SYDNEY, Australia — September 26, 2011 —Today Logitech announces the Australian availability of  two new tablet accessories that enable you to make the most of your iPad or Android-based tablets, no matter how or where you use it.

“People love their tablets — the category is growing quickly and is here to stay,” said Annabelle Woods, General Manager of Logitech Australia. “We’ve created a great lineup of products for tablet users, and it’s just the beginning. Over the coming months you can expect to see additional products for iPad® as well as Android™ tablets that are designed to help people create, consume and communicate.”

Both of these new products help create the perfect environment for tablet use in their own way. There are plenty more products planned as well so whether you want to use your tablet to catch up with friends on Facebook®, post quick updates to your blog, or share your favourite music – Logitech has a product for you.  

Logitech Wireless Speaker
The Logitech® Wireless Speaker is a great choice for sharing music.  It eliminates cables and anywhere in a room including up to even up to 50 feet away from your iPad depending on use, settings and environmental conditions. The speaker provides rich, full stereo sound — even from across the room — through speaker’s dual two-inch drivers and plenty of bass. A rechargeable battery powers the speaker for up to 10 hours depending on use and settings — so the music can be taken anywhere. And setup couldn’t be easier. Just pair with a tablet using Bluetooth wireless, and it is ready to go.

Logitech Tablet Keyboard
The Logitech® Tablet Keyboard, a keyboard-and-stand combo, comes in two versions, one for Android-based tablets and a second for iPads, and is designed to travel easily, set up quickly and add a touch of convenience to all the places the tablet is used. It pairs easily with tablets over Bluetooth wireless, so it can be used on a desk, lap or anywhere within 30 feet of the tablet, depending on use, settings and environmental conditions.

Pricing and Availability
The Logitech Wireless Speakers for iPad are available at a suggested retail price of $149.95 and will be available from Big W, The Good Guys, JB Hi-Fi and Officeworks.  

The Logitech Tablet Keyboard for iPad is available at a suggested retail price of $99.95 and will be sold at Big W, Dick Smith Electronics, JB Hi-Fi, Myer and Officeworks. Whilst the Logitech Tablet Keyboard for Android is available at Dick Smith and Officeworks.

Both products are in stores now.

Among the cadre of villains that Batman has faced, The Joker stands as one the Dark Knight’s arch-nemesis. With his elaborate schemes and capacity for violence, the Clown Prince of Crime has demonstrated a knack for creating deadly mayhem in Gotham, and now that threat has come to the dangerous streets of Arkham City.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today released the new trailer for Batman: Arkham City showcasing The Joker and his crew of deadly henchmen.

Batman: Arkham City will be available beginning Oct. 19 in Australia for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. The PC version will be available in November.

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.

Sydney, Australia, September 26, 2011 – Yahoo!7 today launched its free Food app which gives users quick access to thousands of recipes and meal ideas from Australia’s leading magazines, chefs and more.

The Yahoo!7 Food app is one of the most comprehensive food apps on offer for Australians, with all of the content free of charge. People have access to thousands of recipes from the Yahoo!7 network and magazine partners such as New Idea, Better Homes and Gardens, Men’s Health, Prevention, Who, Home Beautiful and Women’s Health.

The Yahoo!7 Food app includes high quality imagery to accompany the step-by-step recipes, videos from top Australian chefs, essential nutritional information and a useful measurement conversion tool. Users can also save recipes to their ‘favourites’ menu for easy reference.

The new app, which is available for Android and iPhone, also lets users create their own shopping lists, browse and search meal ideas by cuisine, occasion, ingredient or magazine, and share their favourite recipes via social media and email; connecting food lovers all over Australia.

On average nearly 30 per cent of Australians spend more than 15 minutes looking for food and beverage related content on their mobile phone in a typical session[1]. Yahoo!7’s Food app is a pocket-sized companion, perfect for browsing recipes and creating personal shopping lists on the way home from work, out at the supermarket or even at home in the kitchen.

Kath Hamilton, Director of Audience, Yahoo!7 said, “User behaviour is changing and we know that our audience is increasingly accessing information on their smartphones. Australians have busy lifestyles and are looking for ways to access recipes, cooking tips and more, conveniently and on the go. By providing our great food and recipe content via an app, we hope to make this even easier.”

To access the free Yahoo!7 Food app, please visit the iTunes store to download http://www.apple.com/au/itunes/ or http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/food/app/

Hamburg, September 23, 2011 – In the darkness of space, visions of dogfights, explosions and massive technical weaponry light up the skies like nothing else. That is the universe of Black Prophecy, the award-winning, highly acclaimed free-to-play space MMOG. On September 21, gamigo will release the game’s second expansion, Episode 2: Species War. This new expansion will include a number of balance fixes, many of which came at the request of the community. These fixes will allow for smoother gameplay and allow players of all experience levels to compete more evenly in PvP combat. In addition, all players will be given one free skill reset item so that they can revamp their combat strategies just in time for the introduction of Black Prophecy’s biggest feature yet. Episode 2: Species War heralds the coming of a full-blown interstellar war with the addition of warzones. These bring a brand new PvP experience that will make the game’s breakneck battles even fiercer and push Tyi and Genide players to battle over control of key territories in the game universe.

Warzones are six brand new areas in which PvP players and their factions can battle for supremacy of the universe. Each warzone contains 3 sub-sectors: the Support Zone, the Outpost Zone and the Command Center. Each sub-sector must be fought through and conquered individually before moving on to the next. Once all three sub-sectors in an area have been won, a faction can consider that warzone to be conquered. It cannot be attacked by other factions until a countdown timer runs out. Here is a closer look at the three sub-sectors that must be won:

• Support Zone: Killing enemy players in these zones gives a buff to fellow players in the Outpost and Command Center sectors that accelerates the capturing of domination points. 
• Outpost Zone: Each Outpost zone has three domination points that have to be held by the attacking forces within five minutes each. Once all three Outpost Zones have been captured, the way to the Command Center is open.
• Command Center: The main sector that has to be dominated in order to gain control of the entire warzone. Once players have made their way through the Outpost zones, the Command Center’s domination points must be captured. After all nine points have been taken by the attacking forces within 20 minutes, the warzone is considered captured and the warzone-specific player buffs are activated.

Conquering a warzone earns you more than just bragging rights. Players can gain distinct bonuses and major advantages for winning each sub-sector for their faction. Those victorious will reap such high rewards as major XP and the ability to trade earnings for exclusive upgrade blueprints that can only be found in warzone hubs. As more outposts are won, the faction will earn greater individual and group powers, which will aid them in their ultimate goal of total domination of the known universe.

The universe cried out for better, bigger and badder, and gamigo has answered the call. Black Prophecy Episode 2: Species Wars will refine a slew of game elements while increasing the depth of its famed PvP experience upon its release on September 21. Until then, choose your faction right now by downloading Black Prophecy for free from http://blackprophecy.gamigo.com/ and keep updated with the latest news, events and community ramblings at http://www.facebook.com/Black.Prophecy.MMOG
 
 The edge-of-your-seat clan battles in Episode 2 can be seen particularly well in the new trailer (Download / YouTube)!

The community also has these great bonus events to look forward to in the next two weeks:
– Week 1: 25% more XP in PvP battles and no penalty for dying
– Week 2: 25% more XP in PvP battles and 25% more concentration 

Hamburg, September 23, 2011 – In the darkness of space, visions of dogfights, explosions and massive technical weaponry light up the skies like nothing else. That is the universe of Black Prophecy, the award-winning, highly acclaimed free-to-play space MMOG. On September 21, gamigo will release the game’s second expansion, Episode 2: Species War. This new expansion will include a number of balance fixes, many of which came at the request of the community. These fixes will allow for smoother gameplay and allow players of all experience levels to compete more evenly in PvP combat. In addition, all players will be given one free skill reset item so that they can revamp their combat strategies just in time for the introduction of Black Prophecy’s biggest feature yet. Episode 2: Species War heralds the coming of a full-blown interstellar war with the addition of warzones. These bring a brand new PvP experience that will make the game’s breakneck battles even fiercer and push Tyi and Genide players to battle over control of key territories in the game universe.

Warzones are six brand new areas in which PvP players and their factions can battle for supremacy of the universe. Each warzone contains 3 sub-sectors: the Support Zone, the Outpost Zone and the Command Center. Each sub-sector must be fought through and conquered individually before moving on to the next. Once all three sub-sectors in an area have been won, a faction can consider that warzone to be conquered. It cannot be attacked by other factions until a countdown timer runs out. Here is a closer look at the three sub-sectors that must be won:

• Support Zone: Killing enemy players in these zones gives a buff to fellow players in the Outpost and Command Center sectors that accelerates the capturing of domination points. 
• Outpost Zone: Each Outpost zone has three domination points that have to be held by the attacking forces within five minutes each. Once all three Outpost Zones have been captured, the way to the Command Center is open.
• Command Center: The main sector that has to be dominated in order to gain control of the entire warzone. Once players have made their way through the Outpost zones, the Command Center’s domination points must be captured. After all nine points have been taken by the attacking forces within 20 minutes, the warzone is considered captured and the warzone-specific player buffs are activated.

Conquering a warzone earns you more than just bragging rights. Players can gain distinct bonuses and major advantages for winning each sub-sector for their faction. Those victorious will reap such high rewards as major XP and the ability to trade earnings for exclusive upgrade blueprints that can only be found in warzone hubs. As more outposts are won, the faction will earn greater individual and group powers, which will aid them in their ultimate goal of total domination of the known universe.

The universe cried out for better, bigger and badder, and gamigo has answered the call. Black Prophecy Episode 2: Species Wars will refine a slew of game elements while increasing the depth of its famed PvP experience upon its release on September 21. Until then, choose your faction right now by downloading Black Prophecy for free from http://blackprophecy.gamigo.com/ and keep updated with the latest news, events and community ramblings at http://www.facebook.com/Black.Prophecy.MMOG
 
 The edge-of-your-seat clan battles in Episode 2 can be seen particularly well in the new trailer (Download / YouTube)!

The community also has these great bonus events to look forward to in the next two weeks:
– Week 1: 25% more XP in PvP battles and no penalty for dying
– Week 2: 25% more XP in PvP battles and 25% more concentration

Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar Trailer

Extended trailer for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Big Miracle Trailer

Man on a Ledge Trailer

The Thing Restricted Trailer

Deep Blue Sea Trailer

Wuthering Heights Trailer

Justice Trailer

The Lie Trailer

IRVINE, Calif. — Despite a sterling record of always hitting its release targets, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that the expected launch window for Diablo® III, the next title in the company’s critically acclaimed series of action role-playing games, will be moving into early 2012.

“With every game we make, the temptation is always very strong to launch as soon as possible. However, we didn’t put so many years of work into Diablo III to release a game that was almost ready,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “The beta test is going very well, and we look forward to making the most of the extra time we’re taking to deliver an experience that lives up to our vision for the game and the expectations of our players. Next year is going to be an incredibly busy one for Blizzard, and we hope an incredibly fun one for Blizzard gamers.”

Blizzard will use the additional time to extend the Diablo III closed beta test, which began September 20, potentially adding more testers than initially projected. Players who have an active Battle.net® account with any Blizzard game attached to it should visit Battle.net account management to opt in for a chance to participate in the beta test. Additional testing phases, as well as further details regarding the launch plans for the game, will be announced on the company’s Diablo III community website: www.Diablo3.com.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements: Information in this press release that involves Blizzard Entertainment’s expectations, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future are forward-looking statements that are not facts and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Blizzard Entertainment generally uses words such as “outlook,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “might,” “remains,” “to be,” “plans,” “believes,” “may,” “expects,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “estimate,” “future,” “plan,” “positioned,” “potential,” “project,” “remain,” “scheduled,” “set to,” “subject to,” “upcoming” and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause Blizzard Entertainment’s actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth in this release include, but are not limited to, sales levels of Blizzard Entertainment’s titles, shifts in consumer spending trends, the impact of the current macroeconomic environment, the seasonal and cyclical nature of the interactive game market, declines in software pricing, product returns and price protection, product delays, retail acceptance of Blizzard Entertainment’s products, competition from the used game market, industry competition and competition from other forms of entertainment, rapid changes in technology, industry standards and consumer preferences, including interest in specific genres such as real-time strategy, action–role-playing and massively multiplayer online games, protection of proprietary rights, litigation against Blizzard Entertainment, maintenance of relationships with key personnel, customers, licensees, licensors, vendors and third-party developers, including the ability to attract, retain and develop key personnel and developers who can create high quality “hit” titles, counterparty risks relating to customers, licensees, licensors and manufacturers, domestic and international economic, financial and political conditions and policies, foreign exchange rates and tax rates, and the identification of suitable future acquisition opportunities, and the other factors identified in the risk factors section of Activision Blizzard’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to Blizzard Entertainment and Activision Blizzard as of the date of this release, and neither Blizzard Entertainment nor Activision Blizzard assumes any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements believed to be true when made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not guarantees of the future performance of Blizzard Entertainment or Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games have confirmed that the LEGO® Harry Potter™: Years 5-7  videogame will be available in Australia on November 16, 2011 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, PSP^® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the Wii™ system, the Nintendo DS™ and Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held systems, and Windows PC. 

Also, the Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsÔ – Part 2 Blu-ray Combo Pack from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group will include the game demo of LEGO® Harry Potter™: Years 5-7 for PS3™

Download and share the latest piece of artwork available from the game: https://www.yousendit.com/download/bHlBNHA2V3JqV0NGa1E9PQ

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 – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince™, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ – to experience Harry’s last years at Hogwarts™ and battle Lord Voldemort™ in 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, dueling and much more for players of all ages to enjoy.