08.30.2010 – ATLANTA – KontrolFreek™, makers of the wildly popular FPS Freek™, TD Freek™ and Speed Freek™ announced today that they are once again expanding their family of quality video game accessories by introducing the FPS Freek Legendary. This latest design was created to honor the much-anticipated release of Halo: Reach, Bungie Studio’s final entry in the classic console first-person-shooter series.  

Available in limited quantities, the FPS Freek Legendary will begin shipping on September 14 and is available immediately for pre-order here:

Order FPS Freek Legendary

Featuring a laser-etched grip surface on a new convex-shaped, platinum color thumb pad, this latest FPS Freek model also incorporates an improved three-clip attachment - giving players a boost to both style and functionality.  The FPS Freek Legendary is what snipers, laser-lovers, and players who enjoy sticking n00bs with plasma grenades need. Players that prefer to engage from a distance, and especially those that are salivating for the new DMR (Designated Marksman Rifle) will find the perfect companion in the FPS Freek Legendary. The FPS Freek has proven time and time again to help gamers at all skill levels improve their shooter play.  By lengthening the controller analog sticks, the attachment allows for approximately 40% greater leverage and unmatched aiming precision in all FPS environments.

“KontrolFreek is extremely pleased to be able to offer this special edition FPS Freek to our community of FPS gamers,” said Ashish Mistry, CEO of KontrolFreek. “KontrolFreek has helped tens of thousands of players become better at the games they love and, with the addition of the stylish FPS Freek Legendary, our tradition of offering innovative and effective console gaming accessories proudly continues.” 

About KontrolFreek

Fast-growing KontrolFreek makes high-quality video game console controller accessories that give players at all levels the competitive edge.  Using the latest in ergonomic science, engineering, and materials, the company’s Xbox 360 and PlayStation accessories are acclaimed by both critics and consumers alike. KontrolFreek’s product line cleverly combines simplicity of design with performance boosting features to improve speed, accuracy, maneuverability and comfort for players of all levels and across a variety of gaming genres. KontrolFreek is headquartered in Atlanta, Ga. For more information, visit http://www.kontrolfreek.com/. To meet KontrolFreek’s growing community, visit www.facebook.com/kontrolfreek.

Contact:

Chris Keene

For The Win! PR for KontrolFreek

302.463.1665

Chris@ftwpublicrelations.com

I can remember being pretty excited every time I located a hidden package in Grand Theft Auto III.  It felt cool to be exploring a random spot on the game’s huge map and come across something that the developers hid there just for me.  It was like getting rewarded for checking out the city they’d built and for taking the path less traveled.  But after doing the same thing in Vice City and San Andreas, finding hidden packages had lost most of its magic.  And by the time GTA IV showed up, I was well over it.

Gratuitous hidden object collecting has since become a genre staple: Saint’s Row has CDs, Crackdown has those elusive blue orbs, and pretty much every other sandbox game I can think of has something relatively pointless for us to scour the far corners of the map for.

Well, 2K Czech has hidden something that you’ll actually want to find for more than just Achievement’s sake in Mafia II—vintage Playboy Magazine centerfolds.  There are 50 of these classic 1950’s nudie mags for you to collect and each features a beautiful woman in the classy art-style of the period—no silicon here!  More than mere cheap thrills, these centerfolds immerse gamers in the era and give you the chance to see something that was a big part of popular culture during that time period.  And unless your grandpa is a pervy collector (which mine actually is), this may be the closest you’ll ever get to the genuine article.

Well done 2k Czech, well done.

VIPR Ultra FPS Freeks—you’ve been asking for them through Facebook, Twitter, KF Forums and email—and we’ve been trying our hardest to get them ready for you in time for this year’s biggest game launches.  Well, we are thrilled to say that VIPR Ultra FPS Freeks are finally back in-stock!  But, we have limited quantities.  And considering they’re our most popular accessory, we don’t know how long they will last.  All we can say is GET THEM WHILE YOU CAN!



Legendary performance. 100% Tournament legal.

Created with precision and accuracy in mind, the FPS Freek is our flagship accessory.  Fueled by our desire to win, the FPS Freek was developed for the sole purpose of becoming better at first-person shooters.  The result has become somewhat of a legend.  Proven a winner time and time again, the FPS Freek has been praised by numerous professionals, enthusiasts and n00bs alike.

By increasing the length of the thumb-sticks slightly, precision while aiming is improved dramatically.  Your range of motion is increased by 40%, giving you the opportunity to make smaller adjustments and “snap” to targets much faster in first-person shooters.  This affords you the luxury of turning up controller sensitivities to get the closest feel to a mouse possible on a console.  The greater leverage offers you better control and less force—alleviating thumb-fatigue and adding more comfort to long gaming sessions.  In short, this increased accuracy and decreased thumb-fatigue results in more kills and less deaths.

In the competitive world of online gaming, you’d be crazy to play without the FPS Freek!

FPS Freek is designed to fit both the PS3 and Xbox 360 controllers but will also fit many third-party versions.

Works great in games like:

• Modern Warfare 2
• Battlefield: Bad Company 2
• Call of Duty: Black Ops
• Halo: Reach
• Medal of Honor

Firefight mode was/is the ‘must play’ mode in Halo: ODST.  Bungie touted it.  Critics adored it.  Gamers couldn’t stop playing it.  It was nothing new or particularly innovative (we’ve been playing ‘Survival’ modes for years) but FF took all of the things that we love about Halo—co-op, pick-up-and-play action, tons of things to shoot at—and created something that many of us spent countless nights enjoying.

Well, Firefight is obviously making a return in Halo: Reach and Bungie has posted a five-minute round for us to take a look at.  From what I can see, it looks as if the game’s running just as smooth as we’d expect from Halo and with slightly more detailed graphics.  It also looks like they have ramped up the action a bit—which is great considering I’ve gotten pretty damn efficient at killing the Covenant over the last 10 years.

Take a look below; and if this doesn’t get you all fired-up, you should probably call a priest (I’m not 100% sure what I meant by that)!

Just as “Tough Actin’ Tinactin” does for foot fungus, Madden NFL relieves our burning itch for pigskin.  Every year in August, Madden wakes up from his golden bed, puts on his golden slippers, takes a golden shower (or at least a shower in a golden bathroom) and empties our Velcro wallets of hard-earned cash.  This is how it has gone for centuries.

But this year, things are a little different (not really. But I like the drama)!

This year’s Madden update features new rosters, better graphics and presentation, and most of the same old things you know and love about the franchise.  The biggest improvement/addition is in the engine itself.  The new locomotion engine puts a greater emphasis on precision while running the football.  Your ball-carrier is more reactive and the lack of a sprint button (I still hold down the right trigger for old-time’s sake) really forces you to evade would-be tacklers by flicking the right thumbstick.  This small tweak to the gameplay makes a huge difference and really seems to refresh the running game.

The other new feature worth noting is the “GameFlow” system, which automatically calls a play for you based on the current situation.  Hardcore footballers may laugh at the simplicity (and the occasional WTF? play call) but casual gamers will appreciate the faster pace and accessibility.  I happen to like it.  But there are a few things that confuse the hell out of me.  At times you have no idea what play has been called and the little voice coming through your headset sometimes adds to the confusion.  Also, playing a game with a friend via local exhibition with the “GameFlow” feature ‘on’ is somewhat impractical.  Neither you nor your opponent knows exactly what play you’re getting, which turns most of the match into a guessing game—this can be strangely fun or really annoying based on how much you care.  Either way, Madden 11 is at its best when enjoyed with a friend.

One more thing that is a bit wacky is the in-game advertising.  Now, I know that big-budget advertising is a huge part of real broadcast football, but it would be nice if the Achievements I earned weren’t sponsored by Old Spice!  On a hardly related note, it is pretty cool that after you win the Super Bowl (sponsored by Verizon Wireless, of course) you get to visit the White House and chill with Barack Obama.  Yes you can!

Madden has a long, and mostly unrivaled history in console gaming.  Once again, this year’s game adds to that legacy by streamlining the experience rather than re-inventing it.  Depending on your love of the franchise, this could either bring you much happiness or a long, drawn-out yyyaaaaawwwwwwnnnn (excuse me).  With the NFL exclusivity license in its twilight years it will be interesting to see if EA Tiburon decides to change their tried-and-true formula in the near future.  Things should get interesting soon.

It seems like Brett Favre retiring has been the topic of offseason conversation for at least the last five years (he has actually been threatening to retire since 2002.)  Being the poster boy for indecisiveness, Favre is at it again, soaking up the attention of the media and adding chaos to another football team’s locker room.  Yesterday, Favre allegedly sent certain Viking teammates text messages stating that he will not be returning to the NFL.

At 40 years old, Favre just came off one of his best seasons of his career with the Minnesota Vikings.  But in the NFC championship game against the New Orleans Saints he suffered an ankle injury on his left leg.  In May, Favre had arthroscopic surgery on the ankle and has since claimed to be having some trouble with the recovery.

At this point nothing is official, but it seems as if the Vikings will have to rely on the unproven Tarvaris Jackson when the preseason starts this year against the St. Louis Rams.

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