Call of Duty: Black Ops patch improves stability
The latest Call of Duty: Black Ops patch addresses stability issues and spruces up the interface so that you’ll be able to see your team mates on the minimap more easily. Read the full patch notes below.
Red Faction Armageddon site online, new trailer
The official site for Red Faction Armageddon is now online. It shows off an explosive new trailer.
The New Threat trailer shows off some of the alien beasties you’ll be battling in the underground caverns of Mars, as well as some snippets of the new re-build ability. Of course, there’s also a truck-load of destruction in there too, since Mars just wouldn’t be Mars without EVERYTHING COLLAPSING AND BLOWING UP EVERYWHERE.
Are Telltale making a Walking Dead game?
Speculation is rife that adventure games developer Telltale are working on a title based on The Walking Dead. Read on for the details.
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit gets three new cars in latest patch
Criterion have released a second patch for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, and it’s one worth getting excited about. It contains three new cars! Read on to learn more.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 being developed by three studios. Out November this year
Activision have recruited three studios to work on the next Call of Duty title. Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games and Raven Software.
The LA Times report that in the wake of Infinity-gate (where Infinity Ward co-founders Jason West and Vince Zampella were fired last March), the Modern Warfare developers have been sufficiently affected enough by staff losses that extra help has been sought from Sledgehammer Games. Read on for more detals.
Entanglement: a gorgeous, free puzzle game
How about a nice relaxing puzzle game to start the day? Entanglement plays like an ancient oriental board game. Your aim is simply to match the hexaganol tiles to create the longest line possible. As you can tell from the screen shot above, it doesn’t stay simple for long. It’s beautiful, addictive and free. Check it out.
Buy Dead Space 2, get Dragon Age 2 armour. Single tear rolls down dev’s face
EA are offering bonus content for Dragon Age 2 with new purchases of Dead Space 2. Those who pick up Dead Space 2 next Friday will find a code inside to unlock Isaac’s armour rig for their Dragon Age character. Read on for the details and a trailer.
World of StarCraft modder offered job and legal reprieve
Earlier this week we reported that a group of modders were using StarCraft II’s extensive editing tools to create an impressive World of StarCraft MMO mod. Since then, Activision has pulled out the copyright guns, Blizzard has issued a statement, and job offers have been made. Read on for the details.
The 10 best new weapon mods for Counter-Strike: Source. Beware: gun porn inside
Counter-Strike: Source has brilliant weapons, but somehow the huge Counter-Strike modding community has managed to make them even better. Modders have achieved great results by cutting out the polygons devoted to bits of arm you hardly ever see, and piling them into creating new high detail weapons complete with new sounds and custom animations. They’re also dead easy to install. Perhaps you’re tired of seeing the same old combat knife, fancy sticking a scope on your M4A1 or want to dual wield Berettas made of ice and fire. Read on for ten of the best.
Play Love for six months for 10 Euros
Eskil Steenberg has announced that his abstract MMO Love will be offering six months of playtime for just 10 Euros. That’s five months more time than 10 Euros would previously get you. The game has also been updated with a series of bugfixes and some new features. Read on for details.
And in other PC gaming news…
PARADOX OVERLOAD! Hit the stabilisers! *phew* Today’s press conference has meant the front page has been hit by a flurry of Paradox news, but of course the world won’t stop for one company. While we’ve been working our fingers off, there have been plenty of other stories and links come up that we couldn’t let slip through. We know you love a bit extra, so who are we to protest? Join us after a jump for today’s round-up.
- On first glance it seems like just a gun wiki for Far Cry 2, but closer inspection reveals a comedy genius at work in this Internet Movie Firearms Database entry.
Paradox Connect – a central hub for F2P
At today’s press conference, Paradox Interactive announced their new free-to-play area: Paradox Connect.
Read on for the details
Hearts of Iron III to receive new expansion
Hearts of Iron III is to receive a new expansion pack – For The Motherland – Paradox Interactive have announced today. Click more for the details.
Pride of Nations Preview
It’s telling that each of the sessions here at the Paradox Convention is meant to last 30 minutes, but the presentation of Pride of Nations lasts an hour. It’s a staggering game, epic in scale and minute in detail.
PoN is a simultaneous turn-based strategy game originally designed for simulation of conflicts for previous Paradox games like Rise of Prussia. Their ambition with their new game is to move to a much wider simulation. They still have the military aspects, but also economy, diplomacy, social, and more.
The game begins with the player taking control of a major power. In the example game we’re being shown by the game’s producer, Philippe Thibaut, he’s taken control of England. Each campaign runs between 1850 and 1920, with each individual turn covering just two weeks. That makes a full game 1600 turns long, and even the developer admits he’s never finished a game.
New Brink trailer shows customisable armoury
A new trailer has appeared for Brink, the upcoming parkour-driven, gun-frenzied kill fest from Splash Damage. This trailer concentrates on the customisable weaponry we’ll be wielding when we take the fight to the streets of the Ark. You’ll find the video embedded below.
