August 15, 2011 - In anticipation of The International, the inaugural Dota 2 Championships at Gamescom from August 17-21, Valve has released the first Dota 2 trailer today.  Experience the world and heroes of Dota 2 through the narrative of its colorful shopkeeper.

The International features the 16 best Dota teams in the world competing in the Dota 2 Championships through a group stage, double elimination playoff format over the course of Cologne's five-day trade show.

The tournament will be broadcast in four languages (Chinese, German, Russian, and English) free of charge. The winning team will receive $1 million.  In addition to the cash prizes awarded by Valve, NVidia is providing all the hardware for the event.

Dota 2 will be available for the PC and Mac later this year. For more information on Valve and its games, please visit http://www.dota2.com/

August 16, 2011 (Cypress, CA) – Bandai Entertainment announced today they would have special events at this year’s J-POP SUMMIT FESTIVAL in San Francisco, August 27 and 28th.

The J-POP SUMMIT FESTIVAL is a pop culture-themed street fair that covers the grounds of Post Street from Webster to Laguna and the Peace Plaza of Japantown, San Francisco. This year’s festival is hosted by NEW PEOPLE in cooperation with the Japantown Merchants Association.

Bandai Entertainment will have a booth, with a K-ON! Poster giveaway and autograph session with voice actresses Stephanie Sheh, Cristina Vee, Cassandra Lee, Shelby Lindley and performer Karrie Shirou on Sunday August 28th at 1pm! Location: Booth Number 4 on Post Street.

Here is a schedule of events:

Saturday August 27,

K-ON! Mini-concert and screening
New People Cinema, 5:15-7:00pm

A special K-ON! Event! Voice actresses Cristina Vee (Mio), Cassandra Lee (Ritsu), Shelby Lindley (Tsumugi) and performers Karrie Shirou and Kix will be holding a live mini-concert in the theater auditorium performing fan favorite songs from the first season of K-ON!

Following the mini-concert the theater will host the premiere of the first two episodes from K-ON! Vol. 3 shown on the big screen! This will be followed by a Q&A session with the voice actresses.

Sunday August 28

K-ON! CONCERT
3:15-3:45 at the Peace Plaza Pagoda
Live appearance by STEPHANIE SHEH! (Sunday only)

Stephanie Sheh will join Cristina Vee, Cassandra Lee, Shelby Lindley and Karrie Shirou for a K-ON! Concert featuring fan’s favorite songs from Season one!

VOICE ACTING WORKSHOP
430-6:00, 3rd Floor of New People Cinema

Moderated by Elaine Clark, the founder of Voice One, a San Francisco based voice training and acting school, young professional voice actors including Cristina Vee, Stephanie Sheh, Cassandra Lee, Karrie Shirou, and Shelby Lindley will share their stories of becoming a voice actor and making it all come true!

HARUHI MOVIE PREMIERE!
630-9:30pm, New People Cinema

Northern California Premiere!

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Movie in ENGLISH!

Special introduction by voice actress Stephanie Sheh and Cristina Vee and Karrie Shirou of the ASOS BRIGADE!

For More information on the J-POP SUMMIT FESTIVAL please visit:
http://www.newpeopleworld.com/

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About Bandai Entertainment Inc.
Bandai Entertainment Inc. is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings (USA) Inc. and a premier distributor of Japanese animation on DVD and programming for television broadcast in North America. Titles include K-ON!, Gundam 00, Code Geass: Lelouch of Rebellion, Lucky Star, Gurren Lagann,The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, Escaflowne, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, My Otome, and many more.

World Cosplay Summit 2011: Brazilian Brother & Sister Pair Take Home 2nd Championship

August 7, 2011 (Sun), the eagerly anticipated World Cosplay Championship kicks off with a monstrous audience of 17,000. This year’s championship hosted cosplayers from 17 countries, setting a new record for the number of countries represented.

In a showdown of well-choreographed performances and mesmerizing costumes, the brother and sister pair representing Brazil emerged as 2011 World Cosplay Champions. What’s amazing is this brother & sister pair was crowned the champions in the 2006 World Cosplay Championship! Adding another championship won in 2008 by a different team of cosplayers, this brings the tally of total championships won by Brazil to an astounding three.

The House of the Dead: OVERKILL - Extended Cut, Naked Terror Revealed

Today we are proud to reveal Naked Terror, the first of two exclusive levels from The House of the Dead: OVERKILLT - Extended Cut.

Naked Terror has you fighting your way through a strip club (a real hardship, I know), the dark and dirty streets of Bayou City and a back roads dive bar. Not only do you have new environments to battle your way through, but you also have new stripper exotic dancer and biker mutants to contend with. But wait, there's more! The coolest aspect of this new level is who you play as, for this level G and Wash are elsewhere leaving you to take control of Varla Guns (previously an NPC in The House of the Dead: OVERKILL) and her cute stripper exotic dancer friend, Candy.

You can download a taste of Naked Terror in the form of several brand new screenshots here:

http://basket.sega-press.com/PVZSegaf512a4315273762755819184175.zip (5MB)

Using a host of weapons, watch your back as mutants go mad for blood! Blast bloody pieces out of their wretched bodies and uncover the mystery behind the Bayou County outbreak. New goodies like PlayStationR trophies, new game modes and new content are outnumbered by only one thing: Bullets! Will you defeat everything this freakish nightmare town throws at you or will you become mutant chowder?

The House of the Dead: OVERKILL - Extended Cut will be releasing exclusively on PlayStationR3, and will be available in stores across North America on October 25, 2011.

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