Capcom has released the official launch trailer for their newly-released title, Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, which was released for the Nintendo 3DS platform.
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OnLive has announced that they are hosting a huge multiplayer event on Friday, July 1, between 3pm and 5pm PDT. The event will take place in the realm of THQ’s shooter, Homefront, and will be available to subscribers of the service’s Homefront Large-Scale Warfare Multiplayer PlayPack or PlayPass services. The event will see the rewarding of a multitude of prizes to participants. You can find out more about OnLive including how to join over at the service’s official website.
Instructions on Joining Event
1. Whether you have Homefront Large-Scale Warfare Multiplayer through the OnLive PlayPack Bundle or a PlayPass, just sign in and launch the game this Friday, July 1, between 3:00pm and 5:00 pm PDT (6:00pm and 8:00 pm EDT).
2. Make sure you set your permissions to allow spectators to chat with you. For instructions on how to set these permissions, read the”How do I control whether spectators can chat with me while I’m playing” section at http://bit.ly/kfxpDh . The THQ scouts will be contacting players by voice chat, so if you can’t hear, you can’t win.
3. Play either Battle Commander TDM or Ground Control multiplayer modes and bring on your best shots. Scouts going by the player Tags THQCraig and THQJeremy will be spectating and awarding prizes as outlined below, as well as randomly doling out Homefront swag to those bold enough to join the fight.
· Resistance Fighter of the Day – Astro A40 Headset & MIXAMP 5.8
· Best Killstreak – AR. Drone Parrot
· Best Vehicular Kill – OnLive Game Controller
· Best Sniper Kill – Free Full PlayPass
· Best Run-and-Gun Player – Free Full PlayPass
· Most Embarrassing Death – Free Full PlayPass
· Best Grenade Kill – Free Full PlayPass
Calibur11 and EPIC Games have teamed up to create a pretty awesome giveaway. Customers who purchase Calibur11’s Gears of War 3 Vault (a case which encompasses your Xbox 360 console as well as provides increased airflow – all with a special Gears of War theme) will be entered into a drawing to win a life-sized suit of COG armor.
“We are huge fans of the ‘Gears of War’ franchise and really wanted to raise the bar with our exclusive Gears of War 3 Vault,” said Coy Christmas, CEO of Calibur11. “We believe we have succeeded in doing so with the addition of the different color modes and the Infected Omen which reacts every time you get downed or are revived in the game.”
Gears of War 3 is due out on September 20, 2011 for the Xbox 360 home entertainment system from Microsoft.
Atari has released a new trailer for its re-imagining of the classic arcade title, Warlords. This new trailer shows off the game’s various warlords and their abilities, bonuses, etc. The game is due out this Summer on the XBLA and PSN services.
Wargaming.net has announced that their popular online tank-shooter, World of Tanks, is coming to retail stores. World of Tanks pits teams of tank drivers against one another in the battlefields of World War II. It also features more than 150 armored vehicles from multiple nationalities. World of Tanks will be available in “special boxed editions”, but it is still unclear as to what these editions will include.
“We’re extremely proud to say that our headliner will finally appear in stores,” said Wargaming.net CEO Victor Kislyi. “We are happy to partner with IGS and hope that their tremendous expertise in distributing retail production will help in bringing the popularity of World of Tanks to a completely new level.”
“World of Tanks has been incredibly popular in Europe,” said IGS CEO and founder Paul Lombardi. “We are delighted to have the opportunity to help bring this stunning game to a North American audience. We also think this partnership has huge potential for both companies.”
World of Tanks is free to play and available now over at the game’s official website.
EA Sports has announced that they will be hosting a live, streaming event showing off their upcoming title, SSX, on June 29 at 11am PT. The event will be streamed live through their Facebook page and USTREAM, so head on over to Facebook to find out more. SSX is due out early next year.
Activision has announced that the Cabela’s series will return with Cabela’s Big Game Hunter 2012 – due out on September 27, 2011. This edition of the game will use the Top Shot Elite gaming peripheral and will be released on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii platforms.
“The pairing of Activision and Cabela’s continues to result in the best hunting games on the market and this year’s Big Game Hunter is no exception,” said Jordan Mauer, Senior Director of Marketing, Activision Publishing. “Featuring upgradeable gear, game-changing freedom of movement and realistic animal behavior, Cabela’s Big Gamer Hunter 2012 is a great addition to any gamer’s library.”
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The Valley of Death DLC pack is now available for Codemasters Operation Flashpoint: Red River. In celebration of this launch, they have released a new trailer for the DLC pack, which features eight new Fireteam Engagements playable in single-player or in four player online co-op. Two new Combat Sweep missions, two new CSAR missions, two new Last Stand missions and two new Rolling Thunder missions are set across stunning new locales.
Crytek has released their highly-awaited DirectX 11 update as well as Patch 1.9 and the optional High-Rez texture pack for Crysis 2 on the Windows PC platform. Also, checkout the DirectX 11 trailer, just released today, after the jump!
Patch Notes
v1.9 Changes
- Added Contact Shadows
- Added DX11 benchmark level
- Added DX11 support for Crysis 2 (the following features only work when downloading the optional DX11 package):
- Tessellation + Displacement Mapping
- High Quality HDR Motion Blur
- Realistic Shadows with Variable Penumbra
- Sprite Based Bokeh Depth of Field
- Parallax Occlusion Mapping
- Particles Motion Blur, Shadows and Art Updates
- Water Rendering improvements and using Tessellation + Displacement Mapping
- Added Realtime Local Reflections
- Added support for Higher Res Textures Package
- Added various new console variables to whitelist
- Fixed bullet penetration, which had been broken by a bug introduced with the DLC 2 patch
- Fixed issue in MP where player stats weren’t always saved at the end of a game
- Fixed issue in MP where player stats would sometimes randomly reset
- Fixed issue with MP time played statistic, which would sometimes be too low on leaderboards and in stats
- Fixed issue with JAW rocket not firing through window’s containing broken glass
- Fixed rare issue where a user could not access MP with a valid CD key if they had previously used an invalid CD key
- Improved advanced graphics options menu
- Improved anti-cheat measurements: fixed exploit which could prevent vote kicking working against a user
- Improved multi-GPU support
- Improved Tone Mapping
- Re-added possibility to enable r_StereoSupportAMD via config file (unsupported)
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FEAR 3 developers, Day 1 Studios, have released a 2 page-long tips & tricks sheet for their new horror-shooter, FEAR 3.
Tips and Tricks
1. Maximize your score by fulfilling multiple challenge requirements, playing on higher difficulties, and completing each level as fast as you can. Use your special abilities often and combine the challenges to make sure you maximize each kill.
2. Exploration is crucial – search each level extensively for hidden ammo caches, psychic link bodies, and the all-important Alma doll. The psychic links and Alma dolls appear in random locations, so make sure you fully explore on each playthrough.
3. When playing co-op, psychic links can be shared or stolen. If you’re looking to set an individual high score, steal them. If you want to set a team high score, share them. Even though you only get 750 points for psychic links, since you both receive the reward it adds a total of 1,500 to your team score.
4. Ranking-up improves various stats including things like ammo capacity, health, and slow-mo. Maximizing your Rank is essential to play on the Insane difficulty. Replaying a level with a higher rank also makes it easier to set a high score and compete for the top position on the leaderboards.
5. The ranks are determined by your total score and the perks are universal in main campaign, co-op, and multiplayer. If you are having trouble in one mode, go spend some time in another to rank up and then try again.
6. The Arc Beam weapon reflects off of walls and floors to hit nearby enemies, and can hit more than one at a time – very useful when Armacham Soldiers are hiding behind cover.
7. The Phase Caster is one of the toughest enemies in F.E.A.R. 3. Make sure you kill him as soon as possible. The Phase Caster will keep calling in reinforcements as you take them out.
8. The Scavengers can be difficult for Fettel to defeat. One method to quickly dispatch them is to levitate the enemy, get close, and push melee for the instant kill. At the same time, if there are multiple Scavengers, you can always suspend one while killing another with the stun blast.
9. In multiplayer mode ‘F**king Run!,’ sending a teammate ahead with a Riot Shield is a good way to add an extra layer of protection to the rest of the team.
10. Also in ‘F**king Run!’ multiplayer mode, the slide tackle is your strongest asset. Not only does it keep you moving forward, but it also takes out enemies.
11. Plan ahead when playing multiplayer mode ‘Contractions.’ Storing all of your ammo on the top level of your safe house will take longer, but pays off in later waves.
12. Don’t try to stay in one body when playing multiplayer mode ‘Soul King.’ Body to body possession is a strategic part of the mode. You can escape other players by jumping from body to body across large portions of the maps. If you’re going to die, possess a new body with full health. If you see an enemy getting the drop on the competitor, possess it and get the kill.
13. Multiplayer mode ‘Soul King’ is designed to be competitive all the way until the end. The last 30 seconds of each round are the most hectic and critical. You should try to stay in second or third place so that you can sweep in for victory in the closing seconds of the round by killing the King.
14. In multiplayer mode ‘Soul Survivor,’ getting a kill while in Last Stand will revive you. However, ammo is limited, so try not to use your Last Stand handgun ammo unless absolutely necessary. Have squad members revive you whenever possible.
15. The “We’ll Try Again Tomorrow” achievement / trophy is easiest to get in the first 3 waves of The Commute multiplayer map.