A bit of sniping, vehicles, and the new physics in actio...
Global Agenda patch 1.44 to add new maps and “cosmetic flair”
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A new Global Agenda update is set to arrive later today, adding new maps and a couple of new stores, one selling jetpacks, and another selling “cosmetic flair.”
The two new maps, Magmarock and Haulin’ Acid have been promoted from beta status to be played in PvP mode. Magmarock is a control map that will be added to the Mercenaries PvP queue,...
EA Say F2P Competes With Consoles
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the head of EA Games believes that F2P could be a market as profitable for them as their console games.
Let’s put that in perspective. A game like Modern Warfare XVIII sells around 60% on 360, 35% on PS3, and 5% on PC. It’s still a significant number of sales, millions and millions, but clearly nothing close to the cascading downpours of gold bullion...
Tribes: Ascend game play
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Here is the first in-game footage of Tribes: Ascend, developer Hi-Rez Studios has also announced that the multiplayer shooter will be free to play.
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Crysis 2 gets a face lift
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Crytek have released a new DirectX 11 and high-res texture update packs for the PC version of Crysis 2.
Here's a video showing off exactly what changes the upgrade packs have made....
Call of Duty: Black Ops Annihilation trailer
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A new trailer for the third Call of Duty: Black Ops map pack, Annihilation has landed, and this one shows off the new Zombie map, set in jungle paradise Shangri-La. There’s a lot of zombies, a surprising amount of monkeys and ridiculous amount of explosive chao...
Hitman: Absolution details
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Hitman: Absolution details from the latest issue of Edge
The game is set in Chicago.
Tons of time making core movement and controls very responsive.
IO’s Glacier 2 engine supposedly offer fantastic facial animations.
Optional cover system with the use of cover mechanics without actually being in cover.
Instinct mode highlights enemies and patrols...
Battlefield 3's two player co-op campaign
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Battlefield 3's online two-player co-op mode will include 10 maps, DICE has confirmed.
DICE executive producer Patrick Bach revealed that Battlefield 3's co-op mode will be separate to its single-player campaign.
Bach also said that Battlefield 3's mix of vehicles, shooting, and destructible environments make it a game "everyone claims they...
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will take 20-30 hours to complete
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According to a rep for the game who has been in touch with Just Push Start. You may not be surprised, however, to find that play time isn't confined to the structured campaign alone.
"In terms of play length there are literally hundreds of hours of content depending on how much you explore," the rep said.
It looks like Elder Scrolls fans will...
PlayStation 4 next year ?
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Usually reliable US news site IndustryGamers claims it's heard from "industry sources at a top developer" that the PlayStation 4 will become a real thing in the next 18 months.
The claims come just a few weeks after a similar story pointing to an Xbox 720 reveal next year, with developer Crytek cited as the source of the rumour.
Industry Gamers...
Defiance first in-game screenshots
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Defiance is a new MMO from Rift developer, Trion Worlds.
It will be an open world shooter set on a post apocalyptic world shared by aliens and humans, and plans to tie in with the Syfy TV show of the same name.
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Team Fortress 2 is now free, here are a few tips so you dont get duffed up
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Which mode should I play?
First of all, have a play around with the offline training mode – it’s good for the very, very basics. When you’re ready to go online, click Start Playing – you’ll have to choose a game mode.
The default is Payload, but it’s a little complex. Click the arrow on the right and pick King of the Hill. It’s a mode where there’s...
Gearbox got Wii U devkits two months before E3
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The game is due for release next spring (on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC), but Gearbox only received the development hardware for Wii U a couple of months before E3, the studio has revealed
Brian Burleson explained. "We didn't get the hardware for the Wii U until a couple of months ago, and we've been working on it since,"
"The software, it's pretty easy...
Crytek: Crysis 2′s Direction “Backfired”
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Cervat Yerli says : “Crysis 1′s intention was, if I were to play it three years later, it looks great. And it does, actually, it fulfilled that. But it made it difficult for entry-level players.
So with Crysis 2, we took a different direction, and it backfired a little bit.” Yerli explained that the forthcoming high-end 1.9 patch for Crysis 2, which...
