Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[America's Army: Proving Grounds due this year, beta testers being enlisted]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/06/americas-army-proving-grounds-due-this-year-beta-testers-bein/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/06/americas-army-proving-grounds-due-this-year-beta-testers-bein/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/06/americas-army-proving-grounds-due-this-year-beta-testers-bein/#comments America's Army Proving Grounds due this year, beta testers being enlistedThe next version of America's Army will arrive this year, the US Army announced on its Facebook page. The developer is taking beta tester applicants for the next Army game, which its official forums users were given a head start on two weeks ago.

America's Army first launched in July 2002 as a free PC first-person shooter and Army recruitment tool. The most recent update to the series, America's Army 3, came out in June 2009.

[Thanks, David!]

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>americas-armyamericas-army-3americas-army-4americas-army-proving-groundsannouncementbeta-testingfpspcus-armySat, 06 Apr 2013 22:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Riccitiello: We were 'horrified' by Newtown, studies don't link video games to gun violence]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/30/riccitiello-we-were-horrified-by-newtown-studies-dont-link/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/30/riccitiello-we-were-horrified-by-newtown-studies-dont-link/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/30/riccitiello-we-were-horrified-by-newtown-studies-dont-link/#comments Riccitiello EA CEO John Riccitiello said EA didn't see any impact on sales of shooters following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, nor during the following political maelstrom. Riccitiello said he has a unique vantage point on the issue of gun violence and the media, since he chairs the ESRB and ESA alongside his day job.

During a financial call, Riccitiello fielded a question about the potential impact of real-life gun violence on shooter sales and EA's internal approach to violent games.

"I was hoping we weren't going to do this question," he began.

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JoystiqRiccitiello: We were 'horrified' by Newtown, studies don't link video games to gun violence originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>EAElectronic-Artsfpsgun-violencemicrosoftpcplaystationps3shooterShootersxboxWed, 30 Jan 2013 18:15:00 EST<![CDATA[Dustforce devs announce FPS 'Spire']]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/17/dustforce-devs-announce-fps-spire/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/17/dustforce-devs-announce-fps-spire/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/17/dustforce-devs-announce-fps-spire/#comments Dustforce devs announce FPS 'Spire'Hitbox Team, the developer behind Dustforce, has revealed its next project, a first-person shooter entitled Spire (not to be confused with the other indie FPS, The Spire). The game sees players doing their best to ascend a mysterious tower. "The internals of the tower are ever-changing," according to the team, and the game will be different every time, challenging players to "climb as high as possible."

Levels will be procedurally generated, though Hitbox designer Woodley Nye promises that they won't be merely random, and instead be "generated with intention." As an example, after creating an intense combat scenario, the generator "might think to then generate a scene with lower intensity to better control the emotional arc of the experience."

Furthermore, while the game has a fantasy setting, Hitbox is promising creatures and items outside of the familiar "goblins and elves" tropes we're all used to. Instead, enemies and items will be "strange and unexpected." Gameplay mechanics too, will be different than standard FPS games, using tricks inspired by Dustforce, such as jumping and sliding on walls.

Players will be able to generate random Spires for offline play, while the community will fight to dominate the leaderboards via a shared weekly Spire. Nye didn't offer a release window, saying only that Hitbox is "well into the development of Spire."

JoystiqDustforce devs announce FPS 'Spire' originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>fpshitbox-teampcspireThu, 17 Jan 2013 17:20:00 EST<![CDATA[Renegade Kid has original FPS hitting 3DS eShop this year]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/13/renegade-kid-has-original-fps-hitting-3ds-eshop-this-year/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/13/renegade-kid-has-original-fps-hitting-3ds-eshop-this-year/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/13/renegade-kid-has-original-fps-hitting-3ds-eshop-this-year/#comments Renegade Kid, the team behind Mutant Mudds and this lost Crash Bandicoot demo, is working on an original FPS for the 3DS eShop, studio founder Jools Watsham tells Nintendo Force. Watsham confirms the news on Twitter, noting that this will be the first FPS on the 3DS eShop.

The game is scheduled to launch this holiday season, it's an original IP and it will support the Circle Pad Pro, Watsham says. We should get more information on Renegade Kid's new game later this year.

JoystiqRenegade Kid has original FPS hitting 3DS eShop this year originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dseShopfpsnintendorenegade-kidSun, 13 Jan 2013 13:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Far Cry 3 review: The slippery corpse]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/04/far-cry-3-review/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/04/far-cry-3-review/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/04/far-cry-3-review/#comments Far Cry 3 likes holding your hand, but not in the clingy, clammy way committed by worrywart games. A more pedantic guide would have dragged you through a clockwork jungle, crushing the chaos that lies beneath brilliant moments of discovery and sudden warfare. What you get on the pirate-infested island paradise of Far Cry 3, with great relief, is a tug in the right direction, and tacit approval when you decide to frolic and fling grenades at goats.

Goats, by the way, are not to be trusted. They seem like innocent targets in their grass-chewing congregations, but there's evidence of an assassination plot burgeoning between the billies. One led me across the road, just as an enemy patrol car came rattling around the bend. I pursued another through a frenzy of gunshots and screams, amidst mercenaries and a ... collective noun of Komodo dragons. And the most evil of all goats had his revenge in death, sliding down the hill while I bent down and followed, trying to liberate his skin for a carrying bag. That's when I fell off the cliff, chasing a slippery corpse.

Gallery: Far Cry 3 (12/4/12)

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JoystiqFar Cry 3 review: The slippery corpse originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>far-cry-3fpsmicrosoftpcplaystationps3ubisoftubisoft-montrealxboxTue, 04 Dec 2012 10:00:00 EST<![CDATA[PlanetSide 2 trailer asks what 'your FPS' can do]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/27/planetside-2-trailer-asks-what-your-fps-can-do/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/27/planetside-2-trailer-asks-what-your-fps-can-do/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/27/planetside-2-trailer-asks-what-your-fps-can-do/#comments
Sony's PlanetSide 2 is now available, and this video for the game asks (somewhat smugly) if "your FPS" can do what PS2 does. The point being conveyed, of course is that most games in the genre don't have the same scale as what's on display here.

JoystiqPlanetSide 2 trailer asks what 'your FPS' can do originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>fpsgamesgenrepcplanetside-2questionsonytrailervideoTue, 27 Nov 2012 04:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified review: A black mark]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/19/call-of-duty-black-ops-declassified-review/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/19/call-of-duty-black-ops-declassified-review/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/19/call-of-duty-black-ops-declassified-review/#comments Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified should have been a pleasing success, a competent shooter on the go, but instead it triggers the awkward smile and feigned gratuity reserved for an earnest, botched gift. Like a slice of cake poured from a decanter, there are clear, disturbing signs of a good thing gone wrong in its preparation.

Gallery: Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified

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JoystiqCall of Duty: Black Ops Declassified review: A black mark originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>activisionblack-ops-declassifiedfpsnihilisticnstigateplaystationplaystation-vitavitaMon, 19 Nov 2012 17:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Why DmC runs 30 FPS on consoles, according to Capcom]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/05/why-dmc-runs-30-fps-on-consoles-according-to-capcom/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/05/why-dmc-runs-30-fps-on-consoles-according-to-capcom/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/05/why-dmc-runs-30-fps-on-consoles-according-to-capcom/#comments DmC will run 30fps but look like 60fps, says CapcomDmC is capped at 30 FPS on consoles, but according to director Hideaki Itsuno, the game will feel like it's running at 60 FPS - and it all comes down to mind games.

"60 FPS is a speed the brain and the eye can catch up with and understand," Itsuno tells Eurogamer. "But at 30 FPS there's a technique where you take advantage of the brain's ability to fill in the blanks. So even though you have it running at 30 FPS, you create the motions and the poses in such a way that the brain will naturally fill in what would have been the extra frames."

Of course 60 FPS "would be better," Itsuno says, but DmC's button-response design and visual style make 30 FPS just as good. DmC features living, moving environments that would have been forced static if Capcom and Ninja Theory pushed for 60 FPS on consoles, Ninja Theory technical art director Stuart Adcock adds. Remember, the PC version of DmC does run at 60 FPS.

Previous games in the series, such as Devil May Cry 4, run at 60 FPS on consoles. Devil May Cry 4 was built with Capcom's MT Framework engine, while DmC uses Epic's Unreal Engine 3. This engine swap contributes to the 30 FPS cap, Adcock says: "We were limited a little bit by the engine capabilities."

"We did a lot of work trying to simulate the effects of fluid motion even at 30. We simulated more motion blur and made sure the animations had solid in-betweens and nothing that might feel too jerky," Adcock says.

JoystiqWhy DmC runs 30 FPS on consoles, according to Capcom originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Capcomdmc-devil-may-cryfpsmicrosoftninja-theorypcplaystationps3xboxMon, 05 Nov 2012 14:00:00 EST<![CDATA[MechWarrior Online Founders' Program ends soon, open beta next week]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/10/mechwarrior-online-founders-program-ends-soon-open-beta-next-w/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/10/mechwarrior-online-founders-program-ends-soon-open-beta-next-w/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/10/mechwarrior-online-founders-program-ends-soon-open-beta-next-w/#comments MechWarrior Online open beta next weekJoystiq got to see MechWarrior Online in its closed beta at PAX Prime a few months ago, and the game was coming along nicely: a little light on the fast-paced shooter action and heavy on the MechWarrior-based customization options and battle mechanics. Infinite Game Publishing and Piranha Games have announced that MWO is headed into an open beta next week.

Players interested in playing can sign up on the MechWarrior Online website to reserve a name right now, and anyone looking to spend a little money on the free-to-play shooter (based, of course, on the tabletop strategy game) can join the Founders' Program, which offers various tiers of premium rewards. The Founders' Program will finish up on October 14, with the open beta following soon after.

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JoystiqMechWarrior Online Founders' Program ends soon, open beta next week originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>fpsfree-to-playinfinite-game-publishingmechwarriormechwarrior-onlinemmomwoonlinepcpirahna-gamesWed, 10 Oct 2012 23:00:00 EST<![CDATA[A Week Between Blockbusters]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/07/a-week-between-blockbusters/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/07/a-week-between-blockbusters/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/07/a-week-between-blockbusters/#commentsYou're reading Reaction Time, a weekly column that claims to examine recent events, games and trends in the industry, but is really just looking for an excuse to use the word "zeitgeist." It debuts on Fridays in Engadget's digital magazine, Distro.
Thanks to a shared caution between movie studios, you were saved from seconds of paralyzing indecision last weekend. Had Total Recall and The Bourne Legacy stuck to a shared release date in theaters, as originally scheduled, you'd have become a seated participant in an extravagant and mutually destructive showdown. Between Colin Farrell and Jeremy Renner, which pouting action star would have gotten your twelve bucks and two hours?

If you're a movie buff, you might not even hesitate spending time and money on both consecutively. But what happens when you bump the price up to $60, and extend the temporal investment to something between 8 and 80 hours? Now you see the dilemma squeezed in-between this holiday's most anticipated shooters, Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, and all of a sudden one week doesn't seem like much of a buffer at all.

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JoystiqA Week Between Blockbusters originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>343-industriesactivisioncall-of-duty-black-ops-2fpshalo-4hollywoodmicrosoftpcplaystationps3reaction-timeTreyarchxboxTue, 07 Aug 2012 20:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Canceled Mojang project was a first-person shooter]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/26/canceled-mojang-project-was-a-first-person-shooter/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/26/canceled-mojang-project-was-a-first-person-shooter/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/26/canceled-mojang-project-was-a-first-person-shooter/#comments That project Mojang canceled was a firstperson shooterMojang, the studio in front of the man behind Minecraft, was working on a first-person shooter with another company, Markus "Notch" Persson tells Joystiq. The collaboration and the project itself is now completely dead, Notch confirms, following today's news of a mysterious cancellation.

The FPS was killed off in the prototype stage, not because it wasn't turning into a good game, but because Mojang "did not want more external dependencies," Notch says. "The success of Minecraft meant we could focus on projects fully owned by us."

Future collaborations aren't out of the question for Mojang, as long as they're "not to make money. If there are other reasons to collaborate, maybe!"

Here's a reason: Portal guns in Minecraft.

JoystiqCanceled Mojang project was a first-person shooter originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>canceledcollaborationfirst-person-shooterfpsmacmicrosoftMinecraftmojangpcxboxThu, 26 Jul 2012 17:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Darksiders studio hiring devs with FPS experience]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/26/darksiders-studio-hiring-devs-with-fps-experience/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/26/darksiders-studio-hiring-devs-with-fps-experience/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/26/darksiders-studio-hiring-devs-with-fps-experience/#comments Darksiders studio hiring devs with FPS experienceVigil Games, the THQ-owned developer of the Darksiders games and the now single-player Warhammer 40,000 Dark Millennium, is hiring a "senior gameplay programmer," "senior or principal designer," and other positions with an eye toward FPS experience.

The gameplay programmer position seeks someone who "Has previously held a senior programming position on at least one shipped AAA console or PC title (preferably an FPS)," and the principal designer listing looks for "An avid FPS gamer with strong interest in pushing the genre forward creatively." The same listing looks for "Experience designing fighting and/or action adventure games for PS3 or Xbox 360 with at least 2 shipped AAA titles."

The primary takeaway from these job listings is that Vigil is likely working on an unnannounced first-person shooter - probably on consoles, and with adventure elements. But we'd also like to point out that this is an opportunity for some of our game developer readers to come live in lovely Austin, Texas.

JoystiqDarksiders studio hiring devs with FPS experience originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>first-person-shooterfpsjob-listingthqvigil-gamesThu, 26 Jul 2012 10:05:00 EST<![CDATA[LucasArts hiring for unannounced FPS project]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/09/lucasarts-hiring-for-unannounced-fps-project/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/09/lucasarts-hiring-for-unannounced-fps-project/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/09/lucasarts-hiring-for-unannounced-fps-project/#comments LucasArts hiring for unannounced FPS projectLucasArts recently posted multiple openings for a team dedicated to an unknown first-person shooter game. One job description, that of the Senior Core Engineer position, listed the task of implementing "features and optimizations on current and Future Generation console and PC hardware." Still, it might be a stretch to assume that the finished product will land on any next-gen consoles.

The company posted four total positions to its recruiting page related to the FPS title: Senior AI Engineer, Senior Animator, Senior Core Engineer, and Gameplay Engineer, the last of which requires proficiency in Unreal Engine 3 and UnrealScript.

JoystiqLucasArts hiring for unannounced FPS project originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>fpsfuture-generationhiringLucasArtsMon, 09 Jul 2012 21:00:00 EST<![CDATA[(Not) Left for dead: Turtle Rock still developing FPS for THQ]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/31/not-left-for-dead-turtle-rock-still-developing-fps-for-thq/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/31/not-left-for-dead-turtle-rock-still-developing-fps-for-thq/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/31/not-left-for-dead-turtle-rock-still-developing-fps-for-thq/#comments About this time last year, we heard that THQ had tapped Turtle Rock Studios for a new first-person shooter. Since then, THQ has struggled financially and issued numerous layoffs.

Turtle Rock's FPS title is still in the works for the troubled publisher, according to a tweet issued by THQ's Jeremy Greiner, who stated work on the campaign portion of the new game is currently underway. Greiner's recent post was community manager at now-shuttered KAOS Studios, the developers of Homefront. In following tweets he says we won't hear anything more for a while, but that he'll be visiting Turtle Rock Studios -- which is located in Lake Forest, CA -- next week.

Joystiq(Not) Left for dead: Turtle Rock still developing FPS for THQ originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>first-person-shooterfpsjeremy-greinerthqturtle-rock-studiosSat, 31 Mar 2012 00:30:00 EST<![CDATA['Mass Effect Team Assault' was a canned multiplayer FPS]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/15/mass-effect-team-assault-was-a-canned-multiplayer-fps/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/15/mass-effect-team-assault-was-a-canned-multiplayer-fps/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/15/mass-effect-team-assault-was-a-canned-multiplayer-fps/#comments In 2010, BioWare Montreal was developing a competitive, multiplayer first-person shooter called Mass Effect Team Assault, but it was reshaped into the third-person co-op mode that shipped in Mass Effect 3, according to a Kotaku report based on the iPad app The Final Hours of Mass Effect 3.

Mass Effect Team Assault saw four months of production before being presented to the Mass Effect hierarchy and transforming into Mass Effect 3's multiplayer skirmish mode.

Joystiq'Mass Effect Team Assault' was a canned multiplayer FPS originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>BioWarecanceledfpsmass-effect-3Mass-Effect-Team-Assaultmicrosoftpcplaystationps3xboxThu, 15 Mar 2012 15:40:00 EST<![CDATA[Guncraft is Minecraft with guns or Call of Duty with blocks, pick one]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/26/guncraft-is-minecraft-with-guns-or-call-of-duty-with-blocks-pic/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/26/guncraft-is-minecraft-with-guns-or-call-of-duty-with-blocks-pic/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/26/guncraft-is-minecraft-with-guns-or-call-of-duty-with-blocks-pic/#comments

Insert a joke about us hearing you liked things and then putting those things inside of each other, dawg. Guncraft combines two massively popular gaming tropes, shooters and cube-inspired sandboxes (OK, one of those is more popular than the other), into a first-person shooter that looks as if it were made in Minecraft.

As described by developer Exato Games, Guncraft has players construct their own levels and then share them in an online multiplayer battle, where every aspect of the environment can be destroyed. Levels are reset after each round, of course. "Voxel engines allow us complete and total environmental destruction," Exato writes on its Kickstarter page. "But wait, that's not all! We also have complete and total environmental CONSTRUCTION."

Guncraft is looking to release a PC beta in March, with a full launch in June. Exato is also set on releasing Guncraft on XBLIG eventually. To finish its project, the Guncraft team is asking for $16,000 via Kickstarter -- they're on their way, but could use some love. If you're intrigued, head on over and support Guncraft here.

JoystiqGuncraft is Minecraft with guns or Call of Duty with blocks, pick one originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>blocksCall-of-Dutyexato-game-studiosfpsGuncraftkickstartermicrosoftminecraftpcshootervoxelxboxSun, 26 Feb 2012 12:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Rage patched on PC, Carmack comments on botched launch]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/10/rage-patched-on-pc-carmack-comments-on-botched-launch/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/10/rage-patched-on-pc-carmack-comments-on-botched-launch/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/10/rage-patched-on-pc-carmack-comments-on-botched-launch/#comments

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JoystiqRage patched on PC, Carmack comments on botched launch originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bethesdaBethesda-Softworksfpsjohn-carmackpatchpcragesteamMon, 10 Oct 2011 12:39:00 EST<![CDATA[EA indicates Syndicate's release date: Feb. 21, 2012]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/28/ea-indicates-syndicates-release-date-feb-21-2012/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/28/ea-indicates-syndicates-release-date-feb-21-2012/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/28/ea-indicates-syndicates-release-date-feb-21-2012/#comments EA has announced an early 2012 release date for Syndicate, an action-oriented reboot of Bullfrog's sci-fi classic. It's set to arrive on February 21 in North America, and February 24 in Europe. Barring any delays, that makes for two Q1 shooters that have divorced themselves from tactical, isometric origins.

Developed by Chronicles of Riddick studio Starbreeze, the new Syndicate thrusts you into the year 2069 as a "prototype agent" for Eurocom, a large corporation with a nice armory. Starbreeze also says it will include a separate, four-player co-op mode. Can four organized individuals be classified as a syndicate?

Gallery: Syndicate (PC/360/PS3)

JoystiqEA indicates Syndicate's release date: Feb. 21, 2012 originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>eafpsmicrosoftpcplaystationproject-redlimeps3release-datestarbreezesyndicatexboxWed, 28 Sep 2011 09:10:00 EST<![CDATA[Neversoft hiring for FPS, according to job listings]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/22/according-to-job-listings-neversoft-hiring-for-fps/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/22/according-to-job-listings-neversoft-hiring-for-fps/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/22/according-to-job-listings-neversoft-hiring-for-fps/#comments It would seem Neversoft is currently developing a first-person-shooter. The longtime Tony Hawk Pro Skater and Guitar Hero developer is currently recruiting a variety of positions that specify "FPS" in the title. Could the project for which it's hiring be the same "action shooter" we heard about last year?

Neversoft's job listings page calls for engineers, designers, artists, network programmers, multiplayer experts, and even a Windows PC platform lead. Since Neversoft is hiring for so many positions, we're inclined to think that this project is still fairly early in development.

JoystiqNeversoft hiring for FPS, according to job listings originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>first-person-shooterfpshiringjobsneversoftpcThu, 22 Sep 2011 15:45:00 EST<![CDATA[LucasArts hiring for FPS, aerial combat, action/adventure games]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/15/lucasarts-hiring-for-fps-aerial-combat-action-adventure-games/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/15/lucasarts-hiring-for-fps-aerial-combat-action-adventure-games/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/15/lucasarts-hiring-for-fps-aerial-combat-action-adventure-games/#comments On top of last month's outed job listing for an open-world RPG, LucasArts is now hiring for a first-person shooter, an aerial combat game and an action/adventure game. GameSpot noticed the listings, which call for a level designer for a FPS title, a senior gameplay engineer for the aerial combat game and a producer for an action/adventure title. LucasArts sure seems busy these days!

The aerial combat game seems like a no-brainer -- LucasArts has a stable of Star Wars aerial combat games it could pull from, so that's our guess considering the position emphasizes a familiarity with "space-based shooters." The other two require even more speculation ... and we certainly wouldn't mind seeing another Republic Commando game.

JoystiqLucasArts hiring for FPS, aerial combat, action/adventure games originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>action-adventureaerial-combatfpshiringjobslucasartsspace-combatThu, 15 Sep 2011 14:25:00 EST<![CDATA[Hard Reset launching on September 13]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/29/hard-reset-launching-on-september-13/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/29/hard-reset-launching-on-september-13/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/29/hard-reset-launching-on-september-13/#comments If you'd like to shoot many robots, but in a game that's not actually called that, we've got good news. Your simultaneous dislike of blasé titles and society's robotic oppressors will find an outlet on September 13, when Hard Reset launches for $30. Pre-ordering it on Steam (as of today) will net you a ten percent discount on the price.

The PC-exclusive first-person shooter has gone from announcement to impending release in a matter of months. If that's too fast for you, go through our preview to learn more about Hard Reset's evolving weaponry and big, metallic crotches. We've stuck the minimum and recommended PC requirements after the break.

Gallery: Hard Reset (8/29)

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>flying-wild-hogfpshard-resetpcrelease-datesteamMon, 29 Aug 2011 14:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Firefall preview: Something for everyone]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/29/firefall-preview/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/29/firefall-preview/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/29/firefall-preview/#comments There's a good chance that Firefall is going to be your absolute, undeniable jam. It's just one of those combinations of features and ideas that should apply to at least (but probably more than) one of your sensibilities: It has class-based shooting, customizable loadouts, loot, strategy, a persistent world, character creation and a focus on cooperative, Player vs. Environment gameplay.

Any of those tickle your fancy? They tickle mine. They tickle all of my fancies simultaneously.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>firefallfpsmmoonlinepax-prime-2011pcred-5-studiosshooterwebzenMon, 29 Aug 2011 09:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Counter-Strike: Global Offensive coming to XBLA, PSN and Steam early 2012 [update]]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/12/rumor-new-counter-strike-project-in-the-works-titled-global-of/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/12/rumor-new-counter-strike-project-in-the-works-titled-global-of/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/12/rumor-new-counter-strike-project-in-the-works-titled-global-of/#comments Update: Looks like we didn't have to wait too long at all for confirmation of the project: Valve and Seattle-based developer Hidden Path Entertainment just distributed a press release announcing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, an updated and expanded version of the seminal team-based shooter.

Slated for an early 2012 release on XBLA, PSN and Steam, the downloadable title will add "new maps, characters, and weapons," renovated versions of classic maps (what's up, de_dust) and a plethora of new modes, matchmaking options, leaderboards and other modern shooter mainstays. Best of all, it'll be playable later this month at PAX Prime. Check out the full press release after the jump!

Original post: A heaping pile of evidence is growing in support of a future installment in the thoroughly-played Counter-Strike universe -- this one subtitled Global Offensive. The most promising tidbit is the Facebook page of anti-cheat gaming community ESEA, which revealed the name of the game, and promised more info later this morning. The post was preceded by an image of ESEA's Craig Levine at the offices of Valve. (You can tell it's legit, because hey, there's a giant valve.)

Valve designer Jess Cliffe corroborated the title on the Steam forums, correcting an earlier poster who labeled the game "Global Operation." Also, Electronic Sports League manager Bastian Vieser claimed on Twitter that he "Just spend [sic] all day playing the new Counterstrike Global Offensive" at Valve's HQ. It certainly seems like a real thing -- now there's just the small matter of whether it's a port, expansion or an entirely new game altogether. We've got our freakishly elongated fingers crossed for the latter.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>counter-strikecounter-strike-global-offensivecounter-strike-sourceeseafpsmicrosoftpcplaystationps3psnsteamvalvexblaxboxFri, 12 Aug 2011 12:56:00 EST<![CDATA[Hard Reset preview: Baudville]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/11/hard-reset-preview/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/11/hard-reset-preview/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/11/hard-reset-preview/#comments In the future, robots will excel at cooking breakfast, mowing the terraformed lawn and driving cabs on Mars. Today, they're designed to be destroyed without consequence or guilt. If you have to shoot something in a lineup of video game villains, the robot is less messy than the nazi and just a tad more relatable than the extraterrestrial insect.

It's in a shooter's best interests, then, that you prevent the artificial near-citizens of the future, as envisioned by Hard Reset, from overthrowing authority and hastening their own evolution. You enter the city of Bezoar (eww), a neon-lit pastiche of flying billboards, talking storefronts and Blade Runner's Los Angeles grit, with a straightforward mission in mind. Cover the streets in smoldering servos and protect a database of digitized human personalities. Let's file this preservation and attempted theft of what is easily humanity's least useful component under "suspension of disbelief," okay?

Gallery: Hard Reset (PC)

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>flying-wild-hogfpshard-resetpcThu, 11 Aug 2011 17:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Red Orchestra 2 delayed for a little extra tuning]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/08/red-orchestra-2-delayed-for-a-little-extra-tuning/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/08/red-orchestra-2-delayed-for-a-little-extra-tuning/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/08/red-orchestra-2-delayed-for-a-little-extra-tuning/#comments Tripwire Interactive has announced a delay for its upcoming World War 2-themed first person shooter sequel Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad. The game, which is a sequel to a title that was originally based on an Unreal Tournament mod, was set to come out at the end of this month, but will instead arrive on September 13. Tripwire says it's using the extra two weeks to "get it right and add the extra polish the game (and the players) deserve."

We're not sure exactly what needs to be tuned up or what notes they want to hit, but we'd imagine the situation at Tripwire HQ lately must sound a little something like this.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>delayfpspcred-orchestrared-orchestra-2-heroes-of-stalingradrelease-datetripwire-interactiveworld-war-2-Mon, 08 Aug 2011 22:15:00 EST<![CDATA[Doom 3 source code going free after Rage launch]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/04/doom-3-source-code-going-free-after-rage-launch/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/04/doom-3-source-code-going-free-after-rage-launch/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/04/doom-3-source-code-going-free-after-rage-launch/#comments You've been waiting to get your mitts on the source code to Doom 3 (how do you type with those mitts on?), and your time is almost here. First announced at QuakeCon 2009, John Carmack confirmed plans today, during QuakeCon 2011, to release the source to the 2004 FPS following the launch of id's new hotness, Rage. The code will be released this year.

According to VG247's liveblog, Carmack said in his keynote that these releases of Id code are a "challenge to other developers," and are beneficial to both Id and "the community." They're also a QuakeCon tradition -- last year, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory and Return to Castle Wolfenstein were opened up.

In related news, the Doom & Quake Complete Pack is on sale on Steam right now for $30.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Doom-3fpsid-softwarejohn-carmackpcquakecon-2011ragesource-codeThu, 04 Aug 2011 19:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Modern Warfare 3 will also blow up the world on Wii]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/03/modern-warfare-3-will-also-blow-up-the-world-on-wii/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/03/modern-warfare-3-will-also-blow-up-the-world-on-wii/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/03/modern-warfare-3-will-also-blow-up-the-world-on-wii/#comments Activision's been hesitant to talk about whether its upcoming soon-to-be-blockbuster Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 would also bust blocks on the Wii -- despite the fact that the franchise's last outing, Black Ops, appeared on the console. During today's investor's call, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg brought said hesitation to an end, explaining, "We're pleased to have recently confirmed that we will release a Modern Warfare 3 Wii SKU this year, so as not to leave any of the community out of the excitement."

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>activisioncall-of-duty-modern-warfare-3fpsinfinity-wardmodern-warfare-3nintendosledgehammer-gameswiiWed, 03 Aug 2011 17:27:00 EST<![CDATA[Hard Reset trailer gives us our first glimpse at gameplay]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/01/hard-reset-trailer-gives-us-our-first-glimpse-at-gameplay/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/01/hard-reset-trailer-gives-us-our-first-glimpse-at-gameplay/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/01/hard-reset-trailer-gives-us-our-first-glimpse-at-gameplay/#comments Considering Flying Wild Hog is made up of ex-Bulletstorm, Sniper and Witcher 2 staff, it's not a surprise to see its first effort so packed with big guns. The nifty thing about Hard Reset, though, is that the big guns are hardly typical.

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Polish developer Flying Wild Hog -- comprised of former Bulletstorm, Sniper and The Witcher 2 staff -- has revealed that its previously announced shooter will be titled Hard Reset, and it will debut in just two months. A cyberpunk FPS set in a "haunting, dystopian future, with humanity on the brink of extinction," Hard Reset tells the story of Major Fletcher, a veteran who must defend humanity's last remaining city, Bezoar, from "the robotic hordes that aim to annihilate mankind."

The first trailer for the game has been released, which you can see embedded above. PC Gamer is set to have a hands-on preview in its next issue. In the meantime, you can check out the first screens at the PC Gamer website.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>flying-wild-hogfpshard-resetpcWed, 13 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Duke Nukem Forever becomes a big Mac game in August]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/27/duke-nukem-forever-becomes-a-big-mac-game-in-august/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/27/duke-nukem-forever-becomes-a-big-mac-game-in-august/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/27/duke-nukem-forever-becomes-a-big-mac-game-in-august/#comments "With sales data, it seems like *customers* love Duke. I guess sometimes we want greasy hamburgers instead of caviar..." - Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford

If Pitchford is right, the upcoming Mac version of Duke Nukem Forever, being readied for August by Aspyr Media, may require a marketing strategy for different tastes. A Hunch survey published a few months ago suggested that Mac users are 80 percent more likely than PC owners to be vegetarian.

Before you spit out your San Pellegrino Limonata at the mere thought of playing Duke's repeatedly reheated entree on your Mac, let Aspyr President Michael Rogers remind you of the game's pedigree ingredients. "Duke Nukem Forever represents many of the best aspects of gaming: shooting aliens, saving ladies in distress, and great tag-lines," he says. "We think Mac gamers will love taking a bite of Duke's special pain cake."

Well, if pain cake is anything like garrote cake, it's as vegi-friendly as it is deadly.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>aspyr-mediaduke-nukem-foreverfpsgearboxmacrandy-pitchfordrelease-dateMon, 27 Jun 2011 16:20:00 EST<![CDATA[PSA: Crysis 2 'Decimation Pack' DLC out now for Xbox 360, PC]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/15/psa-crysis-2-decimation-pack-dlc-out-now-for-xbox-360-pc/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/15/psa-crysis-2-decimation-pack-dlc-out-now-for-xbox-360-pc/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/15/psa-crysis-2-decimation-pack-dlc-out-now-for-xbox-360-pc/#comments It's an ongoing Crysis -- EA and Crytek have launched the second DLC expansion for Crysis 2, dubbed the Decimation Pack, for Xbox 360 and PC. Available right now via the Xbox Live Marketplace and as an in-game purchase for PC, the 800 MSP ($10) add-on content brings five new maps and two new weapons to the Crysis sequel's multiplayer mode.

The added maps are: 5th Avenue, Apartments, Chasm, Plaza and Prism. Players' arsenals have been expanded with the long-range FY71 assault rifle and smoke grenades. This is the second multiplayer DLC for the game, which received the Retaliation Pack -- adding four new maps -- last month.

Look for the the Decimation Pack to arrive on PS3 June 28. See the new maps and weapons in action after the break.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Crysis-2crytekdlceaelectronic-artsfpsmicrosoftpcxblmxboxWed, 15 Jun 2011 15:16:00 EST<![CDATA[Bodycount preview: The journey]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/12/bodycount-preview-the-journey/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/12/bodycount-preview-the-journey/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/12/bodycount-preview-the-journey/#comments I'm going to take the mic here for a moment, readers, and tell you something personally: It has been fascinating to watch the development of Codemasters' FPS Bodycount. I originally posted the game's unofficial announcement early last year, saw a preview and talked to creator Stuart Black at last year's E3, saw the game in action after Black left the project and, finally, got to see and play it last week at this year's E3 conference.

Long story short, I've basically had a front row seat on the development of this one, and it's been very interesting to watch it develop over the past 16 months. Black's original vision was not much more than just a demo level, a slick future shooter with a snappy female voice feeding orders in your ear. And from preview to preview, that vision has been prodded and poked by other developers, growing up into the game Bodycount has become.

Unfortunately, much of what appealed in the initial vision has gotten a little muddied along the way. Some elements of that early demo are still in there (and there's a whole lot more besides), but Bodycount's gone from a lot of unique potential to a much more mundane reality.

Gallery: Bodycount (E3 2011)

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>andy-wilsonbodycountcodemasterse3-2011fpsmicrosoftpcplaystationps3shooterstuart-blackxboxSun, 12 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Duke Nukem Forever review: Fail to the King, Baby]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/10/duke-nukem-forever-review-fail-to-the-king-baby/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/10/duke-nukem-forever-review-fail-to-the-king-baby/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/10/duke-nukem-forever-review-fail-to-the-king-baby/#comments The year was 1997, and I'd just begun writing about video games professionally. Like most of my fellow gamers, I was pretty excited when 3D Realms announced that it was working on a sequel to Duke Nukem 3D, the runaway PC hit that it had released just a year before. At my first E3, a year later, I saw the game running for the first time. Now, just as my 14th E3 has come and gone, I'm sitting at my computer having finally played the finished Duke Nukem Forever. Yet it feels like I'm still in 1998.

That's because DNF is, for better but mostly worse, perpetually stuck in the late 1990s. For all the delaying, the stalling, the drama surrounding the game, it's tough to say if any part of it has actually benefitted from the more than a decade of development. What has, at long last, been committed to a disc and placed into a box might have been alright a dozen years ago, but by today's standards it simply doesn't hold up.

Gallery: Duke Nukem Forever (E3 2011)

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>2K-Games3d-realmsduke-nukemduke-nukem-foreverfpsgearboxgearbox-softwaremicrosoftpcpiranhaplaystationps3Take-Twotriptych-gamesxboxFri, 10 Jun 2011 12:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Serious Sam 3: BFE preview: Nostalgia, reloaded]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/09/serious-sam-3-bfe-preview-nostalgia-reloaded/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/09/serious-sam-3-bfe-preview-nostalgia-reloaded/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/09/serious-sam-3-bfe-preview-nostalgia-reloaded/#comments Sam isn't a man of change. You won't find him giving Yoga a whirl and you probably won't find him taking a leap on a VitaBoost passion-mango smoothie or whatever. And it shows in Serious Sam 3: BFE -- a case where minimal change actually ends up being a good thing.

I was able to check out two different levels here at E3: the first level, a tutorial stage set in the streets of Cairo that eases you into the action, and a later, more traditional Serious Sam stage set amongst some ruins in a desert.

Gallery: Serioius Sam 3: BFE (E3 2011)

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>croteamdevolver-digitale3e3-2011fpspcserious-sam-3serious-sam-3-bfeThu, 09 Jun 2011 05:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Far Cry 3 revealed, sneaks up and murders our boring day]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/06/far-cry-3-revealed-sneaks-up-and-murders-our-boring-day/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/06/far-cry-3-revealed-sneaks-up-and-murders-our-boring-day/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/06/far-cry-3-revealed-sneaks-up-and-murders-our-boring-day/#comments Okay, okay, we've had a pretty exciting day. But Far Cry 3? That's pretty damn exciting. The game was revealed during Ubisoft's E3 press conference this afternoon, featuring a thrilling few minutes of murderous gameplay, and confirming a mess of hints that the game is in development.

The gameplay demo kicked off with the game's main character being thrown down a murder well, attached to a rock, and presumed dead. Rather than simply giving in, he struggles free, only to fight through a couple dozen more lackeys on his way to hijacking a helicopter. On the way, he sneaks up and shanks a handful of bad dudes, as well as taking cover behind various bullet sponges. Frankly, it looks like fantastic madness. Beyond an amorphous 2012 release date, no other details were provided, unfortunately.

Update: Ubisoft sent over the official press release on Far Cry 3, which outs the game as an Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC title. It also details the game's main character, Jason Brody, and his desperate struggle for survival on a desert island gone crazy. FC3 is being developed again by Ubisoft Montreal, though this time around the studio will get some extra help from Ubisoft Shanghai and Ubisoft Massive. Head past the break for all the official details.

Gallery: Far Cry 3 (E3 2011)

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>e3-2011far-cryfar-cry-3fpsmicrosoftpcplaystationps3ubisoftxboxMon, 06 Jun 2011 17:57:00 EST<![CDATA[Bodycount squeezes off six shots, demo on the way]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/01/bodycount-squeezes-off-six-shots-demo-on-the-way/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/01/bodycount-squeezes-off-six-shots-demo-on-the-way/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/01/bodycount-squeezes-off-six-shots-demo-on-the-way/#comments Codemasters hopes to fill your daily requirement for explosions with these half-dozen new shots from Bodycount. Development on the new FPS, designed by Black creator Stuart Black, continues apace despite his departure from the project and Codies is confident enough in the work so far that a demo is incoming.

Game director Andy Wilson tells VideoGamer.com that, "When people play it, they seem to really get on with it, so we want to put it in as many hands as possible." No word yet on a release date for the demo -- the full game is due "this summer" -- but at least we can count on there being one.

Gallery: Bodycount (6/1/11)

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bodycountcodemastersfpsmicrosoftplaystationps3xboxWed, 01 Jun 2011 18:00:00 EST<![CDATA[FEAR 3 trailer has a lot of soul, survival]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/31/fear-3-trailer-has-a-lot-of-soul-survival/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/31/fear-3-trailer-has-a-lot-of-soul-survival/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/31/fear-3-trailer-has-a-lot-of-soul-survival/#comments Joining the likes of "Soul King" and the imaginatively titled "F***ing Run!" in FEAR 3's array of multiplayer modes is "Soul Survivor," a twist on the last man standing scenario. Players will face an ally turned evil and, if killed, become spectres themselves, tasked with eliminating the living.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Day-1-StudiosFear-3fpsmicrosoftpcplaystationps3Warner-Bros-InteractiveWBIExboxTue, 31 May 2011 18:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Duke Nukem Forever has gone gold]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/24/duke-nukem-forever-has-gone-gold/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/24/duke-nukem-forever-has-gone-gold/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/24/duke-nukem-forever-has-gone-gold/#comments Normally, we wouldn't consider it news when a game "goes gold" in time for its appointed release date. But when the game in question is Duke Nukem Forever, we feel compelled to report all evidence of an actual game -- with a modicum of skepticism, of course -- until the vulgar little adventure is in our very own hands.

"Today marks an amazing day in the annals of gaming lore, the day where the legend of Duke Nukem Forever is finally complete and it takes that final step towards becoming a reality," 2K president Christoph Hartmann said in the announcement, which boldly reiterates the June 10 and June 14 release dates worldwide and for North America, respectively.

"Slow down, guy, the game's not out yet," we said in this post just now.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>2k-gamesduke-nukemduke-nukem-foreverfpsgearboxgearbox-softwaregoldmicrosoftpcplaystationps3xboxTue, 24 May 2011 09:40:00 EST<![CDATA[Modern Warfare 3 gameplay trailer arrives, reveals November 8 launch date]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/23/modern-warfare-3-gameplay-trailer/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/23/modern-warfare-3-gameplay-trailer/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/23/modern-warfare-3-gameplay-trailer/#comments A new trailer for Modern Warfare 3 has surfaced, showing not only a war-torn United States, but a war-torn world -- oh, and a launch date: November 8, 2011. Why are you still reading? Jump past the break to complete your first recon op for gameplay footage!

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>activisioncall-of-dutycall-of-duty-modern-warfare-3fpsinfinity-wardmicrosoftmodern-warfare-3pcplaystationps3raven-softwaresledgehammer-gamesxboxMon, 23 May 2011 19:47:00 EST<![CDATA[Bulletstorm 'Gun Sonata' DLC out now on PC]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/19/bulletstorm-gun-sonata-dlc-out-now-on-pc/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/19/bulletstorm-gun-sonata-dlc-out-now-on-pc/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/19/bulletstorm-gun-sonata-dlc-out-now-on-pc/#comments Having been available on consoles since mid-April, the Bulletstorm "Gun Sonata" is now finally available on PC. The meat of the DLC is comprised of three Anarchy mode maps: Sewers of Stygia, Hotel Elysium and Villa. The pack also includes two new Echo mode maps, Crash Site and Guns of Stygia.

Gun Sonata can be purchased for $10.

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JoystiqBulletstorm 'Gun Sonata' DLC out now on PC originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 19 May 2011 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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