Archive for June, 2008
Below are the full details of the upcoming Fan Pack. Anticipate us to come out with the exact release date for the Fan Pack when it becomes available. Three new MP maps are included for a brand-new Vegas 2 multiplayer experience, including two re-lit maps and the fan favorite from Rainbow Six Vegas:
New Ranks: Unlock new ranks beyond the rank of Elite. XP players have already accumulated as Elite will be applied toward the new ranks. More A.C.E.S. While Adding New Ranks: The A.C.E.S. will be extended to 100 for each of these three categories: Marksman, CQB and Assault. Each A.C.E.S. level earned contains a substantial XP reward. Points that players have already accumulated in each of the categories will be applied toward the new A.C.E.S. levels. Grenade Indicator: While inside the damage radius of a frag or incendiary grenade, a grenade indicator icon is displayed on the screen. High Stakes Setting: Experience game modes in a more tactical way using the High Stakes setting, including:
Weapons and Gadgets Balancing: There are a number of changes to the weapons and gadgets settings in this new package, including:
Respawns in Team Deathmatch: Hosts can choose whether or not their match uses random respawns in Team Deathmatch. Voice Chat: Hosts can choose to enable voice chat between living and dead players of the same team so that when players die they can keep speaking with their teammates (Player Match and System Link only). Score in Deathmatch: Player’s score, along with the top opponent, is displayed on the HUD in Deathmatch. Team Leader Changes: Players now respawn next to the leader by default, unless players specifically choose to spawn back at the base. Show Dead Players in Lobby. Players that have no lives remaining will have a skull icon displayed next to their name in the lobby screen so that it’s easy to tell who is still alive and who has been eliminated. Terrorist Hunt Spawning. Fixed the terrorist spawning so they don’t appear right in front of players, or in areas they’ve cleared recently. source pc.qj.net
According to 1UP, the football sim is just about ready to go in this new season. Improvements to the commentary, play calling, presentation, and other gameplay tweaks are waiting to be tested by the franchise’s large fan base. Perhaps the sweetest addition to this year’s installment is an enhanced AI that automatically adapts to the skill level of a player. Awkward phases which traps players in the limbo of difficulty settings which are either too easy or too hard should now be in the books. Buy: [ Madden NFL 09 (Xbox 360), (PlayStation 3), (Wii) ] source pc.qj.net
Jun
27
2008
 
Blizzard’s World Wide Invitational 2008 teaser: Valenzetti and Diablo 3 – QJ.NETPosted by admin in Video Games
Jun
27
2008
Crysis Warhead details: new weapons, better AI, DX 10 not required, morePosted by admin in Video Games
Heads up, Crysis fans. This month’s Personal computer Gamer issue has revealed the first official details for Crysis Warhead, the next Crysis installment for the PC. As we reported before, Crysis Warhead will be all about Sergeant Michael “Psycho” Sykes and will focus on what happened on the other side of the Lingshan Islands. The game starts when Nomad and Psycho part ways and will continue to follow Psycho until he and Nomad reunite. Apart from being set on the other side of the island, Crysis Warhead will be less linear than Crysis. Gamers will be given a more sandbox-oriented type of gameplay. The game’s single player campaign mode has so far been clocked at lasting around 8 to 10 hours. Psycho will be sporting the same nanosuit as Nomad. His suit will also have the same functions, but Personal computer Gamer hinted that more functions will be revealed later. At least two new weapons have been confirmed: a grenade launcher and double SMGs. These babies will definitely come in handy since the enemy AI has also been given an upgrade. New cars include a hovercraft and the Jeep-sized Armored Scout Recon. Both will also be drivable in the game’s multiplayer mode. Talking of multiplayer, Crysis Warhead will reportedly feature a new team-based multiplayer mode. On the hardware side of things, Crysis Warhead has been optimized to run faster than the original Crysis on the same hardware. DirectX 10 will not be required to run the game with maximum details and full effects. The fate of the Crysis series will also reportedly rely heavily on how well Crysis Warhead does. If you’re looking forward to playing more Crysis titles, then think about checking this game out. Crysis Warhead is currently slated to hit stores this Fall. source pc.qj.net
Jun
26
2008
Diablo 3 to be announced at Paris’ World Wide Invitational? UpdatePosted by admin in Video Games
Several fansites and forums have claimed almost in unison that Diablo 3 will be the huge announcement to pour out of Blizzard’s 2008 World Wide Invitational. This, they say, is from trusted inside sources. This was after the Blizzard’s own vice president of design, Rob Pardo, told GamesIndustry that they in fact had a large announcement to make once the event kick-started in Paris, France: So you want me to announce the game before our announcement? No offense, but I think there’s like 300 people here, and I’ll be ripped apart by 8000 people [at the Invitational] if I pre-announce it but it’s going to be really exciting. I think everybody here will be really excited about the announcement. DiabloII.net, one of the premier fansites of Blizzard’s role-playing series, has claimed that an insider source explicitly told them that the “big news” to be announced at the World Wide Invitational was definitely Diablo 3. This comes after the fact, of course, that the game developer and publisher managed to stun the gaming populace upon requesting the acquisition of the domain Diablo3.com back in early May. Even before that, Blizzard teased fans with a hint that a certain 50-man development squad, known only as Team 3, was at work on a “really awesome,” yet mysterious game. To quote Blizzard’s senior vice president, Frank Pearce, “I will absolutely tell you, it’s really awesome.” Need we go back to the rumors spawned two years ago?
Starting June 23, Blizzard began displaying a new splash page just before you could enter their main site. It appeared to be simply a portrait of ice. Along with it came a rune imprinted upon the image, which Diablo fans claim could be the Shael rune in Diablo II. Just a day after, Blizzard’s splash page was different, and the scene grew brighter as a crevice cracked open in the center of the ice, leaving the impression of encasement. A second rune was identified, which many, and even we could confirm, to be exactly the much coveted Hel rune of Diablo 2. We say this, as it is one of the runes required for a useful runeword to boost a Hammer-focused Paladin’s powers. Several other images that appeared to indicate a “purple walrus” surfaced, though the three parts of the four part image were originally found scattered. They were named 04.jpg, 23.jpg, and 15.jpg, which if equated to alphabet positions would create “DWO.” Some people say it’s “WOD” or “World of Diablo.” That or “DOW.” We’re hesitant to jump to conclusions, however. Like we stated earlier, only three of four parts were found. The last is still missing, and it means that if the numbers do represent the game’s titles, it has at least four letters in the acronym. Lately, we’ve come to believe, just as people from Diablofans.com pointed out, that the letters D, O, and W are letters of Dashow’s surname. If so, three more letters remain.
Just lately this day, the splash page changed yet again. Like the one before it, the picture revealed a much brighter center and added another rune to the portrait. This rune, people state, actually looks much more like a symbol reflecting a Protoss tribe symbol. More artwork of ice surfaced from where the purple monster pieces came, and we’re not sure if the world of Sanctuary is all but frozen. It’s likely that this is a preface to the Wrath of the Lich King beta announcement that World of Warcraft players speculate, but runes? Arthas’ Froustmourne is known to be a runesword, though so is Tyrael’s crystallic AzureWrath, known in Diablo 2 as the legendary Angelic RuneBlade. Where could we stand? Sorry WoW grinders, but if true, then what Blizzard’s about to unveil this coming June 28-29 is a gaming legacy reborn.
UPDATE : We heard that the Battle.net Forums has a new hidden section named D3 General – or at least we’re told that it’s just been added. Try typing the following address on the URL bar of your browser: http://www.battle.net/forums/board.aspx?ForumName=d3-general Apparently, you can’t view anything under it, as the locator will tell you that the forum is “down.” Down, we state, and it isn’t a “404 -Page not found” error, either. Try appending any other address at the end of “ForumName=” and you’d get redirected to the main Battle.net Forums page. What does this all mean? This, dear readers, would certainly clue us in that Diablo 3 is definitely being ramped up, even on Battle.net itself. More updates as we get them. source pc.qj.net
Jun
26
2008
Diablo 3 to be announced at Paris’ World Wide Invitational? UpdatePosted by admin in Video Games
Several fansites and forums have claimed nearly in unison that Diablo 3 will be the big announcement to pour out of Blizzard’s 2008 World Wide Invitational. This, they state, is from trusted inside sources. This was after the Blizzard’s own vice president of design, Rob Pardo, told GamesIndustry that they in fact had a massive announcement to make once the event kick-started in Paris, France: So you want me to announce the game before our announcement? No offense, but I think there’s like 300 people here, and I’ll be ripped apart by 8000 people [at the Invitational] if I pre-announce it but it’s going to be really exciting. I think everybody here will be really excited about the announcement. DiabloII.net, one of the premier fansites of Blizzard’s role-playing series, has claimed that an insider source explicitly told them that the “big news” to be announced at the World Wide Invitational was definitely Diablo 3. This comes after the fact, of course, that the game developer and publisher managed to stun the gaming populace upon requesting the acquisition of the domain Diablo3.com back in early May. Even before that, Blizzard teased fans with a hint that a certain 50-man development squad, known only as Team 3, was at work on a “really awesome,” yet mysterious game. To quote Blizzard’s senior vice president, Frank Pearce, “I will totally tell you, it’s really awesome.” Need we go back to the rumors spawned two years ago?
Starting June 23, Blizzard began displaying a new splash page just before you could enter their main site. It appeared to be simply a portrait of ice. Along with it came a rune imprinted upon the image, which Diablo fans claim could be the Shael rune in Diablo II. Just a day after, Blizzard’s splash page was different, and the scene grew brighter as a crevice cracked open in the center of the ice, leaving the impression of encasement. A second rune was identified, which many, and even we could confirm, to be exactly the much coveted Hel rune of Diablo 2. We say this, as it is one of the runes required for a useful runeword to boost a Hammer-focused Paladin’s powers. Several other images that appeared to indicate a “purple walrus” surfaced, though the three parts of the four part image were originally found scattered. They were named 04.jpg, 23.jpg, and 15.jpg, which if equated to alphabet positions would create “DWO.” Some people say it’s “WOD” or “World of Diablo.” That or “DOW.” We’re hesitant to jump to conclusions, however. Like we said earlier, only three of four parts were found. The last is still missing, and it means that if the numbers do represent the game’s titles, it has at least four letters in the acronym. Lately, we’ve come to believe, just as people from Diablofans.com pointed out, that the letters D, O, and W are letters of Dashow’s surname. If so, three more letters remain.
Just lately this day, the splash page changed yet again. Like the one before it, the picture revealed a much brighter center and added another rune to the portrait. This rune, people state, actually looks much more like a symbol reflecting a Protoss tribe symbol. More artwork of ice surfaced from where the purple monster pieces came, and we’re not sure if the world of Sanctuary is all but frozen. It’s likely that this is a preface to the Wrath of the Lich King beta announcement that World of Warcraft players speculate, but runes? Arthas’ Froustmourne is known to be a runesword, though so is Tyrael’s crystallic AzureWrath, known in Diablo 2 as the legendary Angelic RuneBlade. Where could we stand? Sorry WoW grinders, but if true, then what Blizzard’s about to unveil this coming June 28-29 is a gaming legacy reborn.
UPDATE : We heard that the Battle.net Forums has a new hidden section named D3 General – or at least we’re told that it’s just been added. Try typing the following address on the URL bar of your browser: http://www.battle.net/forums/board.aspx?ForumName=d3-general Apparently, you can’t view anything under it, as the locator will tell you that the forum is “down.” Down, we say, and it isn’t a “404 -Page not found” error, either. Try appending any other address at the end of “ForumName=” and you’d get redirected to the main Battle.net Forums page. What does this all mean? This, dear readers, would certainly clue us in that Diablo 3 is definitely being ramped up, even on Battle.net itself. More updates as we get them. source pc.qj.net |
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