Activision's The Walking Dead FPS gets a new Name "Survival Instinct"

Activision has changed the title of its upcoming The Walking Dead first person shooter. The game will now be called "The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct". It was announced way back in July 2012, and is based on AMC TV Show.

According to Activision, The Walking Dead Survival Instinct is "a do-whatever-you-need-to-survive first-person action game that brings the deep, character-driven world of AMC’s Emmy Award-winning TV series onto console gaming systems and the PC in a frightening, new way. The game puts players in the role of the mysterious, crossbow-wielding survivor Daryl Dixon, alongside his overbearing brother Merle, on a haunting, unforgiving quest across the Georgia countryside to reach the supposed safety of Atlanta."

Watch The Walking Dead – Before Hell On Earth - Walkthrough below.

SOURCE:GAMEPUR

Microsoft announces 'Halo 4 War Games Pass' and details for three new map packs

Yesterday, on October 24, Microsoft revealed some new information in regards to three multiplayer map packs that will be released for “Halo 4,” as well as the implementation of the “War Games Pass.” With the use of the “War Games Pass,” which will be priced at 2,000 MS points, players will be granted all three of these multiplayer map packs at a 15% discount.

Below, you can view some of the details that were described through a press release regarding these multiplayer map packs and the “War Games Pass.”V

Retailing for $24.99 USD2 (2,000 Microsoft Points), the "Halo 4" War Games Map Pass confirms your access to three War Games map packs as they become available in December, February and April, and represents a savings of more than 15 percent versus purchasing the packs individually. In addition, Map Pass purchasers will receive two bonus in-game helmets, as well as a unique in-game emblem.

• Crimson Map Pack (December release timeframe)
  Maps: Wreckage, Harvest, Shatter
  Description: Witness the chaos of a clash of civilizations in Wreckage, with its blend of claustrophobic spaces and dangerous exposures and venture into the human colony environs of Harvest, and explore a human foray on an alien moon in Shatter.
• Majestic Map Pack (February release timeframe)
  Maps: Landfall, Monolith, Skyline
  Description: Landfall's emphasis is on infantry battles against a glittering ocean on a distant world, while Monolith exposes you to the naked vacuum of space – and the firepower of opposing teams, and Skyline's distinctly industrial feel provides new challenges in somewhat familiar, but occasionally confined spaces.
• Castle Map Pack (April release timeframe)
  Maps: Daybreak, Outcast, Perdition
  Description: Daybreak is set in a military facility against the backdrop of an idyllic mountain range, while Outcast plunges you into the warrens, canyons and arches of an alien edifice, and Perdition takes players into the heart of an urban sprawl, with tactical speed and situational awareness its key features.

SOURCE:EXAMINER.COM

Mandatory install size revealed for Playstation 3 version of ‘WWE ‘13’

The back cover for the Playstation 3 version of the upcoming multiplatform title, “WWE ‘13”  popped up online today, revealing the mandatory install size.

The Playstation 3 version of “WWE ‘13” will require a mandatory install in order to be able to run. 4.5 GB of free space is needed on the hard disk drive.

In addition to the Playstation 3, “WWE ‘13” will also be coming out on the Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360 systems. The video game will feature a cast of 105 wrestlers and personalities, the biggest yet for a WWE title. The roster includes a mix of current active wrestlers in addition to several legends from the past, most of which come from the Attitude Era of the company. You can pre-order the game in the following link: “WWE ‘13” 

SOURCE:EXAMINER.COM

Assassin's Creed 3 Is Ubisoft's Most Pre-Ordered Game Ever

The pre-order numbers for Assassin's Creed 3 look very encouraging to Ubisoft. Today the company revealed that AC3 is the most pre-ordered Ubisoft title ever, with twice the amount of orders as Assassin's Creed Revelations.

Ubisoft didn't disclose the exact amount of pre-orders for AC3. It must be a very large number, though, considering that Revelations was the previous record holder for the company. AC3 passed Brotherhood's total way back in March.

AC3 brings the series to the American colonies during the Revolutionary War. Players will experience the era through the eyes of Connor, a brand-new character. He'll participate in famous battles from the war, assassinate targets on both sides of the conflict, and even command his own ship on the high seas.

There are a lot of plausible reasons why this game has racked up so many pre-orders. For starters, it's the first full-fledged sequel to the series in years. Unlike Revelations and Brotherhood, it introduces a brand new era for players to explore. The Revolutionary War setting itself has piqued the curiosity of many Americans (myself include). Flashy new features like ship battles and co-op aren't hurting matters.

The PS3 and 360 versions of AC3 will launch in North America on October 30th and in Europe on the 31st. The PC and Wii U editions will follow in 

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‘Need for Speed Most Wanted’ confirmed for Nintendo Wii U

On Thursday morning, a surprise title was revealed for the Nintendo Wii U per EA’s “Need for Speed Most Wanted”.

While not officially announced or detailed for the Nintendo Wii U as of yet, “Need for Speed Most Wanted” was listed on Nintendo’s Wii U third-party software lineup schedule shared with investors -- the listing can be viewed on page 11

Oddly enough, Need for Speed Most Wanted” for Wii U is only listed for a European release. Surely we’ll hear a North American release date once the title is officially announced for Nintendo Wii U by EA.

Here are some of the key features players will find in “Need for Speed Most Wanted” on Xbox 360 and PS3 – the same features should also be found in the Nintendo Wii U version.

Connected Open World – Blaze a high score trail through the city for your friends. The next generation of Autolog displays your record speeds, times, pursuits and jump distances throughout Fairhaven City. Cruise past any speed camera, road junction, Jack Spot or jump to view its unique leaderboard, and then take a run up, hit the gas and see if you can top it. Hit the biggest air off any billboard jump, and we’ll even display your face on the billboard in their game! – a constant reminder to your friends that you are Most Wanted.

Find it Drive it – Pick a Car. Make it Your Own. Earn the right to be Most Wanted. For too long you’ve had to wait to drive the cars you love. Not anymore. In Most Wanted, “Open” means more than just open world. Practically every car’s available from the start. Explore the world. If you can find it, you can drive it. Each car has a series of events, designed to showcase its unique qualities. Master each car in your own time, in any order to earn Speed Points and rank up. Score enough and you’ll earn the right to take on 10 of the hottest cars in the game - the Most Wanted Racers. Beat them all one-on-one to become Fairhaven’s Most Wanted. Swing the odds in your favour by modifying your car with such pursuit-busting delights as: Reinforced Chassis, Reinflating Tires, Impact Protection, Powershot Nitrous or Track Tires. Customization in Most Wanted is about gameplay. Every mod changes what you can do with the car. Get the drop on your friends, your rivals and The Law by experimenting with different cars and combinations.

Make Trouble – For the cops. For your friends. For fun. Buckle up, hit the gas and hold on tight; you’re in for the ride of your life. In Most Wanted, you’ll experience dream cars, the way you always wanted them. No tracks, no circuits, and no simulation. It’s about taking your ride to the limit and beyond, nailing perfect 200 mile-an-hour drifts, slamming your friends off the road, outsmarting the cops and getting away with it in style.

Non-Stop Multiplayer —No menus. No lobbies. Just competition. Our online play is about intense competition, rank and vehicle modification. We’re into team games, variety, persistent scoring and endless rewards. Pick a car, meet up with your friends and enjoy a nonstop Playlist of competitive events. Fight for position on the start line or turn around to take out oncoming rivals at the finish. It’s online driving, as you’ve never seen it.

SOURCE:EXAMINER.COM

'Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge' confirmed for Wii U launch, full hands-on preview

On Thursday evening, Nintendo of America confirmed that Team Ninja’s “Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge” would be a launch title forNintendo Wii U come November 18.

Featuring more weapons, exclusive game content, and much more, “Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge” looks to deliver the “Ninja Gaiden” experience that, well, “Ninja Gaiden 3” failed to do so earlier this year.

We went hands-on with “Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge” earlier this summer. Find our hands-on impressions here.

While “Ninja Gaiden 3” for Xbox 360 and PS3 only featured three weapons, two of which became available via downloadable content, “Razor’s Edge” has a total of six weapons – sword, claws, scythe, dual katana, staff, and kuari-gama.

Each weapon has its own strength and weakness when used in battle. In addition to an increase of weapons, Ninpo attacks also see an increase from one to a total of three.

Here is a breakdown of the new features, game enhancements, and exclusive content available in “Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge”:

Ayane as a playable character: In previous versions of the game, Ayane appeared only briefly in one cut scene. Now players can help her progress through her own exclusive chapters using a special set of weapons and Ninpo attacks.

Character-progression system: Using Karma points earned during game play, players can upgrade weapons and Ninpo, learn new moves, increase their HP level and unlock new character costumes.

Ryu and Ayane playable in co-op mode: For the first time, players can use Ryu or Ayane to represent themselves in the game’s online co-op mode.

Test of Valor battle areas: Each chapter includes a hidden battle area called Test of Valor. Upon finding hidden Crystal Skulls, players will be transported to these areas to face down waves of enemies and classic NINJA GAIDEN boss characters with new moves.

Wii U GamePad Functionality: Using the Wii U GamePad, players can easily change weapons or Ninpo attacks, and also quickly reference the button inputs required for various combo attacks without ever stopping the action.

Additional Playable Characters: After the launch of the game, additional playable characters will become available as free downloadable content. More information about these characters will be revealed at a later time.

More Tenacious Enemies: The Wii U version of the game restores enemies’ ability to fight when severely wounded, requiring players to stay nimble with their battle strategies.

SOURCE:EXAMINER.COM

PS3 is number one in hardware and software sales in Europe: 2012 and 2011

Nintendo, in its quarterly financial reporting provided some market analysis that goes deep into the software and hardware sales of its competitors, Sony’s PS3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360. Nintendo’s report reveals some interesting bits of information, which really isn’t all that shocking or surprising.

Nintendo has a habit of hiring a bunch of research firms across the globe to pull software and retail hardware sales figures for the company on an annual basis. It’s a rather expensive endeavor, considering even the US’s pre-canned NPD report costs thousands of dollars.

Europe is notoriously a tough territory to capture sales figures due to obvious reasons. There are market research firms such as GFK Chart-Track (European version of NPD), which collects data from many of the European countries, but not all of them. Every year, Nintendo commissions research firms like GFK Chart-Track, from 14 different territories spanning: “the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Austria and Switzerland.”

According to the report, software sales wise it appears that the PS3 is dominating the charts with nine titles occupying the top 20, while the Xbox 360 only has three titles and Nintendo has five Wii titles.

SOURCE:GAMER.BLORGE

New BioShock Infinite “Beast of America” trailer and Industrial Revolution mini-game announcement

Irrational Games, the developers of the original BioShock just dropped another trailer for the highly anticipated follow up,Infinite. The trailer provides glimpses of the mayhem and chaos that will be in the game when it drops next February.

The hype behind this game has been steadily building all year long and every time the studio releases a trailer it manages to capture everyone’s attention.

The trailer shows off the various settings in the game from the industrial sector of Columbia to a lush green vegetated locale up in the clouds. Much like the first game, the studio throws a mysterious character into a foreign and exotic world taking you on a journey first hand through the eyes of an outsider.

Gamers who preorder BioShock: Infinite will receive a free flash-based puzzle game which plays like the mini-games found in the first BioShock game. However, the difference is that this is a separate mini-game outside the retail copy and ties into some sort of overarching meta-game which impacts the two factions.

The game is called, BioShock Infinite: Industrial Revolution where you are a factory worker in the sky-city Columbia tasked with completing complex puzzles. The mini-game will have 50 levels and will be available to players prior to the release of the retail game.

In addition to contributing to one of the factions, you can also earn in-game rewards by completing each of the puzzles. The game will also keep track of all of your rewards which will become available after launch of Infinite.

Head on over to the official BioShock page for more details. The pre-order bonus game is available to those who reserve the game through Amazon, GameStop, Target, Best Buy and Walmart. 

BioShock: Infinite is set to launch February 16, 2013.

SOURCE:GAMER.BLORGE

Xbox gamers love Minecraft more than Call of Duty, Halo 4 is the most expensive game by Microsoft

The Halo franchise is Microsoft’s flagship IP and has become the face of Xbox. With Bungie, the creators of the Halo universe breaking away from Microsoft, many feared that the company would either ditch the series or hand it off to the wrong team. However, recent glimpses of Halo 4 prove that the company is investing heavily into the game.

In an interesting interview with Polygon , Microsoft Game Studios head, Phil Spencer stated that Halo 4 is the most expensive game ever made by Microsoft. He said, “Absolutely. Nothing’s even close.” The company put a team together from scratch and tied a hefty marketing budget to the game.

According to Spencer, the Halo franchise is the single most expensive entertainment product at Microsoft is is worth $3 billion. Kiki Wolfkill, executive producer at 343 Industries stated that a main goal of the studio was to stay as close to the formula as possible.

Check out this recently released video of the Longbow multiplayer map narrated by 343 Industries.

In other news, the latest Xbox 360 Live weekly activity chart shows something very interesting. According to Microsoft’s weekly activity report, Minecraft has now surpassed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in play time.

This means that more gamers are stacking 8-bit 3D blocks than playing Modern Warfare 3, which was once considered to be the most played online shooter. It may also have something to do with the fact that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is ready to hit the store shelves in a couple weeks.

Minecraft also placed first ahead of The Walking Dead in top arcade purchases recently. The game is said to have surpassed four million in sales alone on the Xbox 360.

SOURCE:GAMER.BLORGE

Dishonored DLC schedule announced

Dishonored may have just released a few weeks ago but Bethesda Softworks has already announced three upcoming downloadable content packs scheduled for the game.

The first, called Dunwall City Trials, will be released in December and cost 400 Microsoft Points to download (or $4.99 on PSN and PC). The Dunwall City Trials DLC will include 10 new challenge maps. The challenges include a battle arena where you will combat waves of enemy AI, a gravity-defying run of drop assassinations, and a race against the clock.Dunwall City Trials will of course come complete with new achievements and trophies to unlock as well as an online leaderboard.

The second and third add-ons will be released sometime in 2013 and will each feature story-driven campaigns. The first will revolve around a character named Daud, the leader of a group of supernatural assassins known as "The Whalers." This DLC is scheduled to come out in spring 2013.

No information was given out about the third DLC pack just yet. Official pricing on the second and third add-ons will be announced soon.

SOURCE:EXAMINER.COM

'Assassins Creed 3' interactive trailer, Steam release date November 23, 2012

The great trailers and information keep coming just ahead of the release of Ubisoft’s “Assassin’s Creed 3 ”. There have been no shortage of trailers for fans to enjoy this month  but the latest one released today may be the best one of all.

The trailer is interactive and lets players get a taste of the game as they decide Connor’s path on the way to the assassination of Major Pitcairn. At several key decision points along Connor’s journey to complete the mission, a choice on how to proceed is presented. Fans also get to decide how to dispatch a few red coats along the way.

It is a really entertaining taste of what is to come and Ubisoft did an excellent job of giving fans just a little bit of what is to expect without actually releasing a full demo. Check out theinteractive trailer  and complete your own pre-release assassination.

“Assassin’s Creed 3 ” is still not available for pre-order on Steam, but should be coming along soon enough. The PC release is not until November 30, 2012 nearly a month after the console players get to play the game. In the meantime, the “Assassin’s Creed Pack” is currently available on Steam, which includes all the previous games at a significant discount. The offer ends tomorrow at 4:00 PM pacific.

SOURCE:EXAMINER.COM

Capcom Announces Free Changes and Updates for Resident Evil 6

New changes to the game due to player feedback... 

Capcom announced today in an official press release that due to player feedback, they are offering a free title update for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Resident Evil 6 in December.


The update will include the following additions and improvements:

• Gamers will be able to adjust the camera to give a greater field of view as best suits their play style. Screenshots illustrating the new camera and co-op features can be found on Capcom's press site. The camera screenshotpairs show the minimum and maximum range of the new camera setting. Please note that this feature is still in development and may change without further notice before the title update is released.
• Subtitle options have been improved so that English language audio can be combined with subtitles in an alternative language.
• As recently announced, Ada Wong's campaign will be unlocked from the start and have an optional player-controlled co-op partner added. It was previously necessary to complete all three other campaigns in order to unlock Ada's story.
• ‘No Hope' difficulty level will be added above the existing levels, for players who want an extreme challenge. 

SOURCE:411MANIA

THQ Announces New WWE '13 Promotion

In support of their new Facebook app... 

- THQ has announced the launch of their new WWE '13 promotion. Titled "Live the Revolution," the promotion is done through a Facebook app that allows fans to create and print their own WWE '13 cover artwork and share the designs on Facebook with others from around the world. The process entails the following steps:

1: Import a photo from a personal Facebook gallery or take an instant photo using a webcam.

2: Position the photo in the provided frame, which includes the WWE '13 logo.

3: Edit the image as desired using eraser and brush tools.

4: Select a platform preference – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system or Wii

5: Choose how to show off the created cover artwork:
* Share the image with friends on Facebook
* Create a unique Facebook timeline cover photo and profile photo
* Save and print the image file – then insert into a WWE '13 game cover for a whole new look

The game releases on October 30th in the US for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii. 
SOURCE:411MANIA

Nintendo announces Nintendo 3DS ‘Nintendo Direct’, sneak peek at 2013 titles

On Wednesday evening, Nintendo of America announced that on Thursday, October 25, there will be a Nintendo 3DS focused “Nintendo Direct” video presentation airing at 7 A.M. Pacific Time – or 10 A.M. Eastern.

Nintendo of America has shared that the presentation will take viewers on an in-depth look at several upcoming Nintendo 3DS holiday releases, this will likely include titles like “Paper Mario: Sticker Star” and “Crashmo”.

In addition to the holiday lineup, Nintendo also announced there will be a sneak peek at a few of the upcoming Nintendo 3DS releases for 2013. Titles scheduled for release in 2013 include, “Fire Emblem”, “Luigi’s Mansion 2: Dark Moon” and "Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate".

Hopefully we also get a first-glimpse at “Animal Crossing: Jump Out” for Nintendo 3DS.

Nintendo posted on their Facebook:

Tune in to Nintendo.com tomorrow at 7AM PT for a new Nintendo Direct! We’ll be taking an in-depth look at several announced Nintendo 3DS games coming this holiday season, and there might even be a sneak peek at a few 2013 titles!

SOURCE:EXAMINER.COM

Persona 4 Golden for PS Vita Gets English Trailer

Persona 4, when it launched for the PlayStation 2 back in 2008, was regarded as one of the best Japanese RPGs to come out in a long, long time. Fans loved the charm, the premise, the storyline, the length and the mechanics within the title. Atlus was responsible for developing the title and eventually bringing it to the States.

Now, Atlus is doing the same thing again with Persona 4 Golden for the PlayStation Vita. This is a remake of Persona 4 with remastered visuals, new personas, more vocal dialogue, new online features, collectibles and a whole lot more.

The trailer you see at the head of this posts represents a broad stroke over what you’ll be doing in the world of Persona should you elect to pick this game up. Sure, there’s dungeon crawling and turn-based battle mechanics, but there’s also a social code, going to school, meeting love interests and riding scooters.

Persona 4 is wonderful, really. And it’s one of the PS Vita games I’ve been looking forward to most since its initial announcement. Persona 4 Golden is set to ship on November 20th of this year.

SOURCE:TECHNOBUFFALO

'Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition' is officially the most played game on the Xbox 360

It's been a big event filled week for players of "Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition ". Last week players finally got their hands on a huge update for the game, free of course, that brought survival mode and creative mode into the game.

Not to be done with just an update, 4J Studio s then pushed out another skin pack for the game. This skin pack gave players plenty of new skins to pick from, with "Half-Life" and "Left 4 Dead 2 " characters being selectable.

All of that may have finally helped push "Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition" over the edge, as it's now officially the most played game on the Xbox 360. Each month, Major Nelson posts a list of games that are played the most as tracked via Xbox Live.

What this means is that each person who hasXbox Live , be it Gold or Free accounts, get's their game playing tracked. With this information, you can track the trends of gamers on the system.

The last year has seen a straight up domination of the top three spots by various "Call of Duty " titles. Sometimes "Madden" or "FIFA" will sneak their way in, but generally the list's top spots are dominated by the world famous FPS series.

"Minecraft" has been slowly working it's way up the list since it launched back in May, and actually knocked "Call of Duty: Black Ops " out of it's number two spot about two months ago. Now, it's officially taken the top spot, pushing "Modern Warfare 3" down to number two.

Here's the official top twenty games being played on the Xbox 360:

1. "Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition"
2. "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3"
3. "EA Sports FIFA Soccer 13"
4. "Call of Duty: Black Ops"
5. "Borderlands 2 "
6. "Halo: Reach"
7. "Battlefield 3"
8. "Modern Warfare 2"
9. "Madden NFL 13"
10. "NBA 2K13"
11. "Happy Wars"
12. "Skyrim"
13. "Gears of War 3 "
14. "RESIDENT EVIL 6"
15. "GTA IV"
16. "FIFA 12"
17. "Forza Motorsport 4"
18. "Dishonored"
19. "EA SPORTS NHL13"
20. "Halo 3 "

"Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition" is currently available for 1600 MS Points  ($20).

SOURCE:EXAMINER.COM

Resident Evil 6 update arrives on Xbox 360 and PS3 in mid-December

Capcom has stepped forward to man up, sharing news that the free Resident Evil 6 title update which wasannounced earlier in October will only be making its way to the Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms from the middle of December onwards, leaving us with one less thing to rage about when Christmas rolls around. This particular update will include the foreboding ‘No Hope’ difficulty level alongside co-op gameplay for Ada Wong’s campaign that will come unlocked right from the beginning of the game.

Capcom will use this situation to include two mechanical tweaks into Resident Evil 6 as well, letting players widen the camera’s field of view which is ideal when you have a horde of brain-hungry undead knocking at your door. Apart from that, the update is said to enable the English language audio to be work alongside subtitles in alternative languages, a feature that was previously found only on movies on DVD and Blu-ray. No idea on details for the PC version though.

SOURCE:UBERGIZMO

XCOM: Enemy Unknown singleplayer DLC announced, Elite Soldier Pack goes live

We’ve got some very good news for those of you currently enjoying the incredibly intense strategic action of XCOM: XCOM: Enemy Unknown and stressing over every last action you take in Firaxis Games’ latest masterpiece - you’ll be able to indulge in even more traumatising missions soon with upcoming downloadable content!

The first of the new singleplayer DLC for XCOM: Enemy Unknown is called the ‘Slingshot Content Pack’ and is said to feature new missions, maps and characters - here’s the setup:

“In this new set of linked Council missions, gamers will meet an enigmatic Triad operative, divert an alien ship’s course, and do battle with the aliens in the skies over China.

“The Slingshot Content Pack includes three new maps tied to the Council missions, a new playable squad character with a unique story and voice and new character customization options.

The release date and pricing for the Slingshot Content Pack will be available soon, while information on that second DLC pack will also appear in the near future.

But… what if you want new XCOM content right now? Then you can purchase and download the Elite Soldier Pack, which acted as bonus content for those who pre-ordered XCOM: Enemy Unknown but is now available for $4.99 over the PlayStation Network and Steam, and 400 MS Points over Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

“The Elite Soldier Pack provides the ultimate tools for soldier customization in XCOM: Enemy Unknown,” writes 2K Games. Here’s what to expect:

• Classic X-COM soldier: Players will instantly receive a new recruit in their barracks inspired by the original X-COM: UFO Defense. The iconic soldier with the blonde, flattop hairstyle will return fully modernized.
• Soldier Deco packs: Players can customize their soldier with several aesthetic upgrades to armor suits, including the new Hyperion and Reaper soldier armor kits.
• Complete color customization: A variety of colors and tints for all armor sets in the game allow players complete control to customize their squad’s look.

Have you got XCOM: Enemy Unknown? Peter was overwhelmed by the game’s excellence - read his review of the game over here to see why you should be playing it right now!

SOURCE:EL33TOONLINE

Gearbox confirms new Borderlands 2 classes are in the works

A game developer’s work is never done, it seems, and even though Gearbox Software managed to launch the outstanding Borderlands 2 last month, followed up by a brand new slice of campaign-oriented downloadable content and a fifth playable character, it’s been confirmed that all-new character classes are currently in the works for the game.

Responding to a query on Twitter regarding plans for future character classes in Borderlands 2, Gearbox chief Randy Pitchford said:

“yes - we’re working on it.”

Short and sweet, which means there’s no wiggle room or chances to back down from the statement, Mr. Pitchford!

New character classes for Borderlands 2 will go hand-in-hand with the three remaining pieces of planned campaign DLC, the first of which was Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate’s Booty.

What new character classes do you think would be a good fit for Borderlands 2? What kind of adventures do you hope to go on in the new DLC? Set your minds to ‘Dream’ and let us know below.

What’s that? You haven’t played Borderlands 2 yet? Then get yourself over to Lisa’s excellent review of the open-world, over-the-top first-person RPG shooter and find out what you’re missing!

SOURCE:EL33TOONLINE

Latest Uncharted 3 patch out now, "big" multiplayer news on the way

Naughty Dog recently announced that the latest patch for Uncharted 3 has been let loose upon the world, with additional fixes and a number of tweaks to the Tournament system available with the new title update.

Included with the patch notes was a tease for some “big news” related to Uncharted 3 multiplayer in the future.

Here’s what to expect with the latest Uncharted 3 title update:

Uncharted 3 Patch 1.15 Notes

Matchmaking

• Players will be appropriately matched according to Legacy level in matchmaking.

Team Balancing

• Team balancing will now take into account players’ Legacy level.

Tournament

• New gun skins for Tournament tier rewards will roll out over the next several months. The new guns skins this month are the Fireball M9, Dragon Sniper and FAL-SS.
• New Shade custom pieces for silver and bronze tier. The new pieces are the Shade Gas Mask, Shade Belling Mask, Shade Headphones, Shade Dark Vest and Shade Biker Jacket.
• Treasure drops can sometimes be tournament tickets
• Progress towards permanent tournament prizes now appears inside of tier screen menu
• There is a new leader board for single tournament scores
• Players can see all Players’ Tournament Tier in the scoreboard during a match. This will happen only if the player is ranked in the Tournament
• Spending a tournament ticket increases your treasure drop chances for that match. This also makes rare treasures more likely to drop.
• Players will now receive a small amount of points based on their kills and deaths for losing during a tournament game.
• Tournament formula change:
  • Winning
    • Points = [1000 + (100kills) + (25assists) – (80deaths)] * [1.2-(party size0.2)]
    • Minimum = 200, Max = 6000
  • Losing
    • Points = Points = [100 + (10kills) + (2.5assists) – (8deaths)] * [1.2-(party size0.2)]
    • Minimum = 100, Max = 500

Gameplay

• Classic Mode to replace Hardcore Mode
• Classic Mode details:
  • Boosters on
  • Kickbacks off
  • Throwback grenades off
  • Buddy spawning off
  • No load out weapons so every player starts with an AK and Para 9
  • Lots of placed weapons on the map
• Treasure drops over time so after extended play you will be guaranteed a treasure drop on your next kill
• A treasure will appear in every drop and “Just Cash” is now “Plus Cash” and will never drop by itself anymore
• Revenge grenades will no longer kill teammates
• Toggle in the customization menu to turn on or off the bonuses on your head gear
• 11 new taunts for sale
• Extras section in the main menu for watching trailers and purchasing other UNCHARTED games
• Block mesh lab maps can now be viewed in Cinema
• Increase Elimination only treasure drop rate. The affected treasures sets are: Sage Deity, Affluent Relics, Deadly Ensemble.

Do you have any questions about Uncharted 3’s Tournament System? Then hit up Naughty Dog’s extensive FAQ page  for answers!

The 1.15 patch announcement concluded with a bit of a mysterious tease, alluding the something exciting in the future:

“We have more Uncharted 3 Multiplayer surprises to free up and let loose so get ready for some big news in the coming months.”

What could it be?

Are you still playing Uncharted 3 multiplayer? Are any of these fixes what you’ve been craving?

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Medal of Honor Warfighter Gets Day 1 Patch; Details Unveiled

Today marks the release of the much awaited Medal of Honor Warfighter and those who picked the game up, the moment you pop the game into your will console will give you a prompt to download a patch.

As always, the day one patch will fix a multitude of problems both found on the single and multiplayer campaign. It’s highly recommend that you download this patch as it will give you a much smoother experience.

Here are the lists of patch notes on both console versions and PC. Stay tuned later this week for our review of Medal of Honor Warfighter.

New Features:
•Now able to add friends and join parties while in-game.
•Can invite others to your platoon or apply to join a platoon while in-game.

General Tweaks and Fixes
Multiplayer Gameplay
•Removed initial delay to Spec Ops Signal Scan charging.
•Snipers in Recon stance will no longer be visible to enemy RQ7/RQ11 UAVs.
•Increased the accuracy of server-side aiming prediction.
•Fixed an issue with “Fall Back” spawning to improve its behavior.
•Fixed spawn type changing to Buddy Spawn automatically when it is not supposed to.
•Call in a Blackhawk for the losing team if they are getting dominated in Sector Control.

Single-Player Gameplay
•Added tutorial text to first sniper encounter to help teach player about bullet drop.
•Fixed an issue where the default difficulty was set to Easy instead of Normal.
•Fixed an issue where controls would become unresponsive under certain conditions.
•Fixed an issue with one of the in-game cinematics.
•Improved single player stability and fixed progression stoppers.

Matchmaking, Parties, and Platoons
•Smoothed out the matchmaking flow between successful matchmaking and joining the player to the game.
•Players can no longer join an invitation only party without being invited.
•Fixed issues with joining single players together into Fireteams.
•Fixed an issue where Veteran platoon members could not reach Elite status.
•Platoon ownership is now automatically transferred to the most senior member/GM of the platoon when the current leader leaves the
platoon.
•Fixed an issue where a member that is removed from a platoon becomes its leader.
•Fixed an issue where players could not rejoin the same platoon matchmaking server after playing a game on that server.
•If a player leaves one platoon and joins another, their platoon card now properly reflects that change.
•Fixed an issue where the platoon patch would not show up for other members if one member leaves the platoon.
•Fixed another issue where the platoon patch would no longer show up under certain circumstances.
•Sending a platoon invite when both players are in-game now works properly.

Weapons
•Fixed “no scope” shooting. Players were getting immediate ADS accuracy without having to wait for the scope to come all the way up. Was very exploitable for snipers.
•Sped up the bolt action on the CS5, since it was longer than the TAC300.
•Fixed issue with gap between where the LTLM can’t fire and where it indicates the target is too close.
•Reduced the damage/range of the Demolition’s SMGs (Scar PDW, HK 416c, Suchka), as they were overpowered.
•Made switching between primary and secondary weapons much more responsive.
•Fixed an issue where a grenade would not be thrown the next time if the user switches to their weapon while cooking a grenade.
•Player will now switch back to their secondary weapon if that is the weapon in use when throwing their last grenade.
•Fixed an issue where aiming was pushing the player away from the wall they were standing next to.
•Fixed clearance check for placing the Radar Jammer.
•Fixed auto-ADS not working when peek-and-leaning while prone.
•Implemented pre-streaming for weapons to reduce the time from spawn to ready-to-fire to be 0 seconds in most cases. Down from around 2 seconds prior to this fix.

UI and User Experience
Navigation
•Made the start button responsive as soon as the player enters the first menu screen.
•Simplified the way players navigate and select in the My Gun and Class Select menus.
•Fixed the way the UI handles scrolling, including speed and correct scroll bar position.
•Cleaned up a number of other small navigation quirks and issues.

User Experience
•Servers in the Server Browser are now sorted based on ping, giving priority to servers closest to the player.
•Filtering servers by name now works properly.
•Fixed an issue where changes in My Gun and My Soldier were not being retained when joining a game via the Quick Match or Matchmaking options in the MP Lobby.
•Optimized the login flow into Multiplayer.
•Updated the MP Lobby to include a shortcut to creating a Party.
•Quick Match button in the MP Lobby is now contextual, and will change to Platoon Matchmaking if you are in a Platoon Party.
•Fixed the Server Browser filter to properly sort for games that have 6+ open slots.
•Fixed a 20 second hang during the Online Pass flow.
•We now keep the queuing message open as long as the player is still queuing.
•Clean up notification numbers when a new item is viewed.
•Various other flow and user experience optimizations.

Visual Polish
•We now turn off the HUD when we start to show the outro scoreboard.
•Fixed display of text in disabled dropdowns.
•Fixed some subtitle lines being cut off.
•Removed hints and tips from the loading screens that were no longer valid.
•Fixed the Player Banners to display the correct rank icon and number.
•Fixed placement of auto-save icon on CRT TVs.
•Fixed HUD elements not showing in certain cases.
•Fixed animations in the post-match screens as they show the player’s progression.
•Fixed the timer not displaying in the post-match screens.
•Fixed player name tags not showing up in-game in Home Run.
•Icons are now scaled on the sniper’s mini-map when they are using the bipod.
•Updated the art used in the Player Banner.
•Fixed some camera issues on level entry.
•Fixed the demolitions class mask display in certain situations.
•Fixed an issue that would cause some images not to display properly.
•Various other alignment, corruption, overlap and visual improvements and fixes.

Misc Fixes
•Fixed an issue where the Battlelog social hub introduction was showing every time you opened the Battlelog social hub.
•VOIP team channel no longer includes players from the other team.
•Round cycling no longer changes VOIP settings for the players
•Fixed an issue with VOIP in the Home Run game mode.
•Fixed an issue where Double XP was not being awarded to players who had both logged on to medalofhonor.com and who had played on a multiplayer server.
•Fixed an issue where the Global Warfighter medal was not being awarded after players had completed a tour with each class.
•Fixed muffled firing sounds when scope is zoomed in.
•Localization fixes, in both audio and text.

Additional Fixes Made on PC and PS3
Multiplayer Gameplay
•Improved the camera for the Apache.
•Improved the aiming of the rockets in the Apache.
•Improved Blackhawk functionality in Novi Grad Warzone.
•Fixed a bug in the rules for pre-round in Combat Mission.
•Fixed a couple of out of bounds issues in Sarajevo Stadium.
•Fixed an out of bounds issue in Basilan Aftermath.
•Fixed a bad spawn point in Team Deathmatch in Somalia Stronghold.
•(PS3 – Japan) Fixed an issue that prevented 17-year old users from playing online.

Visual Polish
•Fixed an issue where support action icons were overlapping each other.
•Kill messages should now better match timing within gameplay.
•Improved readability of kill messages.
•Fixed visual effects issue in Tungawan Jungle.
•Fixed mini-map issue in Shogore Valley.
•Improved visual fidelity of some of the flag images.
•Smoothed transitions between screens in the Mulitplayer menus.
•Fixed a visual glitch when adjusting the brightness in the Options menu.
•Fixed a bug where the News in the MP Lobby was not showing up.

Misc Fixes
•Removed Quit Game from the Top Navigation Bar in the in-game pause menu and placed it under “Last Resort” in the Respawn Menu.
•Fixed a case of an explosion not playing the correct audio.
•Various audio mix updates.
•(PS3 – Japan) Various stability fixes.
•Fixed functionality and list updates for Favorite and Recent servers.
•Players with chat restrictions are no longer allowed to create their own platoon.
•Platoon names and tags are now restricted to no more than 3 numerals each.
•(PS3 – Japan) Fixed two issues related to platoon names and chat-restricted accounts.
•Fixed an issue with invites specific to PS3 and PC where the player would get stuck on a black screen.
•Various stability and performance improvements.
•(PS3 – Japan) Fixed an issue related to save file size calculation.

Additional Fixes Made on Xbox 360
•Improved the handling of memory cards and saved profiles.
•Improved handling of parties and Fireteam designations in Platoon matches.
•Fixed an issue related to progression loss if the user removes the storage device.
•Fixed an issue where a player’s class was changing without their input.
•Fixed an issue where, under certain circumstances, brand new players were forced to play with a placeholder weapon in multiplayer until
their first death.
•Stability improvements.

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