Recent footage out of a Game Crazy company convention, leaked yesterday, shows Modern Warfare 2 in all its single-player glory. Thanks to the magic of YouTube, you can watch it too. See below (and turn down your volume–the crowd noise is a bit much).
During his QuakeCon keynote speech, id founder John Carmack announced that a premium subscription service will be coming to Quake Live.
According to Carmack, the in-game advertising revenue isn’t enough to keep Quake Live afloat. He stated, “The in-game advertising stuff has not been big business. That’s not going to be able to carry the project.”
Gamers who choose to signed up for the premium subscription will be able to customise and run private servers. As of right now, no price has been announced for the premium subscription.
If you are worried that QL will start forcing you to pay-to-play, don’t fret. Carmack stated that the game will never go completely pay-to-play. He said, “Quake Live is gonna be Quake Live for the foreseeable future. It’s only just now that we’re going to be able to put it to the test.”
Yesterday Valve released the “Classless” Team Fortress 2 update, bring all sorts of new goodies.
Featuring 18 new collectible hats, a new community map, a redesigned version of Sawmill made specifically for Capture the Flag, and a new King of the Hill mode.
The community map CP_Yukon is described as: “This abandoned mountaintop coalmine was repurposed by shadowy operatives into a top secret surveillance outpost–one which also, so nobody gets wise, insidiously continues to mine coal. There is also a log hanging in the center of the map–possibly as an example to other logs. Logs that said too much.”
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Today Bohemia Interactive announced a new ARMA II standalone expansion. Dubbed ‘Operation Arrowhead,’ the expansion will take gamers to the fictional Central Asian country of Takistan.
Players will be able to take on roles “from basic infantrymen, through special operatives, to pilots and tank crew,” as they help restore peace to the war torn country.
Marek Spanel, CEO of Bohemia Interactive, stated: “This will not only allow us to introduce a new and original theater of war… but also improve numerous areas of the core game, for both the original game and the expansion, where we can go even further with adding completely new features.”
As of now there is no price point or release date announced.
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GGL and Activision have teamed up to bring you two Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 2 team tournaments on GGL and ClanBase.
The tournament format consists of a ladder leading into a bracket for your fragging pleasure. Here’s the skinny:
Team sizes: Flexible. Both teams must agree on the team sizes before they play (GGL)
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GGL COD players: Visit the Call of Duty: World at War PC game page to sign up!
ClanBase COD players: Visit the ClanBase Call of Duty: World at War PC Map Pack 2 ladder to sign up!
Today Codemasters announced that Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising will hit North American retails Oct. 6 and European gamers on Oct. 8. Folks in the UK will have to wait till Oct. 9.
Dragon Rising has players take on the role of an American soldier who must capture an island that is being contested for by both China and Russia. The game features a completely open world, advanced AI, authentic weapons, vehicles and characters, as well as support for future DLC.
Developed for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, Dragon Rising is an intense military simulator. While originally slated to arrive this summer, the shooter was delayed to “balance the player experience throughout the game.”
Today Majesco announced that a downloadable version of Croteam’s Serious Sam: The First Encounter will arrive on PC and Xbox 360 later this year.
The remake, dubbed Serious Sam: The First Encounter HD, boasts four player online co-op as well as revamped graphics.
Original Sam developer Croteam is handling the remake with a little help coming from Devolver Digital, a new “production and publishing company” based out of Texas. Croteam CEO Roman Ribaric stated, “The fans have lobbied us hard to do this, so we are stoked about bringing Sam back as big, bold and bad as he ever was.”
Majesco has stated that Serious Sam: The First Encounter HD will hit Xbox Live Marketplace later this summer and will cost 1200 MS points ($15). The PC version will see release this fall.
Today marks the official launch of GGL’s $2,500 Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 2 Tournament on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Unlike the first tournament, this one actually features $2,500 in cash prizing.
Head on over to GGL’s CoD:WW game page to get started in the tournament.
A few old names are kicking around on the team list right now, with more sure to follow. Hate Us have signed up for a war in the trenches again on the PS3, while I see Gamers United posted on the Xbox 360 ladder waiting for battle.
Stay tuned for match coverage of this tournament as it happens!
The folks over at Treyarch seem to have their act together. Each map pack they release for Call of Duty: World at War seems to break new records. Today Activision announced that the Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 2 has broken 1 million downloads.
Originally released June 11, the $10 map pack adds three new multiplayer maps and one new Nazi Zombie map.
Personally this doesn’t surprise me at all. I feel safe in assuming that 75% of the people who bought Map Pack 2 did so only to get a new Nazi Zombie map. If you guys haven’t checked out the Nazi zombie mode, you’re missing out. Nothing like co-op and the undead to send sales through the roof.
Since it was first announced way back at E3 2008, Zipper Interactive’s MAG has been garnering a lot of attention. I guess that comes easy when your are selling a PS3 exclusive, 256 player first-person shooter.
Today Zipper Interactive released the first of, hopefully, many developer diaries. In the video, lead gamer designer Andy Beaudoin discusses the story line of MAG.
According to Beaudoin, the game, which is set 25 years into the future, focuses on private military contractors fighting a “shadow war.” The story may sound a little predictable, but it’s expected from a multiplayer only title.
Aside from the story, the video shows some interesting in-game footage. If you ask me, MAG is shaping up to be on my must have list for this fall.
To commemorate the launch of the second map pack for Call of Duty: World at War, GGL will run a Map Pack 2 tournament with $2,500 in cash prizes (Xbox 360 & PS3)!
Visit the two ladders (CoD:WW Xbox 360 and CoD:WW PS3) to join. These ladders will remain in practice form until June 24th, after which they will reset.
