MOH FIX IS A COMMUNITY based patch for Medal of Honor: Allied Assault designed to improve gameplay, increase stability and fix bugs such as wallhacking or clipping. More
UK based magazine "Short List" states that the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops will include unique weapon customization, currency in multiplayer, a variety of new game modes and theatre mode after a visit to Treyarch's headquarters in California. Read more about Black Ops here.
A new Paradox Interactive Blog called The Wester Front is now online to collect the musings of Paradox CEO Fredrik Wester. They promise weekly updates, the first of which is now online, titled "Bobby, Mark and Paradox Interactive," discussing the seeming resurgence in PC gaming. Here's a bit:
Developing games for PC is great. I don't say that just because we have only released one non-PC title to date (Lead & Gold for PlayStation Network) and a small minority of our upcoming titles are played on machines other than the PC. No, I'm not biased at all. I'm a morally sound individual, and what you will find in this blog are nothing but my completely honest, unbiased opinions. What I find most exciting is that more and more people consider PC the gaming machine of the future. Seeing what you can do with a PC in comparison what you can do with other consoles, how you can connect with other gamers, release new stuff and keep control of your releases makes more and more people understand the true potential of PC gaming.
To read the first post, "Bobby, Mark and Paradox Interactive," click here.
"It's a sad day for PC nerds, as AMD has confirmed that it's taking the venerable ATI brand out behind the woodshed and sending it off to hardware heaven.
AMD has confirmed with the Tech Report that it intends to eliminate the brand from future product lines. A "major motivator" for the decision is the upcoming release of the Fusion line, which will combine CPU and GPU technology on a single chip. AMD also said that it is "on a roll" and making significant headway against nVidia, shipping more discrete graphics units than its competitor in the past quarter and also coming out ahead with some "high-profile design wins."
The company's own internal research also indicated that consumers who know something about graphics cards, which is to say the people most likely to buy them, are aware of the Radeon brand name and that their preference for AMD triples when they know about the AMD/ATI merger. This, according to the company, "indicates 'permission' to consolidate under the AMD brand." Current Radeon hardware will continue to carry the ATI name to help avoid confusion but beginning later this year, new products will be released sporting an AMD Radeon badge."
Currently I have a Asus 4870X2 and Asus 4870 in a tri-fire configuration which will keep my feet warm this winter.
It Appears That Game Spy Has Been Down For About The Past Two Or Three Days. Let's hope it's for maintenance and not EA (Eternal Asses) pulling the plug on MOH:AA.
Update: It looks as if it is just general maintenance as GameSpy is moving to a new data center. Other games are affected, which suggests that its not just MOH:AA.
We've got some actual gameplay footage for the few Medal of Honor fans left out there. The game moves fast and it looks pretty un-natural, but to each their own. Almost as if there is studio lighting blaring down on the entire map. Also, video does have an F bomb in it. Thought we'd warn the young ones.
It looks like the Brits aren't to excited about Electronic Arts upcoming Medal of Honor title. It's not the first time that a first person shooter has allowed gamers to play the role of terrorist, but Defence Secretary Liam Fox considers the game ban worthy. "I would urge retailers to show their support for our armed forces and ban this tasteless product." The real questionis whether or not Fox is calling for a ban because of the content, or because he wants consumers to save their $60 instead of buying crap? More about the ban of Medal of Honor in the United Kingdom can be found here.
City Interactive, a Polish game publisher, has announced the signing of a contract with The Farm 51 for the development of Alien Fear - a PC/X360/PS3 first-person shooter with horror elements. TF51 are responsible for 2009's NecroVisioN and its expansion pack, Lost Company.
Guys, please support a fellow community member by keeping an eye out for this game and buying it when it comes out! I'm one of the guys working on it - been on the programming team at TF51 since March. On a side note, I largely owe the job to the MoHAA mods I've made.
Far Cry 3 is on it's way. Said to be set in Africa once again. I played the heck out of Far Cry 2 so I hope I'm not too sick of seeing another version of the same thing. "A new rumor from the pages of PC Gamer's latest print magazine suggests that Far Cry 3 is in full production mode." Read more about Far Cry 3 here.
Apparently the developer's console is confirmed for the PC version of Black Ops, and Treyarch will "open the game up for modding post-launch." Sounds like a plan, but is this just another PR stunt. Cross those fingers and hope for the best. Read about Black Ops and modding here.
It this what the so called hard core PC gamers have been waiting for? id Software releases the source code for both Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (both SP and MP)
Currently, the RtCW code can be downloaded from the Id software FTP site in single and multiplayer versions, alongside the full source code for the single and multi-player Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. All three of the source code releases are licensed under version 3 of the GNU General Public License, according to a report on consumer weblog Shacknews.
John Carmack, id Software's co-founder, had promised that the code for RtCW and Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory -- which were released in 2001 and 2003 respectively -- would be available shortly after QuakeCon 2009.
But Carmack indicated during his keynote address at QuakeCon that a busy schedule had prevented him from working through the legalities of making them available any sooner.
It will be very interesting to see how the "hard core" modders could use these engines to compete with modern FPS games being released by the Big two publishers (Activision/EA). I guess if you're not going to release tools then the PC community will go elsewhere (for free)
The RtCW source code can be downloaded from FileShack, with separate multiplayer and singleplayer components, as can the Enemy Territory source code. All are licensed under version 3 of the GNU General Public License.
- sorry about cross posting news, but thought it was worth it.
As the title suggests, I would like to hear some of your thoughts on the game. How is it? Gameplay, movement, video, audio, etc etc I haven't gotten a chance to try it out yet, and I know there were a limited amount of keys, but I'd like to hear some feedback on it. If it's anything like pacific assault, then I will more than likely be disappointed in it, but if it's more like aa,sh,bt, I think there is alot of potential.
"Viacom-owned game chat and discovery service service Xfire has been sold to Titan Gaming. The terms of the deal are undisclosed. Titan said it would be taking on the Xfire name and that Xfire services will continue uninterrupted for its users. News of the sale broke late Monday, Xfire General Manager Chris Kirmse left a cryptic note on the front page of the site titled "team leaving" saying that "most of the team that has brought you Xfire for the last six years is leaving, including me." Kirmse did not go into any additional detail on who the buyers were, nor had there been an official announcement made on the company's blog or about page. Xfire and former parent company Viacom did not immediately respond to a request for more information. But Titan issued a statement late Monday indicating it had purchased Xfire and saying it intends to "utilize the Xfire platform to help gaming companies better engage their users." Titan Gaming specializes in monetization, particularly in-game currency, video advertising, and in-game betting. Xfire was originally sold to Viacom back in 2006 for $102 million. The site has since gone on to register more than 16.7 million users and put out 127 software releases. In early 2005, it was sued for patent infringement by Yahoo over the company's use of instant messaging technology. The dispute was settled a year later. Xfire co-founders Dennis Fong and Mike Cassidy parted ways with the company shortly after its acquisition. Fong went on to found Raptr--a similarly featured social games network, and Cassidy went on to work for Benchmark Capital and, ultimately Ruba, which was sold to Google earlier this year."
"It's a sad day for PC nerds, as 
I'm one of the guys working on it - been on the programming team at TF51 since March. On a side note, I largely owe the job to the MoHAA mods I've made.
