Rift™ “Making of Ember Isle” Video Developer Diary Now Available
When “From the Embers,” the sixth major content update to Trion Worlds’ Rift™, hits servers later this month, Guardians and Defiant will journey to Ember Isle, the sprawling zone just off the coastline that features new quests, zone events, creatures, and a massive dungeon dubbed Caduceus Rise. See how the new zone came together in the new “Making of Ember Isle” video developer diary available for download below.
In celebration of today’s North American release of L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition for PC, we present the new official launch trailer – which can also be seen in high definition at the L.A. Noire site and the Videos section of the Rockstar Games site.
In Australia look for L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition for PC this Friday.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today confirmed that the Games for Windows PC version of Batman: Arkham City will be available in North America beginning November 22, in Australia beginning November 23, in France and Benelux beginning November 24, and in other European territories beginning November 25.
Published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and developed by Rocksteady Studios, Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of Batman: Arkham Asylum, sending players soaring into Arkham City – five times larger than the game world in Batman: Arkham Asylum – and the new maximum security “home” for all of Gotham City’s thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds. Set inside the heavily fortified walls of a sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City, this highly anticipated sequel introduces a brand-new story that draws together a new, all-star cast of classic characters and murderous villains from the Batman universe, as well as a vast range of new and enhanced gameplay features to deliver the ultimate experience as the Dark Knight.
Batman: Arkham City is based on DC Comics’ core Batman license. Fans can visit http://www.batmanarkhamcity.com to sign up to receive updates regarding the game.
Sydney, Australia – November 09, 2011 – Kingston Technology, the independent world leader in memory products, today identified best practices and the risks associated with a lack of security policies in organisations using USB Flash drives containing confidential corporate data.
“Data is the DNA of any company and as such, must be protected at all times and handled cautiously and wisely,” said Nathan Su, Flash Memory Sales Director, APAC Region, Kingston. “Data on USB devices should be secured and policies implemented to ensure the information is safeguarded, stored, downloaded, and shared with only authorised parties. Failure to do so exposes a company to a host of negative consequences including non-compliance, fines, financial loss and lack of customer confidence and trust.”
Based on Kingston’s extensive market experience and customer feedback, the company identified the top best practices that organisations should follow to promote the use of secure USB Flash drives to protect confidential data. The complete list, Best Practices: Using and Promoting Secure USB Flash Drives in Your Organisation, can be found here. Below is a list of a few of those recommendations:
• Build an Encrypted USB Plan: Protect & Comply
The best time to develop an encrypted USB plan is before you need to prove you had one ? incorporate secure USB Flash drives and policies into your organisation’s overall security strategy.
• Identify the Most Suitable USB Flash Drives for Your Organisation
Select the correct USB Flash drive that fits your organisation’s needs. Simple analysis of what your organisation needs and knowing there’s a range of easy-to-use, cost-effective, secure USB Flash drive solutions can go a long way toward enabling your organisation, and your end users, to get a handle on the issue.
• Train and Educate
Establish a training program that educates all employees on acceptable and unacceptable use of USB Flash drives.
• Establish and Enforce Policies
Institute policies for the proper use of electronic portable storage media including, USB Flash drives. If you don’t have the right policies in place for all to follow, USB drives can potentially be the downfall of your data security strategy. Setting a policy is just the first step, but it’s an incredibly important one.
Security breaches continue globally and many are the result of either lost or unsecured USB drives. Last August, the Ponemon Institute released a report, The State of USB Drive Security, which interviewed nearly 750 IT professionals and IT security practitioners from global companies based in the United States. The report revealed that while companies understand that employee ‘negligence’ puts their organisations at risk, many of these same companies do not take the necessary steps to use secure USB drives and set proper policies. The report found that of those polled, 71 percent do not consider protecting confidential and sensitive information on USB Flash drives to be a high priority even though the majority of them feel that data breaches are caused by missing USB drives.
The report further uncovered that businesses are still astoundingly lax when it comes to USB security despite recognizing the dangers and negative ramifications. Less than a third of them believe they have adequate policies to prevent USB misuse and, on average, lost 12,000 customer records per organisation due to missing USB drives. Additionally, a staggering number of employees use or have used free and unsecured USB drives from conferences and trade shows, representing a potential security breach in one’s back pocket.
“The solutions for securing USB drives and getting employees to support and adhere to the rules and policies should not be complex and expensive, nor should it reduce employee productivity,” continued Terpening. “Our goal is to help businesses close the security gap by bridging best practices with secure USBs and to make it as seamless and simple as possible.”
For more detailed information, please visit www.kingston.com/secure.
About Kingston Technology Company, Inc.
Kingston Technology Company, Inc. is the world’s largest independent manufacturer of memory products. Kingston designs, manufactures and distributes memory products for desktops, laptops, servers, printers, and Flash memory products for PDAs, mobile phones, digital cameras, and MP3 players. Through its global network of subsidiaries and affiliates, Kingston has manufacturing facilities in California, Taiwan, China, and sales representatives in the United States, Taiwan, China, India, Australia, Vietnam, Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, and Latin America. For more information, please visit www.kingston.com/anz.
Sydney, Australia – November 9th, 2011 – Ubisoft has announced the complete track list of The Black Eyed Peas Experience. The second release in the multi-million selling “Experience” franchise, the game offers to all Black Eyed Peas fans the chance to dance and sing along the members of their favourite band by following their moves and lyrics on hit songs taken from their multi-platinum selling catalog. The Black Eyed Peas Experience will be release tomorrow, November 10, on the Kinect™ for Microsoft Xbox 360® entertainment system and Wii™ system by Nintendo.
The Black Eyed Peas Experience features 24 tracks in the Wii version and 28 tracks in the Kinect for Xbox 360 version:
– Boom Boom Pow
– Cali to NY (feat. De La Soul) – Kinect only
– Disco Club
– Don’t Lie
– Don’t Phunk With My Heart
– Don’t Stop The Party
– Dum Diddly
– Everything Wonderful (BEP & David Guetta)
– Fashion Beats
– Hey Mama
– I Gotta Feeling
– Imma Be
– Just Can’t Get Enough
– Let’s Get It Started (Spike mix)
– Love You Long Time – Kinect only
– Meet Me Halfway
– My Humps
– My Style (feat. Justin Timberlake)
– Pump It
– Shut Up
– Rock That Body
– Smells Like Funk – Kinect only
– Showdown – Kinect only
– Take It Off
– The Best One (The Boy)
– The Situation – Kinect only
– They Don’t Want Music (feat. James Brown) – Wii only
– The Time (Dirty Bit
– Whenever
Two exclusive songs, Light Up The Night and Someday, are included in the Kinect Collector’s Edition, which also features a wireless microphone and an official Black Eyed Peas t-shirt. They are also included in the Wii and Kinect Special Edition that will be available at launch in selected retailers across EMEA territories.
For more information about The Black Eyed Peas Experience, please visit: www.blackeyedpeasexperience.com.
8 November 2011, Australia
Nintendo announces a range of Wii games, priced at only SRP $69.95* just in time for Christmas.
For a limited time only, the popular Wii Sports and its follow up, Wii Sports Resort will be available on one Wii disk from 1 December. These two games are fun for the whole family and are already being enjoyed by more than 2.7 million** people in Australia. With Wii Sports, players can choose from tennis, baseball, golf, boxing and bowling. Wii Sports Resort expands the experience even further with use of the Wii MotionPlus, for more precise gameplay and 12 sports including basketball, swordplay, wakeboarding and cycling.
Already have Wii Sports or Wii Sports Resort? Also coming soon to Wii is Go Vacation available 17 November – players of all ages are invited to explore a family holiday destination and enjoy 50 activities for up to four players. Kirby’s Adventure Wii will be available 1 December – lead Kirby and company as they explore a colourful world and save the day in a side-scrolling adventure with up to four players.
Other great value games for Wii this Christmas include Just Dance 3 (available now), SRP $69.95, Zumba Fitness 2, 24 November SRP $69.95 and Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, 17 November SRP $79.95***.
Visit: www.nintendo.com.au for further information
For high resolution images, visit: images.nintendo.com.au
Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand Digital Expansion Brings More Explosive Action to the Battlefield in December
SYDNEY, Australia. – November 8, 2011 – Get ready to level up, soldier! Today DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio announced that it is thanking fans for their passion and loyalty by hosting a Battlefield 3™“Says Thanks” Sweepstakes weekend where gamers who play from Friday, November 11th at 12:01am GMT through Sunday, November 13th at 11:59pm GMT will have a chance to win one of three amazing prizes. The Grand Prize is a round-trip visit to DICE in Stockholm, Sweden for one player and three of their squadmates for three nights. Included in the visit is a tour of the state-of-the-art studio and an introduction to the development team behind the award-winning game. The second prize is $5,000 USD in cash, or equivalent local currency, with the third place winner taking home a brand new game system with the full catalogue of corresponding Battlefield games.
Complete sweepstakes rules can be found at www.battlefield.com/saysthanks.
In anticipation of the November release of LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE) and TT Games have released a demo for the game, which is available now on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for Xbox 360. The PC demo is available on the LEGO Video Games page. The PlayStation®3 demo will be available soon on PlayStation® Network.
To download the PC demo to your computer, simply download and install the file at the following link:
http://videogames.lego.com/en-us/harrypotter57/DEMODownload/Content/Default.aspx
*Please note this demo does not work with Mac OS
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 continues the saga of the Boy Who Lived in this spell-binding adventure for wizards and Muggles alike. This time, players are transported through the final three books and final four films to experience the ultimate fight of good vs. evil. The creative LEGO prowess unites with the expansive world of Harry Potter once again to deliver an exciting and rewarding gameplay experience. The game features lessons, spell-casting, duelling and much more for players of all ages to enjoy. Available in Australia beginning November 16th for PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the Wii™ system, the Nintendo DS™, Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held systems and Windows PC. The Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system will be available on the 23rd of November
Landmark Social Gaming Platform Call Of Duty® Elite Also Live Today In Simultaneous Launch
Pre-Orders Shatter Records; Retailer Midnight Release Parties Besieged By Eager Gamers
Fans Primed for Call Of Duty Elite TV’s “Friday Night Fights,” Premiering Friday, November 11(PST)
Sydney, Australia – November 8, 2011 – After a year of anticipation, after the breakout success of the first-ever Call of Duty® XP live fan event, and after pre-order numbers that toppled even those of 2010’s mega-seller Call of Duty®: Black Ops, the final dye has at last been cast. Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 is now available at retail outlets across Asia-Pacific. Also launching today is the revolutionary new social gaming network Call of Duty® Elite, conceived expressly to help Call of Duty®’s 30 million devoted fans Play Together Better™.
Activision Publishing, Inc.’s, a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. , Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 kicked off its worldwide release at midnight as gamers across Australia lined up to be among the first to play on the title dubbed “the biggest and most hotly anticipated entertainment release in history” by GAME Australia Managing Director, Paul Yardley. “This watershed launch extends the legacy of the franchise like no other previous release,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing, Inc. “Combining the narrative punch and gameplay innovations of the next chapter in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series with the unique services of Call of Duty Elite will bring Call of Duty gamers together in a cohesive, fan-focused environment like no other.”
Co-developed by Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games, Modern Warfare® 3 delivers a full assault on gamers’ senses, including an intense single-player campaign that picks up immediately following the events of Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 and escalates into World War 3, as well as groundbreaking upgrades to the beloved Special Ops like the all-new Survival Mode. Special Ops serves as the perfect springboard to Modern Warfare 3’s re-imagined multiplayer, featuring new modes and other gameplay enhancements, new features and a bevy of new weapons, equipment, and perks.
Call of Duty Elite, from developer Beachhead Studio, is a comprehensive social gaming network and offers a deep and innovative free service for all registered Call of Duty players to Connect, Compete, and Improve. Call of Duty Elite provides “always-on,” universal communication between the platform and the game. Players can access Call of Duty Elite via mobile, web, or console—to connect with friends, plan matches with their Clan or social Group, configure load-outs, access comprehensive stats and interactive heat maps, and much more. Since Call of Duty Elite was developed alongside Modern Warfare 3, many of the features offer seamless interaction between the service and players’ in-game experience, including the ability to customize loadouts and sync them to the game, customize in-game Clans, upload HD videos, and find new friends from social Groups in-game. Call of Duty Elite’s premium tier adds the Modern Warfare 3 DLC delivered monthly throughout the 9 month DLC season, a constantly updated Program Guide of daily competitions for virtual and real-world prizes, exclusive clan leveling and competitions, access to the hotly anticipated Call of Duty® Elite TV and more. Annual membership is available for $65. Many features of Call of Duty Elite are also backwards compatible with Call of Duty®: Black Ops, and will also support future enabled versions of Call of Duty with one integrated platform.
Friday Night Fights, from executive producers Ridley Scott and Tony Scott and director RJ Cutler, debuts this Friday, November 11th on Call of Duty Elite TV. Friday Night Fights features real-life rivals taking it to the mat in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer. Additional original programming from digital content and production studio DumbDumb, the brainchild of Will Arnett and Jason Bateman in partnership with Ben Silverman’s multimedia powerhouse Electus, is in the pipeline. View the complete Call of Duty Elite TV programming schedule at www.callofduty.com/elite.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is rated “MA15+” (Strong Violence) by the Australian Classification Board and is available now for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and Windows® PC. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 for the Nintendo Wii, developed exclusively for the platform by Treyarch, is also available as is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance for the Nintendo DS™, developed exclusively for the platform by n-Space, is rated “M” (Mature) by the Australian Classification Board.
For more information visit www.callofduty.com/mw3 and www.callofduty.com/elite.
AVAILABLE ON DVD & BLU-RAY 15 DECEMBER 2011
Embark on the trip of a lifetime to the frozen wildernesses of the Arctic and Antarctic in the landmark six-part series, Frozen Planet from BBC’s renowned Natural History Unit. Ambitious and epic in scale, it is the ultimate close encounter with the polar regions, capturing all the jaw-dropping beauty and majestic power of the elements. Receiving a debut audience on Nine of 1.236 million viewers this documentary series is set to be a hit with Australian audiences.
Narrated by acclaimed naturalist Sir David Attenborough and featuring the incredible wildlife cinematography that made Planet Earth such a worldwide success, Frozen Planet has taken new technology to the most extreme and remote parts of our planet, capturing groundbreaking imagery above and below the ice. With the effects of global warming more evident in the Arctic and Antarctic than anywhere else on the planet, this could be the last time they are filmed in such detail, before they change forever.
Encounter spectacles that few of us will ever witness as the camera teams go deep under the sea-ice into a magical world of giants, plunge into the heart of an erupting polar volcano and fly to the South Pole across the Antarctic icecap, the largest concentration of ice on our planet, retracing the steps of the great polar explorers. Get closer than ever before to the lives of our best loved and most charismatic animal characters – polar bears, penguins, wolves and orcas, and witness the most extraordinary examples of survival against the odds as can be found anywhere on our planet.
This is the poles as you’ve never seen them before, and may never see them again…
Special Features: On Thin Ice – a 50 minute documentary about the effects of climate change Science At The End Of The Earth