Have you been loading up on your Nectar? Are you ready to test your skills? Ubisoft, Game Crazy, and GGL have teamed up to bring you an Official Haze 4v4 Tournament, where the top squad can win $5,000! The second place squad takes home two Ubisoft games per player, and everyone gets to join in on the thrill of heated competition.
The game drops on 5/20/08 but we’ll open up a Practice Ladder right here on 5/14/08 - join the group and start finding teammates now, so you can join the ladder and start challenging and playing opponents as soon as it opens. On 6/4/08 the Practice Ladder will be reset (all squads’ records and points set to 0), and we will start the official Ladder Stage.You can challenge other squads, play matches, and move up and down the ladder. Points are awarded not only for winning, but also just for playing, so the more you play the better you will do! At the end of the Ladder Stage on 7/13/08, the top 64 squads will advance to a single-elimination bracket, and the winner of the bracket phase gets $5,000!
TimeShift wasn’t the block buster title that Sierra Entertainment was looking for. That is why today, Sierra announced that they will be releasing a free multiplayer map pack on Xbox Live today. Titled “Futures-Past Multiplayer Map Pack,” the pack contains five new maps, all compatible with the various game modes. If you have a free minute and were one of the few people who bought TimeShift, I would defiantly recommend giving the pack a download. What’s it going to cost ya?
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This is just a reminder that the demo of Haze, previously announced as out “early May,” will be hitting the PlayStation Network tomorrow, May 8. The demo features 4 player, drop-in/drop-out co-op multiplayer, as well as part of the standard single-player campaign. I don’t know about you guys, but I think it’s worth a download.
id Software has just announced that it’s making Doom 4. While details are scant, it’s not a stretch to assume that the game is in production for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
“Doom is part of the id Software DNA and demands the greatest talent and brightest minds in the industry to bring the next installment of our flagship franchise to Earth,” said id CEO Todd Hollenshead.
The announcement comes in time for QuakeCon, which will be held July 31.
In addition to Doom 4, id is also working on the original IP Rage (a post-apocalyptic adventure) and the multiplayer-only Quake LIVE.
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GGL received the Steelseries Ikari laser mouse many moons ago, but due to a review backlog, we were only able to open it up recently. Heidi Klum helped me with the review, and pardon the bad lighting, eh?
In honor of Cinco de Mayo, the good folk over at Bungie are hosting a Halo 3 Double XP weekend. Starting today, not only will players receive double xp, but a new playlist for Fiesta called “Cinco de Mayo.” In order to play the new Fiesta playlist you need the Heroic and the Legendary map packs. The Southwestern celebration will keep the midnight tequila burning until Tuesday, so get your xp while you can.
Read Halo 3 celebrates Cinco de Mayo with double XP.
EA and DICE today released some new screenshots of Battlefield Heroes, the cartoony, casual addition to the Battlefield franchise.
Battlefield Heroes will be free, with microtransactions and in-game ads to generate revenue. Check it out.
Today, Activision announced that Call of Duty 4’s Variety Map Pack has was downloaded one million times in nine days, setting a new record for Xbox Live Marketplace.
According to Activision, in those nine days, there were more than 30 million games sessions, totaling 32 million hours of gameplay.
What I take from this article is that, if you have a Xbox 360 and Xbox live, pick up Call of Duty 4. You are guaranteed a fantastic multiplayer experience with plenty of people to frag.
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Today, Infinity Ward announced that the PS3 version of Call of Duty 4 will finally be getting the Variety Map Pack.
Arriving Thursday, April 24 in North American and May 1 in Europe, the Variety Map Pack will include the same four maps as the Xbox 360 map pack; “Creek,” “Broadcast,” “Chinatown” and “Killhouse.”
To celebrate the release of the maps, Infinity Ward will be hosting a Double XP weekend, starting at 12:01 AM PDT on Friday, April 25 and lasting until 11:59 PM PDT on Sunday, April 27.
Unfortunately for PC gamers, there is still no word as to when the maps will be heading your way.
Read: CoD4 PS3 DLC DAT(ed).
Today the Championship Game Series announced that they will be holding the first North American Training Camp next week. The Training Camp is for players from all six North American CGS teams and will last from April 22 to May 25.
According to Andy Reif, Commissioner of the CGS, “With this first-ever official Training Camp, we’re further realizing our vision of establishing the CGS as the only worldwide professional video gaming league.Our webcast programming for the Training Camp is merely the first step toward our ambitious 2008 online initiatives focused on original programming, all-new tournaments and other content which will provide us with more opportunities to engage our audiences.”
The Training Camp will allow team General Managers to observe how well the team interacts and, if necessary, make changes.
Footage from Training Camp matches will take place each week on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday nights. Thursday is reserved for live broadcasts and starts at 7 p.m. EST. To check out all the footage, hit up www.thecgs.com.
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Today it was announced that Haze, the PS3 exclusive FPS, will be arriving in stores May 20. A demo will be available in “early May,” and will feature 4 player, drop-in/drop-out co-op multiplayer, as well as part of the standard single-player campaign.
Sounds like a pretty sweet demo. Hopefully the game has been improving after all the delays.
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This is just a reminder that the Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack is available for download today. Featuring three maps: “Avalanche,” “Ghost Town” and “Blackout”, the map pack will cost you 800 Microsoft Points ($10). If that seems a bit too pricey for you, you might want to take advantage of a deal going down at Circuit City. Continued…
