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Bad Company 2 DLC trailer shows off new battlefields

by James Murff Aug 18th 2010 @ 9:00PM

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The folks at DICE may be hard at work on the Medal of Honor multiplayer, but that doesn't mean they are neglecting their beloved Battlefield franchise. While an expansion is in the works, DICE is still making small map packs for the average user, with the newest being VIP Map Pack 6. It's a free update to anyone that owns Bad Company 2, and it doesn't really add any new maps. Rather, it extends Panama Canal and Laguna Presa to allow Squad Deathmatch and Squad Rush, respectively. The map pack is available now for free, and the above trailer showcases some of the action you can find playing new game modes on old maps.

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Filed under: FPS, Multiplayer, Trailers, Video

EA to support Novint Falcon PC controller

by John Callaham Apr 8th 2008 @ 1:50PM

Creating a game controller for the PC that is both usable and adds features that can't be done with the standard mouse-keyboard setup has been hard for many years. The creators of the Novint Falcon have gotten a lot of acclaim lately because of their oddly designed controller that allows gamers to "feel" things in the game like textures, the weight of objects being held and more. Electronic Arts was apparently impressed enough with the controller that it decided to support Novint and add support for a number of their PC games to the Falcon including the Battlefield and Need For Speed series.

Ironically, the agreement also adds support for EA's sports games such as Madden NFL, NBA Live and Tiger Woods PGA Tour. EA Sports head man Peter Moore recently announced that the next version of Madden wouldn't be released for the PC at all, saying that the PC platform presents some " . . . very serious business challenges to us in the sports category." So it looks like PC sports players will have to use Madden NFL 08 for the Falcon at this stage.

Filed under: Biz, Hardware

Epic and EA renew Unreal Engine 3 vows

by John Callaham Apr 8th 2008 @ 9:14AM

When Electronic Arts acquired Burnout developers Criterion Games a few years ago, they also got the rights to their Renderware graphics engine which at the time was used by a ton of third party PC and console games. However once EA bought Renderware no other publisher was interested in licensing the engine anymore. Cue up Epic Games; EA used Epic's Unreal Engine 3 in Medal of Honor Airborne and more recently Army of Two. Now a new press release announces EA and Epic have decided to renew their Unreal Engine 3 license agreement for at least five upcoming games. It should be interesting to see how EA uses the engine this time round.