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Upcoming Vita update adds map application and more
The PlayStation Vita isn’t even available in North America yet and we’re already on the verge of getting new features through firmware updates. According to Andriasang, the latest PS Vita firmware update (version 1.6) will be released on February 8. The update will bring a map application to the Vita along with the ability to more »
Get free but deadly Valentine’s Day in-game items for Alliance of Valiant Arms
NHN USA is in a romantic mood and wants to give players of its PC shooter Alliance of Valiant Arms (AVA) some cool new in-game items in time for Valentine’s Day via its free-games website, IJJI.
From now until March 8, 2011, players can can compete to earn tons items, including some cool Valentine’s Day-themed stuff. If players log on and play for 60 minutes per day, they can earn the HeartBreaker Grenade. Also, if you log on and play for four consecutive days, you can earn the Pink Love Bat, a melee weapon that’s as deadly as it is lovely.
Name the newest map in Combat Arms
If you’ve ever had the desire to name your own battle map – you know, for whatever reason – well, today is your lucky day.
Nexon is updating it’s Combat Arms content February 2011 with new battle maps and they want you, the player, to name one.
The new map will be set in a deserted tropical army base, in a close-quarters military combat zone. Located in a small valley surrounded by mountains, players will come face to face with lots of danger and little room to escape.
Blizzard bans StarCraft II map for using the word “ass”
After some probing by the community, we learned the map was banned because the user used the term “Badass” referring to a wave of enemies. The actual campaign in StarCraft IIcontains language that can be seen as more harsh than this, but that’s up for Blizzard to decide. What made Cyrileo especially upset was that Blizzard didn’t inform them a component of the map was inappropriate and did not give him/her the opportunity to change it before taking the map down.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package map pack costs 1,200 MP
Even more information on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2‘s “Stimulus Package” downloadable content has been revealed! The 329mb pack is a map pack that contains five new maps you can use for multiplayer matches. Two of the maps, Crash and Overgrown, are taken directly from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The other three, Bailout, Storm and Salvage, are entirely new. If you’re interested, make sure you have spare money lying around as they’ll cost you 1,200 Microsoft Points.
The question is, are five new maps really worth 1,200 MP/$15…
Modern Warfare 2 downloadable content coming late March 2010
Even after losing its top two guys, Infinity Ward is hard at work on its latest and greatest round of downloadable content for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Or is it just Modern Warfare 2?
Either way, the DLC is going to be a timed exclusive out for the Xbox 360 on March 30, 2010, with dates for the PC and PS3 to come at some nebulous later date. This tactic should surprise no one.
What might surprise some people is the tactic being used to promote the DLC. It’s actually rather humorous and not even offensive this time around. Instead, the company has set a website up in order to explain the definition of what it calls “mapathy” which is a, uh, play on words, er, word? Yeah, you get it.
Books about gamers for librarians, teachers
In the Los Angeles Times, writer Alex Pham reports that the San Fernando Library encourages youth to play video games and even invites them to be as loud as they like.
“It lets teens be more comfortable with the library and become familiar with librarians,” San Fernando librarian Lydia Harlan told Pham. “And it’s what kids are into these days.”
In the article, Pham reports that more libraries are turning to video games to connect with technologically savvy youth who might be losing interest in books and stories. In New York, the New York Public Library has even added a collection of books, films, music and maps about video games.
Click through for the full article and a list of recommended books…
Turok goes platinum, gets new downloadable content
The dinosaur-slaying comic character Turok made his debut in video games in 1997 with the release of Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, a Nintendo 64 and PC game. This January, the series returned on PS3 and Xbox 360 and has already gone platinum.
Turok’s publisher Touchstone announced that the game has sold 1 million copies since its release. The publisher also announced a new map pack called Velociraptor that will include…
First Call of Duty 4 expansion pack coming April 2008
In the five months since its release, the military first-person shooter Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has proven to be one of the best video games in recent memory. Since November 2007, Call of Duty 4 has sold more than 7 million units around the world, won of dozens of awards and (since early 2008) remained the number one game on Xbox Live. Now fans will have more reasons to stay online for another 5 months with the first expansion to the popular series.
On April 3, 2008, Activision and Infinity Ward will release an expansion pack titled Call of Duty 4: Game of the Year Edition (GOTYE). This new expansion won’t include any new additions or upgrades to the single-player game but instead will focus exclusively around four new multiplayer maps for…
New Call of Duty 4 maps coming Spring 2008 for Xbox 360, PS3
As if gamers needed another reason to spend more time online playing Call of Duty 4, Activision and Infinity Ward has announced new maps for the game are on the way for download, both through Xbox Live and the PS3. The yet-to-be-named maps are the first wave of downloadable content for the title that, just more »
