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EA Announces Free Battlefield Title

3. February 2008

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EA loves some casual gamers. After releasing things like Boogie, maybe they have a chance of drawing those new players in with a freebie. Battlefield Heroes hits in the summer, and promises cartoony visuals that are a distant change of pace from the gritty, real world style the games have been known for. The best part? [...]

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New Weapons, Game Type Inbound To Team Fortress 2

31. January 2008

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PC Gamer has spilled the beans about the mysterious connection between Team Fortress 2’s new medic class achievements and the mysterious “large scale modification,” and they are delicious. By earning the new medic achievements, players will unlock new weapon loadouts for everyone’s favorite healing class. For example, unlocking half of the medic’s new [...]

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The Obvious Needs to be Stated: Piracy is Bad

24. January 2008

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Robert Bowling, Community Relations Manager at Infinity Ward, has posted a weekly Call of Duty 4 roundup over at his blog in which he laments just how pervasive piracy has become on the PC, writing: They Wonder Why People Don’t Make PC Games Any More On another PC related note, we pulled some disturbing numbers this past [...]

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New Team Fortress 2 Maps, “Large Scale Modification” Coming to PC

15. January 2008

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Valve employee Robin Walker told Shacknews they hope to have two new Team Fortress 2 Maps available to PC players within the next two months, one of which is a remake of Team Fortress Classic’s “Badlands” with some added verticality. The much-hyped new Medic achievements as well as a “large scale modification to the [...]

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Crysis 1.1 Patch Now Available, Doesn’t Do Much

10. January 2008

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The oft-delayed Crysis 1.1 patch is finally available, according to GameBump. Despite the surprisingly hefty 139 MB file size, the patch doesn’t really do a whole heck of a lot. Besides the performance tweaks and bug fixes typical for initial post-release patching, Crytek also snuck in a few balances changes that are easily [...]

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PC Gamers Love Two Things, Both of Them Counter-Strike

28. December 2007

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As terrorist and counter-terrorist activities continue to dominate the news, and as game developers continue to exploit current events as the basis for new games, more and more players are turning to the original to live their escapist fantasies. According to Online Gaming Zeitgeist, Counter-Strike is still the most-played first-person shooter on the PC [...]

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Good News, Everyone: Turok Is Fun!

22. December 2007

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Evil Avatar has a great new feature up detailing some of the multiplayer features in the upcoming Turok. It sounds like they came away impressed, and that Turok is on track to be the best game in the franchise yet (which, admittedly, wouldn’t take much). They praise the control, comparing it to Halo, [...]

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First PS3 Unreal Tournament 3 Mod Now Available

21. December 2007

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FileFront has the very first user-created mod for the PS3 version of Unreal Tournament 3 available for download. Don’t go getting too excited, though; a total conversion this is not. Actually, it’s just a single map called “DM-Shrine,” created by Thomas Browett, a 23-year-old graphic designer from Nottingham, England, and suitable for [...]

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Valve Has Gameplay Stats, Knows Gamers Have Too Much Free Time

17. December 2007

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Digital Battle is reporting that Valve has finally released its patented Ridiculously In-Depth Statistics for Team Fortress 2. While most of the statistics offer few surprises (the sniper rifle is the weapon used at the greatest average distance?!), there are a few interesting nuggets of information here, such as the revelation that the scout is actually [...]

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Empires Mod For Half-Life 2 Now Available

4. December 2007

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Even though it’s still early, Empires 2.0 is one of the best Half-Life 2 mods available. It just entered beta a few days ago and has already built an active community of players. The mod plays like a combination of the best elements of a Battlefield game and Command & Conquer: Renegade. [...]

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New Team Fortress 2 Achievements Headed To Steam

1. December 2007

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Evil Avatar is reporting that Erik Johnson confirmed Valve’s plans to implement new Team Fortress 2 achievements over at the Steam User Forums. Erik writes: We’re planning on adding achievements to all of our games you touched on in your mail. We’re just now coming out of the post-shipping haze, so these should start showing [...]

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Haze Clears In 2007, Forecast Shows Return In 2008

30. November 2007

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Ubisoft has delayed the release of pretentious first-person shooter Haze from early December to the first quarter of 2008, according to Gamasutra. The timed PS3 exclusive, Free Radical-developed shooter should be worth the wait, however, because it’s, like, totally a work of art, man. All joking aside, Haze hasn’t failed to impress with its gorgeous [...]

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