Nvidia announced that the company has launched a new 3D Vision update with glasses offering an extra 20 hours of battery life at a price point $50 less than the previous kit. The kit which includes a pair of glasses and a transmitter will be available for $149 compared to the previous $199 price point. Users who already have 3D Vision set up can pick up an extra set of the updated glasses for $119 instead of $149.

Today we are happy to announce an updated version of our 3D Vision wireless glasses kit for a new low price of $149 (US), $50 less than the original price. Plus, the glasses provide 50 percent longer battery life from a single charge, 60 hours compared with 40 hours before, giving you even more time of uninterrupted 3D entertainment.

With over 1,000 products in the 3D Vision ecosystem, including notebook and desktop PCs, displays, TVs, projectors, GPUs, video applications, cameras and games, 3D Vision lets you experience the best quality 3D in many different ways on your PC. In addition, we’re also lowering our price of extra wireless glasses for only $119, so that it’s easier to share the 3D experience with your friends.

It’s never been better to be a 3D Vision owner, with new 3D games available such as Bulletstorm and Crysis 2. If you haven’t done it yet, download the Crysis 2 multiplayer demo from GeForce.com and experience one of the most anticipated games in 2011 with 3D Vision. And, pair 3D Vision with the brand new GeForce GTX 550 Ti – also available today for $149 – and you have the perfect gaming upgrades for your PC.

Beyond gaming, 3D Vision is also adding new dimensions to your videos and photos. Visit 3DVisionLive.com where we’re hosting over 5,000 3D photos and videos available to stream via your PC. You can even upload your own 3D photos and share them with friends, or the world.


THQ and Kaos are committed to supporting Homefront post-launch, and we are actively investigating all reported bugs and issues. We have already dramatically increased server capacity to meet the unprecedented demand, which is addressing many of the connection issues we saw yesterday. Our data shows that that the vast majority of Homefront players are enjoying multiplayer without issue, however we are tracking and addressing a number of known issues on both PS3 and 360. This is what we’re doing right now:

PS3
We have a patch going live this evening at 17.00 PST / 20.00 EST / 24.00 GMT. This will include:
• Fixes for intermittent problems accepting friend invites and joining friends’ games
• Several fixes for reported freezes
• Fixes related to joining matches, round transitions, and proper behavior on the match recap screen
• Additional bug fixes, including inaccuracies in ping meter, and player hosted servers not properly pulling score/time limit settings
For those of you experiencing difficulties with PS3, this update should make a significant difference.

Xbox 360
We have seen far fewer issues reported on 360 to date, but we are currently working on a title update that we trust will address most outstanding issues. As soon as we have a timeframe for this we will let you know.
We have seen reports of an extremely rare issue whereby Xbox 360 owners can no longer connect to the game at all with their preferred profile. This affects just a handful of the several hundreds of thousands of Xbox 360 players we’re tracking, but if it’s affecting you, please contact THQ support at http://support.thq.com with a full description of the problem so we can identify you.

PC
Is looking pretty robust right now. We released a small hotfix today to address a couple of minor issues, but you can expect a patch with full change-list in the near future as we identify and fix issues on the ever-fluid PC platform!
To report an issue on any format, we invite players to post in the Homefront forums which will allow us to identify and track your issues as fast as possible.

We want to stress that Homefront is one of a tiny handful of titles offering dedicated server support on console, and the infrastructure and networking code required to support this is much more complex and demanding than simple peer-to-peer matchmaking you see in most other FPS games. The pay-off is larger maps, more players, and an equal playing field for all – something we believe is critical for fair, balanced online FPS gameplay.

Every game that goes the extra mile to provide dedicated servers faces additional teething problems in the first few days as the kinks are ironed out, but please bear with us as we address these – the result will be worth it. Once again, we apologise for any disruption to your gaming, and thank you for your patience and support.