GSC Game World has announced S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, the third stand-alone game in the highly-acclaimed post-apocalyptic series. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat takes place shortly after the end of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl…
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Publisher Activision has announced that the second downloadable map pack for Treyarch’s popular shooter Call of Duty: World at War will hit PlayStation and Xbox 360 this June. As with the first pack, the content will include four new maps, of which three; Banzai, Corrosion and Sub Pens are for traditional competitive multiplayer, whilst the fourth, “Shi No Numa (Zombie Swamp),” expands the cooperative Nazi Zombie mode. The map pack will also add ten new Xbox 360 achievements and PlayStation 3 trophies…
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Bethesda has released a new patch for the PC and Xbox 360 versions of Fallout 3, along with a few new screenshots from the upcoming Broken Steel DLC. The full list of changes v1.5 patch includes is as follows: New Features New achievements for Broken Steel Bug Fixes Fixed issue with VATS calculations not appearing properly for perks (PC) Fixed crash related to altered references between master files LOD objects render properly when loaded from DLC worldspaces
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Word on the street is that some of you still haven’t tried Valve’s zombie apocalypse shooter Left 4 Dead. If you fall into this category, do yourself a favor and log onto Steam tonight at 7:01 EST.
Valve is hosting a free 24-hour Left 4 Dead trial. The best part is, the trial includes the newly added Survival pack DLC.
If you guys are interested, boot up Steam now and get the game pre-loaded onto your computer. This will avoid the wait when 7:01 rolls around.
Read: L4D Freaky Free Friday Coming on Steam.
It seems like the people at Valve are just never satisfied with the games they release. They are constantly adding new features and changing the game mechanics of Team Fortress 2.
In a recent interview with Shacknews, Valve’s Robin Walker discussed some major changes heading to the cartoon shooter.
According to Walker, Valve plans on adding unlockable equipment other than weapons. In a recent patch, Valve added a 50-slot backpack to keep items in, as well as a slot for headgear.
Walker explained that the headgear slot is just a way to let players customise their appearance, for now. Walker stated, “We plan to do more than just cosmetic items, but we like to go one step at a time to be able to measure the effect of each change, both on the game and on the community. ”
Valve is hoping that it can get the new headgear out before the Sniper update, however if it’s not done by then it will just be bundled with the other DLC.
Read: Interview: Valve’s Robin Walker on Item Drops and the Future of Team Fortress 2.
A playable demo for Action Form’s recently released first-person shooter Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason has been made available for download, publisher 1C Games has announced. Set in the balmy arctic circle, Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason allows you to play a meteorologist, named Alexander Nesterov, who is incidentally caught inside an old nuclear ice-breaker North Wind, frozen in the ice desert for decades. Cryostasis is a story about a drama of a Captain and his Ship evolving in the atmosphere of animal …
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Crytek has released patch version 1.5 for Crysis Wars, the multiplayer element of Crysis Warhead. The Mod SDK has also been updated to accommodate this version. The Crysis Wars Auto Patching system should update your game automatically. To make sure your version of the game is up to date and compatible with the latest version of Crysis Wars, follow these instructions. Alternatively, you can download the patch manually from one of these mirrors:
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Today Ubisoft officially announced Red Steel 2. The sequel will feature full use of the new Wii MotionPlus attachment. In fact Red Steel 2 has been designed from the ground up for the Wii MotionPlus.
According to Tony Key, Ubisoft’s senior vice president of sales and marketing, “Red Steel was a unique opportunity for Ubisoft to work in tandem with Nintendo to create a title exclusively for the launch of the Wii console. Red Steel 2 is another milestone for the company as it is the first Ubisoft title with full Wii MotionPlus integration.”
Aside from the control scheme, Red steel 2 will be a very different game from its predecessor. Apparently it takes place in a “desert-bound, high-tech metropolis,” giving the game a Western feel.
Ubisoft is shooting for a Holiday 09 release. As more information arrives, you can be sure I’ll post it here on the Wire.
Read: Ubisoft Makes Red Steel 2 Official.
It looks like Polish game publisher/developer CD Projekt has fallen on some hard times. Today it announced that its console port of The Witcher, dubbed The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf, has been suspended.
According to Widescreen director Olivier Masclef, “The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf has been suspended pending the resolution of financial issues between the different project partners.” He went on to explain that CD Projekt missed “a big payment that we were supposed to receive. After having committed to the project but not being covered financially on it for three months, I [had] no choice.”
Hopefully CD Projekt will get their financial situation sorted out. I was a fan of The Witcher on PC and wholeheartedly believe that its unique blend of action and RPG elements would make it a standout title on consoles.
Read: The Witcher Console Port Officially ‘Suspended’.
Publisher Deep Silver has issued a new patch for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, updating the stand-alone prequel to version 1.5.09. Changelog Improved integrated anti-cheating system to take screenshots from the player’s screen. Improved integrated anti-cheating system that allows the remote admins to track the modifications in network game parameters. Fixed bug with killing the player after respawn. Improved player-checking system upon connection. Fixed bug with RPG-7.
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Publisher Deep Silver has issued a new patch for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, updating the stand-alone prequel to version 1.5.09. Changelog Improved integrated anti-cheating system to take screenshots from the player’s screen. Improved integrated anti-cheating system that allows the remote admins to track the modifications in network game parameters. Fixed bug with killing the player after respawn. Improved player-checking system upon connection. Fixed bug with RPG-7.
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Today Capcom released the first full length trailer for their upcoming sandbox zombie slaying title Dead Rising 2. The best part is the trailer contains in game footage, and I must say this game looks to be shaping up nicely.
Along with the trailer, Capcom sent out an announcement regarding online multiplayer in DR2. According to Keiji Inafune, Capcom’s development head, “Rest assured we are going to put multiplayer in the game. I can’t go into specifics about what type of multiplayer as that directly relates to some of the game systems that we don’t want to talk about at this event. It will be online multiplayer.”
Dead Rising 2 is currently being developed for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. As of right now there is no solid release date, however Capcom has stated that it will be out before the fiscal year ends, March 31, 2010.
Read: Dead Rising 2 Has Multiplayer, After All.
