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Ubisoft release Ghost Recon: Future Soldier single player trailer

gazzara — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:49:18 +0000

Ubisoft have released a new trailer detailing the single player component of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, scheduled for release in May 2012.

In this video, discover what the story of Ghost Recon Future Soldier is all about.

GRFS will feature intense next-gen warfare action, prototype high-tech weaponry, and state-of-the-art single-player and multiplayer modes.
Ghost Recon Future Soldier will release in May 2012 on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

Operation Flashpoint: Red River co-op multiplayer video

gazzara — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:56:31 +0000

Today Codemasters released a new co-op gameplay video for Operation Flashpoint: Red River, the all-new chapter in the multi-million selling tactical shooter series.

The ‘Co-op Search and Rescue’ video showcases gameplay footage from the CSAR Fireteam Engagement mode, as Fireteam Bravo inserts behind enemy lines to rescue downed pilots in enemy territory. Operation Flashpoint: Red River will launch on 21^stApril.

Operation Flashpoint: Red River has been developed around co-operative play, whether in the substantial campaign mode or in standalone Fireteam Engagements. Up to four players stand together in drop-in drop-out online co-op, picking one of the fireteam specialists – Rifleman, Automatic Rifleman, Scout and Grenadier – to combine as a fearsome fighting force. Each player can build XP to unlock weapons, skills and modifications for their class, customising their loadouts to suit their preferred style of play.

The ‘Co-op Search and Rescue’ video focuses on one of four standalone Fireteam Engagement modes, where up to four players come together to complete objectives on their own initiative online. In ‘CSAR’ (Combat Search and Rescue) players must extract allied forces stranded behind enemy lines. ‘Combat Sweep’ missions require gamers to eliminate all hostiles in an area of operations and complete additional objectives including destroying weapons caches. ‘Rolling Thunder’ tasks players to escort a convoy through enemy territory and in ‘Last Stand’ the fireteam must hold off increasingly difficult waves of enemy forces before banking their points and extracting.

Operation Flashpoint: Red River will set a new standard for authentic and intense tactical combat when it launches on Xbox 360, PS3 and Games For Windows LIVE.

EA Sports responds to NFL lockout worries for Madden 12

gazzara — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:28:19 +0000

With the NFL and the players association at loggerheads over various issues regarding a labour deal for this season, Madden fans were starting to get a little nervous about this year’s title not being released.

As it stands the two parties are at a deadlock and as suck would result in a player lockout for this season which would spell a lot of trouble not only for the NFL but also for the Madden franchise, or so we thought.

Mature-gaming fired some questions to EA Sports regarding the implications of such a lockout and we’ve received a very positive reply.

Q: Will there be a Madden NFL 12 if there is a lockout?

A. Fans of Madden NFL will not have their seasons interrupted regardless of when the labor issues are resolved. EA SPORTS will release Madden NFL 12, complete with exciting new features and product innovation that will allow NFL fans to fill their desire for football.

Q: Will there be NFL players featured in Madden NFL 12, or due to the lockout, will you be forced to use no-name players?

A. NFL players will continue to be featured, as always, in Madden NFL 12.

Q: With the NFLPA planning to decertify, do your rights for using NFL players in Madden NFL 12 still apply in this situation?

A. NFL players will continue to be featured, as always, in Madden NFL 12.

Q: How will you handle player ratings and rosters for Madden NFL 12 during a lockout?

A. Rosters and player ratings will remain authentic to each NFL team. We will closely monitor any changes and address appropriately both pre and post ship.

Q: How will you handle rookie players in Madden NFL 12 during a lockout?

A. Rookie players will be included on the rosters of those teams that draft them during the 2011 NFL Draft.

Q: Will an NFL player be featured on the cover of Madden NFL 12 in the case of a lockout?

A: We plan to announce details regarding the Madden NFL 12 cover at the end of March.

Q: Will the release date of Madden NFL 12 be affected as a result of a lockout?

A. We plan to release Madden NFL 12 in August.

Looks like we have no reason to worry at all and expect to see the new Madden title just before the launch of the NFL’s regular season. Of course, we will keep you up to date with all things Madden 12 until then.

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Operation Flashpoint: Red River – Hands On

gazzara — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:15:33 +0000

Operation Flashpoint, the thinking man’s shooter. Made famous on the PC by Bohemia Studios, taken over by Codemasters for the Dragon Rising title which we reviewed here but failed due to bugs that appeared post release which sent gamers running for cover.

With that in mind it was nice to be able to see how things have changed after Codemasters’ invited Mature-Gaming to a co-operative preview event for their new iteration of Operation Flashpoint, subtitled Red River.

Entering into what must be the only Tajikistan restaurant in the country a little way off of Oxford Street I was filled with trepidation regarding the new title. Flash backs occurred of when we first review the Dragon Rising title, giving it very good marks, only for the game to fail in the eyes of many due to poor A.I. and online modes that were bug ridden and put many a gamer off. We felt responsible for some of it as our review glowed in lots of places, encouraging you to buy it. I still feel guilty about it now but the past is the past, we have to look to the future – right? If anyone is interested though, you can purchase this title now for next to nothing and I feel that there is enough quality there for a few quid!

So, onto the hands on event. We were greeted, after a couple of coffees, by the main production team who presented to us what the new Operation Flashpoint Red River game is all about, new features and what they have been concentrating on the most, immersing you and your friends in co-operative modes, including full drop in, drop out campaign.

Running on the Ego engine this game looks beautiful, the earthy feel that you had with Dirt 2 is compounded here and the Tajikistan setting that will take you through compounds, open desert environments as well as towns etc is simply breath taking. A new XP system has also been implemented that will allow you to upgrade and customise weapons as well as your character of which there are 4. Now, at this time you may be thinking that this is a bridge too far in terms of bringing itself closer to a Call Of Duty or Battlefield and removing itself from Operation Flashpoint’s strategy shooting roots and this was something that also concerned me but I was told that the different additions and skills are very subtle, well balanced and very human (No super army soldier upgrades here but a system that will help certain areas of your gameplay without pissing a whole lot of people off).

A.I. has also been paid attention to and was one of the bug bears of the original Codemasters Flashpoint offering. With Dragon Rising, your fire team was jumping in front of your weapon at the wrong time, running around like headless loons with enemy A.I., although crafty were just not intelligent enough. For Red River though they have had a serious overhaul. Your fire team will be calling directions and telling you were they are positioning themselves giving you ample time to adjust your reactions. No more linear movements as well. A.I. as well as the enemy A.I. will now look for the safest routes to their positions, duck down behind cover properly and damned well do as they’re told this time giving you a lot more control and a lot more of a challenge because the enemy will know instinctively what are safe cover spots, when to try and move.

Good stuff – eh! Well it does get a little better too. The command wheel has also been tweaked to make life a little simpler. Gone are the never ending options and different ways of getting to things, most of the popular commands have now been mapped so it is a simple press twice in a direction on the d-pad. It literally takes seconds to achieve and was a great use when playing the co-operative modes. Did I say play? I think I did, so it would be only fitting to write a little about what I was playing in terms of gametypes.

We were informed that apart from full co-operative campaign play the other co-op fire team engagement modes would be Rolling Thunder, Last Stand, Combat search and rescue and Combat Sweep. So sitting in little dens with four screens and 360′s I meet my new team mates for the next couple of hours.

As we get shown the differences between classes and how to set everything up I choose a scout to take on the hoarde like game mode of Last Stand. Last Stand works in a similar way to hoarde where you have to fend off wave after wave of enemies scoring points for kills, little bonuses for survival and penalties for any man that falls. You can continue as long as you want and call in an extraction at any time to bank your points. This is the only way that the points will actually register on the leaderboards. If you decide to continue on you can keep increasing your score as long a one of you can stay alive during the round. Team mates can die as many times as they want as long as one of you stays in the game. If all four of you die then the game is over, you lose all of your points and your hard work is a waste of time.

Rolling Thunder was a game type that I played very briefly before being sent to interview one of the Producers. The object is to protect a convoy of vehicles and provide a safe route to the camp site. You score points for kills and also keeping the convoy moving as fast as possible with penalties being awarded for deaths as well as the convoy stopping or vehicles being destroyed, This really is the daddy of timed runs with leaderboards to boot and will serve as a testing for your strategy and shooting skills.

Combat Search and Rescue was deemed by the developers as the hardest gametype of all. The idea being that your squad will go and find a downed helicopter and the two pilots that will need to be brought to safety to a designated extraction point. With good communications, a bit of pre planning in terms of class type and good strategies you can afford to take your time with this gametype. I took my Scout out in the hills over looking the map to paint up certain areas where enemy troops were, sniping groups of eneemy to make the rest of the fire teams progression a little easier. That’s not to say it was easy. It certainly wasn’t. Intelligent enemy A.I. nearly won the day as they tried to flank and use cover in a way that I wasn’t expecting after playing Dragon Rising. This was an eye opener and something that needed to be respected as one false move would prove fatal to all concerned but the reward of completing this gametype together was something we felt very proud of.

Last but not least was Combat Sweep and a gametype that put a little extra pressure on the group as there was a little wager and competition from the devs that would result in the highest scoring team bagging themselves an Amazon Kindle each a few Amazon vouchers to fill it up with. Basically Clean Sweep is a timed run through compounds clearing out enemy and destroying weapons caches. Points for kills and bonus points for destroying caches and clearing whole areas were awarded with penalties again for dead soldiers on our team. We had three lives each with bonuses for all coming out of it alive and timed multipliers for extraction. A lovely balance of not being too run and gun but maintaining a smooth operation to clear the level fast would provide the best scores as long as we could all survive to the extraction point. Carelessness was not an option but unfortunately one of the team took a bullet one too many times which spoiled our score coming in second pace on the day. We remembered though that it was not about the winning but about the experience, after all we did come here for the game but I have to admit I felt a little disheartened.

So, there Operation Flashpoint Red River was in all of its co-op glory. Well, the fire team modes anyway and what I was have learnt from the experience as I climbed the stairs a little misty eyed was that Codemasters have learnt from their mistakes, have taken the game very seriously indeed and really listened to the community and press to deliver what seems to be a return to form and something that Operation Flashpoint fans will thoroughly enjoy. The A.I. has had an overhaul for the better, hit boxes worked really well (I could actually kill this time!), the game looked stunning and ran as smooth as Jordan’s nether regi …….. ok, scrap that, a baby’s bum. The addition of a balanced XP system ups the ante to give you something extra to play with, even though there was no proper PvP multiplayer (although I have a feeling this may be revealed soon!) gave me a feeling of something positive and as I exited the preview and back into the clutches of London’s rush hour I felt pleased in the fact that Operation Flashpoint Red River is finally taking the franchise in the direction it should be going.

Operation Flashpoint Red River will be available from 21st April on PC, 360 and PS3.

Homefront – Occupation trailer

gazzara — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:27:40 +0000

THQ have released a cinematic trailer, packed with new footage from Homefront’s single player campaign, offers a harrowing glimpse into the world of Occupied America in the year 2027…

Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare multiplayer trailer

gazzara — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:44:43 +0000

Rockstar Games yesterday released a new trailer showcasing some of the multiplayer elements to the game.

A new co-operative mode called Undead Overrun as well as a land grab mode is shown. Check it out and see what you think. Undead Nightmare is due to be released on 26th October.

Sky Player gets Kinect support

gazzara — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:53:31 +0000

Sky and Xbox today announced a ground breaking UK first – gestures and voice-controlled television.

From 10 November 2010, TV will take a step into the future with the full integration of Kinect and Sky Player on Xbox 360. Controllable with gestures of your hand or using your voice, Sky Player subscribers will be able to quickly access up to 32 live TV channels and over 100 on demand programmes including movies, sport and a wide range of TV programmes. Selecting a favourite show, changing live channels, or easily scrolling forward and back through on-demand content is all made possible by a simple wave of a hand.

Kinect for Sky Player on Xbox 360 will also let viewers control TV with their voice to pause, fast forward, rewind and play content.

BSkyB’s Sky Player service brings with it a vast array of channels and programmes that subscribers can view live or on-demand. The successful collaboration between Xbox and BSkyB continues to develop and grow – with over 1 million Sky Player application downloads on Xbox 360 since launch.

The addition of Kinect functionality to the popular Sky Player service extends consumer choice even further, putting viewers in more control than ever before.

Available from: 10 November 2010

For more information on Sky Player on Xbox 360 and to sign up visit. www.xbox.com/skyplayer

Ubisoft details Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood beta

gazzara — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:19:41 +0000

Today, Ubisoft announced that as of October 4th 2010, the Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Multiplayer beta will be accessible exclusively on PS3 to anyone that pre-ordered the game in standard, Auditore or Codex edition.

Gamers can also get access to the beta by entering the Exclusive Gamespot giveaway here.

In the Multiplayer beta, players will have the opportunity to choose from nine different characters such as the doctor, the priest, the executioner or the courtesan, try their unique deadly weapons and discover their signature moves.

Up to eight players simultaneously will be able to use new ways to assassinate their targets in two different modes:

Wanted – challenges players to get the higher score by killing their assigned targets and escaping their hunters in clever ways.

Alliance – allows players to compete cooperatively in teams of two, fulfill contracts and confuse enemies in tandem.

Both modes will be playable on two different maps located in Rome and Castel Gandolfo.

Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood is scheduled to release on November 18^th 2010 on Xbox 360 and PS3. It will be available on PC in Q1 2011.

Trailer: Worms: Reloaded single player

gazzara — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:44:55 +0000

When you think of one of the best multiplayer experiences ever that will have you laughing, crying and kissing your own guns in victory then a lot of gamers will point towards the Worms franchise.

There are few games out there that can match it strategies, pick up and play fun and downright comedic moments but the single player experience is normally left a little in the dark. Well, Worms: Reloaded has taken this gameplay and expanded it into the most solid single player experience for a Worms title to date as the trailer below will show.

From 60+ missions spanning two whole campaigns, Worms: Reloaded sets to deliver the most definitive Worms experience yet!

Worms fans can pre-order Worms Reloaded via Steam now, with bonuses including a 10% discount, 24 hours early access to the game and exclusive in-game items to enhance your chosen team. To pre-order Worms Reloaded, go to http://store.steampowered.com/app/22600.

Worms Reloaded is released for PC through Steam on Thursday 26^th August 2010.

Bioshock 2 single player DLC incoming

gazzara — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:13:17 +0000

2K Games announced today Protector Trials, an all-new single-player focused downloadable game add-on for BioShock 2.

The DLC puts players back into the boots of the Big Daddy as he defends his Little Sister against swarms of corrupt Splicers who are hell-bent on stealing the precious ADAM that she gathers from corpses. Available starting August 3, 2010, this exciting and action-packed addition will challenge players to use the full arsenal of the BioShock 2 tool set as they dispatch their foes and unleash their wrath on enemies across six different areas from the single-player experience.

“The team at 2K Marin has been working hard ever since the launch of BioShock 2 to develop ways for gamers to extend their time in the single-player world of Rapture,” said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. “I’m proud to announce the first of these experiences, the Protector Trials, which takes players back to some of their favorite places from the original game and features some of the biggest challenges that fans of this series have ever experienced. This is just the beginning. More single-player content is on the way that will deliver more of the intense action and story-driven gameplay that fans have been craving.”

Protector Trials is being developed by the core team behind BioShock 2′s single-player experience. It contains a series of challenges focused on frantic combat and fast-paced action that are designed to push players’ mastery of weapons and Plasmids. The goal is simple, but tough to achieve: players must keep their Little Sister safe from the intense onslaught of Splicers as she gathers ADAM from corpses.

The pack includes:

Six new maps: three unique difficulty levels, each based on favorite locales from BioShock 2;
New unlockables, including never-before-seen concept art and videos;
Seven new Achievements/Trophies.

Protector Trials will be available starting August 3, 2010 from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360 and Games for Windows-LIVE for 400 Microsoft Points, and from the PlayStation Network for the PS3 for $4.99.

In the coming months, 2K Games will publish more downloadable content that extends the single-player experience, providing new insight into the world of Rapture. The next package will expand the narrative, and introduce new tools and new challenges that extend the lore and fiction of the failed utopia under the sea.

BioShock 2′s first two downloadable packages, Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack* and Rapture Metro Pack*, are currently available for download from both the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360 and Games for Windows-LIVE, and from the PlayStation Network for the PS3.