The open beta will go live on September 29, but you can get it early, September 27, if you own Medal of Honor* or pre-order Battlefield 3 through origin. The beta will run until October 10. *Update: The official Battlfield blog explains which versions of Medal of Honor are eligible for early access. “If you pre-order […]
This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for. Ladies and gentlemen the Battlefield 3 beta is arriving. DICE has officially announced the Battlefield 3 open beta to begin on September the 29th for all Battlefield 3 Fans. The closed beta will begin on September the 27th (two days earlier) for owners of the Medal […]
134 dollars. That’s how much you could possibly spend if you purchased all available day-one DLC for Gears of War 3. Between a slew of new weapon skins and animations, and a “season pass” for all DLC released over the next year, Epic has offered gamers an unprecedented opportunity to split with their cash. Day-one […]
UPDATE: DICE has officially announced the Open Battlefield 3 Beta to begin on September 29th. Medal of Honor owners and Origin pre-orders will have a 48 headstart. View more details here! Battlefield 3 Beta Date Officially Announced BF3 – Veterans Get M1911 Exclusively, Operation Metro Different in Beta, & Graphics Cards I don’t […]
EA is celebrating the launch of Battlefield 3 with a week-long sale on select Battlefield titles and add-ons. Head on over to the Origin Store to get %30 off on these titles: Battlefield 2 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam Battlefield 2: Complete Collection Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Digital Deluxe Edition Battlefield: Bad Company […]
Space Marine is quite the departure for Relic, whose Dawn of War series solidified them as the premier handlers of the Warhammer 40k license. While Dawn of War focused on tight, balanced real-time strategy gameplay, Space Marine is a gutsy, gory, badass third person shooter. The campaign is a twisted tale of betrayal, in which […]
Tomorrow, MP1st turns one month old, and this is my first feature to celebrate this occasion. To all of you loyal MP1st readers, I can’t thank you enough for making MP1st a success. Post Launch Support, Glitches, and Balancing We live in a time and age where post launch support is crucial to any game’s success, […]
Can you feel it? *Cue ‘Down With The Sickness’ by Disturbed* The Beta is almost here ladies and gentlemen, I can sense it. I’m obviously speculating, but part of the reason is also because it seems the DICE devs have been rather quiete these past two days. I can’t help but think something is in […]
Remember in the 1978 Superman movie, when Superman fails to save Lois Lane from her grisly earthquake/car crash demise? He rectifies this by flying so fast around Earth, it spins backwards and resets time. He then has ample opportunity to save her from death. In the same way that Superman raped the fabric of time […]
Robert Bowling, Infinity Ward’s Creative Strategist, has revealed a ton of information about Modern Warfare 3’s multiplayer. Leveling Curve As in previous iterations (except for Black Ops), Modern Warfare 3 has upped the level count for prestige. Now, you have to go through 80 levels in order to prestige. One fan asked Bowling why MW3 has hit 80 levels, to […]
As many of you know, Spec Ops is returning to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, but this time with a bit of a twist. On top of the classic style missions that we got in MW2, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games are now adding a Survival mode which should have many gamers clinging to […]
This is the first entry in MP1st’s weekly non-necessarily multiplayer centric articles which we will begin featuring every Friday. In today’s article, MPst writer xGrahamDJx picks his top 10 new IPs of this generation. We hope you enjoy! A brilliant and successful new IP can affect an entire generation of games and game players; I consider […]
Rage – Noun: angry fury; violent anger (Dictionary.com) Rage – Game: a strong competitor to an ever growing FPS genre (the author.me) This holiday season, fans of the FPS genre, are constantly bombarded with the captioned title, “Battlefield vs MW3”. I’m sure we can post a number of references to YouTube videos showing massive “Like” counts for […]
Forget about griefers, team-killers, cheaters, rage-quitters, and perverts. Their baneful presence in the gaming world pales in comparison to the following groups of players. These men are the true scourge of the online gaming community: 3. The Mouth Breather The Mouth Breather is one of the primary reasons I either don’t use a mic online, […]
Finally, 3 weeks after the last update, which introduced Talon, Riot has come out with a new update. This week they introduced “Riven, the Exile”. Riven is an AD melee fighter with high DPS, perfectly suited for going solo top. While Riven may be new, she is not the biggest change. Champions like Brand, […]
Alright, Things have been really confusing lately with all the mis-communication going on over on DICE’s end. As many of you know, DICE has many employees that one could go to for a source of information and MP1st tries to work closely with all of them. Of course, we try to get this information out […]
IMPORTANT UPDATE: DICE has contacted us directly to let us know that there was, in fact, a mistake on their end. From their @Battlefield account, they tweeted: @mpfirst Sorry for the confusion, the MoH disc will NOT be needed for the closed beta. ^WS You can view the tweet here. What exactly we do need to […]
Robert Bowling hightlights the reasons why publishers partner with console manufactures to make themed consoles and publish collector’s editions. Financially Unfeasible? In a recent Feedback episode, hosted by Blair Herter, Bowling was asked, “Why do companies feel the need to roll these bundles [themed consoles] outside servicing the fanbase?” On a side note, Activision has been recently […]
By now, you might have heard of the Xbox 360 footage that was leaked recently. It showcases some single-player jet gameplay, which looks awesome, along with some other short videos showing some destruction and other single-player gameplay. The videos themselves, aside from the jet gameplay, are very poor quality and do not show the final […]
Josh Olin, Treyarch’s Community Manager, has just announced that Black Ops got patched on both consoles. The Ps3 version of Black Ops received the patch earlier today in preparation for the upcoming release of Rezurrection DLC, September 22nd. If you’re a hardened or prestige edtion owner, make sure to read this guide to claim the DLC for free. Here […]
