3D)
March 28 – G.I. JOE : RETALIATION (3D)
May 16 – STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS
June 20 – WORLD WAR Z

 
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Rockstar Games presents Grand Theft Auto III – Now Available in the Playstation® Store

We’re pleased to announce that Grand Theft Auto III is now available to purchase from the Playstation® Store.

At long last, the original three-dimensional, open-world Grand Theft Auto title makes its way to the Playstation® Store for the price of $15.99AUD/$18.90NZD. Released in 2001 to critical and commercial success, Grand Theft Auto III is widely credited as one of the most influential video games of all time and a landmark moment in popular culture. With world-class voice acting, an action-packed and deftly satirical storyline, a stunning soundtrack and revolutionary open-world gameplay, Grand Theft Auto III delivered a new sense of freedom in videogames.

For more information and future news check out www.rockstargames.com/newswire

 
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METRO: LAST LIGHT, SOUTH PARK: THE STICK OF TRUTH TO FEATURE AT THQ’S EB EXPO STAND WWE® 13, Company of Heroes 2, Darksiders II on Wii U™ playable to the public

Melbourne, VIC,. – September 26, 2012 – Nominated for 49 awards and winning a grand total of 18 awards at E3 collectively, THQ are bringing only the best to the EB Expo through the likes of Company of Heroes 2, Metro: Last Light, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Darksiders II for Wii U™ and WWE ’13.

No doubt you’ve seen the haunting, 4 minute Metro Last Light short film.  And now, in an Australian first Metro: Last Light will feature at the EB Expo.  Follow Artyom on his journey through the maze of tunnels in Moscow’s subway system.  Watch him fight to stay alive against mutant creatures as well as the harsh post-apocalyptic surface of the earth through a live demo play through.

In another Australian exclusive, we head to the perilous battlefields of the fourth-grade playground where a young hero will rise, destined to be South Park’s saviour.  We take you on a side-splitting adventure with Cartman and his crew in never-before-seen gameplay showing of South Park: The Stick of Truth.

For the first time ever you step into the boots of the Soviet army taking on German troops on the Eastern Front in Company of Heroes 2 – the second instalment of the highest rated strategy game of all time.   Fully playable for the first time, control your troops in freezing weather conditions, guiding them to victory against the Germans.

Last, but not least, the revolutionary next instalment in the WWE flagship videogame franchise, WWE ’13.  It will be playable at the THQ stand, offering the most authentic, extensive and fervent experience to date including the debut of a brand new WWE Live™ audio presentation system, as well as single-player campaign based on the highly influential Attitude Era.

Also, if you’re planning on dressing up as one of the Steelport’s finest we will reward your efforts with Saints Row: The Third merchandise in honour of Saints Row: The Third – The Full Package.  Be sure to visit out booth to collect your prize.  First in, best dressed.

 
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Yahoo!7 Gets Its Game On with New Release of FANGO

New gamified functionality delivers more of what fans want with over 550,000 downloads so far

Downloads increased by 25,000 in August 

Sydney, Australia, 27 September, 2012 – Yahoo!7 today announced the latest release of FANGO, Australia’s leading Social TV app, with new features including Leaderboards, which allow fans to compete to be the ‘Number One Fan’ of shows they love.

Kristin Carlos, Head of Yahoo!7 TV said, “FANGO’s new release introduces our next phase of gamification to engage and reward fans for their participation. The introduction of Leaderboards allows fans to compare point totals with other FANGO users and compete to be the biggest fan of the shows they enjoy watching.” “Fans have shown how much they love to participate in polls and trivia with 50,604 FANGO polls 93,753 trivia questions answered in August alone,” Kristin continued.

“We’re also seeing how brands can integrate their campaigns with FANGO. Since July, FANGO has supported a number of high profile campaigns from Nissan, Coca-Cola and McDonalds. There has been an overwhelming response and further highlights how fans want to be involved in the shows they are passionate about.”

Overall downloads of FANGO increased by over 25,000 in the past month, with increased functionality and gamification being added to the app in time for the AFL finals and the live X Factor shows on Seven. User statistics show 60 percent of FANGO users are on iPhone, 34 percent iPad and six percent use Android devices.

FANGO August Statistics Summary:

  • Overall since launch FANGO has secured over 1.2 million check-ins
  • 537,000 downloads
  • 62 percent of show ‘check-ins’ are during prime time shows – 7pm to 11pm
  • In August 2012, 50,604 FANGO polls were completed and 93,753 trivia questions answered
  • 34,996 badges were awarded to fans based on their levels of interaction – up threefold since June
  • Top six shows in August were:
    • Home   and Away
    • The   X Factor
    • Winners   and Losers
    • Once   Upon a Time
    • True   Blood
    • GCB
 
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RELEASE TITLE: First Gameplay Trailer for Total War™: ROME II Released

SUMMARY: For the first in-game look at the next title in the award-winning series, The Creative Assembly present a glimpse of the epic warfare and phenomenal detail players can expect when Total War™: ROME II arrives in 2013.

The year is 146BC, brilliant tactician Scipio Aemilianus is dispatched by Rome to break the three-year-long siege of Carthage, an unforgivable blight on the glory of the growing Empire. Ruthless determination and an almost suicidal amphibious assault is required, but the young consul is uncomfortably aware that the price of victory may be much higher than the senate realises.

 
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World of Tanks Rolls out New Look and Feel

Update 8.0 Introduces Enhanced Physics and Lighting

26th September, 2012 — Wargaming is proud to announce that Update 8.0 for its free-to-play action MMO World of Tanks goes live on September 26 for North America and on September 27 for Europe. The most important upgrade since the game’s release in April 2011 brings major overhauls to the game’s in-game physics engine, bringing realistic tank behavior and numerous tactical opportunities for the players.

Along with the improvement, Update 8.0 adds a newly optimized user interface, enhanced rendering system for more lifelike and realistic visuals, as well as adaptive camouflage and new mini-map functions. Players can also now choose the combat mode type before entering the battle and transfer free experience into crew experience.

In addition, the USSR tech tree has been expanded with four new tank destroyers, and the first premium British machine, the Matilda Black Prince, rolled into the in-game shop for purchase.

About World of Tanks

World of Tanks is the first and only team-based, massively multiplayer online action game dedicated to armored warfare. Along with solid graphics, the game provides more than 160 tank models of the mid 20th century vehicles from United States, Germany, the Soviet Union, France and Great Britain carefully detailed with historical accuracy.

Join World of Tanks:

About Wargaming:

Wargaming is an award-winning online game developer and publisher and one of the leaders in the free-to-play MMO market. Founded as a privately held company in 1998, Wargaming has shipped more than 15 titles. Currently counting over 1000 employees, Wargaming is focused on its team-based MMO war series dedicated to the mid-20th century warfare that will include World of Tanks, World of Warplanes, and the naval World of Warships. The three titles will form a common gaming universe integrated within the portal www.wargaming.net.

Official web site: www.wargaming.com

 
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Jakit® iPhone Accessory Launched to the Australian Market!

A new and innovative iPhone accessory has just been launched to the Australian consumer market, which once fitted, need never be removed.

Jakit® – which combines a hard case and high quality, tangle-free, retractable, noise cancelling earphones – has a unique feature which means it can be worn permanently.

The product, which has taken two years to develop, test and manufacture, will initially only be available for Apple iPhone 4 and 4S. However, the company behind Jakit® is in the process of creating Samsung Galaxy SIII and iPhone 5 versions.

One of the key features of Jakit® is the patented Jack fitting, which allows the smartphone to be normal, hands-free, and with the earphones engaged, all with the flick of a switch. And, additionally, it will still allow Bluetooth functionality.

A spokesperson for Piggiback, the company behind Jakit®, said: “The beauty of Jakit® is that it is one accessory you will never have to remove.

“A great deal of thought has gone into the design of the product, not only to ensure that it looks fantastic, but that it also offers great features at a great price.

“Ask yourself how many times have you fished into your bag or pockets for your earphones only to find them in a tangled mess?  Ask yourself another question, how many times have you left your earphones behind?

“With Jakit® they are always attached, they never tangle and they automatically retract back into the case.

“With the added features that allow the smartphone to be used whichever you like, we are confident that our Jakit® will become a must-have accessory for your smartphone.”

Jakit® is exclusively available online at www.jakitstore.com at a price of $59.99 with free shipping!

Jakit® Features:

?    Stylish and sleek “hard” cover

?    Protects the high-quality earphones from damage

?    Normal phone use without ever removing your Jakit®

?    Pair up with in-vehicle Bluetooth function without ever removing your Jakit®

?    Use your phone Hands-free / Loudspeaker or Normal without ever removing your Jakit®

Jakit® Earphones:

We have gone to great lengths to ensure the permanently attached earphones have been designed to be of a very high quality, for both your everyday voice calls and listening to your music and films and playing the latest games.

The core features are:

?    Jakit® Earphone housing is made with high grade aluminum

?    Surface finished in anodized black

?    TPE cable with OFC copper inner conductors

Jakit® Earphones Technical Spec:

?    Speaker type: 8 mm dynamic speakers

?    Magnet type: Neodymium magnet

?    Frequency response: 20Hz to 22KHz

?    Sensitivity: 108 dB

?    Impedance: 16 Ohms

?    Mic type: noise cancelling omni-directional mic

 
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BT ONE: CLOUD SERVICES TO SIMPLIFY GLOBAL COLLABORATION

BT research shows critical impact of unified communications on the decision-making processes of large organisations

BT today announced a major update to BT One, its unified communications portfolio, including new cloud-based services designed to improve management effectiveness and collaboration within and between large organisations.

The BT One portfolio has been updated and a range of new services have been launched to address the findings of a global BT survey involving 1,000 executives working in large enterprises across the main industry sectors all around the world. This exclusive survey uncovers new attitudinal and behavioural factors, as well as impacts, linked to changes in the working cultures and to the roles of influential groups within the workforce.

The survey shows for example that the rate of adoption of unified communications is higher in the growing economies in Asia and Latin America than it is in the challenged economies of Europe. It also shows a potential link between management effectiveness and the faster decision making processes allowed by technology. The survey shows that younger executives gain a competitive advantage within the organisation by being most eager to leverage the potential of unified communications.

Executives globally say it is taking too much time, effort and money to collaborate, access data and work as a team.  And 56 per cent of executives say slow decision-making by managers and colleagues is the biggest problem they face at work.

BT’s survey shows that executives feel they are wasting up to 25 per cent of their time every day due to poor communication, collaboration and information flows, as well as basic administration tasks. They also feel frustrated by their IT departments, with 48 per cent saying they don’t keep up to date with new technology. As a result, executives are starting to ‘go behind the back of IT’ to use open platforms such as Facebook or Twitter to collaborate, potentially putting corporate security policies at risk.

The findings of the survey show a growing appetite for unified communications globally, with conference calls, – audio and video – becoming almost as ubiquitous as formal meetings. For example, 58 per cent of directors and general managers make on average more than one video call per week.

The BT survey clearly shows that executives are demanding more unified communications, with 84 per cent stating that, together, instant messaging, e-mail, phone, video and telepresence help them be more successful. They want solutions such as desktop sharing, unified messaging, video, voice-to-text services and secure cloud storage.

The BT One portfolio has now been updated to answer to these demands with a single unified communications framework for devices, legacy systems and one global network for all global users. New pricing models for cloud-based services and global support by BT Advise professional services specialists are also made available to customers, to help them progress to genuine unified communications environments, whatever legacy systems they might be currently using.

New services are being introduced, such as:

  • One Cloud      Lync: a cloud service based on Microsoft Lync, it      integrates in a single platform a company’s email with instant messenger      (IM), audio, device based video, screen sharing, and interactive white      boarding. And the “presence” feature shows when someone’s free or in a      meeting. The solution saves time because of the unified experience in a      single interface, so employees and executives can be more productive and      feel much more connected. One Cloud Lync is scalable and reliable and can      be integrated seamlessly with existing infrastructure.
  • One Voice      anywhere: a new smartphone app and web      client to help dramatically reduce mobile costs with employees who travel      internationally. The solution allows customers to achieve up to 45 per      cent savings on total mobile roaming costs by shrinking high and      unpredictable roaming charges. One Voice anywhere gives users the ability      to make outbound calls from any device – and have that device treated as      part of the customers’ One Voice service.
  • One      Enterprise Cisco: an “on-site” solution based on      Cisco UC9, a powerful upgrade to the Cisco unified communications      platform. The solution can cut server costs by up to 66 per cent. while      expanding video endpoint support, improving the quality of video calls,      and making it easier to reach out through “dial by email.”
  • One      Collaborate video: new high definition video      endpoints that bring immersive face-to-face interaction to the desktop.      One Collaborate video makes direct collaboration more intuitive, more      efficient and more user friendly. The new secure HD systems allow end      users to move from individual work on a laptop to a quick high quality      video call and to share documents in real time.
  • One      Collaborate: BT is joining forces with      Dolby Laboratories on a technology trial based on the BT MeetMe service      and aimed at radically enhancing the customer experience for users of our      One Collaborate conferencing solutions. The objective is to deliver a      clear, crisp, more natural audio meeting experience for businesses, making      them sound and feel like in-person meetings.  The Dolby Voice      experience promises to improve productivity in meetings by enabling all      participants to engage in the conversation.

Sandra O’Boyle, Service Director at Current Analysis, said: “BT’s IP telephony and unified communications services, marketed under the ‘BT One’ banner, are threatening in the global enterprise market, because BT can offer a full range of services, including One Voice VPN; audio, video and Web conferencing; PSTN; SIP and UC services. BT is also a leader in providing telepresence high-definition video conferencing services across key vendors, claiming an impressive 25,000 endpoints registered with its global video exchanges. Outside of a solid network and reach, the core strength of BT’s UC proposition is its experience working with key vendors, such as Cisco, Avaya and Microsoft, and its ability to combine with its own intellectual property to provide differentiation.”

Luis Alvarez, newly appointed CEO of BT Global Services, said: “To be successful in this economic environment, it is paramount for business leaders to make better decisions faster. While some might feel more comfortable with face-to-face interactions, it is becoming very clear that a competitive advantage is at hand for those who grasp the full gamut of today’s and tomorrow’s communications channels. It is not just a case of buying a device or a piece of software, it is about making sure that existing investments are federated and about bringing all the tools and channels together in an effective and secure way that saves time and money.

“Our vision is to make communications simpler, helping organisations transform the way they collaborate internally and the way they interact with their customers, partners and suppliers

“This is something that BT is very well placed to do, as we work closely with the best technology suppliers and invest in new capabilities. Customers reap competitive advantages from innovative “pay-as-you-go” pricing schemes and from the breadth and depth of our global network, as well as from the know-how of our professional services specialists based all around the world.”

A summary of the BT One research and details on the BT One portfolio are available at www.bt.com/btone/oneforall