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‘Capture’ All of Your Hangout Antics with New Google+ App

Google is making it easier for you to capture all of your Hangout shenanigans with the launch of a new app inside the popular Google+ feature.

It’s called Hangouts Capture.

“Google+ Hangouts bring people together, and when they do, all sorts of awesome can unfold,” says Google’s Jeremy Ng. “The challenge, oftentimes, is capturing your favorite moments as they happen, so today we’re introducing the new Hangouts Capture app. With it you can take pictures of your Hangouts-in-progress, including a number of features not available in the usual screenshot workarounds.”

What the Capture app does is add a camera button to the bottom of your Google+ Hangout screen. When the app is open, you can snap unlimited screenshots with a single click. Of course, you could just snap screenshots the old fashioned way, but this really is much more efficient.

Mainly because every “capture” you make is saved to a shared album which is only visible to the other people in the Hangout.

Afterward, the photos will be accessible in your own photo albums, or by finding the original Hangout post. Google says that Hangout participants will always know that the Capture app is in use, and whenever someone actually snaps a photo.

You should see the Capture option pop up soon, says Google.

March 20, 2013
New Dishonored Screenshots Show a Decaying Empire

In addition to the gameplay trailers Bethesda has been releasing to show off the various powers gamers will control in Dishonored, there have also been a steady stream of screenshots showing off the game’s setting. The city of Dunwall so far appears to be a dystopian steampunk nightmare, and the latest screenshots don’t disappoint.

The screenshot above (which you can see a larger version of here) depicts what I hope are masked party-goers in front of a gigantic fish on a dining table. I suppose all gamers really need to know about the city of Dunwall can be summed up by that woman’s upside down baby-in-chains hat.

Check out the rest of the screenshots below and prepare for Dishonored to hit stores in less than two months, on October 9th in the U.S.

August 22, 2012
New Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation Info and Trailer From Gamescom

Gamescom 2012 is shaping up to be the best gaming conference of the year. While developers and publishers teased gamers at E3 with hints of what is to come, Gamescom is becoming a show-and-tell-all event. Of course, part of the reason for this is that the holiday buying season, and therefore the release dates of major titles, are just on the horizon.

Assassin’s Creed III is only a little over two months away (though not for PC gamers), and anticipation for what is already one of the most anticipated games of the year is still increasing.

At Gamescom this week Ubisoft has unveiled yet another trailer for Assassin’s Creed, this time for Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation, which is the PlayStation Vita version of Assassin’s Creed III. The trailer shows how the female assassin Aveline de Grandpré will make her way in an 18th century version of New Orleans:

Martin Capel, a Producer at Ubisoft also provided answers about Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation for a global q & a session at Gamescom. When asked about Aveline, Capel stated:

“What I can tell you about Aveline is that she is of mixed heritage – her father is French and her mother African. She is born of a form of temporary marriage called plaçage, where wealthy young men would typically take an African, Chinese or Native American women for a bride before they later found a more “acceptable” French bride. Plaçage was created because not enough French women could be persuaded to immigrate to the New World, and resulted in many children. Some of the children were pressed into slavery, while others were truly loved by their fathers, and were raised and educated with all the benefits that their father’s wealth could bring.

“Aveline is one of these lucky ones.

“As she grows, Aveline sees New Orleans from both sides – the luxury and social position that her father’s money brings, contrasted by the treatment she sees of those who share her mother’s heritage. Becoming a young woman, Aveline’s inner strength and confidence develop – she becomes an opponent of slavery, while her father’s love, wealth and status shields her from repercussions from the more conservative elements.”

August 15, 2012
The First Real Screenshots for Taken 2

I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don’t have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that’ll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don’t, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.

So begins Liam Neeson’s debut as one of the most badass characters of our time. He will return at an unknown date for Taken 2, with a screenplay co-written by the master of espionage thrillers, Luc Besson. Right now the film is in post-production. Still a lot of editing to go before we get our first taste of the upcoming film with a teaser trailer.

Today we get our first publicity stills. Just a few so it’s not much to go on right now. Basically they show us what we already know: Neeson will be a badass, and he’ll do a lot of badass things, including more than your fill of karate chops to the throat.

This time around, Bryan Mills (Neeson) will be the one who gets kidnapped. His daughter must help rescue him and his wife from the father of one of the kidnappers from the first movie. She does, and Neeson uses more of his “particular skills” to eliminate them one by one, and get his family out of harms way.

This time around the film will be directed by Oliver Megaton (Columbiana). Megaton directed the third sequel to the Transporter. Pierre Morel directed both Taken and The Transporter, making this the second series that Megaton has taken over for him.

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[Source: geektyrant, IMDB]

Images from Entertainment Weekly

May 17, 2012
Bethesda Releases New Dishonored Screenshots

Over at the Bethesda Blog, Bethesda has released a handful of new screenshots for the highly-anticipated Dishonored. In Dishonored, players take on the role of an assassin framed for the murder of an empress. Players will take on assassination jobs and use stealth, brute force, or supernatural powers to complete their work in whatever way they choose. More important than all of that, the game has a techno-steampunk setting that looks amazing. Check out the screenshots below to get a feel for the game’s atmosphere, and watch the teaser trailer for the game.

As the screenshot above attests, Dishonored will deal with some very adult themes. Below, lightning-fueled mounted police threaten the player:

There is a plague going around in the game’s fictional city, Dunwall, so you are not going to want to go for a swim in its canals:

The game allows players to choose how they want to complete their missions. Players can be stealthy, use supernatural powers, or run in Halo-style with grenades. The game’s supernatural powers include stopping time, teleportation, and possessing animals such as rats.

As you can see, the artwork in the game eschews Skyrim-like realism in favor of a more stylistic approach. This is probably a good call, considering all of the human-killing that will take place in the game. What do you think? Are you excited for Dishonored? Leave a comment below and let me know.

April 30, 2012
iOS 5.1 Update Is Available To Download, Screenshots Inside

Apple announced earlier today that their latest update iOS 5.1 would be available. WPN has confirmed that it is available to download. Most of the details surrounding the update have been known, with a couple of mystery improvements we now can confirm.

A friendly tip, be sure to plug in your phone as the update instructs. It has been confirmed by WPN that the update can drain up to 5% of your battery life during the update and installation.

Here are screenshots of the iOS 5.1 update…

Here’s a screenshot of how the new camera button will function on the lock screen. You have to slide the camera button up instead of just pressing the button. A couple of people have tried it at the WPN office, and the verdict so far is that it’s even more of a hassle to get to your camera…

March 7, 2012
Assassin’s Creed 3 Screenshots Leaked

With Assassins Creed 3 slated to release this Fall, fans are getting anxious. So anxious that promotional material appears to be leaking daily. We can’t get enough:

Revolutionary Setting

Deer Hunter?

Classic sneak attack

Guerilla warfare

It appears the main character has taken to climbing trees instead of buildings.

The setting and the scale of the new Assassins Creed look epic. Hopefully the gameplay returns to its roots.

Assassin’s Creed 3 will be released in North America October 30th, 2012

March 2, 2012
Max Payne 3 PC Screenshots Arrive

Today, Rockstar has released the first screenshots from the upcoming PC version of Max Payne 3. If you’re out of the loop, here’s how they describe the new entry in the series:

For Max Payne, the tragedies that took his loved ones years ago are wounds that refuse to heal. No longer a cop, close to washed up and addicted to pain killers, Max takes a job in São Paulo, Brazil, protecting the family of wealthy real estate mogul Rodrigo Branco, in an effort to finally escape his troubled past. But as events spiral out of his control, Max Payne finds himself alone on the streets of an unfamiliar city, desperately searching for the truth and fighting for a way out.

According to Rockstar, the game will “feature gloriously increased resolution and graphical detail in both the epic story and the explosive multiplayer modes.” So without further ado, here are the first high-res images:

Max Payne 3 is launching on Xbox 360 and PS3 on May 15th, a couple of weeks before the PC launch which is slated for May 29th. Max Payne will be the first game in the series to support multiplayer.

And just in case you haven’t seen the newest trailer, here you go:

What do you think? Let us know in the comments.

February 23, 2012
The Walking Dead Video Game: Behind the Scenes & Screenshots

What started out as a blip on the zombie-dar with The Walking Dead #1, has now turned into a comic book powerhouse, which in turn has spawned one of the most watched shows on television. Now, the series will be receiving the video game treatment by way of Telltale Games.

We’ve known about the video game adaptation for awhile now, but have had no details to go along with it. This changed when Telltale released their first episode of “Playing Dead“, an episodic behind-the-scenes series diving deeper into The Walking Dead game. You can watch the first episode below.

(Skip to 5:20 if you want to hear about how Robert Kirkman hated Mario Sunshine)

To coincide with their video, they released three brand-spanking new screenshots today, giving us our first look at the game’s art style. Looking pretty good.

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As a huge fan of The Walking Dead comic series and a fan of Telltale Games, who were the developers for Sam & Max and Back to the Future: The Game, I’m extremely excited about this. If you played Back to the Future: The Game, you know this company has a knack for telling engaging stories based on known properties and respecting beloved characters. It was one of my favorite games of 2011. Based upon their work, I have high hopes for The Walking Dead game.

While I think the story and characters will be fantastic, I’m a bit skeptical how the studio will handle the inclusion of zombies. Telltale’s point-and-click adventure style games have never really featured urgency and horror-like elements before. I’m trying to wrap my head around how they’ll handle the idea of having to stay away from zombies, and the action based elements that practice includes. Will any of the gameplay involve killing zombies, while trying not to get bit? Or will they reserve all of the action for cutscenes?

Hopefully we’ll find out soon enough.

February 15, 2012