Gat Out Of Hell 

Greetings mortals, 

Wee-Ja look at that: Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell and GAME offer a supernatural exclusive exciting enough to raise the dead.

Now you can confront your demons in style by owning your very own Wee-Ja Board, exclusively when you pre-order Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell in the UK from retailer GAME. 

9 January 2015, Basingstoke UK. Just like Johnny and the Third Street Saints, wield the mystical power of the nefarious spirit board and make contact with the other side. Use the devilishly crafted board and wooden planchette to ask the dead questions like 'To whom am I speaking?', 'What will the weather be like in July?' and 'Where are my car keys?'

Saints Row fans who send their best photos playing the Wee-Ja Board to Deep Silver will be entered into a competition to win an exclusive terrifying night of ghost hunting with three friends and the UK's number 1 spirit medium Derek Acorah, courtesy of Haunted Events UK.

"I'm excited to be giving four Saints Row fans a window into the spirit world," Acorah said of the prize. "I'll be leading them through one of the most fascinating and haunted locations in the UK, where they'll have the chance to witness strange and unexplained phenomena in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." 

Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell rises up from the fiery depths of the underworld on 23rd January. Pre-order now from GAME and receive the Plague of Frogs DLC Pack, which features hellish mementos for your to bring back to virtual Steelport in Saints Row IV. Rain amphibian death onto Zinyak's army with the Lil' Croaker, and look good doing it in either Grenadier armour or Jezebel's clothes. 

Wee-Ja  competition closes on Monday 2 March and Wee-Ja photos can be sent toweeja@deepsilver.com.

PRODUCT INFORMATION

Saints Row IV

Formats:  PC, PS3, X360 Out:  23/8/2013 Publisher:  Deep Silver

Ear Force XO One Review, by Ryan Hunt.

I’ve had a set of Turtle Beach P11’s for as long as I can remember and they’ve truly served me well. As you know, here at Gamesbooth, we’ve had our fair share of headsets through our doors, some we’ve liked and some we haven’t. When Turtle Beach launched the XO One in the middle of 2014, I was keen to try them, but for a variety of reasons (the main one being I didn’t own and Xbox One at the time), I couldn’t get a chance to try them until towards the end of the year.

The most important part that you want to know, is the cost of the XO One’s, well they retail about the £50-£55 mark, but this could change (don’t quote me on it), since Turtle Beach have made the recent announcement of the Elite 800X headphones for the console - which come with a whopping £249 price tag – so you’d better be a keen / pro gamer for those! However, this now means that Turtle Beach has about six sets of headphones for the next generation console, in a range of price points.

For £50 these headphones pack a great deal in, including 500mm drivers, wireless surround sound and they even include the controller adapter – which is required for use with the Xbox controller – which itself can cost about £40.  So you’re really getting a bargain bundle when purchasing this headset.

So what’s it sound like, after all that’s what you bought it for right? To gain an advantage over the enemy. Well, the sound quality on these bad boys is so fantastic it's almost like a real surround sound system. You can literally hear every bullet casing hit the floor in perfect clarity. The mic is detachable, so if you don't need it just remove it and it’s no longer in your way.  In addition, although for the Xbox One, you can use them on any device, albeit with limited functionality, such as your phone or tablet or anything with a 3.5 mm headphone jack.

The form factor of the headphones is OK, it’s not got the high quality feel of other headsets and does in fact have a plasticky feel, but that comes with the price point I guess.  The padding is limited to say the least, a small band across the very top of your head and some cushioned over the ear, ear cups.  But, you can’t have everything right? Not for £50.

Over all I'd say the only problem you have to decide upon is to spend you’re hard earned cash on the XO One or do you work a little harder, dig a little deeper and spring for one of the more expensive sets in the XO or Stealth range.

I honestly can't think of any major downsides - the adapter for the controller can be a bit tough to remove and the lack of padding may begin to bother you after a few hours, or in a few months when it’s beginning to wear,  but technically and for that price point it has to be a recommended headphone for those who have just got their Xbox One for Christmas.

Looking forward to reviewing more from Turtle Beach in the future – especially those new Stealth 800X’s J. 

10/10

PLANETSIDE^® 2 CLOSED BETA ON THE PLAYSTATION^®4 BEGINS JANUARY 20, 2015

The first wave of PlayStation®4 players is set to deploy to Auraxis on January 20, 2015. Today, Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) announced that the critically-acclaimed, free-to-play massively multiplayer online first-person shooter (MMOFPS),  PlanetSide^®2, will enter Closed Beta for the PlayStation 4 (PS4) computer entertainment system in North America this month.


Starting with a few thousand initial invites, the amount of players with access to the Closed Beta will steadily increase through the Beta period. Players will be invited to the Beta in chronological order of when they signed up. Players can opt in by email for a chance to participate in the Closed Beta through the  PlanetSide 2 website: https://www.planetside2.com/ps2onps4.

The ideal console platform for  PlanetSide 2, the PlayStation 4 will showcase the beauty, depth and frenetic open-world combat found in game like never before. PlanetSide 2 will be the only PS4 game that allows massive communities of players to come together to simultaneously experience enormous battles, giving players a truly massive world combat experience.

PlanetSide 2 Closed Beta will begin on Jan. 20, 2015 for the PlayStation 4, with a full PS4 launch slated for later this year. For additional details on the PlayStation 4 version, visit the PlanetSide 2 FAQ:  https://www.planetside2.com/faq.

PRODUCT INFORMATION

PlanetSide 2

Formats:  PC, PS4 Out:  Available now (PC)   20/1/2015 (PS4) Publisher:  Koch Sony Online Entertainment

Activision Publishing, Inc. and Nickelodeon are taking you under the sea by teaming up with SpongeBob SquarePants and his Bikini Bottoms friends in SpongeBob™ HeroPants, a new video game based on Nickelodeon's hit-animated TV series. This action platformer arrives in March on Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft, the Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held system, PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system and PlayStation®TV.

All is not well in Bikini Bottom following the events of Paramount Pictures' The SpongeBob™ Movie: Sponge Out of Water, the new animated/live-action feature film hitting UK cinema screens on 27^th March.  SpongeBob's dreams are coming to life and altering space and time beneath the waves. SpongeBob must join forces with his friends to unlock their hidden abilities and put back the pieces of his shattered cartoon psyche. Along the way they’ll visit alternate forms of Bikini Bottom as it is warped by SpongeBob’s mind into prehistoric, war zone and candy-coated versions of the town.

SpongeBob HeroPants is an action game with a focus on platforming, exploration and light puzzles and combat. Each of its six playable characters – SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Sandy, Mr. Krabs and Plankton – can morph into a unique super-powered champion to solve challenges, unlock new areas and defeat SpongeBob's crazy imagination. The full adventure features boss battles, upgradeable skills and a treasure trove of hidden items to unearth. It also includes four-person local drop-in/drop-out cooperative multiplayer on Xbox 360.

Until SpongeBob HeroPants releases, stay square and follow along for the latest news and updates athttp://www.nick.com/SpongeBob/, www.facebook.com/SpongeBob and www.twitter.com/SpongeBob.

PRODUCT INFORMATION

SpongeBob HeroPants

Formats:  3DS, PSV, TV, X360 Out:  March 2015 Publisher:  Activision

UBISOFT^® ANNOUNCES ASSASSIN’S CREED^® UNITY - DEAD KINGS AVAILABLE NEXT WEEK

Join Arno On A Journey To The Underground Tombs Of Former French Kings 

Today, Ubisoft^® announced that Assassin’s Creed^® Unity - Dead Kings, the downloadable campaign that continues Arno’s story after the events ofAssassin’s Creed^® Unity, will be available for free to all purchasers of Assassin’s Creed Unity for the Xbox One games and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC on January 13, and on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system on January 14 2015.

After the events of Assassin’s Creed Unity, Arno leaves Paris for Saint Denis, a mysterious city that holds the crypts of deceased French kings. Sent on a mission to the extensive underground of the Basilica, Arno will face a faction of new foes, the Raiders, populating its catacombs. Equipped with a lantern and a new powerful weapon, the Guillotine gun, Arno will have to navigate the dangerous passageways to uncover the darkest secrets of the city.

In addition to a fully-fledged main single-player campaign, Assassin’s Creed Unity - Dead Kingsalso offers new open world activities and side missions, including new Murder Mysteries, enigmas and cooperative missions. Both single-player and cooperative modes enable players to unlock new weapons, gear and outfits that carry over between Assassin’s Creed Unity andAssassin’s Creed Unity - Dead Kings. 

For more information about Assassin’s Creed Unity please visit the UbiBlog, follow us on our UK Twitter account, like our UK Facebook page and subscribe to our UK Youtube account.

For the latest news on Assassin’s Creed collectible merchandise, please visit and like the pagewww.facebook.com/ubicollectibles.

PRODUCT INFORMATION

Assassin's Creed: Unity

Formats:  PC, PS4, XO Out:  13/11/2014 Publisher:  Ubisoft

Turtle Beach Introduces New Gaming Headsets, Accessories and Partnerships at CES

The Elite 800X Wireless Xbox One Headset and Superhuman Hearing Headline the New 2015 Gaming Line-Up

100% Wireless Gaming Headsets for Xbox One  In November 2014, Turtle Beach introduced the Stealth 500X, the first 100% wireless headset for the Xbox One. The Stealth 500X is also the first and only headset for the Xbox One with DTS Headphone:X 7.1 channel surround sound. These unique features helped make the Stealth 500X the best-selling headset SKU in the $200 price tier for the month of November in the U.S. when measured by both units and dollars, according to sales tracking data reported by The NPD Group, Inc. Turtle Beach is following up on that first-to-market success with a new wireless headset that will set a new standard of performance for the Xbox One: the Elite 800X. The Elite 800X brings several more firsts to Xbox One gaming, including active noise cancellation and invisible, boom-free microphones. It also packs DTS 7.1 channel surround sound, customisable presets, a magnetic charging stand and swappable speaker plates into the equation -- adding up to the most advanced wireless headset ever made for the Xbox console. As an added bonus, the purchase of an Elite 800X comes with the option to enroll in the Turtle Beach Elite Membership Program, which offers a number of benefits and exclusive programming and content. The Elite 800X is expected to launch at retail in the spring of 2015.

Elite 800X

Upgraded Xbox One Gaming Audio  Turtle Beach has introduced two upgraded versions of market-leading Xbox One headsets – the XO SEVEN Pro and the XO FOUR Stealth. The XO SEVEN Pro is the first gaming headset for the Xbox One that is officially licensed by Major League Gaming and features Superhuman HearingTM. With the touch of a single button, Superhuman Hearing provides a competitive advantage in multiplayer gaming by making soft sounds that are typically hard to hear louder, allowing players to pinpoint quiet audio cues like enemy footsteps and weapon reloads. The XO SEVEN Pro features tournament-grade headset durability, materials like memory foam ear cushions for comfort and noise-isolation, and a removable mic and mobile adapter cable for use with PC and mobile devices. Premium 50mm Neodymium Speakers tuned for Xbox One deliver amazing sound quality. The XO SEVEN Pro can be personalized with swappable speaker plates, which are available in dozens of designs at this speaker plate link

XO SEVEN Pro

The XO SEVEN Pro includes the new Ear Force Headset Audio Controller Plus, which connects the headset to the Xbox One wireless controller for chat and game audio. The Headset Audio Controller Plus introduces variable mic monitoring, which takes the sound of your voice and feeds it back into the headset so your voice sounds normal. Without mic monitoring, gamers tend to yell into the mic because they cannot hear their own voice. The Headset Audio Controller Plus also has selectable game presets to customise your sound (Natural Sound, Bass Booster, Bass & Treble Booster, and Vocal Booster) and environmental mic presets you can set based on room noise levels (Quiet, Normal, and Loud rooms). The XO FOUR Stealth, which includes the new Ear Force Headset Audio Controller, is a comfortable, lightweight gaming headset for Xbox One and mobile devices with high-performance 50mm neodymium speaker drivers, a removable mic, and fold-flat ear cups. The Headset Audio Controller incorporates mic monitoring and puts mic mute, multi-step bass boost, and master volume, game and chat volume mix controls right at your fingertips. To learn more about the advanced features offered in Turtle Beach gaming headsets please visit this feature link PC Gaming  Turtle Beach continues to aggressively expand its presence in the PC gaming market. Following up on the recent launches of its new Star Wars and Heroes of the Storm PC gaming headsets, at CES the company is announcing a new Call of Duty® Online PC Gaming Headset for the Chinese market. In addition, a new line of PC gaming accessories will be showcased at CES that recently launched in Germany and will be coming to other markets in the spring of 2015. Turtle Beach Introducing Call of Duty® Online PC Gaming Headset in China  High-Performance PC Gaming Headsets will enter the World’s Largest PC Gaming Market in April 2015 Turtle Beach today announced that it will launch an officially licensed Call of Duty Online® PC Gaming Headset in China. The new PC gaming headset, which features Call of Duty® branding and artwork, has 50mm neodymium speakers, an in-line controller with master volume and mic controls, and a removable boom microphone. The headset offers universal PC compatibility out of the box to connect with gaming desktops, laptops and ultrabooks.

Call Of Duty® Online PC Gaming Headset

Developed by Raven Software, Call of Duty Online is the first free-to-play Call of Duty® in the world, showcasing fan-favorite game modes from previous Call of Duty titles along with localised, unique content tailored specifically for the Chinese audience. Activision partnered with Tencent, one of China’s largest Internet and entertainment companies, to publish, market, and distribute the game in China. The public open beta for Call of Duty Online launches later this month in China. “Turtle Beach is honoured to be working with Activision and Tencent to create products that support the launch of the incredibly successful Call of Duty® franchise in China,” said Bob Picunko Chief Marketing Officer at Turtle Beach. “We are excited to bring high-quality, feature rich PC gaming accessories to Chinese consumers, and Call of Duty Online provides the ideal stage for our launch.” DFC International has estimated that the market for PC gaming headsets reached $55 million in 2014 and will expand to $200 million by 2016. China is the world’s largest PC gaming software market, estimated to be 2.5 times larger than the number two market, the United States. More than 225 million people are estimated to be playing video games in China and 65 million are considered hardcore gamers. PC Gaming Accessories  Visitors to CES will get hands-on experience with a new selection of Turtle Beach branded PC gaming accessories, including keyboards, mice and mousepads. The new accessories are being produced by Nordic Game Supply (NGS) in an exclusive licensing agreement with Turtle Beach. The new line of PC accessories is expected to launch this spring, including the Impact 700 and Impact 500 mechanical keyboards, the Grip 500 programmable laser mouse, the Grip 300 optical mouse, and the Drift and Traction gaming mousepads. From laser-engraved, back-lit Cherry MX Brown keys to metal-reinforced construction, the Turtle Beach IMPACT 700 gaming keyboard is designed to deliver precision control, durable quality and a stylish look to competitive gamers. Beginning with a full-sized metal-reinforced chassis and gunmetal keycap plate for stability and a distinctive backlight shine, it sports Cherry MX Brown key switches for a smooth, responsive, tactile feel while laser-engraved keycaps present adjustable soft-to-hard red backlighting and multiple illumination modes. Full anti-ghosting gives fast-moving fingers instant and accurate gameplay control even when hitting multiple keys. The IMPACT 700 also includes 3.5mm mic and audio jacks, and two USB 2.0 ports with direct audio pass-through to support everything a gaming headset and mouse can throw at it.

Impact 700

The Turtle Beach IMPACT 500 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard for PC and Mac combines precision and power in a minimalist, tenkeyless keycap layout for minimum distance and smaller keyboard footprint. For that sharp, tactile feel, the IMPACT 500 features Cherry Blue MX mechanical switches that deliver gold-standard responsiveness. And a soft touch-coated, metal-reinforced chassis provides rock-solid stability in a small footprint occupying less space on your desktop. The Turtle Beach IMPACT 100 is a unique hybrid keyboard that uses smart-guided keycap sleeves to emulate the sensation of a mechanical keyboard, but at a fraction of the cost. Patented 30-key rollover with full anti-ghosting means fast-moving fingers can control games without the fear of missed moves and dropped instructions. And metal-reinforced construction ensures long-lasting durability. The Turtle Beach Grip 500 laser gaming mouse is an ergonomically engineered, illuminated 7-button scroll-wheel mouse that uses premium components such as Avago 9800 laser sensor and Omron switches to deliver steady, precise gaming control. It packs a number of powerful features, including the ability to customise performance, change illumination settings, program all seven buttons and the scroll wheel, plus create up to 50 complex macros with up to 100 commands each and then assign them to any button. They can then be saved into five different colour-coded profiles, loaded into on-board memory and changed on the fly.

Grip 500

The Turtle Beach Grip 300 optical gaming mouse is an affordable, ergonomically engineered 5-button scroll-wheel mouse that uses quality components such as the Avago 3050 optical sensor and Omron switches to deliver smooth, precise control. Its compact, sculpted body sports an illuminated logo and scroll wheel, and hardware switches to adjust DPI from 500 to 1750 and polling rate from 125 to 1000Hz. Plug and play for both PC and Mac® right out of the box, there are no drivers to load or software to run. And its non-slip soft-touch coating enhances grip control and increases gamer endurance. The Turtle Beach® TRACTION Textured Control Surface Mousepad for PC and Mac® features a high-quality textured weave surface for maximum control. Built to stay in place with an anti-slip rubber base and constructed to last with anti-fraying stitched edges, the TRACTION mousepad ensures you get the best performance possible from your mouse. TRACTION comes in Medium (270x220mm), Large (350x250mm), X-Large (450x350mm) and Wide (900x300mm), which is wide enough to provide a surface for both a mouse and a keyboard. The Turtle Beach® DRIFT Fast Microfiber Mousepad for PC and Mac® features an ultra-smooth surface for fast, precise mouse movement. Built to stay in place with an anti-slip rubber base and constructed to last with anti-fraying stitched edges, the DRIFT mousepad ensures you get the best performance possible from your mouse. DRIFT is available in four sizes to suit your desktop layout including a Wide version large enough to provide a surface for a mouse, keyboard and gaming keypad. DRIFT comes in Medium (270x220mm), Large (350x250mm), X-Large (450x350mm) and Wide (900x300mm), which is wide enough to provide a surface for both a mouse and a keyboard.

CHARTTRACK WEEKLY CHARTS

All formats

Week ending 3 January 2015

POS.		TITLE	PUBLISHER	LAST  WEEK
1	-	CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE	ACTIVISION	1
2	-	GRAND THEFT AUTO V	ROCKSTAR	2
3	-	FIFA 15	EA SPORTS	3
4		FAR CRY 4	UBISOFT	5
5		ASSASSIN'S CREED: UNITY	UBISOFT	4
6	-	THE CREW	UBISOFT	6
7		DESTINY	ACTIVISION	11
8		WWE 2K15	2K SPORTS	12
9		DRIVECLUB	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	7
10		MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION	MICROSOFT	8
11		MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	9
12		LEGO BATMAN 3: BEYOND GOTHAM	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	10
13		MIDDLE EARTH: SHADOW OF MORDOR	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	16
14		FORZA HORIZON 2	MICROSOFT	18
15		THE EVIL WITHIN	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS	14
16		CAPTAIN TOAD: TREASURE TRACKER	NINTENDO	-
17		LITTLEBIGPLANET 3	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	13
18		HALO: THE MASTER CHIEF COLLECTION	MICROSOFT	19
19		ASSASSIN'S CREED: ROGUE	UBISOFT	17
20	-	SUPER SMASH BROS.	NINTENDO	20