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Next Medal of Honor game now due in third quarter 2010

by John Callaham Feb 8th 2010 @ 6:00PM

It looks like Electronic Arts is going back to war a bit faster than anticipated. During their financial press release today, the publisher announced that their next Medal of Honor game is now currently scheduled to be released in their second 2011 fiscal quarter, which means a third quarter 2010 calendar release (between July and September).

The game's earlier release is perhaps a way for EA to get the game out before Activision releases their next Call of Duty game which, while not officially announced is expected to be released in the fall quarter of 2010. As we have reported before, the new Medal of Honor game is set in modern day Afghanistan and will feature a single player campaign made by EA's Los Angeles studios and multiplayer modes made by Digital Illusions.

Filed under: FPS, Multiplayer

ESRB reveals WWII missions in Battlefield Bad Company 2

by John Callaham Feb 6th 2010 @ 7:00PM

The Battlefield series of first person shooters began with Battlefield 1942 and now it looks like the latest game in the series, Battlefield Bad Company 2, will return players to that conflict briefly in single player mode. According to a content listing for the game on the ESRB ratings web site, "players conduct missions on an unnamed Japanese island during World War II" before entering the game's modern day era.

Of course the big question is, "What's the connection between the WWII intro missions and the modern day campaign?" A bigger question for PC owners is, "When are we getting our promised port of Battlefield 1943?" The downloadable game was supposed to be out by the end of this quarter but there's been no updates on that game's progress for the last few months by developer Digital Illusions.

[Via Blue's News]

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Filed under: FPS, Multiplayer

Battlefield Bad Company 2 PC beta gets automatic update

by John Callaham Jan 29th 2010 @ 7:00PM

The release yesterday of the multiplayer beta for Battlefield Bad Company 2 wasn't without issues. As we reported earlier this morning using the beta's server browser for the upcoming first person shooter caused the beta to crash to the desktop. Now a new automatic update to the game has solved that problem.

The small patch (which is also available to those players who downloaded the beta via Steam) also fixes a couple of issues with running the game on Windows XP as well as dealing with mouse sensitivity issues. Again you can download the full beta client right here at Big Download.

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Battlefield Heroes pitting vampires against werewolves for next month

by John Callaham Jan 29th 2010 @ 3:00PM

Someone at Digital Illusions must like the Underworld movies. The developer has announced that their free-to-play shooter Battlefield Heroes is giving its players a chance to fight not as pseudo WWII combatants but as either vampires or werewolves. The special in-game event lasts for the next month.

Players can purchase special werewolf or vampire clothing and appearance bundles in the Battlefield Heroes online store. Those bundles include special attacks; the Wolf Claw (for the werewolves) or the Vampire Claw (for the vamps, natch). In addition three of the game's maps have been converted to a spooky night setting. Sorry, no Kate Beckinsale in tight leather is available. You can check out a trailer after the jump.

Download HD Battlefield Heroes 'Vampires vs Werewolves' Trailer (148 MB)

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Battlefield Bad Company 2 PC beta dealing with server browser bugs

by John Callaham Jan 29th 2010 @ 9:00AM

After the massive rush to download the Battlefield Bad Company 2 PC beta client on Thursday, players have been dealing with a rather odd bug that causes the beta to crash to desktop when using the game's server browser. Now it looks like developer Digital Illusions is aware of the bug but has a rather simple workaround for the issue.

On the game's UK message boards, a DICE rep states, "We are aware of a number of crashes when people are using the server browser in game. Please help us pin point the issue by avoiding the use of the browser and instead using the PLAY NOW button. This will help us locate the cause as well as allow you into the beta servers without CTD." So in other words this is the equivalent of the old joke, "Doctor it hurts when I do this." "Well then don't do that." Hehe.

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Filed under: Betas, Downloads, FPS, Multiplayer

Battlefield Bad Company 2 PC beta swamping download sites

by John Callaham Jan 28th 2010 @ 2:00PM

The release today of the Battlefield Bad Company 2 PC beta client happened on schedule at noon Eastern time. However publisher Electronic Arts decided to give the beta client to a select view download sites around the world ahead of time. The result? The client has been nearly impossible to download thanks to a massive surge of traffic by gamers who want to play the beta tor the multiplayer shooter from Digital Illusions.

The Battlefield Bad Company 2 web site has a list of mirrors for the multiplayer beta but they are all experiencing heavy traffic at the moment. There's no word yet if EA will open up the mirror list to allow for more download sites.

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Battlefield Bad Company 2 PC beta details revealed; DRM explained

by John Callaham Jan 27th 2010 @ 12:00PM

Tomorrow, Digital Illusions will begin the long awaited PC multiplayer beta test for their first person shooter Battlefield Bad Company 2. So it stands to reason that the developer wants to get all those players ready for its launch. Now the game's blog site has some details on the beta launch which should begin at noon Eastern time on Thursday.

The beta client itself will apparently be available on various mirror and torrent sites along with Steam. The client will also have SecuROM which DICE says is being used only "to make it difficult to hack the Closed Beta client to run the final game". The final game will also use SecuROM for a one-time authentication only; once that happens you can play the single player gae without needing to go online. EA will allow for the full game to be installed on up to 10 PCs. However the full version will also require an EA.com account to play online.

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Filed under: Betas, FPS, Multiplayer

New Medal of Honor game to mix Unreal Engine 3 with DICE's Frostbite Engine

by John Callaham Jan 25th 2010 @ 8:00PM

Last fall, Electronic Arts annouced that they were reviving their Medal of Honor shooter series by having their Los Angeles studio handle the single player campaign while the Battlefield team at Digital Illusions will build the game's multiplayer mode. Now word has come out that in addition to two separate dev teams, the new Medal of Honor game will have two separate game engines.

The game's official Twitter web site has posted up word that the single player campaign will be built by EALA using Epic's Unreal Engine 3 (indeed the recent trailer for the game is all Unreal Engine 3 footage). However the multiplayer team at DICE decided to use their own in-house Frostbite Engine (the same one being used for Battlefield Bad Company 2) for their portion of the game. It should be interesting to see how the game's development is handled with this rather unique approach.

Download HD Medal of Honor Teaser Trailer (73 MB)
[Via Blue's News]

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Battlefield Bad Company 2 introduces new gameplay mode

by John Callaham Jan 25th 2010 @ 1:00PM

As we get closer to the multiplayer beta launch of Battlefield Bad Company 2 (it starts this Thursday for the PC) developer Digital Illusions has reveal more info on their modern day shooter title. Today their web site reveals their new Squad Rush multiplayer gameplay mode.

The mode has two teams of four players each battling it out to capture two bases. It's basically a different version of the Rush gameplay mode. While the console versions of the game will gain access to the mode for its first 30 days via pre-orders only, all PC gamers will get access immediately at launch via a free update. You can check out a YouTube video showing off Squad Rush after the jump.

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Battlefield Bad Company 2 digital pre-orders offer six in-game unlocks

by John Callaham Jan 24th 2010 @ 3:00PM

Battlefield Bad Company 2's PC release is due out on March 2 and pre-orders for the first person shooter are now being taken over at both the Steam and Direct2Drive PC game download service. Buying the game via either outlet will give players access to the game's upcoming PC multiplayer beta test that starts this Thursday.

However, players also will gain early in-game access to six weapons and items when the full game is released. The unlocks are the same on the Steam and Direct2Drive versions and include two weapons, a vehicle motion sensor, improved armor for vehicles and more. There's no word yet if the unlocks will be available to everyone else as a paid download or if players can access them for free while playing the game.

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