Rockstar games has released the first multiplayer gameplay for Max Payne 3. The video showcases two modes, Gang Wars and Payne Killer, and introduces how Bullet Time will work in multiplayer.
As for perks, only Bullet Time was revealed. Bullet Time works in a very unique way. Only enemies in your line of sight will enter Bullet Time. Other perks will be revealed later.
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Our latest Battlefield 3 report looked at a few interesting bits of information regarding DICE’s upcoming DLC, Armored Kill as Lead Designer Gustav Halling answered some burning questions that hardcore BF fans are dying to know. Lucky for us, he isn’t done yet. Halling, head of the Armored Kill project, speaks more on the subject or artillery, vehicles, server issues and hints at some upcoming surprises.
In our last report, Halling mentioned that things were still up in the air in terms of artillery, though some guidelines were in place. One suggestion thrown around was the idea of 2-man artillery – a popular request for air vehicles as well. On the Battlefield 3 UK forums, Halling made it clear, “I dont want the artillery to be a 2 seater.” The rather humorous reason for this “is a well proven concept where in 1942 you drove your artillery into the perfect place and as soon as you switched to fire some noob took it and drove away with it, making you unable to use it,” according to Halling.
He did reveal that players “will not be able to drive and shoot at the same time,” however. He continued, “the way that I want you to switch between driving and shooting is that you switch stance as in a Jet when firing different weapons.” Although, “it will not require the ArmA styles since I dont see it fit the BF3 gameplay because its not a simulator,” he added. Halling also stressed the importance that players “can’t use the artillery system to span around the map spotting everything.” To him, “a goal about teamplay is that it should feel very close to how you are used to help players today, for example using soflams etc.”
When it comes to mortars, Halling explained, “I do actually like the mortar system since it docent give you a direct camera view over the area but only shows spotted or firing enemies.” However, “I do agree there should be tweaks done to it, I would like that audio spotting isn’t seen over the whole map when using a carbine etc but I can’t make any promises,” he added.
Scout helicopters were also in discussion between fans and Halling, as was earlier between fans and Senior Designer Alan Kertz. “I also love Scout helicopters and I want to see more of them. I can’t specify more atm but I want them to be a bigger part of BF3 on all SKUs,” stated Halling. So far, we’ve already seen an additional scout helicopter added to Sharqi Peninsula in the latest PS3 unannounced patch notes.
Lastly, Halling touched on the lack of Hardcore servers ever since the latest server update: “Saw some comments about adding more options to sort out Hardcore servers. I like that too and will forward to the Battlelog team.” So, hopefully, we can expect to hear more about this subject in the near future.
What are your thoughts about artillery, vehicles and the direction they should be headed in for Armored Kill?
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Source: Battlefield 3 UK Forums
The official PlayStation Blog has previewed what PlayStation Plus members will receive in April. Along with many cool goodies, which you can check out here, the closed beta for Ghost Recon Future Soldier has been confirmed for next month.
The closed beta will start in April, and PlayStation Plus members will have early access.
Over on the official forums, the forum manager Ubi Mush, clarified some issues:
Ghost Recon Future Soldier will release on May 22 in the US and May 24 in Europe for Xbox 360 and PS3. The game is confirmed to release on PC at some point later.
Daniel Matros took to Twitter to update PC players that the platform’s fourth client update will be indeed going live tomorrow.
Matros stated, “PC patch has a date which is tomorrow. Coming in hot we will go into maintenance mode from 9-11:30 CET [5am-6:30am EST].” Meanwhile, it’s still unknown when the Xbox 360 patch will be released. Matros assured, “we haven’t forgotten about Xbox.” However, there’s “no ETA right now.”
The PS3 patch arrived yesterday for everyone except Japan. Players in Japan will get patch 1.04 on April 4th.
PC players can look forward to an improved Commo-Rose, which you read about along with all the other tweaks and fixes here (official patch notes), and also don’t forget to check out the unannounced patch notes PS3 users have been reporting.
Missed out on all the Battlefield 3 PS3 patch details? No problem! You can catch up on all the latest news right here. As many PlayStation 3 users may have already noticed, a number of features made it into the patch that weren’t officially announced in the recent patch notes provided by DICE. Thanks to a number of good folks, we’ve been able to compile a list of these “hidden” features in one convenient place.
We’d like to thank Reddit user “2wheels” and all who commented on his thread. Of course, we’d also like to thank all of our Twitter and Facebook followers who really helped us out big time today. Big thank you to all of our readers and commenters who’ve helped us compile this list!
Again, these notes will not include what was already mentioned in the official patch notes. Without further adieu and in no particular order:
Updates:
Graphical Tweaks:
Audio Tweaks:
User Interface Tweaks:
Movement Tweaks:
Vehicle Tweaks:
Equipment and Attachment Tweaks:
Squad Tweaks:
Ribbons and Medal Tweaks:
Match and Map Tweaks:
Server Tweaks:
Other Tweaks:
Of course, feel free to add, correct, confirm or deny any of these unannounced PS3 patch notes in the comments below! We will update accordingly.
Last month, Activision confirmed that, obviously, there will be a new Call of Duty coming this year along with Elite 2.0, and we learned through various leaks that CoD 9 will be subtitled Black Ops 2, release in November, and have zombies’ mode.
As Call of Duty 9, or Black Ops 2, nears completion, a new leak details various aspects of the multiplayer component of the game. The information was first leaked on the official Black Ops forums in a thread that was taken down, and its’ cached version is not available. Fortunately, another user on the forums started another thread, which was also killed off by Activision, but its’ cache survived.
As it is always with leaks of this kind, please bear in mind that this is only a rumor, and should be taken with a grain of salt.
You can find the latest Black Ops 2 news and rumors here.
Leaked Black Ops 2 Multiplayer Information:
This year, Call of Duty will return with it’s ninth installment with Black Ops 2. As expected it will be following Treyarch’s previous game Black Ops. It’s release date is set for the 6th of November.
Game Modes
Pointstreaks
Prestiges
ELITE 2.0
Removed
Map Design
Sniper Rifles
Customization
Hardcore
Perk System 2.0
Combat Training
Tommy Rydling, aka H Brun, has revealed more information on the 5-flag Wake Island variant and console private server rentals, which were both added through patch 1.04 on PS3. Also, he announced shortcut bundles to buy in the PSN store.
With fan feedback on Back to Karkand in mind, DICE has “added a 5-flag Conquest Assault variant for PS3 on Wake Island,” Rydling explained in a blog post. He continued, “this new flag layout will offer a more tactical gameplay where key bases can turn the tide of the battlefield! Another change in this variant is that the mobile Anti-air now spawns at the Beach base. This now makes the Beach base a very important tactical advantage to own, besides the close distance towards the airfield.” In order to get this layout, you have to “search for Conquest Assault and Wake Island and look out for the ‘CQA Day 2’ item in the server details.”
On the topic of renting console private server, which is an option added in patch 1.04, DICE is highlighting customization and the ease to get the server set-up. You have control over selecting maps and modes, showing the mini map or not, turning off HUD elements, and tweaking respawn times and tickets.
The server time frame options, as we detailed before, are 1, 7, 30, or 90 days starting today. You can even “customize your server by giving it a name, description and custom logo.” However, Rydling noted, “in order to provide a robust and stable experience, we will be rolling out this functionality incrementally throughout the following week. This means we will have limited availability today, ramping up towards maximum capability in about one week’s time. If you try and rent a server and the option is grayed out, it means we are currently at peak capacity. If so, please try again later, as we will ramp up capacity every day.”
Pricing:
Lastly, DICE has announced the introduction of shortcuts to unlock all items within a class, vehicle, or everything: This is geared towards those who want to “gain some ground on the veterans online. Or if you’d love to get some more air time in the jets but want to equip those AA missiles straight away, this is for you.”
The 10 shortcut items are available now from the PlayStation Store and the in-game store and include these:
Don’t forget to re-download Back to Karkand since that became mandatory after the patch, you can learn more here.
Now that both Battlefield 3’s client side and server side are synced up with patch 1.04, prices and details of server rentals have been revealed.
Update: Here are the prices in American dollars:
Original Story: Renting private servers is now available to all Battlefield 3 players on PS3, and can be done through the PSN. There are four rental durations, 1 day, 7 days, 1 month and 3 months. The prices are in Polish Zloty as renting servers hasn’t been made available in all territories at the time of writing.
(US dollar conversions are in parenthesis) Remember the prices in American dollars below are not final as they are based on conversions, we’ll update the article when the final prices are up on the American/Canadian PSN.
Finally, the long awaited huge Battlefield 3 patch 1.04 has hit the PlayStation 3 ahead of schedule.
The patch packs in a slew of fixes and tweaks that will be the same for all platforms. Only for PS3, however, is the improvements to the input lag issue that’s been holding back the platform’s version of Battlefield 3 (see update #3). In terms of size, MP1st reader, Logan, supplied the image above confirming that the patch will set you back 1070MB in memory (1.04GB). The patch is still being rolled out to different territories, so don’t worry if it’s not available in your region. The patch also brings a brand new feature for console players in the ability of renting private servers, which you can read more about here.
Be sure to read up on all the patch notes here while you’re downloading the update.
I’ll update the article shortly with more screenshots of the mp menu and several issues being reported. Updates below are in order of importance.
Update 2: Players are reporting errors as the server side hasn’t updated yet. Expect the servers to be updated during the maintenance window, 5am-6:30am EST or 2am-3:30am PST. (Thanks to Matt for the images).
Update 4: Re-downloading Back to Karkand has become mandatory as it was revealed two weeks ago. Those who didn’t re-downloaded the “new, patched version of Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand” prior to the patch, now they will be prompted to do so in order to iron out “a weapon animation bug.” (Thanks, Logan for the image)
Update 3: An option to turn off Anti Aliasing has been added to help reduce the input lag. (Thanks, Logan)
Update 5: The surprise Gustav Halling promised yesterday has been confirmed to be the addition of a 5 Flag Wake Island variant. He stated on Twitter, “BF3 PS3 players have you seen my gift to you in the patch yet? Wake Island 5 flag added for admins to add to their map rotation!” However, there’s more coming as he explained, “we are only talking about the patch going out to PS3 tomorrow [patch 1.04], not upcoming patches, but we may talk about features that will be enabled shortly also the coming weeks that needs more testing or preparation from our side in the backend.” He continued, “I know many people want 1 big thing that has been discussed for a while and I think you guys will be happy for that change I made.”
Update 1: Rent A Server in the multiplayer menu, thanks to Matt:
Global Community Manager Daniel Matros and Senior Designer Gustav Halling have provided some information regarding the upcoming Battlefield 3 PS3 patch as well more news on private servers.
PS3 owners will be able to look forward to the Battlefield 3 early tomorrow morning. Matros stated on his twitter account: “Maintenance and client update coming in for PS3 Tomorrow at 9-10:30 UTC (11-12:30 CET).” For our Western readers, this means between 5am-6:30am EST or 2am-3:30am PST.
Additionally, private servers will be available to rent the moment the patch is released, but only a limited number. Halling clarified, “PS3 players will be able to buy [servers] tomorrow but we are doing a ‘soft launch’ so limited amount. Next week we are at full capacity!” He also stated that these servers “can be both ranked and private. Ranked server however have a few enforced rules you can’t change.”
On the Battlefield 3 UK forums, Halling also teased at an upcoming surprise for tomorrow. He mentioned, “we are only talking about the patch going out to PS3 tomorrow, not upcoming patches, but we may talk about features that will be enabled shortly also the coming weeks that needs more testing or preparation from our side in the backend.” He continued, “I know many people want 1 big thing that has been discussed for a while and I think you guys will be happy for that change I made.”
Before this, he teased something similar in our earlier report, saying “PS3 players will probably notice some of the things that aren’t in the patch notes on tuesday.”
What do you think this feature might be? Let’s hear your thoughts in the comments below!
For those who have been enjoying the Starhawk Beta, it will sadly be coming to an end later tonight.
According to the Starhawk official facebook page, the Beta will be ending at midnight Pacific Time/3am March 27th Eastern. For those who have missed out on the beta here are just a few gameplay videos and montages taking place on all three available maps. Starhawk releases exclusively for the PS3 on May 8th.
Updated: “We have decided to leave the Beta servers up till tomorrow night, midnight. That’s March 27 if anyone is wondering. Anyway, enjoy.” – Starhawk Facebook
Space:
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Acid Sea:
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Dust CTF
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Some awesome montages:
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Modern Warfare 3’s Creative Strategist, Robert Bowling aka FourZeroTwo, has revealed on his personal Twitter account that, as of today, he’s no longer with Activision’s Infinity Ward. Bowling stated, “Today, I resign from my position as Creative Strategist of Call of Duty, as a lead of Infinity Ward, and as an employee of Activision.” Bowling joined Infinity Ward in April 2006 in the lead up to Call of Duty 2’s release.
In 2010, the top employees at Infinity Ward left the studio to form Respawn Entertainment, which is currently working on new IP under the EA partners label. Respawn’s first title set to release next year.
Update: The official Twitter account for Respawn Entertainment has posted the following, “For all those asking, abbieheppe is still our Community Manager. You’ll have to ask fourzerotwo where he’s headed next.”
Robert Bowling didn’t reveal whether he’s joining Respawn, or where he’s headed. We here at MP1st would like to wish Robert the best of luck in his future endeavors and final stands.
Over at the Battlefield 3 UK forums, DICE Senior Designer Gustav Halling was kind enough to answer a number of questions regarding both Battlefield 3 and the future, vehicle heavy DLC, Armored Kill. Here, he spoke of upcoming changes to the Commo Rose, unlocks, assignments and everyone’s favorite topic, map sizes.
First on the cutting block was the topic of the Commo Rose, an important feature of the PC version of Battlefield 3. Obviously, DICE has been working to improve the Commo Rose since launch, something made apparent by the recent images found in the recently released patch notes. Halling revealed that “the final goal is to make it closer to the BF2/2142 one.” He also made it clear that there “no plans to add it on consoles where other automated systems are in place.”
Speaking of unlocks. Halling stated that DICE will not be adding (or removing) vehicle unlocks in the future, although this is contrary to what Senior Designer Alan Kertz recently hinted at regarding vehicle unlocks. “Its a really important gameplay balance between choosing if you want to be an aggressive tanker against infantry or against vehicles. Selecting coax etc.,” mentioned Halling.
Fans worried about having to unbearably trudge through another number of squad deathmatches in order to complete an assignment in future DLC need have no worries. Halling agrees with many fans, stating, “I do agree on that the squad deathmatch [assignment in B2K] wasn’t the best one and I will make sure we do not add ‘win x times’ to such a specialized game mode to it again.”
Halling also mentioned that the artillery system being used in Armored Kill is still a work in progress and couldn’t say how it would end up. He did aks for suggestions, however, keeping these three guidelines in mind: “Needs to be fully effective without help from others. How would the aiming screen look like? camera / minimap? How would team mates be able to help?”
Lastly: Map sizes. By now, most everyone has heard that Armored Kill will feature “the best vehicle experience” and will boast the largest map in BF history. To get a better picture of what the maps might generally look and feel like, Halling mentioned, “I would compare them against Fusshe Pass, Dragon valley and Wetlands,” for those who are familiar with those maps. He also clarified that “flags will also be less clustered in general in AK, giving more room for vehicles but at the same time we can’t forget about infantry also.” He admits that “it’s a hard balance that we are working on all the time.” Halling truly believes “that the maps AK delivers will offer 4 different styles from the biggest most spread out flags and size to the more normal size more comparable to caspian border.”
Is that enough to get your mouth watering? If it was’t, Halling also told the UK forums, “many of the questions I know people been asking and wants include things I can’t answer yet, but it may come as a surprise the coming weeks.” Also, “PS3 players will probably notice some of the things that aren’t in the patch notes on tuesday.”
What are your reactions to these new bits of info? Are you excited for Armored Kill? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!
Source: Battlefield 3 UK Forums
A few days ago, Ubisoft released a new trailer for Far Cry 3 (you can watch below). The trailer mainly showcases the single-player component of the game and spotlights Dr. Earnhardt. However, in the last frame, the pre-order bonuses were revealed.
If you pre-order Far Cry 3 at Best Buy (at the time of writing, it’s only retailer that lists the bonuses below), you’ll get “the Lost Expeditions” edition of the game. which will net you the following:
GameSpot (EBGames in Canada) secured the following bonuses:
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It’s still unclear what other retails will offer, we’ll keep post as more information becomes available.
Far Cry 3 Multiplayer Will Feature An “Online Universe”
Thanks, Push Start
Battlefield 3 developer Alan Kertz speaks about the necessary cuts that needed to be made in order for Battlefield 3 to ship in time.
A recent discussion ensued on reddit between Battlefield 3 developer Alan Kertz and fans as an image of an a real life scout helicopter with rocket pods was posted as the topic of discussion. As many know, the scout helicopters featured in Battlefield 3 do not carry such a weapon and fans wondered if this was a feature cut from the game, or if it was intentional.
Kertz admitted, “I tried setting up this once, the rocket pods we have on other aircraft looked ridiculous. It was simply too late to build the smaller ones, so we had to drop the idea.”
Of course, accusations began flying as fans criticized the DICE team for releasing Battlefield 3 early and cutting content simply to “compete” with the latest Call of Duty title, Modern Warfare 3. They also compared it to Blizzard’s Diablo III, which has been taking its sweet time to release.
Responding to one fan in particular, Kertz had this to say: “3 BAFTAs. 10+ Million Sold. 89% Metacritic on PC. I’m proud of what we accomplished, I’m sorry you think it was rushed, but everything else points to two words: Great Success. The reality of development is that sacrifices must be made. And making cuts improves the over all experience for players.” Kertz added, “again, making cuts and focusing on what’s really important improves the experience. Too many designers allow themselves to do a game ‘when it’s done’ and as you can see, there’s really only about 2 studios that can afford to do that, and routinely to get Quality out of it: Blizzard and Valve.”
Such is the bureaucracy of game development, so it seems. While it’s true that items and features may have been cut from Battlefield 3, perhaps it was necessary in order for DICE to be able to compete in the growing and fast-paced FPS market.
Back to rockets and scout choppers, Kertz was also asked if rocket pods or other new vehicle upgrades would ever be included in future DLC. Without giving a yes or no answer, Kertz responded, “It’s definitely on the table.”
On to the the most important question: Do you feel Battlefield 3 was rushed in order to meet deadlines? Could DICE afford to release such a big hit at a “non-competitive” date? let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
Ubisoft IP Director Adrian Lacey walks us through aspects of Ghost Recon Future Soldier’s online co-operative mode in this recently released video.
After showing off the in-depth gunsmith mode, the mission then kicks off in an autumn Russian forest where four Ghosts are tasked with taking out enemy soldiers using the controllable UAV and optical camoflage. The video also shows how players can synchronize shots in order to remain stealthy. The last scenes show off some of the intense gun fights that players may find themselves in when stealth is simply not an option.
Check out the video below and keep an eye out for more Ghost Recon Future Soldier news right here on MP1st!
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More has been revealed regarding the recent and very unfortunate rise of modified lobbies in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. If you’re not caught up, make sure to read about these modded lobbies here and how to avoid them. Activision Officials and Infinity Ward developers have been addressing the issue and are hard at work looking into a permanent fix.
Apparently, according to a developer on the official Call of Duty forums, lobbies which were modded to decrease players’ ranks were initially made to be public before developers caught on. “A modding group created a viral mod, which we prevented from spreading within twelve hours yesterday,” according to an IW developer. He added, “sadly, in ‘protest’ at our ability to disable this they are now inviting player’s to private matches where they reset their stats.” Good news that it has been contained and removed from public lobbies, but the threat still lives in private ones. It is stressed that MW3 players should “avoid friend invites from ANYONE not on your friend list.”
Luckily, IW developers have stated that they “are working actively on fixing this issue and also backing up player stats so that [they] can reset those affected by this malicious behavior.” So to clarify, those worried about their stats having been recently affected, developers state that “they will have been backed up” and that they “put this system in place the moment [they] learned of this group’s activity.”
For some extra assurance, we at MP1st have been enjoying the recent double XP weekend with no issues in public matchmaking. To reiterate, playing in public matches should not prove to be an issue.
Activision Support recommends “reporting any people you believe to be cheating via the in-game report feature.” They have clearly stated that “anyone in violation of the Code of Conduct can/will be punished.” Additionally, they have suggested that if you decide to take a record a video of these offenders and want to “upload it to YouTube, just mention @InfinityWard in your Tweet & they’ll be able to look into it.”
David Jaffe discusses the upcoming Twisted Metal patch, which will contain a few pleasent surprises.
Good news for those who have been waiting for Axel to be released for Twisted Metal, David Jaffe has confirmed on Twitter that in the next patch he will become free for everyone. Jaffe stated, Originally Axel was only available to those who had pre-ordered Twisted Metal. Additionally, there will also be a surprise skin for all characters that has not yet been detailed. According to Jaffe, the leaderboards have been fixed. Players who had more than 100,000 points were not showing up properly on the leaderboards.
Concerning tweaks, party system, and trophies Jaffe has uploaded a new video update, which you can view here.
To Summarize the video:
For those who are experiencing trophy issues (not unlocking) there is an explanation for this that we have reported on before. Over at PS3Trophies, one user has said that the trophies are not unlocking due to slow stats update. Jaffe has confirmed that this may be the issue, and that if you follow the PS3trophies post then they will eventually unlock. However, if they do not, then simply giving a tweet at Jaffe, or post on the official Twisted Metal forums with additional information on the trophy that may help Eat Sleep Play pinpoint the issue.
Last week, BioWare’s first Mass Effect 3 multiplayer community event, Operation: Goliath, in which players were required to achieve a total of 1 million Brute kills or more as a community, ended in success. If you haven’t picked up your “Victory Pack” reward yet, make sure to claim it in the ME3 multiplayer store.
This weekend, BioWare is celebrating this victory by commencing Operation: Fortress. Players can expect a fewer number of Brutes on the battlefield as they engage Reaper forces. On top of this, all players who play ME3’s multiplayer this weekend will be able to enjoy a 25% boost in experience points up until 5am PST Monday, March 26. Unlike last week’s event, this operation is open to all platforms including the PS3.
BioWare also hinted at their next “elite” operation, telling players, “gather your squad and take advantage! You’ll want to be leveled up for next weekend’s event…”
So, get crackin’ and start building up that N7 rank!
As we promised, we’ve put together this guide for those who don’t want to lose their hard earned stats in Modern Warfare 3. You can learn more about the hacks here.
Before getting into the nitty-gritty, remember Robert Bowling’s general word of caution on the matter, “Do not accept game invites or join Private Matches from any player you don’t know & trust in MW3. There are dirtbags up to dirtbag things.”
Your stats can be reset by either joining a ‘derank lobby’ or watching other players’ videos in-game. So far, this hack has made its’ way to the Xbox 360 version of the Modern Warfare 3. PS3 and PC versions appear to be unharmed, but the following rules should be applicable to all platforms.
How to avoid losing your stats in the first place:
You got duped and your stats have reset, what to do now?
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