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We always thought the name "Merchants of Brooklyn" was an odd title for a sci-fi first person action game. Apparently so does the game's developer Paleo Entertainment. After releasing their CryEngine powered action game with that title last March as a single player game, the company quietly renanamed the game today on the Steam service with the much more generic title Drug Wars.

Drug Wars was previously the name given to Merchants of Brooklyn's recently added multiplayer mode but now that title covers both the single and multiplayer portions of the game. Today's name change also comes with a new patch for the game (automatically handled via Steam) that adds a few new features and fixes some bugs.

You may remember a few months ago that developer Paleo Entertainment released Merchants of Brooklyn, a CryEngine 2 based first person action game. You may also remember that the developer first released an older alpha version of the game to the public before admitting their mistake and making the final version available on Steam.

Now comes word that the multiplayer componant for the game, Drug Wars, has been made available as a free update visSteam. The team-based mode combines elements of Capture The Flag and Base Defense as teams try to secure all the "drugs" on the map during the match. There is support for up to 32 players along with updated weapons and four vehicles. The new update also includes a number of bug fixes for the original game.

Several weeks ago, indie developer Paleo Entertainment released the CryEngine 2 based FPS Merchants of Brooklyn. The game gained some fame for releasing a buggy alpha version as the final product first before the actual finished game was released via Steam.

Now a post on the Paleo Entertainment message board has revealed plans for a free multiplayer update to Merchants of Brooklyn with the rather interesting title of Drug Wars. As the post describes, "Find the drugs, stash the drugs, defend the drugs, kill everyone and take their drugs! YOU MUST HAVE DRUGS!" Well, they seem to be going for the Jack Thompson audience with this one. The expansion will be shown at Paleo's booth at E3 in June but no release date has been announced.

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Earlier today we reported that Paleo Entertainment had released their CryEngine 2-based action game Merchants of Brooklyn via Steam. Well, the first time game developer did something in that release that we have seen few, if any, companies do. It actually released an earlier version of the game via Steam instead of the final completed gold build.

Complaints about the game have hit the Steam forums as well as the developer's own web site. Paleo has now issued a statement on their message boards, saying, "We are fully aware of the problems that occurred with the initial release of M.O.B. Unfortunately, the incorrect version went up on Steam. The Alpha version was released initially, this has been corrected. Please log in/log out of Steam to receive the correct version of M.O.B. We will be patching this game periodically to correct any issues that arise, as well as new and exciting features and multiplayer modes! We apologize for any inconvenience, and appreciate any input that you have." We imagine the input consists of, "Don't do that again!"

[Via Shacknews]

Paleo Entertainment's unusual looking and playing first person action game Merchants of Brooklyn has now officially been released via Steam. The game, which uses Crytek's Cryengine 2 technology, also has a nice intro starting price on Steam.

From now until March 24 the game is available for just $15.99. After that date the game will revert to its normal price of $19.99. That gets you a game where you play a cloned Neanderthal fighter in the year 3100 who has a biomechanical arm. As you can see above, things tend to get bloody whenever a bionic arm is used. This game is apparently the first chapter of a series of Merchants of Brooklyn games but so far details on future installments have not been released.

There's an action-flying game, a historical empire strategy game, a WWII RTS title and a couple of interesting downloadable games in store for PC gamers this week:

Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X
Ubisoft launches yet another game in their Tom Clancy branded line of titles with this near-future flying action title. This game is also notable as it incorporates other Tom Clancy game series into its storyline.

We've been following the progress of a rather interesting looking first person action game called Mechants of Brooklyn for some time. Developed by Paleo Entertainment the game uses the CryEngine 2 graphics engine from Crytek. They released a trailer and screenshots from the game last November and we we very impressed with the unique art style and the melee-like action.

Today Paleo Entertainment announced they planned to release the "first volume" of Merchants of Brooklyn via Valve's Steam service on March 17.As we have reported before the game's backstory tells the tale of an Earth in the year 3100 where you play a cloned Neanderthal fighter. You have to compete in bloody gladiator style matches for the amusement of the upper class. Oh, and you and pull a man's head off and charge it up somehow to turn it into a grenade. Cool. Pricing for the game has yet to be announced.

Last year a new San Diego game developer called Paleo Entertainment announced its presence, revealing that they had plans to release a CryEngine 2 based action game called Merchants of Brooklyn. This week the developer released the first media from the game and it's looking like it could be something special.

The first trailer and screenshots depict a game world with a cel-shaded art style and a highly violent world. The backstory tells the tale of an Earth in the year 3100 where you play a cloned Neanderthal fighter that competes in bloody gladiator style matches for the amusement of the upper class. The trailer depicts something we have never seen in a game before; pulling off an opponants head and then charging it up somehow to use it as a grenade. There's no word on a publisher or release date yet for the game.

Download the HD trailer for Merchants of Brooklyn at Big Download