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Planet Battlefield tipped us off to the dedicated server discussion currently ongoing at the Battlefield Bad Company 2 forums. According to the Battlefield blog, Bad Company 2 is set to feature a host of differences in the PC version of the game, including perks like increased player count, dedicated servers and a "prone" body position.
The forums lit up with console gamers upset at DICE's position, so community manager EAzerk16 justified it. Check after the jump for DICE's specific reasoning behind prone position and increased player count on the PC. Read More »
Remember when we all found out that Bethesda's parent company Zenimax had acquired id Software earlier in the year? Well according to a new article spotted over on Eurogamer.net, the giant media company could well be eyeing up none other than Valve Software for acquisition.
The report notes that while this rumor is unconfirmed, there is industry chatter that this might not sound quite as outlandish as you'd first think. Read More »
Over the weekend a French videogame player has apparently been streaming gameplay from the final version of Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2. A small nuclear explosion hit the web when it was hinted that the game now contains a third-person mode.
Get the scoop inside. Read More »
A new set of in-game screenshots from NetDevil's highly anticipated LEGO Universe have hit the site this morning which show off some of the game's building and customization features. According to a news blast, players will be able to build their own creations and add them to their own personal space in the MMOG world. Check out Spaceship, Pirates and Battle shots in the gallery after the jump. LEGO Universe is set to launch next year. Read More »
Fans of Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed series are in for a treat today. We've just posted the fifth developer diary video which runs for four and a half minutes and details some of the new clothes, armor and weapons that Ezio will be able to acquire on his adventures. See him bludgeon with a hammer, club with a mace and skewer with a spear. It's all fair game if you're an assassin, right? Read More »
The recent release of Double Fine's Brutal Legend (the manliest videogame title in all of history) proves that the gaming industry still wears the pants in the relationship between our eyes and our televisions, but that's not to neglect that the year 2009 has been gloriously rife with manly videogame titles. Here are nine of them. Read More »
League of Legends has been gaining quite the buzz from gamers who managed to snag an invite to the private beta, but according to Kotaku the free beta is now open to the public a few days ahead of schedule.
LoL's developers, Riot Games, are calling the beta the "pre-season," signifying a seasonal strategy in which new content such as maps and characters is made available in cycles similar to television seasons. In this way, new content can be released in waves, keeping the competition in a constant state of flux.
"Season One" starts early next year, and anyone who jumps on the beta will be allowed to carry over their character experience when the full game launches. Read More »
MTV Multiplayer is reporting that a high-level Siren skill in Borderlands isn't working properly. Apparently the top-tier Phase Strike skill, a melee attack performed while Phase Walking, is supposed to deal 800 percent damage, but even when fully maxed-out it only deals the normal damage of a melee attack.
Gearbox rep MongooseDog responded to the problem on the Borderlands message boards, saying, "We've been doing some investigation into Phase Strike and it does not appear to be working as intended." Read More »
PC users are now able to go out and purchase a full retail copy of Microsoft's well-received new operating system, Windows 7. Today represents the official release date for the new software in most of the major markets, with other-language versions coming soon after in the coming weeks.
Check out more info after the break. Read More »
When Rebellion's Aliens vs. Predator arrives next February, PC gamers who are sporting DirectX 11-compatible GPUs are going to be in for a treat. According to a press release sent out by the developer yesterday, the PC version of the sci-fi shooter will include unprecedented visual detail and depth.
Full scoopage after the jump. Read More »
The saga of Left 4 Dead 2 in Australia continues today as news arrives via wearetheinternetz stating that the Australian Classification Board has once again refused the shooter classification. Read More »
The legal back-and-forth over Fallout rights continues as Interplay is counter-suing Bethesda for a breach of contract (h/t GamePolitics). According to Raging Bull forums poster frymunchan, who's been outed as an Interplay stockholder, Interplay has been given ten days to respond to a preliminary injunction filed by Bethesda. Interplay's quarrel with the case deals with the digitally-distributed bundles it sold when Fallout 3 was released. Bethesda responded to the sale of those previous Fallout titles by contacting various digital download sites like GameTap and Good Old Games, claiming that Interplay did not own the rights to sell the games. Interplay believes it retained the right to the previous Fallout games, and that Bethesda's rights are solely with Fallout 3, 4 and 5. Read More »
A free-to-play Facebook version of Sid Meier's popular Civilization is being developed by Firaxis and is scheduled for release sometime next year, according to Games.com. The project, Civilization Network, is the result of the team wanting to leverage the Civ. experience to take advantage of social networking sites. Earlier this year we saw a version of Civ. released on the iPhone, and Civ. Network aims to take beta testers soon (sign-ups via the game's Facebook page).
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Following on from yesterday's Modern Warfare 2 PC update, Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling has posted a lengthy blog entry in which he goes to painstaking lengths to prove that the upcoming IWnet system is a winner.
At the time of writing, some 2,600 reader comments have been added to the blog entry, the vast majority of which don't seem to care one jot about what's being said. Read More »
A sliver of excitement for Ghost Recon fans came in late yesterday when various reports around the web popped up claiming that Ubisoft's semi-announced 2010 title Ghost Recon 4 will most likely be called Ghost Recon Predator.
The Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification (OLFC) recently gave Ghost Recon Predator a 15+ rating and noted that the multiplatform game will contain "strong violence."
While there's no official word on this development from Ubisoft, we're thinking that this leak will spur on some kind of announcement in the next couple of days. Read More »
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