Never mind those those weird noises your Xbox One console might make throughout the night, Microsoft’s latest public system update is now beginning to roll out to all homes. The update introduces new improvements to the activity feed, and now offers mobile purchases, battery notifications, 3D Blu-ray support, and the option to turn off notifications during […]
A new wave of tweaks and improvements to Battlefield Hardline have been presented by the team at Visceral Games, once again as a direct response to feedback gathered during the game’s first Beta last month. The first round of improvements was outlined two weeks ago in what the studio is has appropriately called the “Community’s Most Wanted List.” […]
Wondering if all your complaints (or compliments) about last month’s Battlefield Hardline beta ever made it through to developers over at Visceral Games? If not yours specifically, you might still be happy to know that the studio is indeed listening and has already implemented a number of tweaks and changes to the current build of […]
Battlefield 4 developers DICE are looking for your feedback on some important balancing tweaks the studio plans on pushing out to the game in the near future. The majority of tweaks in question are related to vehicle balance, including attack boats, anti-air, jets, and tanks. “We have a wide range of tweaks planned to further […]
Guerrilla Games took to their blog today to let everyone know that they are listening to their players’ feedback, and in fact have started developing some of the requested features that was received these past few weeks. The team held a live Q&A on TwitchTV, in which they addresses many concerns, including the lack of […]
Battlefield 4 is now out on the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, but while you may have your hands on the game today, that doesn’t douse that burning question: “what does it look like on the next-generation consoles?” Thanks to YouTuber JackFrags, with the help of publisher EA, he’s here to answer that question […]
Insisting that the Battlefield 4 beta that took place during the first half of this month on the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 was an actual “beta” and not just a glorified “demo”, developers DICE have shared their learnings from the experience and outlined a few of the changes they will be implementing before […]
Microsoft, who recently reveresed a few key DRM policies after the Xbox One’s initial reveal, may reinstate a few features, “If it’s something that people are really excited about and want,” says chief product officer Marc Whitten. Speaking to IGN, Whitten said that a feature like Xbox One’s family sharing plan, which would allow up to […]
Treyarch Game Design Director David Vonderhaar has recently reached out to the Hardcore Call of Duty community in order to make the Hardcore experience in Black Ops 2 a better one. In a thread on the official Black Ops 2 forums, Vonderhaar addresses the Hardcore community and the apparent “lack” of Hardcore playlists. He states […]
Producer Mike Read details some of the key features and game modes you can expect from Crysis 3’s multiplayer in this video introduction. [youtube id=”Wd8vDxn8HI4″ width=”600″ height=”350″] Fans can look forward to 12 maps, 30+ new weapons and 8 different game modes in Crysis 3’s multiplayer this February 2013. Additionally, the Xbox and PS3 versions […]
Danger Close’s creative director, Rich Farrelly, touches on Medal of Honor 2010’s critical reception, and emphasizes the importance of feedback that the studio has received over the last couple of years in shaping MoH: Warfighter. “The Metacritic rating was a lot lower than what we would’ve liked,” reckoned Farrelly. “I’m gonna save my comments on what I think about that […]
Robert Bowling talks about how the feedback from Call of Duty Elite’s first drop will influence the team behind Modern Warfare in terms of designing future maps. In a recent One of Swords’ podcast, Robert Bowling breaks down the benefits of Elite for both, players and developers. Robert Bowling explains “that’s what’s so great about how we’re doing things now, we’re giving you an option […]
Alan Kertz, Core Gameplay Designer on Battlefield 3, has recently released a list of balance changes that DICE developers have been experimenting with. This is in hopes to provide insight to the millions of Battlefield fans as to what types of things the dev team is working on in hopes to gather proper feedback before […]
Over the last 10 days, we at MP1st have been hard at work redesigning the website to ease your browsing experience. You might have been experiencing some problems with the categories tabs on the second navigation bar, so in the meantime, you’ll have to find all links to the articles on the much improved hompage. (Yes, we […]
DICE seems to have opened up another channel for communicating with Battlefield fans about bugs and glitches in the Battlefield 3 Beta. Since last night, DICE’s Twitter account, Battlefield, has been taking concerns and responding to many, if not almost all. It has been reported earlier that the Battlefield 3 Beta does not graphically represent […]
We here at MP1st hope many of you are enjoying the early access to the Battelfield 3 Beta. We know the rest of the world will on the 29th. Since the game is still in it’s Beta stage, you will most likely notice a few bugs and glitches here and there. Or, perhaps you will […]
Update 2: The beta should now be live on the PS3 in North America. Update 1: as of 5:22 pm est the PSN store still hasn’t updated, so no beta for NA PSN users yet. The official word from BF3’s community manager is “If your beta hasn’t showed up in PS3 yet please be patient […]
Recently, we published an article detailing 7 awesome betas you should sign up for. In this article, we mentioned that there are two types of betas; ones that are used mainly as a promotional tool for developers, and ones that are actually used to test the game in it’s current state and purposed to acquire […]
It’s been a long wait, but the day is finally here! Early access for Subnautica 2 has officially started. While many of you are just beginning your deep dive into the new world of Subnautica 2, it is important to understand that the game is still in development. Meaning there’s plenty of content still to […]
After a little bit of confusion and anticipation because Sony silently pulled the Deals tab from the PlayStation Store, there’s a new sale that’s live now, and it’s another Next Level Savings promotion. It seems all that worrying was for nothing, as things seem to be back to normal — for better or for worse. […]
