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Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing Monster High: Scaris City of Frights on DVD from June 27th, 2013.

Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing Monster High: Scaris City of Frights on DVD from June 27th, 2013. 

When Clawdeen Wolf® gets the chance to become an apprentice for the legendary fashion designer Madame Ghostier, she and her best ghoul friends immediately pack their bags and hop on a plane to beautiful Scaris, France.

Join the ghouls from Monster High for the fangtastic adventure of a lifetime in Scaris – the city where screams really do come true!

 
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Simon Pegg, Nick Frost & Edgar Wright head Down Under for THE WORLD’S END

Universal PRESS RELEASE:

ATTENTION: ALL HUMANS!

SIMON PEGG, NICK FROST & EDGAR WRIGHT head to Australia in preparation for THE WORLD’S END

Get ready for a comedy invasion! Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Director Edgar Wright will be in Australia this July to celebrate the release of their eagerly-awaited new film THE WORLD’S END – the final chapter in the ‘Three Flavours Cornetto’ trilogy, which includes 2004’s breakout hit SHAUN OF THE DEAD and 2007’s cop-comedy HOT FUZZ.

Fans will have the opportunity to see the trio when they walk the red carpet at the film’s Australian Premiere on Tuesday July 16 at Melbourne Central. Pegg, Frost and Wright will then visit Sydney on Wednesday July 17.

THE WORLD’S END centres on five childhood friends who reunite after 20 years in an attempt to complete an epic pub crawl and reach the fabled pub, The World’s End. But finishing the pub crawl becomes the least of their worries when they realise the real struggle is for survival, not just theirs but mankind’s. THE WORLD’S END also stars THE HOBBIT’s Martin Freeman and JACK REACHER’s leading lady Rosamund Pike.

 
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E3 TRAILER: The Walking Dead: 400 Days coming this summer from Telltale Games

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., June. 11, 2013 — Leading publisher of digital entertainment Telltale Games and Robert Kirkman, the Eisner Award-winning creator and writer of The Walking Dead for his Skybound imprint at Image Comics, announced today that the 2012 Game of the Year winning series The Walking Dead: Season One is set to receive an all-new installment as downloadable content. Available this summer, The Walking Dead: 400 Days will be available for purchase on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox®360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®Network, as an in-app purchase for compatible iOS devices, and on PC and Mac from the Telltale Online Store and other digital outlets.

The Walking Dead: 400 Days chronicles the horrific aftermath of the undead outbreak through the eyes of five new characters as they struggle to survive the first 400 days of the apocalypse. Playable in any order, the five connected short stories are centered in and around a Georgia truck stop, where players will be thrust into horrifying situations that will test their morals and control the flow of the story through their decisions and actions.

The Walking Dead: Season One is coming to the PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system and will include The Walking Dead: 400 Days. Featuring hybrid touch controls unique to PS®Vita, fans can now take the apocalypse on the road and enjoy the entirety of Season One in one package.

“After the incredible response to the first season of The Walking Dead, we wanted to surprise fans with something that offers a new angle on the world they love that’s connected to Season One and the upcoming Season Two through the choices that they make,” said Dan Connors, Co-Founder and CEO of Telltale Games. “400 Days is a great piece of connective tissue for fans to sink their teeth into and we’re thrilled that it’s to be included on PlayStation Vita as part of Season One.”

To date, The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series has sold more than 17 million episodes worldwide, earning more than 90 Game of the Year honors from outlets including Metacritic, USA Today, Wired, Spike TV VGAs, Yahoo!, The Telegraph, Mashable, Polygon, Destructoid and GamesRadar, and was also the recipient of two BAFTA Video Games Awards for Best Story and Best Mobile Game.

The Walking Dead: 400 Days will be available for US$4.99 or equivalent as downloadable content for The Walking Dead: Season One.  The Walking Dead: 400 Days will require at least Episode One of Season One to be installed on a user’s game system in order to play.

The Walking Dead is set in the world of Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series. Players experience life-changing events, meeting new characters and some familiar to fans of the comic book series, in events that foreshadow the story of Deputy Sheriff Rick Grimes. The Walking Dead offers an emotionally-charged, tailored game experience – a player’s actions and choices affect how their story plays out across the entire series.

The Walking Dead is rated ‘M’ (Mature) for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes and Strong Language by the ESRB.

For more information on the game, visit the official websiteFacebook, and follow Telltale Games on Twitter . For more information on The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman, and all of his titles, visit www.Skybound.com and www.TheWalkingDead.com.

 
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Nintendo 3DS Great Games Promotion Begins 20th June 2013

7th June 2013 Nintendo 3DS is your handheld portal to a world of amazing games and features, and beginning 20th June 2013, if you buy a Nintendo 3DS by 31st July 2013, register it with Club Nintendo and complete the required steps by 30th September 2013 then you will be able to download one of six games from Nintendo eShop for free*.

Receiving your free game download couldn’t be simpler: All you have to do is purchase your Nintendo 3DS, register it with Club Nintendo and follow the additional steps. The selection of games includes:

Animal Crossing: New Leaf Launching 15th June, discover a world enjoyed by over 3 million Japanese fans and  experience a whole new life in a town shaped entirely by you!
Luigi’s Mansion 2
– In this Year of Luigi, join the lean, green ghost-catching machine in an eerie 3D adventure that has been one of the biggest Nintendo 3DS launches of the year!

Play as Mario and friends in one of the 3 top-selling games for Nintendo 3DS:

Mario Kart 7 – Mushroom Kingdom racing fun takes the excitement to new heights in glorious 3D.
Super Mario 3D Land – Reinventing everything fans love about Mario gaming with the first platforming environment in true 3D.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Mario hits the Mushroom Kingdom jackpot in levels bursting with more gold coins than ever before!
nintendogs + cats: Toy Poodle & New Friends
– The ever popular franchise in 3D! Now you can play with your puppies and kittens in your world!

To take advantage of this offer, make sure you buy a Nintendo 3DS from a participating retailer between 20th June 2013 and 31st July 2013, register it with Club Nintendo and complete the required steps by 30th September 2013 to claim your free game download.

Please note this promotion does not include Nintendo 3DS XL.
For more details visit: http://www.nintendo.com.au/great-games-promo

 
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From the office of the President of the United States: Saints Row IV™ Commander in Chief Edition Announced

Pre-order Editions for Australia & New Zealand to include Incredibly Insane ‘Stimulus Package’  Weaponry, a Bad-ass ‘Screaming Eagle’ Attack Jet and an iconic Uncle Sam outfit.

Deep Silver announced today that the limited Commander in Chief Edition for the upcoming Saints Row IV™ will be available as part of Pre-order Editions in Australia & New Zealand. In this ball-busting, open-world, and other-hyperbolic-PR-words instalment in the Saints Row franchise, developer Volition continues the story of the Third Street Saints by elevating their status to the highest level – the President of the United States and faithful cronies.

However, the new Leaders of the Free World are under attack in an alien invasion in the Land of the Free, and it’s up to you and your gang to save the world… Saints-style!

To help you combat the alien terrorists you will encounter, the Commander in Chief Edition comes fully loaded with a Screaming Eagle Jet Fighter that fires rockets out of its talons and can invoke the “Sonic Scream” attack, leaving your enemies dazed, confused and likely scarred for life.

Additionally, if you’re going to save the world you should look good while doing it, which is why the Commander in Chief gives you a limited edition iconic ‘Uncle Sam’ outfit decked out in patriotic red, white and blue stars and stripes!

And since you need the best fighting tools available [read: most ridiculously overpowered weapons ever conceived], Volition and Deep Silver are giving you a stimulus package; the ‘Merica Gun, replete with mini-guns, flame-throwers, machine guns and rocket launchers will provide the incredibly astonishing fire-power you know you deserve.

The Commander in Chief Edition will be available to Preorder customers in all retailers across Australia and New Zealand. Wrap your eyes around the latest trailer here.

Additionally, the Presidential Edition will be available exclusively from EB Games and will include the Commander in Chief Edition as well as your very own patriotic Saints Glory Flag, and iconic Uncle Sam hat.
Developed by Volition, Saints Row IV will launch on current-gen consoles and PC on August 22nd , 2013, in Australia & New Zealand.

 
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One Nation Under Wub: Saints Row IV Super Dangerous Wub Wub Edition Announced

– Four score and eight weeks ago a marketing department brought forth on this continent, a new Collectors’ Edition, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all wub is created equal –

Saints Row IV fans learned the power of democracy today as Deep Silver announced the details of its highly anticipated fan-sourced Saints Row IV Collectors’ Edition; the Super Dangerous Wub Wub Edition. The Super Dangerous Wub Wub Edition is extremely limited and will be available for preorder from selected retailers in Australia & New Zealand.

In this ball-busting, open-world, and-other-PR-words, installment in the Saints Row franchise, developer Volition continues the story of the Third Street Saints by elevating their status to the highest level – the leaders of the free world. But the leaders of the free world are under attack from an alien invasion in the land of the free, and it’s up to you and your gang to save the world, Saints-style. Make sure to check out the latest trailer here.

Included in the Super Dangerous Wub Wub Edition is a 12 inch Dub Step gun replica capable of rendering your enemies absolutely speechless with the power of wub. The ultra-high quality weapon replica packs a party with a bitchin’ design, sweet tunes directly from the in-game Dubstep Gun and a laser sight.  Make no mistake, it’s time to get down.

Additionally the Super Dangerous Wub Wub Edition comes with an awe-inspiring 8 inch Johnny Gat Memorial Statue for all Saints to be able to pay tribute to the greatest Saint while kicking ass in the name of Liberty. Future generations will gaze upon Johnnys’ grandeur while learning the history of his glorious murdering sprees with the Third Street Saints.

And because no president is ever without “the button”, the Super Dangerous Wub Wub edition comes with a pocket-sized Dubstep Doomsday Button so fans can drop bombs on the go.

Fans purchasing the Super Dangerous Wub Wub Edition will also receive all in-game items from the Commander in Chief edition, which include a Screaming Eagle VTOL that fires rockets out of its talons and can invoke the “Sonic Scream” attack, a limited-edition American-iconic ‘Uncle Sam’ uniform decked out in the American flag colors and a stimulus package of epic proportions – the ‘Merica gun – everyones American dream weapon.

Saints Row IV launches August 22nd, 2013 across Australia & New Zealand. For more information please visit:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/saintsrow
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/saintsrow
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/saintsrow

 
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Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour by Cirque du Soleil- new Melbourne performance added, tickets on sale 9am tomorrow, Wednesday June 12 2013

Due to phenomenal ticket demand since going on sale a week ago, a new performance has been added to the Melbourne stop of Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour by Cirque du Soleil.

The additional show will be on Wednesday October 9 2013 at 8pm. This new date is in addition to the previously announced performances at Rod Laver Arena from October 10-13 2013.

Tickets for the new performance will be available from 9am tomorrow morning, Wednesday June 12 2013.

 
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Gran Turismo 6 First Look on PS3

Today at the PlayStation E3 2013 Press Conference, Sony presented a new trailer showing highlights and new evolutions developed exclusively for GT6.

Without giving too much of the trailer away, pay attention to the effects of the new physics engine as it accounts for all the intricacies and complexities of a car’s behavior, especially during cornering. With help from KW Automotive, the suspension system of each vehicle, most notably the shocks, more accurately showcases how a car reacts to various lateral loads, reproducing body roll and wheel slip in an amazingly real manner. Polyphony Digital worked closely with Yokohama Rubber Corporation to produce a new tire model that reflects the tire compound, tire structure and changes in characteristics during extreme load conditions.

 
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PlayStation 4 (PS3) First Look and Specifications

Melbourne Australia Tuesday 11th of June 2013 – This is what people have been waiting for, the first look of the PlayStation 4 or PS4. As Sony have proved with the PlayStation 3, this console is going to blow the current world of video games away… make mine Sony!

PlayStation 4

  • Product code CUH-1000A series
  • Recommended retail price $399/€ 399/£349
  • Main processor: – Single-chip custom processor – CPU : x86-64 AMD “Jaguar”, eight cores – GPU : 1.84 TFLOPS, AMD next-generation Radeon based graphics engine
  • Memory GDDR5 8GB
  • Storage size 500GB Hard disk drive
  • External dimensions Approx. 275×53×305 mm (width × height × length)
  • Mass Approx. 2.8 kg
  • BD/ DVD drive (read only): BD × 6 CAV, DVD × 8 CAV
  • Input/ Output: – Super-Speed USBx (USB 3.0) port × 2 – AUX port × 1
  • Networking: – Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) ×1 – IEEE 802.11 b/g/n – Bluetooth® 2.1 (EDR)
  • AV output: – HDMI out port – DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) port
  • Included: – PlayStation 4 system × 1 – Wireless Controller (DUALSHOCK 4) × 1 – Mono headset × 1 – AC power cord × 1 – HDMI cable × 1 – USB cable × 1

Wireless Controller for PlayStation 4 (DUALSHOCK 4)

  • Product code CUH-ZCT1
  • Recommended retail price $59/$59/€59/£54
  • External dimensions Approx. 162mm × 52mm × 98mm (width × height × depth)
  • Weight Approx. 210g
  • Keys / switches: –  PS button, SHARE button, OPTIONS button – Directional buttons (Up/Down/Left/Right) –  Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square) – R1/L1/R2/L2 button, Left stick / L3 button, Right stick / R3 button, Pad Button – Touch pad 2 Point Touch Pad, Click Mechanism, Capacitive Type – Motion sensor Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer)
  • Other features Light Bar, Vibration, Built-in Mono Speaker
  • Ports: USB (Micro B), Extention Port, Stereo Headset Jack
  • Wireless communication Bluetooth® Ver2.1+EDR
  • Battery Type Built-in Lithium-ion Rechargeable Battery
  • Voltage DC3.7V (tentative)
  • Capacity 1000mAh (tentative)

PlayStation Camera

  • Product code CUH-ZEY1
  • Recommended retail price $59/€49/£44
  • External dimension Approx. 186mm × 27mm × 27mm (width × height × depth)
  • Weight Approx. 183g (tentative)
  • Video pixel (Maximum) 1280 × 800 pixel × 2
  • Video frame rate 1280×800 pixel @ 60fps
  • 640×400 pixel @ 120fps
  • 320×192 pixel @ 240fps
  • Video format RAW, YUV (uncompressed)
  • Lens Dual Lenses, F value/F2.0 fixed focus
  • Capture range 30cm??
  • Field-of-view 85°
  • Microphone 4 Channel Microphone Array
  • Connection type PS4 dedicated connector (AUX connector)
  • Cable length Approx. 2m (tentative)
 
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E3 2013 – Day 1 Trailers

As E3 (the biggest video game convention in the world) begins for 2013, Impulse Gamer have collated the best E3 Video Game trailers from pre-night E3 celebrations! Check out these amazing trailers below that include games such as Destiny, Mad Max and Batman Arkham Origins!

Destiny E3 Gameplay Trailer Now Live

Batman: Arkham Origins E3 Gameplay Trailer Released

UBISOFT® ANNOUNCES ROCKSMITH® 2014 EDITION

UBISOFT® UNVEILS TRIALS FUSIONTM AND TRIALS FRONTIER

UBISOFT® ANDSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT DELIVERING PLAYSTATION® EXCLUSIVES

SOUTH PARK: THE STICK OF TRUTH

TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL BLACKLIST

RAYMAN LEGENDS

WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES POST-APOCALYPTIC OPEN WORLD ACTION GAME MAD MAX

The King Reigns: 2K Sports Announces LeBron James as NBA 2K13 Cover Athlete

UBISOFT® ANNOUNCES DEVELOPMENT OF NEW NEXT-GENERATION TITLE TOM CLANCY’S THE DIVISION™

UBISOFT® UNVEILS JUST DANCE® 2014 AT E3

UBISOFT® STEERS GAMERS INTO NEXT-GEN WITH NEW OPEN WORLD DRIVING TITLE THE CREWTM

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII E3 2013 Gameplay video