Friday Reading - Battlefield 1943 Preorders - briefly
(hx) 12:22 AM CEST - Oct,03 2009
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- 3000AD MMOG Tease - Galactic Command
Online is a new website from 3000AD teasing
mysterious plans for an upcoming MMOG from the independent developer.
The page says "10-15-09", the date when more will be revealed. Word is:
'THE MMO COMPETITION WILL HAVE A LOT TO WORRY ABOUT. WE RETURN TO OUR
PLAYGROUND.'
- WRC Announced - Black Bean Games
announces WRC, a game based on the FIA World
Rally Championship racing series. WRC will be released for PC, Xbox
360, and PlayStation 3 next year.
- S.H.M.U.P Demo - S.H.M.U.P
(video) puts you in command of up
to fifteen independent ships, defending your wall against a never
ending collection of enemies and massive bosses. To aid you in your
defence, you have access to a plethora of upgrades and awesome
exploding, homing missiles
- Empire: Total War Patch & Map Plans - Creative
Assembly announced plans for an upcoming patch
to update Empire: Total War to version 1.5 and add four free new maps
to the real-time strategy sequel. All the maps will be enabled for all
team sizes - 1v1, 2v2, 3v3 and 4v4, allowing them all to be played by
any number of players.
- BattleCast Primetime Season 2 Episode 3 - Joe 'KANE' Kucan is back in the
host seat again alongside Raj Joshi in a new 30-min BattleCast
Primetime episode featuring an exclusive first look in-game at the
Crawler's in Command & Conquer 4 and much more.
- CrimeCraft Goes Free to Play - Vogster
Entertainment announced that you'll be able to play Crimecraft for
as long as you want, without paying... but if you decide it
is something worth paying for (not bloody likely), you'll be able to
for more features n' stuff.
- Battlefield 1943 Preorders - The EA
Store is now accepting preorders for the
Windows edition of Battlefield 1943, DICE's World War II shooter. As
they tweet: "BF1943 coming to PC featuring 32 players, joystick
support, server browser, & more PC goodness! Reserve your copy
now at EAStore.com. The downloadable game has been priced at $15, a
figure in line with the console versions. Unique features of the PC
version include 32-player multiplayer matches, joystick support and a
server browser.
- Left 4 Dead 2 Preorders Begin - Valve
announces preorders of Left 4 Dead 2 are now
being accepted, revealing that preorders on Steam get a 10% discount
off the MSRP of the co-op zombie shooter sequel, and they are also
discounting the Left 4 Dead four-pack and the Left 4 Dead bundle. As
previously reported, pre-orders will also get first crack at the Left 4
Dead 2 demo which will be made available for them on October 27
(everyone else will wait for an extra week before getting access).
Finally, pre-orders get the exclusive baseball bat melee weapon to
knock off some undead pests.
- Ambitious L4D Mod: Cold Case, Coming October 31st -
Titled Cold Case, the feature set is
pretty ambitious, boasting 36 total maps split between 6 campaigns, as
well as some character upgrades and "evolving zombies". There's a video showing off a level from
their Beta process called The Prison.
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - The Callsign
Editor - IGN has an article on the
new Callsign Editor for Modern Warfare 2. Not unlike Street Fighter IV,
you'll be able to pick a Title and an Emblem, which will represent your
online self while gaining ranks and shooting fools. Each Title and
Emblem will be unlocked as you play.
- Buy One Crap Game, Get a Second Free! - Steam
has a pretty terrible deal going on right now. If you go over
there and buy Raven Squad (currently rated a 38/100 over on Metacritic)
you can get Legendary (rated 50/100) for no charge.
- The Ballad of Gay Tony Vehicles - Rockstar
has posted some info about the new vehicles
that will feature in The Ballad of Gay Tony. Five new screenshots are
included.
- CD Projekt Buyout - Polish developer CD
Projekt is rumoured to be the subject of a bizarre takeover offer by
struggling IT company Optimus. Optimus' business is broadly spread
across the IT sector, though it has struggled to recapture the success
it enjoyed throughout the nineties. The alleged buyer is based in
Polish capital Warsaw, as is CD Projekt. According to a Polygamia report,
Optimus has successfully acquired CD Projekt in exchange for stock, and
in the process has made The Witcher developer a publicly-traded
company. CD Projekt confirmed purchase rumours here
- Spore Film Plans - The Hollywood
Reporter's Heat Vision Blog reports that the film rights to
Spore have been picked up by 20th Century Fox to create a CG animated
feature based on EA Maxis' evolutionary game.
- Warcraft Film Details - IMDB
has updated details on the Warcraft movie, which is now
titled Warcraft: The Rise of the Lich King. The movie is slated for a
2011 release.
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