More action on the Infinity Ward/Activision mess. The defections from IW are approaching 30 employees; from a firm which employed only 100 workers, that's a big bite. An even bigger bite is the $500 million dollar lawsuit against Activision filed by 38 former and present IW employees.
Today's featured vid is a series of CoD clutches, a single Search and Destroy player finishing off the enemy team. Next up is some Scrapyard UMP gameplay that illustrates some of what can go wrong, even round to round, in MW2. Finally, we have a nifty World at War knifing montage from ThatGuyWhoCamps.
On the Halo front, take note of the new live action promo for Halo: Reach linked below. Like every Bungie promo, the vid is incredibly cinematic. If Bungie made movies, I'd be itching to see them. OTOH, Bungie's games never live up to what's promised in the vids. I remember all too well the Halo 3 promos with their promise of some cataclysmic Armageddon-like battle with the Master Chief saving the day. As those who've finished the game can attest, we got a recycled game finale plus a really, really annoying Warthog race at the end. On to the links:
Today's featured vid is a series of CoD clutches, a single Search and Destroy player finishing off the enemy team. Next up is some Scrapyard UMP gameplay that illustrates some of what can go wrong, even round to round, in MW2. Finally, we have a nifty World at War knifing montage from ThatGuyWhoCamps.
On the Halo front, take note of the new live action promo for Halo: Reach linked below. Like every Bungie promo, the vid is incredibly cinematic. If Bungie made movies, I'd be itching to see them. OTOH, Bungie's games never live up to what's promised in the vids. I remember all too well the Halo 3 promos with their promise of some cataclysmic Armageddon-like battle with the Master Chief saving the day. As those who've finished the game can attest, we got a recycled game finale plus a really, really annoying Warthog race at the end. On to the links:
- G4TV: 38 Infinity Ward employees sue Activision. The Infinity Ward Employee Group (IWEG) allege that Activision has withheld their rightfully earned bonuses to keep them "hostage" to finish Modern Warfare 3.
- Major Nelson: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 still tops Xbox Live activity.
Featured CoD YouTube Video
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W@W Random Knife Only Search Clips
More Gaming Links:
- BASHandSlash: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PC overtweaked by last update?
- Den Kirson: Updated BC2 damage stats.
- BASHandSlash audio: Bash 147: PC Gaming Connectivity. Points of discussion FTA:
- Is there anything you can do to get better ping?
- What’s the best type of home connection for gaming?
- What does a router do and what kind of problems do gamers find with routers in online games?
- How can the kinds of problems gamers find with routers be addressed, or worked around?
- What is network address translation (NAT)? What is Open / Moderate / Strict NAT?
- What the heck in Port Forwarding and why should we care?
- Are there any ‘tweaks’ or ‘fixes’, like registry hacks to alter network behavior?
- What tools are there to help gamers understand and diagnose their connectivity problems?
- IGN: Halo: Reach assasinations montage.
- GameSpy: Three new Halo: Reach weapons trailers.
- Kotaku: Fourteen Halo 2 Fans Refuse to Let It Die. Fourteen people are still playing Halo 2, 2 weeks after Xbox Live support was cut off. The active consoles still have connectivity and the determined fans are playing until forced off Xbox Live by console death, Xbox Live, or their Moms.
- GameSpot: Video interview with Chris Carney, Halo: Reach lead developer, on the upcoming beta.
- Bungie thru MajorNelson: Birth of a Spartan video. If you've ever wondered how a Spartan is made, Bungie has a live action video of the process... Aren't the Bungie vids the most cinematic? If they were movie trailers, I'd be dying to see the movie. Look:
Birth of a Spartan
- Shacknews: New Sniper: Ghost Warrior trailer has some 'in your face' footage.
- Industry Gamers: Avatar producer: '3D is here to stay.' Interesting bit FTA: "While Ubisoft’s Avatar game was released in 3D on PS3 and Xbox 360, the vast majority of people actually played the game in 2D."
- Edge Online: Datel Free To Push Ahead With Microsoft Lawsuit.
- IGN YouTube: Daily Fix for 27 April 2010 with the luscious Jessica Chobot:
- Kotaku: Team Fortress 2 Action Figure Has Many Faces.
- GamaSutra: Korean Alliance Of Valiant Arms Dev Redduck Licenses Unreal Engine 3.
- USAToday Game Hunters: Upcoming Bioshock 2 DLC to feature Modern Warfare prestige-like 'Rebirth' feature. But, unfortunately...
- Shacknews: Bioshock 2 Metro Map Pack DLC delayed.
- GameSpy: First Person Shooters train your brain - in a good way.
- Destructoid: First 2 Madden NFL 2011 developer diary vids.
- GameInformer: Madden NFL 2011 hands on.
- Co-Optimus: Co-op: In style or going out?
- Fruzsina Eordogh Femme Fatality (blog): Why can’t console and PC gamers get along? Great pic linked in the article:
Non-Gaming Links:
- NetworkWorld: Apple halts online sales in Japan.
- GadgetLab thru Slashdot: iPad clones released in China.
- GameSpy: See You At the Party, Richter! SyFy Making Red Faction Movie. If you enjoyed the Red Faction games, think the guys who made Mansquito can be trusted to make a good movie out of it? Where's Uwe Boll when you need him?
- IGN: Olivia Munn's Iron Man 2 role revealed.
- Mercury News: 'Seinfeld' actor Alexander strikes bicyclist in LA. Art Vandelay sought for questioning.
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