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New Dishonored Developer Documentary Available | Immersion

Bethesda is pleased to announce that they’ve just released the second video in their developer documentary series for Dishonored.  In ‘Immersion’, the team at Arkane Studios discuss the creative process that went into building the world and characters of Dunwall – from the city setting and its strange technologies to the all-star cast voicing its citizens.

Dishonored casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. Creatively eliminate your targets with the flexible combat system as you combine supernatural abilities with weapons and gadgets at your disposal. Pursue your targets under the cover of darkness or ruthlessly attack them head on with weapons drawn. The outcome of each mission plays out based on the choices you make.

Dishonored will be available in Australia, New Zealand and Spain on October 11, 2012 and throughout Europe on October 12, 2012, and is slated for release on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. For more information on Dishonored visit www.Dishonored.com.

 
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TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON: DLC Packs

The team at High Moon Studios listened to fans and have been hard at work on exciting downloadable content to support the growing TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON multiplayer community.

To celebrate, here is a brand new trailer with an in-game look at the new characters in action!


Here is a breakdown of the three DLC packs, all of which are available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

AVAILABLE NOW – Dinobot Destructor Pack – includes the following multiplayer characters, which includes their full body + individual body parts for use in the multiplayer character creator.

  • GRIMLOCK (T-rex)
  • SLUG (Triceratops)
  • SNARL (Stegosaurus)
  • SWOOP (Pteranodon)

AVAILABLE NOW – Multiplayer Havoc Pack – includes the following multiplayer characters, which includes their full body + individual body parts for use in the multiplayer character creator.

  • ULTRA MAGNUS
  • WHEELJACK
  • BLAST OFF
  • ZETA PRIME
  • PERCEPTOR

AVAILABLE SEPT. 25 – Massive Fury Pack – includes the following multiplayer characters, which includes their full body + individual body parts for use in the multiplayer character creator.  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)

The price for each pack is 800 Microsoft points or $9.99 for PlayStation.  For more information, fans can visit www.facebook.com/TransformersGame or www.TransformersGame.com.

 
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EA SPORTS FIFA 13 DEMO AVAILABLE NOW ON ORIGIN, XBOX LIVE, AND PLAYSTATION NETWORK

SYDNEY, Australia. – Sept. 12, 2012 – EA SPORTS™ announced that a FIFA 13 demo is available around the world for download beginning today for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system, and PC. The FIFA 13 demo is available through Origin™, Xbox LIVE® and PlayStation Network®. Football fans across Australia and New Zealand will be able to download the FIFA 13 PlayStation3 version of the demo tomorrow.

Winner of the prestigious E3 Game Critics award for “Best Sports Game”, FIFA 13 has been called the “best football game ever” by GamesMaster Magazine in the UK.

Play as Manchester City, Arsenal, Juventus, AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund in the demo, and experience EA SPORTS Football Club Match Day, a new feature that will drive the deepest and most meaningful connection yet between a videogame and the real world of sport ever achieved. FIFA 13 and the football season will be completely connected for the world’s top leagues. EA SPORTS Football Club Match Day will drive real-world news ripped from the headlines around the world into FIFA 13. In the demo, real-world drama such as injuries, suspensions, team form, and media gossip surrounding Manchester City, Arsenal, Juventus, AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund will play out in-game and be reflected through in-game commentary. Player form—displayed in detail within the team management screens—will change regularly, so players in form, or players struggling to keep form, will see their stats change throughout the season based on their real-world performances.

FIFA 13 captures the unpredictability of real-world football, with no two matches ever the same. The game features breakthrough gameplay innovations such as FIFA 13 First Touch Control and the Player Impact Engine that create a true battle for possession across the entire pitch, and features like Complete Dribbling and Attacking Intelligence that deliver freedom and creativity in attack. FIFA 13 is football’s social network, where fans connect, compete and share with millions of others around the world. .com.

 
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AUSTRALIAN FILM GETS DISTRIBUTION – AND HEADS TO LA!

‘Muirhouse’ signs with Monster Pictures

SYDNEY: The Australian made award winning supernatural horror film ‘Muirhouse’ has this week confirmed to have signed with horror distributors Monster Pictures (distributors of ‘The Notorious’ and ‘The Human Centipede’ films). ‘Muirhouse’ is set to hit Australian cinemas over the coming months.  This follows the announcement that the film is heading to LA at the invitation of the iconic SHRIEKFEST Film Festival.

“This is one hell of a ride” comments Writer and Director Tanzeal Rahim “When I started this journey almost 2 years ago I never imagined the film would get this sort of attention! Signing onto a distributor and being an ‘Official Selection’ for the 2012 SHRIEKFEST Horror Festival is crazy!”

The Australian made film has found its success through reprising classic horror styles [such as Alfred Hitchcock]; where the thrills and excitement is left up to what you don’t see.  In the tradition of ‘Paranormal Activity’ or ‘The Blair Witch Project’ ‘Muirhouse’ is a documentary style film set in Australia’s most haunted house; The Monte Cristo Homestead in Junee, NSW.

“Our interest was peaked when we kept hearing amazing things about this film’ comments Neil Foley from Monster Pictures ‘We had the chance to attend a screening and found this film to be unique, fresh and appealing to a broader audience – we love it! The audience reaction to ‘Muirhouse’ is phenomenal it genuinely seems to freak people out!”

‘Muirhouse’ is played out through the eyes of fictional ghost hunter Philip Muirhouse and follows his experience of a spending a night alone in the house.

“What attracted me to accept the role of Philip Muirhouse was that this was a back to classic style film” says films lead actor Iain PF McDonald “it reminded me of the thrillers from other times where suspense and anticipation lead you on a journey you couldn’t turn away from!”

This original Australian film has had many successes throughout 2012 beginning at this year Marche Du Film in Cannes where it got strong international interest from distributors.  The film also was then invited to compete in the Fright Night Film Festival in Louisville USA where it won Best Foreign Feature Film.  Following this it was privately screened to the township of Junee, NSW in June, and now the only foreign film invited to attend the iconic SHRIEKFEST in LA this October.

Muirhouse will have its Australian Theatrical premier on Thursday 8th November at the Nova Cinemas in Melbourne.

http://www.muirhousefilm.com    www.monsterpictures.com.au

 
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EMC Helps Customers Transform IT and Business with Solutions Based on Intel’s Newest Technologies

EMC Conference Sessions and Booth Demos at Intel Developers Forum to Showcase Industry-Leading EMC and Intel Solutions

INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM 2012 – SAN FRANCISCO – September 11, 2012

News Summary:

  • At the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), EMC is highlighting      technologies and solutions based on Intel’s newest technologies that will      enable customers to accelerate their journey to the cloud and more      effectively capture Big Data.
  • EMC also announced full support of the Intel® Xeon® E5      processor family for its EMC® VMAX®  Service Provider (VMAX SP)      platform and Kazeon®, EMC’s SourceOne™ eDiscovery platform.
  • Building on its leading-edge use of PCI-Express      Solid-State Drives (SSDs), EMC announced today that the company’s      next-generation Project Thunder platform will support the NVM Express      (NVMe) interface. EMC will demonstrate the NVMe-ready Project Thunder at      IDF.

Full Story:

At IDF today, EMC® Corporation (NYSE:EMC) announced that it extended its technology leadership and continued commitment to the company’s partnership with Intel by announcing that the EMC VMAX SP platform and Kazeon, EMC’s SourceOne eDiscovery platform are now powered by Intel’s Xeon E5 processor. Today EMC also reinforced its commitment to interoperable industry standards through support of the NVMe standard in the company’s next-generation Project Thunder platform.

Join the #emc and #IDF2012 conversations on Twitter.

EMC Supports New NVM Express Interface Standard:

NVMe is an optimized, high performance, scalable industry-standard host controller interface designed for Enterprise and Client PCIe SSDs. NVMe revolutionizes storage by delivering unprecedented input/output operations per second (IOPS) with lower total cost of ownership. Continuing EMC’s leadership in the latest Flash technology and its commitment to promoting open standards to further advance the industry as a whole, EMC’s “Project Thunder,” a server network attached appliance built entirely of high-speed PCIe Flash and optimized for persistent data stores with performance intensive workloads, will support the NVMe standard.  Project Thunder will build upon the advanced PCIe technology delivered in EMC VFCache ™ and the new NVMe industry standard to take advantage of the power of Flash through a dedicated Server Networked Flash-based appliance.

New Intel Xeon E5-based EMC Technologies: 

  • EMC VMAX Service Provider (VMAX SP) – Announced      in May 2012, the VMAX SP platform is purpose-built for service providers,      enabling the rapid and cost-effective purchase and deployment of a storage      infrastructure to power new cloud services. VMAX SP leverages the proven      capabilities of VMAX, the world’s most trusted, powerful and smart      storage. With the industry-leading performance and maximum energy      efficiency delivered by the Intel Xeon E5 processor, VMAX SP delivers      multi-tenanted, powerful, trusted and smart storage to improve operational      efficiency and allow service providers to focus on their core      business—creating new and differentiated services for customers.
  • EMC SourceOne eDiscovery – EMC has embedded      Intel’s Xeon E5 processor into Kazeon, EMC’s SourceOne™      eDiscovery platform, to accelerate performance for identifying collecting,      analyzing, and reviewing terabytes of electronically stored      information (ESI) as potential evidence for criminal and civil litigation      proceedings.

Intel Executive Quote:

David Tuhy, General Manager, Storage Division, Intel Datacenter and Connected Systems Group

“Intel and EMC have partnered for many years to develop next generation Data Center technologies that enable customers to transform their use of Information Technology, especially around Cloud and Big Data infrastructure. The high-performance processing power, along with Intel® Integrated I/O and advanced storage features, makes the Intel Xeon E5 product family an ideal choice for storage solutions.  Together we provide the intelligence and compute power required to enable the innovative technologies that EMC is showcasing at IDF, helping to achieve new levels of productivity and efficiency that will benefit our mutual customers.”

EMC Executive Quote:

Jeremy Burton, Executive Vice President, Product Operations and Marketing, EMC Corporation

“EMC and Intel have been strategic partners for 17 years and will continue to work closely to develop industry-leading products and solutions that help customers realize maximum IT efficiency.  EMC continues to lead the market in performance and efficiency because we utilize the latest Intel innovations, which helps our customers take full advantage of the revolutionary wave of IT that EMC is leading: Cloud, Big Data and Trust. These three things are transforming the way information technology is architected, deployed and consumed, which holds massive opportunity for our customers and for our business.”

EMC at IDF: Key Opportunities to Listen, Learn and Gain Hands on Experience

EMC is a Gold Sponsor of IDF and will showcase advanced EMC technologies powered by Intel, as well as lead several speaking sessions for customers to gain valuable insight on a range of topics, including Cloud, Big Data, unified storage, Flash storage, and backup and recovery.

Demonstrations include:

  • EMC Greenplum®/Big      Data (Booth #300):      Experts will provide an overview of the Greenplum Analytics Workbench      (AWB) powered by Intel Xeon processors —a 1000-node Hadoop cluster and      highlight how the AWB can be accessed by developers and researchers      working on cutting-edge Big Data projects.
  • VMAX SP (Booth #300): Experts will showcase how the Intel Xeon E5-based      VMAX SP is pre-packaged into service-level options, delivering specialized      Quality of Service (QoS), multi-tenanted, metered platform.
  • EMC Unified Storage (Booth #300): Attendees will learn      how to incorporate public cloud technology into their information      management strategy by using EMC’s new Cloud Tiering Appliance to      transparently move inactive data to the cloud, freeing up primary NAS      capacity. EMC will demonstrate how its Cloud Tiering Appliance (CTA)      performs policy-driven file movement from NetApp arrays and EMC Celerra®      to EMC’s VNX®      unified storage systems or to EMC Isilon®      systems.
  • EMC Backup and Recovery Solutions (Booth #300): Intel processors help      EMC reach the outstanding performance to be the industry leader in the      Purpose Built Backup Appliance (PBBA) market with 65.5% market      share. By leveraging Intel processors, EMC Backup and Recovery Systems      help customers transform their data centers by protecting their data      whether virtual or physical, with next generation products like EMC Avamar®      and EMC Data      Domain®.
  • NVM Express Showcase (Booth #436): EMC will showcase an      NVMe-ready Project Thunder solution featuring an Intel PCIe card-based      SSD.
  • Intel Data Center Community (Booth #110) features a live demo      (functional showcase) of the Secure Cloud On Boarding solution. The      reference stack on the floor will represent two data centers and will use      the latest Intel Xeon E5-based servers with Intel® Trusted Execution      Technology (TXT), VMware® ESX 5.1, EMC VPLEX®,      RSA® Archer®      and HyTrust.

EMC Speaking Sessions at IDF Include:

  • Wednesday, September 12, 12:45 pm – 1:45 p.m., Room      2002
    Cloud Transforms IT, Big Data Transforms Business
    Zahid Hussain, Senior Vice President, Advanced Storage Division, EMC      Corporation
  • Wednesday, September 12, 3:30 p.m., Room 2008
    Take Control of Your Cloud: Solutions to Meet Security and Compliance      Needs
    John McAuley, Principal Solutions Consultant, EMC Corporation
  • Thursday, September 13, 12:00 p.m., Room 2003
    NVM Express and the PCI Express SSD Revolution
    Danny Cobb, CTO of the Flash Memory Business Unit, EMC Corporation
  • Thursday, September 13, 1:15 p.m., Room 2001
    Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600/2400 Architecture: Evolution for Storage
    Steve Sardella, EMC Distinguished Engineer, EMC Corporation

About EMC

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world’s leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. Information about EMC’s products and services can be found at www.emc.com.

Additional Resources

* Learn more about the EMC/Intel alliance.
* Connect with EMC via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and ECN

 
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Rocksmith Guitar and Game for either 360 or PS3 Giveaway – Enter Now… last days!

Melbourne Australia, 12th of September 2012 – With our Rocksmith Giveaway almost ending, you better get your final entries in and tell all your friends as you could win the Guitar and the game on either PS3 or 360. This is a REAL Guitar we’re giving away with AXL Guitars and the Game thanks to UbiSoft.

Check out this YouTube clip below to see how darn cool it is!

ENTER HERE FOR THE GIVEAWAY – http://www.impulsegamer.com/winrocksmithandaaxlbadwaterguitar.html (Australian Readers only sorry)

 
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BitFlip Games Celebrates Successful PAX 2012 for Digital Board Game Minion Master and Shuffles the Deck with September Beta Update

BitFlip Games Celebrates Successful PAX 2012 for Digital Board Game Minion Master and Shuffles the Deck with September Beta Update

Independent Micro Studio Doubles its Player Base during 3 Day Show, Launches Steam Greenlight Campaign and Releases September Update

Berkeley, CA – September 11th, 2012. – Independent micro studio BitFlip Games today announced that Minion Master, its debut strategy release that seamlessly combines elements of tabletop gaming, turn based and real-time strategy, and collectible card building games doubled its player base during the the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in Seattle, Washington that took place on August 31st – 2nd September. The news coincides with a new update available now that introduces in-game tutorials, new Horror Minion models and an all new look. To build support for a Minion Master commercial release on Steam, the team has also launched the official Minion Master Steam Greenlight Campaign. To support Minion Master please visit visit: http://minionmaster.com/greenlight

“PAX Prime was a fantastic opportunity to show off Minion Master outside of our loyal, dedicated community for the first time and we are astounded to double our player base over three days”, said David Steinwedel, Executive Producer of BitFlip Games, “With Minion Master playable on six PCs, we were delighted to see new players wait for up to 30 minutes to get their hands on the beta”.

Minion Master was unveiled to the public and media for the first time at Penny Arcade Expo (PAX). Attendees who visited the BitFlip booth were given limited edition playing cards from the Minion Master universe and those who pre-ordered Minion Master will receive the game’s first expansion set for free. Twitter follower @lianuchan won the PAX Minion Master contest and will now be turned into a Minion in the game.

This month the Minion Master update includes a host of features that improve the experience and will help guide newcomers through the universe, including in-game tutorials that allow players to learn the skills of becoming a minion master from gameplay basics to mid-level training. New tutorials will be added in future updates. The September update also adds new Horror Minion models including the Spider, Slasher, Banshee, and Zombie in addition to a complete graphical overhaul.

BitFlip Games will also continue to run the ‘Play with a Developer’ events whereby the beta community can play online with members of the development team and join a chat server to ask questions, talk strategy and deck-building or just make suggestions and give feedback. Launched simultaneously with the multiplayer, these weekly events are becoming increasingly popular and crowded while providing direct feedback to the development team.

 
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World of Warplanes Developer Diary #5 Goes Live

Wargaming is happy to present the fifth World of Warplanes Developer Diary. This entry focuses on the upcoming flight combat MMO action game’s core gameplay features.

Developers delve into major design goals, discuss specifics of flight modelling, and shine the spotlight on interesting historical facts about combat aerial stunts and tactics.

The team also talks players through the list of upgradable modules, shares information about customization items, explains how the damage modelling is calculated and rendered, and imparts details about the variety of ground targets to seek and destroy.

About World of Warplanes

World of Warplanes is the flight combat MMO action game set in the Golden Age of military aviation. The game offers a wide range of warbirds, staring from 1930’s biplanes and up to Korean War jet fighters, and lets you dive into a never-ending tussle for air dominance.

Join World of Warplanes at worldofwarplanes.com.

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, 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 intertwined titles will form a common gaming universe integrated within the portal www.wargaming.net

Official website: www.wargaming.com

 
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NINTENDO DIRECT Wii U PREVIEW ANNOUNCED FOR 13TH SEPTEMBER

12th September 2012 – Nintendo today announced the next European edition of Nintendo Direct. The Nintendo Direct Wii U Preview will be streamed from the Nintendo Direct website on 13th September at 24:00 (AEST) and sees Nintendo of Europe President Satoru Shibata take a closer look at the upcoming Wii U console.  For Australasian specific info please visit Nintendo.com.au after the broadcast.

The Wii U console launches this holiday season and introduces the Wii U GamePad, a controller with a 6.2-inch touch screen that redefines how people interact with their games, their entertainment and one another.

For further details:

Nintendo Direct website http://www.nintendo.com.au/nintendodirect/

Wii U website  http://www.nintendo.com.au/wiiu/

 
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Announcing IndieGameStand, A New “Pay What You Want” Service to Launch September 26

One unique game to be showcased every 96 hours at www.indiegamestand.com; register now and get 2D platformer Chester for free! 

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – September 11, 2012 – IndieGameStand, an innovative new website that will showcase handpicked independent games at discounted prices, will officially launch on September 26, 2012. In the style of shopping sites like Woot, Groupon, and Free App A Day, IndieGameStand will feature one game every four days, giving players easy access to creative games while providing independent developers with unique ways to sell and spread the word about their offerings. A sneak preview of the service can be viewed at http://www.indiegamestand.com. Plus, those who register with the site over the next two weeks will receive a free copy of Chester, a unique 2D platformer from indie developer Brilliant Blue-G.

Upon the service’s September 26 launch, a different independent game will take the spotlight every 96 hours, making IndieGameStand a destination for a steady stream of high quality, little-known games that might otherwise struggle to find an audience. With “pay what you want” pricing, consumers can decide exactly how much to pay for a game and be confident that their money will go straight to the developer who made it. At launch the site will accept PayPal, Google Checkout, and Amazon Payments, and 10% of each game’s sales will be donated to a charity of the developer’s choice. All of IndieGameStand’s featured games will be downloadable and DRM-free.

For developers, IndieGameStand fills a void left by larger services, like Steam, that can be difficult for the creators of “small” or unusual games to get on to. Even after a game’s 96-hour featured window has passed, game details will remain on the IndieGameStand website along with links to the developer’s website and other storefronts that sell the game, which will help smaller developers gain visibility and grow their communities. Alpha and beta builds will also be featured on the service, allowing developers to gather valuable user feedback and raise funds toward a game’s completion.

IndieGameStand was conceived by the staff of The Indie Game Magazine (http://www.indiegamemag.com), an editorial site that has covered independent game development since 2009. “We created IndieGameStand to put a spotlight on indie titles that provide fantastic experiences, but may have been passed over by the mainstream gaming public. This site is about supporting all of the fantastic and worthwhile indie developers out there,” says co-founder Mike Gnade. “IndieGameStand isn’t just another game bundle. We feature one game at a time, so people don’t have to ‘rebuy’ games they already own to get a great deal. And we’ve spent months building out our service to be flexible and accommodating for developers, providing them with tools to promote and upsell their game that other indie game bundles don’t offer.”

More than fifty developers have already signed up to have their games showcased on the service, including Spiderweb Software, Cipher Prime, Digital Eel, Magical Time Bean, Headup Games, and Zachtronics Industries. More details about how IndieGameStand works, a list of frequently asked questions, and a sign-up form for developers are currently online at http://www.indiegamestand.com. Visitors who register with the site will receive an email notification when the first featured game goes on sale on September 26 and a free copy of Chester.

 
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