Archive for June 24th, 2008

Battlefield series has five titles in varying stages of development - Image 1Do you love the sounds of pew-pewing in the morning? Well, you’re in luck. Ben Cousins, executive producer at Electronic Arts‘ DICE studio, revealed that his team is actually at work on five different Battlefield titles.

Notes Cousins in his keynote presentation at GDC Paris:

Since the start of this year I’ve been working as executive producer for the entire Battlefield franchise – we’ve got five titles in development at the moment, which is probably more than you expect.

In addition to the free-to-play Battlefield Heroes and the recently released Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3), Cousins mentioned that they were also cooking up three other games. One of them would be a traditional Battlefield game meant for the consoles, while another would be a collaborative effort with Neowiz specifically made for the Korean market.

All these developments certainly makes us smile, as the Battlefield games have always carried an interesting pedigree. Now that they’re diversifying the brand name with similar yet radically different takes on the shooting genre, we’re excited to know what the new Battlefield game will be like and, more importantly, what the unspecified fifth game is all about.

Buy: [Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360), (PS3)]

source pc.qj.net

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Team Fortress 2  - Image 1 The developers from Valve Corporation have released a new patch for the PC version of Team Fortress 2 (the game is also available on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3) via Steam. This latest update lowers the Medic’s unlockable requirement as well as makes a few changes that our comrades from Russia will be happy about.

Like the last Team Fortress 2 patch, it will be applied the moment you restart your Steam client. Here’s a list of all the changes as taken from the official release post on the Steam website:

  • Reduced Medic’s unlockable stipulations to match that of the Pyro’s. Medic players now meeting the requirements will receive their unlockables shortly after joining a server
  • Fixed Spy sapper viewmodel animation popping
  • Fixed another issue with the Hot on your Heels achievement
  • Incorporated the new Russian fonts into the base Team Fortress 2 fonts. Fixes the missing fonts problem when running in Russian with English VO

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With Guitar Hero: Aerosmith getting a go signal, some people have been wondering what other band could possibly follow suit. Walking down Abbey Road, cue in The Beatles – soon enough, they just might get their own release for Guitar Hero, Rock Band, or both.

The Financial Times reports of speaks being held by The Beatles’ representatives with both Activision and MTV Games for respective proposals for a Guitar Hero and Rock Band release. If signed, the deal could be worth several millions. If you think about it, given the popularity of both franchises on the PS3, PS2, Wii, Xbox 360, and Computer, scoring this deal might be well worth that sum of money.

The only problem now is if Apple Corps (the business outfit handling The Beatles) will give it the green light. Aside from that, there’s also EMI Records, the people who own the master recordings of the band’s songs. But how much of a possibility will it be for both corporations to nod in agreement to license The Beatles’ music to the video game publishers?

Well, there’s that bit about American Idol – see, it took quite a while for the show’s producers to score rights to perform the band’s songs. Also, Apple’s in a bit of a spat with getting some Beatles music on the iTunes Store. Saying that the companies owning rights to The Beatles’ songs are a bit slow on the uptake might be an understatement for some.

Despite all this, when The Beatles finally landed in the most recent American Idol season (Oooh, remember

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