Schedule for Metarama Gaming + Music Festival 2019 released

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With a little over two months from the inaugural Metarama Gaming + Music Festival, the full schedule has been revealed today.

Saturday, October 19 will have live performances from Diesel a.k.a. Shaq, Lindsey Stirling, and Marshmello. For the Metarama Masters exhibition games, Ninja, Shaq, and Jordan Fisher are among those set to show off their skills. Saturday will also have an exhibition match between Overwatch League teams Guangzhou Charge and San Francisco Shock and the semifinals for the League of Legends Pros vs Joes tournament.

Sunday, October 20 will have Snoop Dogg, Grouplove, and Logic take the stage for some live performances. Imagine Dragons, Jacksepticeye, and Noel Miller are among those set to play Metarama Masters exhibition games that day. Overwatch League teams Philadelphia Fusion and Seoul Dynasty will kick things off, and the League of Legends Pros vs Joes finals will take place.

The entire schedule can be seen below.

VIP, 2 day, and single day tickets for Metarama Gaming + Music Festival are on sale here. The festival takes place at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds in Las Vegas, Nevada. Head to their website for more information.

Saturday October 19

Meta Stage

12:30 p.m. Lemaitre

1:50 p.m. Witt Lowry

3:10 p.m. Metarama Masters (Jordan Fisher, Lemaitre, Witt Lowry, BasicallyIDowrk, Landon, Aydas)

5 p.m. Diesel (Shaq)

6:40 p.m. Metarama Masters (Ninja, Shaq, CouRage, Ewok, TimTheTatman, DrLupo, Smitty Barstool, Nate Hill)

8:30 p.m. Lil Yachty

10:30 p.m. Marshmello

Rama Stage

12:30 p.m. Overwatch League (Charge vs Shock)

2:35 p.m. Jvna

4:00 p.m. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

5:40 p.m. Rhett & Link

7:30 p.m. Lindsey Stirling

9:05 p.m. League of Legends (Pros vs Joes Semifinals)

Sunday, October 20

Meta Stage

12:15 p.m. Overwatch (Fusion vs Dynasty)

2:15 p.m. Cody Ko & Noel Miller

3:40 p.m. Cray

5 p.m. Metarama Masters (Nick Eh 30, Sodapoppin, Jacksepticeye, Noel Miller, Logic, NickMercs, SypherPK, KittyPlays)

6:45 p.m. Snoop Dogg

8:20 p.m. Metarama Masters (Imagine Dragons, Grouplove, DrLupo,Yassuo, Voyboy, Alexa, BunnyFuFuu)

10:15 p.m. Logic

Rama Stage

12:15 p.m. mxmtoon

1:30 p.m. Jacksepticeye

2:50 p.m. League of Legends (Pros vs Joes Finals)

4:30 p.m. Ducky

6 p.m. Grouplove

7:45 p.m. Sodapoppin

9:15 p.m. Alan Walker

Korn to perform virtual concert in AdventureQuest 3D and AdventureQuest Worlds

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If you’re in the mood to see Korn perform in the virtual world, you’ll get your chance next week.

The creators of AdventureQuest 3D and AdventureQuest Worlds have announced the band will play a special concert on August 20. This performance will include a new song from Korn’s upcoming album The Nothing. During their concert, players in both games will be able to engage in a moshpit filled with loot.

The only way to see this concert is by hopping into either game at sundown. You can play these free games on Android, iOS, and Steam.

Korn are currently on their co-headlining tour with Alice In Chains, which features support from Underoath and special guests Ho99o9 and Fever 333.

Korn tour dates

August 16 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Blossom Music Center (feat. Ho99o9)

August 17 - Burgettstown, PA - KeyBank Pavilion (feat. Fever 333)

August 18 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center (feat. Fever 333)

August 20 - Noblesville, IN - Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center (feat. Fever 333)

August 21 - Tinley Park, IL - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre (feat. Fever 333)

August 23 - Maryland Heights, MO - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre (feat. Fever 333)

August 25 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center (feat. Fever 333)

August 27 - Albuquerque, NM - Isleta Amphitheatre (feat. Fever 333)

August 30 - Irvine, CA - FivePoint Amphitheatre (feat. Fever 333)

August 31 - Phoenix, AZ - Ak-Chin Pavilion (feat. Fever 333)

September 2 - Chula Vista, CA - North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre (feat. Fever 333)

September 4 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre (feat. Fever 333)

October 13 - Sacramento, CA - Aftershock Festival (festival performance)

Pactless Studios unveils Kickstarter for webseries 'Pactless Patrons: A Support Group'

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With love for Dungeons and Dragons and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy , Pactless Studios decided to pay tribute with Pactless Patrons: A Support Group.

Originally planned as a webcomic, it made the transformation into an animatic webseries. The show revolves around warlocks unable to find a minion. Through a support group, they discover how to get the job done.

What’s a series without a great cast? For Pactless Patrons: A Support Group, almost 350 people auditioned to be a part of this show. Some voice actors taking part of this series are Shamon Williams, Timothy Callaway, and Callie Wills. Now, they’re looking to make this a reality with the help of their fans.

Their Kickstarter is currently live right now, and it’ll run through September 5. They have various stretch goals, including a full six season run of the series. You can back the project here. You can also donate through their Patreon.

You can follow them on Facebook and Twitter for all updates on this project.

Brawlhalla adds WWE Superstars to their roster

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Following recent crossovers with Hellboy and Adventure Time, Brawhalla have invited some WWE faves to the mix.

The Rock, John Cena, Becky Lynch, and Xavier Woods will become playable characters starting today. There will also be a new game mode to celebrate this collaboration. In Brawldown, two teams of two go at it inside the squared circle with tables and chairs ready. KO both opponents three times to pick up the victory. This arrives days before Summerslam, which takes place at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Sunday, August 11.

Aside from the crossover, there’s various other balance changes arriving. You can check out what changes will take place here. You can check out the crossover trailer below.

Gen Con 2019: ENnie Awards winners announced

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Since 2001, the ENnies showcased the best in tabletop RPGs with the help of fans around the world. Last night at Gen Con, the ceremony delivered another batch of awards towards the creators of some beloved games.

Taking home the title of Best Game is Mothership, which was created by Tuesday Knight Games. This RPG lets you traverse through space as a teamster, android, marine, or a scientist. Taking home the titles of both Best Aid/Accessory – Non-Digital and Product of the Year is the Masks of Nyarlathotep Gamer Prop Set.

Other winners include Kids on Bikes for Best Family Game, Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff for Best Podcast, and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Core Rulebook for Best Writing.

The entire list of winners can be seen below.

Best Adventure
GOLD: Masks of Nyarlathotep (Chaosium Inc.)
SILVER: Mothership: Dead Planet (Tuesday Knight Games)

Best Aid/Accessory – Digital
GOLD: World Anvil Grandmaster Tier Worldbuilding & Campaign Management Platform
SILVER: DUNGEONFOG—Online Map Maker & Authoring Tool

Best Aid/Accessory – Non-Digital
GOLD: Masks of Nyarlathotep Gamer Prop Set (H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society)
SILVER: Dwarven Forge’s Dungeon of Doom Modular Terrain (Dwarven Forge)

Best Art, Cover
GOLD: Call of Cthulhu – Terror Australis 2E (Chaosium Inc.)
SILVER: KULT: Divinity Lost, 4th Edition (Helmgast AB)

Best Art, Interior
GOLD: RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha Slipcase (Chaosium Inc.)
SILVER: Symbaroum Monster Codex (Free League Publishing)

Best Cartography
GOLD: Forbidden Lands (Free League Publishing)
SILVER: A New Map of Hot Springs Island (Swordfish Islands)

Best Electronic Book
GOLD: Sly Flourish’s Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master (Last Word Audio)
SILVER: Fear’s Sharp Little Needles (Stygian Fox Publishing)

Best Family Game / Product
GOLD: Kids on Bikes (Renegade Game Studios/Hunters Entertainment)
SILVER: Dinosaur Princesses (Ardens Ludere)

Best Free Game / Product
GOLD: Ironsworn (Shawn Tomkin)
SILVER: The Ultraviolet Grasslands (Hydra Cooperative)

Best Game
GOLD: Mothership: Player’s Survival Guide (Tuesday Knight Games)
SILVER: Dialect: A Game about Language and How it Dies (Thorny Games)

Best Layout and Design
GOLD: Symbaroum Monster Codex (Free League Publishing)
SILVER: The Black Hack 2nd Edition (Squarehex)

Best Monster/Adversary
GOLD: Sandy Petersen’s Cthulhu Mythos for 5E (Petersen Games)
SILVER: Creature Codex for 5th Edition (Kobold Press)

Best Online Content
GOLD: Seth Skorkowsky
SILVER: The Alexandrian

Best Organized Play
GOLD: Cypher Play Numenera Season 18-2: Building Amber (Monte Cook Games)
SILVER: Minsc and Boo’s Guide to Stuff and Things (Greg Marks)

Best Podcast
GOLD: Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
SILVER: Red Moon Roleplaying

Best Production Values
GOLD: Forbidden Lands (Free League Publishing)
SILVER: Invisible Sun Black Box (Monte Cook Games)

Best RPG Related Product
GOLD: Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: Masks of Nyarlathotep (H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society)
SILVER: Miskatonic University: Restricted Collection (Chaosium Inc.)

Best Rules
GOLD: Call of Cthulhu Starter Set (Chaosium Inc.)
SILVER: Forbidden Lands (Free League Publishing)

Best Setting
GOLD: The Fall of DELTA GREEN (Pelgrane Press)
SILVER: Call of Cthulhu – Terror Australis 2e (Chaosium Inc.)

Best Supplement
GOLD: The Glorantha Sourcebook (Chaosium Inc.)
SILVER: The 7th Ed. Guide to Cthulhu Invictus (Golden Goblin Press)

Best Writing
GOLD: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Core Rulebook (Cubicle Seven)
SILVER: KULT: Divinity Lost, 4th Edition (Helmgast AB)

Product of the Year
GOLD: Masks of Nyarlathotep Gamer Prop Set (H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society)
SILVER: Forbidden Lands (Free League Publishing)

Fan’s Choice, Best Publisher
Chaosium Inc.

Judges’ Spotlight Award
The Stygian Library (Dying Stylishly Games)
Archives of the Sky (Aaron A. Reed)
Sigmata: This Signal Kills Fascists (Land of NOP LLC)
plot ARMOR (Mostly Harmless Games)
The Elephant & Macaw Banner: Player’s Guide (Porcupine Publishing)

Nightwolf comes to Mortal Kombat 11 on August 13

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Everyone’s favorite warrior Nightwolf will arrive in Mortal Kombat 11 later this month.

NetherRealm Studios have unveiled the gameplay trailer, and it’s filled with everything fans love about Nightwolf. When it comes to his fatality, Nightwolf isn’t satisfied with simply tearing their opponent’s chest from their body. Take a look at the bloody trailer below.

If you have the Kombat Pack, you’ll be able to start playing as Nightwolf on August 13. Everyone else will have to wait until August 20. Other DLC characters set to appear are Spawn, Sindel, and two guest characters.

Mortal Kombat 11 is out on the PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Microsoft Windows.

Gen Con 2019 announce streaming schedule

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Unable to attend Gen Con this year? Don’t worry because the fine folks behind the convention have dropped this year’s streaming schedule.

Fans will be able to witness most of the action through their official Twitch channels. Gen Con TV will include live shows from Hyper RPG, Saving Throw, and Maze Arcana. GenConStudio will feature interviews with various publishers showcasing their new games. Among those lined up to talk are Fantasy Flight Games, Atomic Mass Games, and Breaking Games. GenConMainStage will showcase the biggest events at the convention, including Talks Machina with the cast of Critical Role and the 34th annual Gen Con Costume Contest.

You can check out the entire streaming schedule below. The times listed are EST. Tickets for the events streaming on Gen Con TV and GenConMainStage can be purchased here. Some of these events are close to selling out, so be sure to get yours ASAP.

Gen Con takes place from August 1 through August 4 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. Badges can be purchased here. You can check out our coverage of this year’s convention, which includes the top events to see and an interview with Rat Queens’ Jessica Lynn Verdi, over here.

Gen Con TV schedule

Thursday, August 1

10 am: Inkwell: Tip of the Quill - Maze Arcana

1 pm: The Fall of Icarus - Hunters Entertainment

4 pm: Pathfinder Second Edition Live Play Event - Tomb Heist - Paizo Inc.

7 pm: Rouguelike Audience Generated RPG - Hyper RPG

10 pm: Rat Queens RPG - Hyper RPG

Friday, August 2

10 am: Table Takes - Live at Gen Con!

1 pm: Travis & Clint McElroy & Friends Munchkin Charity Livestream

4 pm: Tempting Fate Live Show - Saving Throw Show

7 pm: Huge Tiny Towns - The Brothers Murph

10 pm: KOIIOK 1991 RPG - Hyper RPG

Saturday, August 3

10 am: Dwarven Forge Live Play Reveal!

1 pm: Celebrity Secret Hitler

4 pm: Wildcards - Live Show - Saving Throw Show

7 pm: Once More Unto the Dungeon World - Part 1 - Adam Koebel and Friends

10 pm: Uncanny Valley - Live Show - Saving Throw Show

Sunday, August 4

10 am: Critical Core Charity Game - Game To Grow

1 pm: Once More Unto the Dungeon World - Part 2 - Adam Koebel and Friends

4 pm: Gen Con Wrap Up

GenConStudio schedule

Thursday, August 1

10:30 am: Fantasy Flight Games

12 pm: Existance Games

3 pm: Arcane Wonders

4:30 pm: Corvus Belli

7:30 pm: Cezch Games Edition

9 pm: The Witch Born Corporations

Friday, August 2

10:30 am: Mantic Games

12 pm: Extra Life

1:30 pm: Columbia Games

3 pm: Atomic Mass Games

4:30 pm: Bicycle (The United States Playing Card Company)

6 pm: Mattel

7:30 pm: Slug Fest Games

Saturday, August 3

10:30 am: TBA

12 pm: Ravensburger North America

1:30 pm: Privateer Press

3 pm: Paizo Inc.

4:30 pm: Greater Than Games

6 pm: Upper Deck

7:30 pm: Goliath Games

9 pm: Catan Studio

Sunday, August 4

9 am: Magic Beta Draft

12 pm: Dwarven Forge

1:30 pm: Breaking Games

3 pm: Atlas Games

GenConMainStage schedule

Thursday, August 1

11 am: Fireside with Peter Adkison

1 pm: Gen Con Insights - Diversity by Design

3 pm: Industry Guest of Honor: Creative Resilience, Creating in Difficult Times

5 pm: Industry Guest of Honor: An Uncommon Conversation

Friday, August 2

11 am: Industry Guest of Honor: Lessons From a Life of Roleplaying

2 pm: Dice Tower Live

7 pm: Gamers Live: Best Title Ever!

Saturday, August 3

10 am: Gamers Live: Ultimate Dungeon Showdown

1 pm: Talks Machina with the Cast of Critical Role

4 pm: 34th Annual Gen Con Costume Contest

Devolver Digital heading to Play NYC

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Beloved indie publisher Devolver Digital has announced today plans to appear at Play NYC.

They’ll be on hand to showcase Heave Ho, which is slated to be released on the Nintendo Switch and Steam in the near future. The game is developed by French indie studio Le Cartel, who also teamed with Devolver Digital for the release of Mother Russia Bleeds. Heave Ho simply has one objective: don’t die.

Tickets for Play NYC are on sale here. The convention takes place on August 10 and August 11 inside Manhattan’s Metropolitan Pavilion.

Overwatch release origin story for forthcoming hero Sigma

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After some teasing on social media, Overwatch has finally unveiled their new hero Sigma.

Released today, the origin story for this character is one of the creepiest yet from the game. As an eccentric astrophysicist, Sigma can wield the power of gravity. Not much has been shown of his abilities, but you can expect more information to be released soon. For now, watch the origin story below.

Right now, Overwatch is in the midst of its annual Summer Games, which concludes on August 5. Each week, players will be able to obtain special items from simply winning games. This week, fans can get a tennis-themed pachimari icon, a Mei snorkeling spray, and a Zhongguo Mei skin.

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD heads to PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Steam

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It’s been very quiet in the Super Monkey Ball camp, but today, Sega revealed plans to unleash Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD this fall. The game is a remake of the 2006 Wii launch title. The original Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz featured 100 levels with eight boss bottles. You can check out the announcement trailer below.

The remake is slated to be released on October 29 on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. For Steam users, this will drop in winter 2019. Pre-orders for the console versions are live here.

The last Super Monkey Ball game released was 2014’s Super Monkey Ball Bounce, which was released on Android and iOS.