With the release of Brink  four weeks away, Bethesda Softworks are pleased to announce the Steamworks feature set and system requirements.

With the inclusion of Steamworks, players will have the following features:

·         Steam Achievements

·         VOIP

·         Challenge Leaderboards

·         Valve Anti Cheat

·         Dedicated Servers

·         Friends Support (including invites and joining session in progress)

·         Steam Cloud (for save data)

In regards to the system requirements, these are as follows for Brink:

Minimum Specs

Processor:          Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz or equivalent
Memory:             2GB RAM
Graphics:            NVIDIA 8800GS / AMD Radeon HD 2900 Pro or equivalent
OS:                       Windows XP (SP3)/Vista/Windows 7
Hard Drive:         8GB of free space

Recommended Specs

Processor   Intel Quad Core i5
Memory:  3GB RAM
Graphics:  Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 / AMD Radeon™ HD 5850
OS: Windows XP (SP3)/Vista/Windows 7
Hard Drive:  8GB of free space

Brink is slated for release on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC in North America on May 10, 2011, Australia on May 12 and across New Zealand and Europe on May 13, 2011. For more information on Brink visit www.BrinkTheGame.com.

SEASON 10 – 15 New Uncensored Episodes Too Hot For TV 

The Griffin Clan Returns in an All-New Three-Disc DVD Set Featuring Deleted Scenes, Commentaries, Featurettes and More 

Sydney, Australia – Stewie, Peter and the rest of The Griffin Clan continue their outrageous and irreverent adventures with the DVD release of Family Guy Season 10 out June 15, 2011. A pop culture phenomenon, Family Guy presents the everyday trials and tribulations of family life, but with a distinctive twist and cheeky slant.

There’s a killer amongst us as the citizens of Quahog gather at James Woods’ mansion for a night of intrigue and murder!  Will Peter solve the mystery… or will he just make it worse, as usual? Join all your Family Guy favorites for this classic whodunit, plus 13 other hilarious episodes, including the show’s milestone 150th episode, the controversial (and Emmy Award nominated) “Extra Large Medium,” and more!

Season Ten features tons of hilarious guest appearances from the likes of Charlie Sheen, Hugh Laurie, Dwayne Johnson, Chace Crawford, Allison Janney, Anne Hathaway, Carrie Fisher, Richard Dreyfuss, Elijah Wood, James Woods, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Stewart, and Ashley Tisdale among others. Family Guy Season 10 contains awesome special feature content allowing diehard fans to go further into the world of Family Guy, including deleted scenes, commentary from series creator Seth MacFarlane, featurettes and more.

DISC ONE

EPISODES

•             Business Guy

•             Big Man on Hippocampus

•             Dial Meg for Murder

•             Extra Large Medium

•             Go, Stewie, Go

•             Partial Terms of Endearment

EXTRAS

•             Deleted Scenes

•             Commentary for Partial Terms of Endearment featuring Seth MacFarlane, Danny Smith, Joseph Lee and Alex Borstein

DISC 2

EPISODES

•             Peter-Assment

•             Brian Griffin’s House of Payne

•             April in Quahog

•             Brian and Stewie

•             Quagmire’s Dad

•             The Splendid Source

EXTRAS

•             Commentary for Brian Griffin’s House of Payne featuring Alec Sulkin, Shannon Smith, Spencer  Porter & Jerry Langford

•             Commentary for Brian and Stewie featuring David A. Goodman, Kara Vallow, Gary Janetti & Dominic Bianchi

•             Commentary for Quagmire’s Dad featuring Chris Sheridan, Danny Smith, Tom Devanney, Pete Michels, Bao Nguyen & Deborah Cone

•             Commentary for The Splendid Source featuring Mark Hentemann, Danny Smith, Shannon Smith & Peter Shin

•             Deleted Scenes

•             The Comical Adventures of Family Guy – Brian and Stewie: The Lost Phone Call

•             Side by Side Animatic – Brian Griffin’s House of Payne

•             Side by Side Animatic – Quagmire’s Dad

•             Side by Side Animatic – Brian and Stewie

DISC 3

EPISODES

•             And Then There Were Fewer

•             Excellence in Broadcasting

•             Welcome Back Carter

EXTRAS

•             Deleted Scenes

•             Who Done It? The Making of’And Then There Were Fewer’

•             The History of the World – According to Family Guy

•             Family Guy at Comic-Con 2010

•             Bonus Episode From American Dad – “Tearjerker”

•             Commentary for And Then There Were Fewer feautring Mark Hentemann, Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, Dominic Polcino & Walter Murphy

About Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

About Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, LLC (TCFHE) is a recognized global industry leader and a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, a News Corporation company. Representing 75 years of innovative and award-winning filmmaking from Twentieth Century Fox, TCFHE is the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming, acquisitions and original productions on DVD, Blu-ray Disc Digital Copy, Video On Demand and Digital Download. The company also releases all products globally for MGM Home Entertainment. Each year TCFHE introduces hundreds of new and newly enhanced products, which it services to retail outlets from mass merchants and warehouse clubs to specialty stores and e-commerce throughout the world.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – April 13th, 2011 – Today, Ubisoft announced the development of PowerUp Heroes, a full-body combat game exclusively on Kinect™ for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system. Developed by Longtail Studios, PowerUp Heroes lets players transform their Xbox360 avatar into a custom superhero to face off in a fight against the forces of evil. PowerUp Heroes will be available worldwide June 2011.

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Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones v1.1 is out of beta and will be available in BlackBerry App World over the next 24 hours.

BlackBerry smartphone users can now add locations to their tweets by enabling the ‘Add location to tweet’ feature in the Options menu. Once enabled, simply click the new compass icon on the Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones Home screen to add your current location.

The updated release also includes beta user requested features like push @Mentions, #Topic Autocomplete, and ‘Retweeted by you’ indicators, as well as several other enhancements based on feedback received during the beta.

More information on this launch is available at the Inside BlackBerry Blog ( http://blogs.blackberry.com/2011/04/twitter-for-blackberry).

Sydney, Australia – April 13, 2011 – It is slowly getting warmer outside, but living room rock stars will be heating things up quickly this April with the announcement of three new downloadable Track Packs for Activision Publishing, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero®: Warriors of Rock and the Guitar Hero® music library. Available now and featuring music from artists such as GRAMMY® Award nominees Paramore, alternative rock staples Middle Class Rut and Madina Lake, and melodic death metal legends Darkest Hour, these new downloadable offerings are sure to satisfy fans’ musical appetites.

Guitar Hero veterans and three-time GRAMMY Award-nominated pop punk rockers Paramore join alternative rock band Madina Lake in their downloadable content debut with the four-song Emo Edge Track Pack. “Ignorance,” the first single off of Paramore’s 2009 record Brand New Eyes and “That’s What You Get” the second single from the band’s sophomore album Riot! coupled with “Hey Superstar” from Madina Lake’s second EP The Dresden Codex and “Across 5 Oceans” from their upcoming record World War III, round out the offering.

Hailing from Sacramento, California and having taken the stage with some of the biggest acts in the world, alternative rock band Middle Class Rut make their Guitar Hero debut today with the Middle Class Rut Track Pack. Featuring their breakout single “New Low,” “Sad to Know” and “Lifelong Dayshift” from their 2010 album No Name No Colour, Middle Class Rut make a great addition to the Guitar Hero music library.

Epic melodic death metal legends Darkest Hour return to Guitar Hero with searing vocals, fast riffing guitar lines and intense double-bass drum beats in a three-song track pack. The Darkest Hour Track Pack features singles “Savour the Kill” and “Beyond the Life You Know” from the band’s seventh and most recent album The Human Romance as well as “Doomsayer (The Beginning of the End),” the hit single off of their 2007 record, Deliver Us.

The Middle Class Rut and Emo Edge track packs will be available on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 440 Microsoft Points, on the PlayStation®Store for PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and for Wii™ for 550 Wii Points™. The songs in the Middle Class Rut and Emo Edge track pack will also be released as downloadable singles for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 160 Microsoft Points, PlayStation 3 system and Wii for 200 Wii Points each. The Darkest Hour Track Pack will be available on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 440 Microsoft Points and on the PlayStation®Store for PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and released as downloadable singles for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 160 Microsoft Points and PlayStation 3 system. In addition to the in-game music store and Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360, Xbox 360 owners can expand their Guitar Hero music library using the Guitar Hero VIP Pass Music Store, available exclusively on Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network.

For more information about Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and the entire line-up of downloadable songs and disc imports, please visit www.guitarhero.com, www.facebook.com/guitarhero and www.twitter.com/guitarhero.

Australia, 13 April, 2011 –

Nintendo 3DS™, Nintendo’s new device which offers portable entertainment in 3D without the need for special glasses, launched in Australia on 31 March and has already sold through more than 31,000* units!

This has been achieved in only four days, and gives Nintendo 3DS the record for best handheld launch in Australia. Nintendo’s popular home console Wii™ holds the record for biggest week one sell through for any console, selling through slightly more than Nintendo 3DS with 32,000* units in its first week on sale, and has gone on to sell through more than 2.1 million* since its December 2006 launch.

Exclusive coverage of Blizzard Entertainment’s epic two-day gaming festival also available through multichannel Internet stream and DIRECTV

IRVINE, Calif. — April 12, 2011 — Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that tickets for its sixth BlizzCon® gaming convention will go on sale in two batches on Saturday, May 21 and Wednesday, May 25. In addition, a limited number of tickets to an exclusive pre-BlizzCon dinner to benefit Children’s Hospital of Orange County will go on sale Saturday, May 28.

BlizzCon is a celebration of the global communities surrounding Blizzard’s Warcraft®, Diablo®, and StarCraft® game universes. The event once again offers players a valid reason to skip work on a Friday when it returns to the Anaheim Convention Center this year on October 21 and 22. Gamers around the world will also have the option to enjoy BlizzCon from the comfort of their own home by ordering a BlizzCon Virtual Ticket, which offers comprehensive live coverage of the event streaming online and also on DIRECTV in the United States.

“We love being able to meet directly with our players, and since BlizzCon is one of the rare opportunities we get to do that, we always pack as much information and entertainment as we can into the show,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “This year will be no different — whether you’re with us in Anaheim or joining from home, be prepared for two days of Blizzard gaming and good times with the most passionate community in the world.”

In addition to serving as a mutual stomping ground for the different Blizzard communities, BlizzCon will feature an array of activities, including discussion panels, hands-on playtime with current and upcoming Blizzard Entertainment games, professional and casual tournaments, contests, and much more. Blizzard is looking forward to learning more about its own games from Red Shirt Guy if he can make it to the show again this year.

Tickets to the convention will be priced at $175 USD each and will be available for purchase from the official BlizzCon website (www.blizzcon.com) in two separate batches on Saturday, May 21 at 10 a.m. Pacific time and Wednesday, May 25 at 7 p.m. Pacific time.

Tickets to the BlizzCon Benefit Dinner, which include admission to BlizzCon, will be priced at $500 USD each, with proceeds going to Children’s Hospital of Orange County. Taking place the evening of Thursday, October 20, this exclusive event offers guests an opportunity to rub elbows and trade war stories with Blizzard game developers and other employees before the show. Approximately 200 tickets to the benefit dinner will be available for purchase beginning Saturday, May 28 at 10 a.m. Pacific time through www.blizzcon.com.

Gamers around the world will also have the option to purchase a BlizzCon Virtual Ticket priced at $39.99 USD (pricing may vary by region). The Virtual Ticket grants access to comprehensive live HD coverage from the show floor on each day of the convention, including exclusive interviews, demos, and more. Virtual Ticket coverage will be available to viewers globally as a multichannel Internet stream and also via Pay-per-View on DIRECTV in the United States. DIRECTV customers who order the televised event will receive the multichannel Internet stream at no extra charge, allowing them to watch in the format of their choice. Those who order the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket will also receive this year’s BlizzCon-exclusive World of Warcraft® and StarCraft II in-game items (availability may vary by region), to be revealed at a later date. Limited streaming coverage of the BlizzCon opening ceremony and certain BlizzCon tournaments will be available via the Internet for free.

As BlizzCon draws closer, further details about the show, including ordering and programming information for the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket, will be announced at www.blizzcon.com.

To keep pace with the continued growth of World of Warcraft as well as development on other Blizzard Entertainment games, the company is currently hiring for numerous open positions. More information on available career opportunities can be found at www.blizzard.com/jobs.

About Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.

Best known for blockbuster hits including World of Warcraft® and the Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo® franchises, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment software renowned for creating some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed games. Blizzard Entertainment’s track record includes thirteen #1-selling games and multiple Game of the Year awards. The company’s online-gaming service, Battle.net®, is one of the largest in the world, with millions of active players.

About DIRECTV

DIRECTV (NASDAQ: DTV) is the world’s largest pay TV provider delivering the premiere video experience through state-of-the-art technology, unmatched programming and industry leading customer service to more than 28 million customers in the U.S. and Latin America. In the U.S., DIRECTV offers its 19.2 million customers access to more than 160 HD channels and Dolby-Digital® 5.1 theater-quality sound (when available), access to exclusive sports programming such as NFL SUNDAY TICKET™, award winning technology like its DIRECTV® DVR Scheduler and higher customer satisfaction than the leading cable companies for ten years running. DIRECTV Latin America, through its subsidiaries and affiliated companies in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, and other Latin American countries, leads the pay-TV category in technology, programming and service, delivering an unrivaled digital television experience to 9 million customers. DIRECTV sports and entertainment properties include three Regional Sports Networks (Northwest, Rocky Mountain and Pittsburgh) as well as a 65 percent interest in Game Show Network. For the most up-to-date information on DIRECTV, please call 1-800-DIRECTV or visit directv.com

Begin your Armored Dominance Today

London, UK and San Francisco, Ca. — Wargaming.net announces today that the highly-anticipated free-to-play action MMO game World of Tanks is now live in Europe and North America.

World of Tanks is an award-winning session-based MMO game dedicated to armored warfare that pits players driving WWII-era vehicles in 15-strong teams against each other on realistically recreated battlegrounds. Alongside with tense PvP tank battles the game features a well-thought out Clan Wars system that unites thousands of clans from all over the globe in the bitter strife for global domination.

World of Tanks has already gained popularity in Russia striking an impressive 1,7 million registrations and setting a World Guinness Record in the category of Most Players Online on One MMO Server with 91,311 players. During European and North American beta-test World of Tanks proved its worth and uniqueness by recruiting more than 700000 players and receiving positive feedback from enthusiast press.

“After almost 4 years of hard work I’m extremely proud to see World of Tanks going live today,” – said Victor Kislyi, CEO of Wargaming.net. “We used all the skills and expertise the Wargaming.net team gained while developing our previous titles to create a truly unique and compelling game. However, with the game’s release the real work has only begun for us as there are long-term plans of supporting World of Tanks by adding new modes, vehicles and a lot of other high-end content on a regular basis.”

Join the game at:
http://game.worldoftanks.eu/registration/ (Europe)

http://game.worldoftanks.com/registration/ (North America)

About World of Tanks

World of Tanks is the first and only team-based massively multiplayer online action game dedicated to armored warfare. Throw yourself into the epic tank battles of World War II with other steel cowboys all over the world. Your arsenal includes more than 150 armored vehicles from America, Germany, and the Soviet Union, carefully detailed with historical accuracy.

A flexible system of authentic vehicle upgrade and development allows you to try any of the vehicles and weapons in the game. Whether you prefer to exhaust your foes with fast and maneuverable light tanks, make deep breaches in enemy lines with all-purpose medium tanks, use the force of giant tanks to eliminate opposing armored forces, or become a heavy sniper with long-range howitzers, each unit type has its own advantages and can be extremely effective when operated by a true tank ace.

But being a great tank commander alone isn’t enough to win! In World of Tanks, it’s all about teamwork. Victory is achieved by combining your combat skills with those of the other members of your team, each playing their own role on the battlefield. Just add your favorite strategy to build your own iron empire and manifest the indisputable authority of the tank! Feel the TANK POWER!

Key Features:

The Ultimate Armored Warfare Experience
Dive into intense tank-on-tank combat to enjoy an amazing new battlefield experience with a balance of multiple genres. A unique blend of these “ingredients” supported by top-notch graphics and stunning audiovisual effects, provides endless challenge and excitement.

Simulator. Authentic models and vehicle characteristics make you feel like a real tank commander taking part in a furious armored offensive.

RPG. Your armored steed isn’t just a tin can on tracks – it’s a living, evolving mechanism that should be treated accordingly. Research your available upgrades and modifications to enhance its performance on the battlefield.

Action. Take part in joint operations to spot, track, and destroy enemy units and engage in head-to-head duels where your speed and reaction time is as important as in any co-op shooter.

Strategy. There’s only one simple rule to follow – don’t be a hero. Rally your comrades to devise a battle plan and assign roles, then move out and defeat your enemy on the field of honor.

Dynamic Combat System
New players jump into battle in less than a minute to take part in short, decisive combat actions designed to ensure fast and action-oriented warfare. As you are thrown onto the battlefield, you must be bold, decisive, and flexible to succeed in the maelstrom of iron and fire.

Epic Tank Clashes
Intense battles with up to 60 combat vehicles unfold on enormous and detailed battlefields featuring a variety of terrain from open fields with hills and forests to deserts and industrial zones. The terrain offers a wide scope for tactical decisions from aggressive fast-paced thrusts to elaborate flanking operations and diversionary attacks.

Deep Squad-based Gameplay
Out to conquer the world? Then our highly addictive squad-based gameplay is your ultimate goal. Countless new lands and territories let you show off your teamwork – the key to victory. The distribution and timely accomplishment of tasks and objectives within your squad gives you a critical advantage over your disorganized rivals.

About Wargaming.net®

Wargaming.net® is an award-winning strategy game specialist, incorporated in the UK. Its 250-strong development team is located in Minsk, Belarus. Since 1998, the company has shipped 13 titles, including acclaimed Massive Assault series, Order of War RTS published by Square Enix, and three add-ons for Blitzkrieg II. Wargaming.net’s® Operation Bagration RTS was awarded the Best Strategy Game of 2008 at Russian Game Developers Conference (KRI). At KRI 2009 and 2010 Wargaming.net® was named The Best Developer Company from ex-USSR. At KRI 2010 World of Tanks® won “Best MMO” prize. Official web site: www.wargaming.net

It “soars” into stores because dragons are awesome.

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA — APRIL 12, 2011 — Atlus today announced that Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga for Xbox®360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, its 100-plus hour action RPG, is now available in stores across North America. The game, which represents the definitive version of the Divinity II saga, offers gamers a tremendous wealth of content. A fully realized fantasy world, inhabited by nuanced, well-written (and well-voiced) characters, serves as the setting for a rousing tale of a long absent nemesis rising up to threaten an already war-torn realm. In addition to numerous quests to solve, secrets to uncover, and new abilities to master, The Dragon Knight Saga also allows players to take to the skies as a powerful, fire-breathing dragon.

“Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga represents one of the greatest values for RPG fans thus far this year,” said Aram Jabbari, Manager of PR and Sales at Atlus. “Also, it has dragons. It offers Xbox 360 system owners a polished, balanced experience, with a completely redone graphics engine and overhauled interface that delivers on the full promise of Divinity II. Moreover, it doesn’t just depend on stats and loot to earn its ‘RPG’ moniker. Did I mention it has dragons in it, and that you can become one? The Dragon Knight Saga provides gamers with difficult choices, often with no clear right or wrong, that have lasting effects on the player character and the world they inhabit. With over 100 hours of content via what is essentially two adventures in one package, meaningful character progression, memorable quests, fast-paced action RPG combat, and the thrill of flying and dogfighting as a gigantic dragon–did I mention the game has dragons?–and all for only $39.99, it’s hard to find a better bang-for-buck purchase right now.”

Also released today was the official unboxing video for Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga. Viewers are treated to an incredibly skilled and professional opening and displaying of the game, the free, 21-track soundtrack CD included inside every launch copy, and the 52-page, full color art book (7.5″ wide x 5.25″ tall) only guaranteed to pre-order customers. The professionalism of the video only falters once or twice, and only momentarily, as the narrator fails to resist the urge to sniff and caress the items at hand.

Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga, plus the bonus soundtrack CD and art book, are only $39.99. The art book, while only a pre-order bonus, may still be available at some retailers at launch, so interested gamers are advised not to delay! Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga for Xbox 360 system is now available in stores across North America. For more information, visit http://www.divinity2-saga.com.