FINAL FANTASY XIV: A REALM REBORN
BETA PHASE 3 CONTINUES THIS WEEKEND ON PS3 & PC
Sydney 21st June – Square Enix today announced that FINAL FANTASY® XIV: A Realm Reborn™ Beta phase 3 will continue this weekend on both PlayStation®3 and PC.
Running across weekends through June and into July, Beta phase 3 brings a huge amount of new content to the fore, with the vast city states of Limsa Lominsa, Ul’dah and Gridania available for players to explore. Beta phase 3 also introduces the PlayStation®3 version of the game into the mix, and for the very first time PlayStation®3 gamers will be able to experience the captivating world of Eorzea alongside PC players due to the game’s cross-platform functionality.
Timings for this weekend’s Beta phase 3 are as follows:
Friday June 21, 7:00 p.m. => Sunday June 23, 7:00 p.m. (AEST Time)
Friday June 21, 9:00 p.m. => Sunday June 23, 9:00 p.m. (NZST Time)
FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn is scheduled for release on August 27th 2013, for both the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC systems, and will be coming to the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system in 2014.
Related Links
Beta Sign Up: http://entry.ffxiv.com/beta/eu
Official Website: www.finalfantasyxiv.com
Official Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FinalFantasyXIV
Official Twitter: @FF_XIV_EN
Official YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/FINALFANTASYXIV
View the E3 trailer here: http://youtu.be/LWeTxlVXVTE
Max Payne 3 Now Available for Mac
Apple Mac users yet to experience the cutting edge shooting mechanics, precision gunplay, and dark and twisted story of Max Payne 3 – your wait is over. Today Max Payne 3 arrives for Mac. This seamless and highly detailed, cinematic experience features advanced Bullet Time® and Shootdodge™ effects, plus full integration of Natural Motion’s Euphoria® Character Behavior system.
Max Payne 3 is now available from the Mac App Store and on Steam for Mac.
ZERO DARK THIRTY and TOWER BLOCK
July 10 sees the eagerly awaited release of Best Picture nominee ZERO DARK THIRTY. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starring Academy Award® nominee Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton and James Gandolfini, the hunt for the world’s most wanted man is an intense edge of your seat thriller that is sure to become a modern classic. Also released on July 10 is the Home Entertainment premiere title TOWER BLOCK.
ZERO DARK THIRTY
Available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital July 10
Trailer: http://bit.ly/121AoV2
For a decade, an elite team of intelligence and military operatives, working in secret across the globe, devoted themselves to a single goal: to find and eliminate Osama bin Laden.
Starring Academy Award® nominee Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton and James Gandolfini, ZERO DARK THIRTY reunites the Oscar® winning team of director-producer Kathryn Bigelow and writer-producer Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker) for the declassified true story of history’s ten year manhunt for Osama Bin Laden.
TOWER BLOCK
Available on DVD and Digital July 10
Trailer: http://bit.ly/16NdaDe
Someone is picking off the last remaining occupants of a condemned tower block, using a high powered, silenced sniper rifle. Nobody else has heard the shots, and no help is coming. If the terrified victims can’t figure out how to escape, they’re all going to be killed, one by one.
With career-defining performances from Sheridan Smith and Jack O’Connell, this fantastically gripping action thriller is not to be missed.
World’s Most Recognisable Character Joins Disney’s #1 Mobile Game in “Disney Where’s My Mickey?”
Latest game in the Where’s My…? franchise features original animated episodes and brand new weather mechanics
Disney Mobile Games has launched Where’s My Mickey?, the latest in the #1 Where’s My…? mobile game franchise, on the Apple App Store, Google Play, and Windows Store. Inspired by Disney Television Animation’s “Mickey Mouse” Cartoon Shorts premiering locally on June 28 at 6:55pm on the Disney Channel. Where’s My Mickey? introduces a whole new world of life-like physics-based gameplay with stimulating weather mechanics and humorous animations.
Players can immerse themselves in the ultimate mobile gaming experience as they watch funny episodes while solving challenging puzzles. Fans of Where’s My Water? will enjoy the tap, swipe, and swirl physics gameplay while also being introduced to new wind, rain and plant mechanics in helping Mickey collect water and complete each story. Within each episode, players are also introduced to original animated levels where players must complete the episode to see how the animation ends!
Important highlights include:
- Original Episodes – Explore 5 unique chapters with surprising scenarios and original animated episodes that help move the story of Mickey along.
- Brand New Weather Mechanics – New wind, clouds, rain and plant mechanics have players manoeuvring through 100+ challenging levels
- Collectibles and Bonus Levels – Players help Pluto look for hidden collectibles to unlock more bonus puzzles
- Featuring Mickey and Friends – Discover more hilarious episodes and new friends, beginning with Goofy!
- Extra Levels (XL) – Play 20 extra-LARGE levels exclusively designed for the big screen experience! Only available on Tablet
Where’s My Mickey? is available now for iPhone & Android, for tablets (iOS / Android) and for Windows tablets/PCs
The trailer is available at http://youtu.be/vBi0TnBIZuw with images http://smu.gs/12uLZ1W.
Award-Winning XCOM®: Enemy Unknown Invades the App Store
Game of the Year* strategy title now playable anywhere on your iOS device
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash tag #XCOM
Sydney, Australia – 21st June, 2013 – 2K, 2K China and Firaxis Games announced today that the Game of the Year award-winning* strategy title XCOM®: Enemy Unknown is now available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch**. The iOS version delivers the full XCOM: Enemy Unknown experience, giving gamers the ability to defend the human race against a terrifying alien invasion anywhere they can take their iOS devices. Taking full advantage of the touch controls on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, players can command the XCOM project, create a fully operational base, research alien technologies and engage in strategic combat, all with the touch of a finger.
“Bringing a game of XCOM: Enemy Unknown’s size, depth and quality to a mobile platform isn’t something you see often, but we’ve accomplished just that,” said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. “We’ve been very pleased with the success of XCOM: Enemy Unknown and we expect that to continue as we bring the full experience to this exciting new platform.”
XCOM: Enemy Unknown for iOS takes the complete XCOM experience of the console and PC version of the game and optimizes it for the touch interface of iOS devices. XCOM: Enemy Unknown for iOS includes GameCenter support and utilizes iCloud functionality so players can save games across their iOS devices. Head-to-head multiplayer will be added at a later date as a free update.
“Turn-based strategy games are a natural fit for a touch interface, and XCOM: Enemy Unknown takes full advantage of this on iOS devices,” said Jake Solomon, lead designer of XCOM: Enemy Unknown at Firaxis Games. “We’re thrilled that gamers have yet another platform to play the game on, especially one that allows XCOM: Enemy Unknown to be played anywhere, anytime.”
Developed by the strategy experts at Firaxis Games, XCOM: Enemy Unknown has won more than 80 editorial awards worldwide to date. Released in October 2012 to wide critical acclaim, XCOM: Enemy Unknown received review scores of 9 out of 10 from Hyper and 9.5 out of 10 from Game Informer. In XCOM: Enemy Unknown, players oversee combat strategies and individual unit tactics, as well as base management and resource allocation while playing as the commander of a secret global military organization, XCOM. With equal emphasis on deep strategy and intense tactical combat, XCOM: Enemy Unknown allows gamers to control the fate of the human race by defending against a terrifying global alien invasion.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown for iOS is available now for AU$20.99/NZ$24.99 from the App Store on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch or at www.AppStore.com. For the latest news and information in the world of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, become a fan on Facebook and follow on Twitter.
*XCOM: Enemy Unknown was named Game of the Year 2012 by the following outlets: GameTrailers, GiantBomb, Kotaku, and MTV Multiplayer.
**Supported iOS devices for XCOM: Enemy Unknown include the iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad mini, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5 and iPod touch 5th Generation.
2K is a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).
Join the Scare Games in the Disney Mobile Game ‘Monsters University’ based on the film from Disney•Pixar!
Monsters University Now Available for iOS and Android Devices
Disney Mobile Games has unleashed the Scare Games from Monsters University, based on the movie from Disney•Pixar, for iOS and Android at AUD$0.99/NZD$1.29. Start the school year with Mike in Monsters University by catching Archie the Scare Pig, and becoming the ultimate scarer! Launching with two level-based mini games, Catch Archie and Toxicity Challenge, players are in for a wild run through the MU campus!
Players join Mike to Catch Archie and get a hold of the rival school Fear Tech’s precious mascot in this endless running game. Chase after Archie in 30 exciting stages while going for the high score.
In Toxicity Challenge, players begin their entry into the Scare Games as they race against the clock, to get through the sewers before time runs out. In this scare game event players need to watch out for the stinging glow urchins that will sting and slow the runner down throughout all 30 stages.
Players can choose between three of their favorite monsters, Mike, Sulley, and Squishy.
As they level up special power-ups are unlocked and unique collectible Scare Cards are revealed. Additional mini-game Scare Games and new playable characters to come soon with free updates.
Monsters University is now available for AUD$.99/NZD$1.29 on the App Store at http://bit.ly/11cfXVE and Google Play: http://bit.ly/1761UWh.
Players can also download Monsters University: Catch Archie and sample 10 levels of the mini-game for free at http://bit.ly/12PctpM
Check out the trailer on YouTube: http://bit.ly/17KFIjU
Images for Monsters University can be seen here: http://smu.gs/10iV1hb
Disney•Pixar’s Monsters University is in cinemas now – www.disney.com.au/monsters/
TAKE ON THE LUIGI CHALLENGE IN NEW SUPER LUIGI U OUT NOW ON NINTENDO eSHOP
New Add-On Content available for New Super Mario Bros. U to celebrate the Year of Luigi
21st June 2013 – With the Year of Luigi in full flow the spotlight is firmly on Luigi, the man in green, who takes over from Mario in New Super Luigi U, in his own platform adventure exclusively on Wii U. Luigi and friends battle their way through over 80 brand new courses all tweaked to be even more challenging and exciting! This game is now available as Add-On Content for New Super Mario Bros. U via Nintendo eShop* and will be available in stores as a standalone game in Australia and New Zealand from 27th July.
New Super Luigi U tests the capabilities of seasoned gamers and fans of the series, with the simple act of travelling to the Goal Pole at the end of each course remixed with seemingly improbable jumps, formidably hidden Star Coins and all with just a time limit of 100 seconds to do it in! Whilst each course is challenging, they are designed with densely packed features to invite you to replay each one of your best performance.
With Mario taking a break in this twist on New Super Mario Bros. U, Luigi takes centre stage bringing a set of skills that change the way you play! For instance, Luigi can jump much higher and further than Mario, and is able to cross chasms and reach platforms that Mario never could in a single jump. Players better watch out though as Luigi finds it a lot harder to stop once he starts moving…
Take on the challenge with friends in multiplayer in New Super Luigi U, where players can join Luigi as Yellow Toad, Blue Toad or Nabbit – a character first seen in New Super Mario Bros. U – and now playable for the first time! Nabbit brings his own nifty skills to the table; he is invincible which will make life easier with enemies and obstacles, and any items he collects are converted into 1-Ups at the end of the course. Nabbit is perfect for beginners and when paired with Luigi, he offers a whole new multiplayer experience. Or join in with Boost Mode and help Luigi to reach new areas and jump further by dropping blocks into the course with the Wii U GamePad touch screen for the ultimate speed run!
New Super Luigi U is now available via the Nintendo eShop* as Add-On Content for owners of the digital and disc versions of New Super Mario Bros. U – and will also be available at retail as a stand-alone game disc on 27th July.
*An available update is required for New Super Mario Bros. U to download the AOC version. A wireless broadband Internet connection is required to perform this update. Internet usage charges may apply. Consult with your ISP.”
Additional links:
Wii U website http://www.nintendo.com.au/wiiu
Nintendo Australia on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/NintendoAU
Nintendo Australia Image Library http://images.nintendo.com.au
Inside Titanfall: Official Behind the Scenes Video
Prepare for Titanfall! Get an inside look at Titanfall from the team at Respawn Entertainment. Featured in the EA E3 Press Conference.
War Thunder Announces Twitch-Powered Live Streaming Now One Click Away!
Next generation MMO combat game integrates Twitch functionality for live broadcasting to the world’s largest platform and community for gamers.
War Thunder, a next generation MMO combat game developed by Gaijin Entertainment,now enables live broadcasting to Twitch, the world’s largest platform and community for gamers. At the touch of a button, War Thunder players can now stream directly to their Twitch channel. For optimum presentation, they can customize the quality and resolution of the stream up to FullHD!
War Thunder’s recent global update 1.31 featured highly anticipated social components including Twitch and Facebook functionality alongside new planes, maps and numerous improvements to the gameplay. Beginning today, every War Thunder virtual pilot can easily align their Twitch channel to their War Thunder account, as well as customizing the broadcast quality and enabling commentary during broadcasts, so they can live stream instantly at the click of a button.
Gaijin Entertainment, the Russian-based developer of War Thunder, values this partnership with Twitch since it enables them to offer their community a new social component. “Working with Twitch is a very important step in War Thunder’s social campaign,” said Gaijin Entertainment CEO Anton Yudintsev. “Streaming War Thunder is very common among our community, so by adding live streaming functionality to Twitch with the touch of a button it will make this element of the game even more popular.”Since War Thunder is one of the most popular games among Twitch’s international audience, the integration of instant broadcasting capabilities is expected to exponentially grow the title’s appeal.
War Thunder official web-site: www.warthunder.com