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Need For Speed World Announces Beta with Screens

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:18:24 +0000

Need For Speed World, the MMO Racing title from EA developers, Black Box Studios have released some new screenshots and a video announcing plans to release a beta for the MMOR(?).

You can check out the video and new screenshots below and when you’ve done that head over to World Need for Speed to apply for the beta. If you don’t get in immediately, don’t fret and EA have said it will be including more and more racers as it progresses.

DICE Keeps Giving to PC BFBC2 Players

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:51:01 +0000

It’s not often that you hear of developers removing DRM rather than adding it in the bucket load. In the latest patch DICE has removed the DRM from the Steam-flavour of Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The patch is still making its way through the Steam pipes and is expected soon.

Single Player -

Fixed: Graphical issues on some systems on SP_03 (at start and when displaying background mountains at “Up river”)

Fixed: Character voice issue during cut scenes in SP_03b (only affected Spanish)

Fixed: Hang when killed using TOW Launchers in SP_05

Fixed: Graphical issue on some systems on SP_05 (displaying background mountains)

Fixed: Voice volume in cut scenes on SP_06

Fixed: Unexpected dialog at start of SP_08 (only affected Italian)

Fixed: Random crash in SP_09 cut scenes

Multi Player -

Fixed: Server Browser – Joining a password protected server results in a connection timeout

Fixed: Server Browser auto updating server list when reopened causing a timeout issue

Fixed: Password issue during Friend invites

Fixed: Password text field issue on joining a password protected server

Fixed: “Flickering” ship on Arica Harbor

Fixed: Clan tags that use numbers in them displaying a “0″ on the Select Spawn Point screen

Fixed: Display issue on long server names

Fixed: Mortar Strike icon not updating (Beta issue)

Fixed: No “Exit Game” menu option appearing at the end of some rounds.

Fixed: Flickering user rank icon (appeared as an animated gif) when user reaches rank 10.

Fixed: Flickering trees and “Red Box” on Laguna Presa

Fixed: User is logged out when failing to create a new soldier

Fixed: Zeus stationary weapon not appearing in stats

Fixed: Zu23 not appearing in stats

Fixed: BMD3 AA not appearing in stats

Fixed: Friend request displaying incorrect Veteran stats

Fixed: End of Round screen displayed incorrect “AV_Station” – now displays correct localized text.

Fixed: K/D ratio displays in the Front End

Fixed: K/D ratio displays correctly when “comparing”

Change: Server browser now defaults to list via Ping first

Change: News Ticker font support for Spanish, Polish, Russian and Japanese

Change: New message for server full (reported as “I get no message when I try and join a server, it does nothing”)

Change: New message displayed for attempting to join a password protected server without providing a password (reported as “I get no message when I try and join a server, it does nothing”)

Change: Displays version number on Front End Legal Screen

Change: Display of weapon icon during loading screen

New Spooky Alan Wake Screenshots

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:32:05 +0000

First Splinter Cell: Conviction and now Alan Wake will soon see the light of day. Alan Wake is penciled in for a May 18 release and I am really looking forward to it and I’m sure you are aswell. To take that hype meter a little Further Microsoft has released some new screenshots from the supernatural thriller.

Mafia 2 Screenshots, Eh!

Scott — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:45:31 +0000

Some Mafia 2 Screenshots.

Metro 2033 Screenshots

Scott — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:16:21 +0000

Nothing new here but I saw a few people searching for screenshots of THQ’s awesome looking, Metro 2033.

Splinter Cell: Conviction Demo Infiltrates March 18

Scott — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:01:13 +0000

According to Inside Xbox and Joystiq, the demo for the long-awaited Splinter Cell: Conviction is due, and that date is March 18th. Conviction has been in development a long, long time and now the demo is just a few days away.

You can expect the demo to hit Xbox LIVE sometime Thursday.

Medal of Honor Shows Tier 1

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:07:14 +0000

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A new trailer showing of Tier 1 of the recently rebooted, Medal of Honor. Tier 1 seems to be the higest, most tactical group of soldiers who get called it when crap starts to hit the fan. Check out the trailer and GET SOME!

New Brink Cinematic Trailer

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:27:44 +0000

6 New Fable III Screens

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:40:03 +0000

I’m a little but underwhelmed by these latest screenshots from Fable III.

First F1 2010 Screenshots Revealed

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:15:13 +0000

We’ve got our little hands on the first couple of screenshots from F1 2010. The weather effects in the game look second to none. I’m a believe that PGR4 still has some of the best rain effect in a game, ever and judging from these screenshots it looks like these could give them a run for them money.