Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam video shows flamethrowers
DICE have released a fresh developer diary giving us an insight into the frantic, short range combat we can expect from the upcoming standalone expansion to Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The video gives more info on the weapons and vehicles that will be included in the update, along with plenty of footage of the game in action, including a look at the devastating new flamethrower. You can watch it below.
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light gets online co-op
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light turned out to be really rather good, but it was missing a crucial feature on release: you could only play the excellent co-op mode locally. Thanks to the latest Steam patch, that is no longer the case. Players can now combine forces over the internet to stop the dark god Xolotl, so if you were waiting for this patch to pick up the game, now’s the time. It’s available to buy on Steam, to find out why it’s so good, check out our review.
Please read: a personal appeal from “Jimmy Wales”
Hi, I’m Jimmy goddamn Wales. You may know me as the founder of Wikipedia or from my reputation as not a spy. These past few weeks, I’ve been staring at every Wikipedia user through their screens in an attempt to a) distract them while Larry Sanger steals their silverware, and b) mind-trick them into donating to Wikipedia.
I’ve made a huge mistake.
Wikipedia, while an excellent resource for proving people wrong in pubs or undermining the legitimacy of the Phone A Friend option in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, is useless at entertaining sick children. Sick Children Weekly called it “boring” and “mama?”.
World of Warcraft and expansions on sale now
If you’ve been thinking about getting into World of Warcraft, now would be an excellent time. The 4.0.3a patch has gone live, changing Azeroth forever, and Cataclysm’s release is a few weeks away. Now, on top of all that, World of Warcraft and its first two expansions are on sale. World of Warcraft and The Burning Crusade are £4 / $5 and Wrath of the Lich King is £8 / $10. The deal is set to run until November 29th on the Blizzard store.
Minecraft update adds health and death to Survival Multiplayer mode
Minecraft creator Notch released an update for Minecraft today adding health and the ability to die to Multiplayer Survival mode. The update addresses the two main features missing from Survival Mode, and is the last major milestone before Minecraft enters beta.
Hilarious: the new Tron mouse thinks it’s a Light Cycle
It’s an understatement to say that I have a thing for accessories that light up. My keyboard can glow three different colours and has a dimmer switch. Here is a personal indulgence, then: Razer’s latest Tron mouse. It glows bright blue, has a 5600dpi 3.5g laser sensor and a glowing detachable energy disk that you can throw at the faces of your enemies. It also masquerades as a light cycle. One of the last two facts is untrue. Guess which. Moving picture proof is below the break.
CD Projekt say Witcher 2 pirates will face fines
CD Projeckt recently announced that they would be releasing The Witcher 2 on their Good Old Games digital download service, and that it would be free of DRM. That doesn’t mean a free ride for pirates, however, as the developers have announced that they plan to fine people who download the game illegally.
Rumour: The Elder Scrolls V in development
It looks as though Bethesda are indeed hard at work on the next Elder Scrolls game, with reports saying that it will be a direct sequel to Oblivion, and that voice recording for the game is already underway.
PC Gamer UK Podcast 47: The Wizard-Wizard-Wizard Formation
Tim, Tom and Craig unite to talk about what Tim thinks of Diablo 3 now that he’s played it, what the best class is, and how the multiplayer works. We also share our greivances with Black Ops, how Inception would make a good game, and why Spy Party is so terrifying to play.
Download the MP3, subscribe, or find our older podcasts here.
Portal Gun for sale in charity auction
It’s been a fine few weeks for charity projects. An indie sock sale recently raised thousands of dollars, and a team of heroic volunteers are even now braving the terrible boredom of the Desert Bus challenge. The latest effort for Child’s Play might just top them all. How would you like to own your very own Portal gun?
Massive PopCap sale, all games half price
PopCap are holding a Thanksgiving winter sale, with all of their games selling for half price. That means a chance to scoop Plants vs Zombies, Peggle and Bejeweled 2 for almost $10 each.
The sale is set to run until November 29th over on the PopCap site. For an insight into inception and development of these games check out our interviews with George Fan on the making of Plants vs. Zombies, and Jason Kapalka on the inception on development of PopCap’s most addictive opus, Peggle.
Yeah, we did just call Peggle an opus. Eat it, unicorn haters.
How to make Call of Duty: Black Ops run faster on your PC
We were less than impressed with Call of Duty: Black Ops, and being hit with bad framerates, stuttering and other glitches didn’t exactly improve our mood. Luckily, there are ways of whipping it into shape without having to wait for another patch to come along. Here’s our guide to CODBLOPS bliss.
Flight Control HD is out now on Steam
Flight Control puts you in charge of a busy airport and asks you to manage the incoming planes, drawing routes to free runways, avoiding mid air impacts and keeping everyone safe. But then more planes come, and more and more until the whole screen is full of aircraft looking for a home. This addictive little air traffic control sim is on sale now on Steam for £2.99/$4.99. There’s a trailer below.
The Minecraft Experiment, day 3: D:
When I first started playing Minecraft a few months back, I played with a rule: if I die, I have to delete the entire world. This is the third entry in the diary I kept of that experiment – the first is here.
Pondering the Cataclysm with Blizzard’s J. Allen Brack
It’s a crazy time for WoW fans. We’re all looking to forward to the Cataclysm expansion that’s coming in early December, and this morning’s patch will change Azeroth forever. To make sense of everything that’s happening–and see how the development team is feeling with Cataclysm just around the corner–we sat down with J. Allen Brack, Blizzard’s Production Director, earlier this week to find out how everything’s progressing, where it’s all headed, and why he just can’t stop making boxes light up.
