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New group feature, wardrobe tweaks.
There’s a number of new features and tweaks on the way for PlayStation Home, Sony has announced.
Client Update 1.4 adds a new group feature that allows up to eight people to get together on dedicated voice chat channels. New voice chat channels will also be made available for clubs.
The wardrobe feature is getting a few new bells and whistles too, including a new ‘Storage’ area where you can stow rarely used items.
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Electronic Arts dishes details on new free-to-play franchise entry; will contain maps from Battlefield 2, weapons from Bad Company 2; beta goes live Nov. 30; Battlefield Heroes recruits 6 million.
On the same day that Electronic Arts reported its mostly dismal second-quarter earnings, a company spokesperson teased the announcement of a new Battlefield series entry. A full reveal was promised for Friday, November 5, and now the publisher has made good on that pledge.
Today EA officially announced Battlefield Play4Free, a new first-person shooter due for the PC in spring 2011. The title will be the publisher’s second free-to-play Battlefield-themed shooter, following the stylized Battlefield: Heroes. EA also noted that Heroes has registered over 6 million users, which is twice the most recent recruitment tally the publisher announced in December 2009.
Battlefield Play4Free will be decidedly different than Heroes, in that it will sport realistic characters, weapons, maps, and environments. The title will feature 32-player multiplayer support, and will contain maps from Battlefield 2 as well as weapons and classes from Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
Players will have access to 16 vehicles in Play4Free, including the Mil Mi-28 attack helicopter, the F35 VTOL jet fighter, the Russian T-90 main battle tank, and the LSV light strike vehicle. Further, players will earn in-game currency as they progress through the title. That money can then be spent on weapons and equipment. A teaser trailer (embedded below) shows off the game’s environments, weapons, and vehicles.
EA did not announce if Battlefield Play4Free will contain an in-game marketplace or any other details regarding how the publisher will monetize the shooter. A beta for the title will kick off on November 30. Players can sign up for the beta through the game’s registration page.
For more on Battlefield Play4Free, check out GameSpot’s hands-on preview.
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But Codemasters Online isn’t doing it.
APB as we know it is dead, but Codemasters Online general manager David Solari is convinced it could be turned around – providing someone has “nine months of hard work” to spare.
“[Realtime Worlds] made some key mistakes there,” Solari explained to Eurogamer. “With some key stuff changed that game could be successful.
“Somebody will… If they don’t pick up the game then they will pick up the technology for sure, because the avatar and character customisation technology is incredible. Something will definitely be done to preserve that.
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Plus, Dead or Alive: Code Cronus axed.
Ninja Gaiden 3 looks set to completely reboot the franchise, according to Team Ninja boss Yousuke Hayashi.
Speaking in an interview with Japanese mag Famitsu, kindly translated by Andriasang, Hayashi said, “We’re developing it with the idea of restarting at the beginning, saying ‘We’d like to make the action game that’s most interesting for the current era.’
“With this meaning, it’s going to be a game that’s not bound by the past more than necessary. Of course, we will be valuing the past, but in a good meaning we’d like to make it into a game that’s not tied down by the past.”
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Plus, Apple will never make a games console.
Dave Perry, Gaikai CEO and developer of cult platformer Earthworm Jim, reckons there will be a 3DTV in every home in eight or nine years.
His prediction conflicts with Ubisoft’s: the French games company told Eurogamer there will be a 3D telly in every home in just three years.
“How long does your TV last today? 10 years. This cycle will probably go a little quicker because of the killer app-ness of it,” Perry told Eurogamer at the London Games Conference in BAFTA last night.
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Konami talks cash.
When Hideo Kojima releases a Metal Gear Solid game, Konami’s bank balance explodes. That didn’t happen with PSP game Peace Walker, but Konami takes solace in the fact it was at least “well received by hardcore Metal Gear fans”.
Was it? Eurogamer’s Oli Welsh awarded the stealth game 8/10.
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker commands an enviable 89 per cent on Metacritic.
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Big US chains are out of stock.
Microsoft’s Kinect system is, as anticipated, selling like gangbusters, with some of the biggest retail chains in the US all out of stock.
According to a report in USA Today, the new motion control gizmo is sold out at Best Buy, Target and GameStop’s online stores. Amazon.com isn’t taking any more orders either, though you can still grab it bundled with a console.
WalMart apparently has a few left, but a spokesperson warned, “there is going to be very high demand for these products. We will continue to restock throughout the season.”
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Guerrilla makes good on latency claims.
Guerrilla Games says that Killzone 3’s control system has been substantially improved over its predecessor’s. Last week’s limited release of the Killzone 3 multiplayer beta was a golden opportunity to put these claims to the test, and forms a small part of an extensive tech analysis set to be posted on the Digital Foundry blog tomorrow.
“Our first priority when we started working on the controls for Killzone 3 was to listen closely to Killzone 2’s players – what they liked, what they disliked, and how they felt things could be improved,” Guerrilla game director Mathijs de Jonge wrote on the official Killzone website. “We’ve recalibrated the dead zone to be more responsive and significantly reduced the input lag, resulting in far better accuracy. Best of all, we’ve managed to retain that sense of weight that set Killzone 2 apart from other shooters.”
The verdict? Guerrilla has delivered. By using a Ben Heck PS3 latency controller monitor board, we can re-run the same tests we carried out with Killzone 2, where we established overall input lag to be a disappointing 150ms with the game running at its optimum 30FPS.
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Capcom launches hunt for best drawing.
Capcom’s launched a competition to get fan artwork into the official Marvel Vs Capcom 3 art book to be released with the special edition of the game.
The winning entry will get an Xbox 360, a copy of MVC3 and a framed print of their piece of work.
Just know this: no hentai allowed.
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Capcom launches hunt for best drawing.
Capcom’s launched a competition to get fan artwork into the official Marvel Vs Capcom 3 art book to be released with the special edition of the game.
The winning entry will get an Xbox 360, a copy of MVC3 and a framed print of their piece of work.
Just know this: no hentai allowed.
