We’ve heard scant details on the upcoming Treyarch title Call of Duty: Black Ops, but a new magazine feature is letting loose with much more information than we had before. The latest Official Xbox Magazine breaks down the new additions. As expected, players will spend at least some of the time fighting the North Vietnamese, but the lead character has a secret agenda as well. In the trek through Vietnam, the player will enter water engagements with a trusty knife, provide intel from an SR-71 Blackbird, and even take control of a helicopter.
The spread also shares more details on the multiplayer aspect. The co-op mode will feature separate levels, built specifically for it. Treyarch strongly hinted at a beta, and said they’ll be improving this game’s multiplayer based on player feedback from World at War. The developer also promises improved matchmaking, along with an enhanced Create-a-Class for added character customization.
“We’re all-in on this,” said Treyarch head Mark Lamia, committing all of his over 200 staff to working on Black Ops. “We’ve taken some creative risks. We want to do something different than we’ve done before. It’s time.” He also reportedly remarked that they “want the game to speak for itself.” – 1up
Magazine scans and details, after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Infinity Ward spawned one of the bigger controversies in gaming last year when they announced the PC version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 would use peer-to-peer matchmaking in lieu of traditional dedicated servers. That’s a history that won’t be repeating itself with Call of Duty: Black Ops, though, as Treyarch president Mark Lamia has confirmed they’re sticking with dedicated servers. Read the rest of this entry »
Activision has announced ‘Resurgence Pack’, the second pack of DLC maps for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The second wave of DLC will arrive on 3rd June. Activision confirms that Resurgence Pack will feature five maps but doesn’t mention what these maps will be, leaving open the possibility that old Modern Warfare maps could make up part of the package. Stimulus Package was the first DLC for Modern Warfare 2 but received criticism over its inclusion of tweaked Modern Warfare maps and its 1600 Microsoft Points price-tag. Activision hasn’t confirmed how much Resurgence Pack will be. If you ask me, it smacks of Activision trying to milk the cash cow a little too early. I’m not really ready for any new maps quite yet, are you?
Its been a busy week for the team at Steam. Not only have the punched out a Steam Powered
app for the Mac, but they
are also giving out a free copy of Portal for both PC and MAC clients. Sweet!!!.. wait.. waait.. i see some strings attached. Yes the cunning marketers at Steam are only allowing Portal to run for free until 24th May, after that you can elect to pay for it.
But hey.. Good news for Mac gamers with the new client for Steam, and a chance to have a play with portal isnt all that bad. So tune in and grab a copy soon.
Sony Computer Entertainment New Zealand has announced a new milestone in the history of the Gran Turismo franchise: the inclusion in the forthcoming Gran Turismo 5 for PlayStation 3 of all three courses of the Nurburgring, Europe’s most iconic racetrack. For the first time ever, players will get to race the Grand Prix course, the Nordschleife and the 24 Hours course – making the new game the undisputed champion of racing realism.
Fans and spectators at the Nurburgring 24 Hours race this weekend will have the chance to be the first to get hands on with the new courses in GT5 on a bank of trackside PS3 units. As the real life drivers get to grips with the nerve-wracking twists and turns of spots like the Flugplatz, the Bergwerk and the terrifying blind bend of the Caracciola Karussell, racing fans can be right there with them, speeding around the Nurburgring behind the wheels of the world’s most realistic virtually-rendered supercars. And in a twist that brings racing and gaming closer together, GT fans should also keep an eye out during the race for Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi, who will be on the real-life track at the wheel of a Lexus IS-F, as part of the World Car Awards team. Read the rest of this entry »
Red Dead Redemption’s northern-most territory is West Elizabeth – home of the bustling Blackwater, one of the many modern, burgeoning new townships that sprung up across America in the dying days of the Old West. West Elizabeth may provide a taste of early 20th Century modernity, but also has it’s fair share of wilderness and danger. From wolves prowling the snows of Nekoti Rock to the fierce Grizzlies in the forests above Manzanita to the ruthless card sharks at the tables in Blackwater – traveling the north requires caution and wile. Read the rest of this entry »
Lost Planet 2 is the sequel to a game I never played, so comparing it to the original isn’t something I’ll be doing, though doubt that Capcom have done much to deviate from their winning formula.
I was quite surprised at the aggressive way that Lost Planet 2 wants you to play it as a multiplayer game. To begin with the settings for the campaign are set to system link (though that may default to X-Box Live if I had been connected) and I had to figure out to change the setting before it would allow me to begin a solo player game. This was a unique and somewhat unnerving experience for me, and put me on the back foot entering the game.
Lovely visuals – no, make that stunning visuals, and the chance to hope in a mechanized walker thing early on it the training mission soon had me forgetting any negative feelings I may have had to the game, sadly my mech ran out of fuel and I had to hoof it, but this served to teach me a few of my abilities – mainly the Just Cause style grappling hook. Read the rest of this entry »
Today, Rockstar unveiled some of the Red Dead Redemption features that will await us at the Rockstar Games Social Club come May 21st.
For two years now, the Social Club has been our private club for players to track their game progress and stats, compete on leaderboards, unlock exclusive game content, and take part in official multiplayer events with live stream and chat.
Red Dead Redemption continues in that tradition and takes things to an entirely new level with a revamped website and seamless integration into the game itself. From within the in-game menus, you will be able to easily register for Social Club and automatically link it to your Xbox LIVE or PlayStation Network account. Then when accessing the Social Club website, you can complete your account and unlock 7 exclusive cheats right to your game. Read the rest of this entry »
Today Ubisoft announced new product details for Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, the next iteration of the critically acclaimed, multi-million unit selling franchise. Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood will ship Christmas 2010 for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the Playstation 3 computer entertainment system and the PC. Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood is a worldwide production effort led by the Ubisoft Montreal Studio in collaboration with Ubisoft studios in Singapore, Bucharest, Québec City and Annecy (known for developing Splinter Cell Chaos Theory’s Multiplayer).
The critically acclaimed single player experience of Assassin’s Creed is back and better than ever as Ezio returns in a powerful struggle against the powerful Templar Order. Now a legendary Master Assassin, he must journey to Rome, centre of power, greed and corruption to strike at the heart of the enemy. Defeating the corrupt tyrants entrenched there will require not only strength, but leadership, as Ezio commands an entire Brotherhood that will rally to his side. Only by working together can the Assassins defeat their mortal enemies. Read the rest of this entry »
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