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Future Mass Effect 3 multiplayer events to be fortnightly
Mass Effect 3′s popular Operations will be skipping every other weekend from here on in. The BioWare Blog explains the change in schedule as an opportunity to “create and execute the best possible Operations for the community”. Mass Effect 3 has hosted an Operation nearly every weekend since launch, offering XP boosts and reward packages ... Read More»
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Posted: Apr 20, 2012 at 12:13am
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Rumour – Prey 2 development stymied for months by contract issues
According to industry whispers, Prey 2′s delay is the result of a protest action by developer Human Head. Shack News cites an anonymous source for news that Human Head downed tools in November, ceasing all work on Prey 2. The developer is said to have been unhappy with the terms of its contract with Bethesda ... Read More»
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Halo film axed due to Microsoft’s “unwillingness” to understand Hollywood’s “rules”
In his book, Generation Xbox: How Videogames Invaded Hollywood, Jamie Russell tells the story of how the Halo film was tossed into the bin due to Microsoft being “unfamiliar” with how Hollywood works. According to excerpts pulled from the book on Wired, Microsoft was expecting those involved to “play by its rules,” with the “resulting ... Read More»
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Killing Floor Gold Edition announced
Tripwire Interactive has announced Killing Floor Gold Edition which will include the core game, all DLC to date, and a new female character. The retail box will feature a brand new cover, and is available for pre-order purchase through Iceberg in Europe and through Tripwire in North America. The game release June 1. Killing Floor ... Read More»
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Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection #1 now available on PS3
Activision has released Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection #1 on the PlayStation Store, as promised. It will run you $14.99, and you can also take advantage of a Double XP starting this Friday for “all players and all modes.” Radical. Hit ... Read More»
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Bohemia Interactive releases Arma 3 Stratis showcase video and screens
Bohemia Interactive has confirmed Stratis, an additional island for Arma 3 which it teased earlier in the month. Stratis is situated in the North Aegean and stretches over 19 square kilometres, or for those of you who are metric system impaired, it’s around 7.33 square miles. The island was “originally supposed to be Greece’s first ... Read More»
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Bethesda: Prey 2 not canned, but it won’t make 2012
Bethesda’s confirmed that Prey 2 hasn’t been cancelled contrary to previous speculation, but has said it won’t meet its planned 2012 release due to it not meeting the publisher’s “quality standards”. Prey 2 has not been killed, publisher Bethesda confirmed today, confirming the Human Head shooter is still in the works. It follows a previous ... Read More»
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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 launching on August 21
Namco Bandai’s announced it’ll release Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 on August 21. The City Interactive FPS sequel will use CryEngine 3 to power the game, making it “the most authentic sniping experience to date in a video game”, according to Namco, who is distributing it in the UK, Greece, Italy and Spain. It’ll launch on ... Read More»
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Battlefield Heroes gets lunar-based update
EA’s released a new update for Battlefield Heroes, this time bringing Moon-based content to the game. Besides the obvious new environment, new soldier gear and weapons will be on offer. There’s a video of it in action below, via GameSpy.
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Gotham City Impostors gets free content update
Monolith and Warner Bros.are rolling out an update to all versions of Gotham City Impostors today, with a new map, a mode variant, and the ability to give your character non-English voices. The update is due on April 18, presumably US dating, and will likely arrive in time with local console network updates. There’s a ... Read More»
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DUST 514′s microtransactions inspired by League of Legends
Upstart eSports champion League of Legends is partly responsible for CCP taking DUST 514 free to play. Chief marketing officer David Reid told Polygon that CCP took “inspiration” for the first free-to-play shooter on the PlayStation 3 from free to play games which have performed well on PC. “Things like League of Legends or World ... Read More»
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive heat maps show where 6.5 million bullets were fired
Valve has been keeping track of various player actions during the Counter Strike: Global Offensive beta, and has incorporated some of its gameplay data into a heat map. “We track nearly every player action, from individual bullets fired to weapon purchases, and the resulting data can be used to help us evaluate game design decisions,” ... Read More»
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Resistance: Burning Skies developer interview touches on multiplayer
Sony has released a developer interview with the producer for Resistance: Burning Skies, Craig Phillips. In it, he discusses the game’s controls, the eight-player multiplayer, and more. Upon release, the game will contain free-for-all deathmatch and team deathmatch modes, and third survivor mode, the later of which will be revealed more at a later date. ... Read More»
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Rumor – Black Ops 2 reveal coming in two weeks
A retail source has sent Kotaku an image of teaser poster which is purportedly some sort of save the date deal for Black Ops 2. The date on the poster is for May 2 where it states to come back for a “debriefing.” Note the Treyarch and Activision logos on the poster. If legitimate, it ... Read More»
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Orion: Dino Beatdown releasing this Friday, gets new video doc
Spiral Games has released a second video documentary called World of Hurt featuring the player classes as well as weapons, upgrades, perks and vehicles in its PC title Orion: Dino Beatdown. The game is out on Steam this Friday, April 20.
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Modern Warfare 3 leads Xbox Live activity charts
Modern Warfare 3 is still number one on the Xbox Live activity charts. In other news, the sun is out, but the clouds are grey. Birds are chirping and the grass, last I checked, was still green. Get the full list below the break. XBLA, Indie and GFWL lists are over on Nelson’s blog. Call ... Read More»
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PSA: Super Monday Night Combat out now
Uber Entertainment’s Super Monday Night Combat is now available. The game was officially expected on April 18 but slipped onto Steam overnight in response to confusion over a batch of weekend invites. Super Monday Night Combat is the sequel to a hit MOBA-shooter- hybrid, which launched on Xbox Live Arcade in 20120 and went free-to-play ... Read More»
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Halo 4 briefly shown off on Conan O’Brien
A very brief segment of Halo 4 footage was shown on Conan O’Brien today; check it out through the break. Unless you’re Australian, of course. According to both Joystiq and Kotaku, the video posted below contains about ten seconds of Halo 4 in between a no doubt hilarious skit about the game. I can’t vouch ... Read More»
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Binary Domain PC hits digital and retail April 27
SEGA has announced Binary Domain will be released on PC via digital services on April 27. Pre-order bonuses are available for both digital and boxed versions such as the Dan Marshall Pack with additional bionic upgrades and weaponry, and the Multiplayer Pack’ which includes the Ninja playable class. The new Outside High-rise, Upper City map ... Read More»
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Star Command Kickstarter – $10,000 spent on tiered reward system
Indie studio War Balloon Games, which raised $37,000 for its iOS game Star Command, has said it spent around $10,000 on the project’s tiered pledge system. According to an update on the developer’s Kickstarter page, the round of funding needed for the project was set at $20,000 and the promised thank you gifts to those ... Read More»
