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Activision’s updated the official Call of Duty: Elite FAQ, explaining what will be offered free-of-charge to gamers by the service. Here’s the full setlist of free features that will come with the service: Access Elite through the web as well as Elite’s free custom iOS and Android applications for smartphones and tablets Communicate any way you want across mobile, console and the web with your friends Track and share thousands of stats with friends – k/d ratios, score-per-minute, win % and loads more, all represented in easy to understand charts and infographics Create your own custom leaderboards to track friendly rivalries – who is moving up and down in your group of friends? Analyse advanced heat maps detailing your match-by-match performance – where you killed or got killed, when it happened, and more Analyse your weapons performance – which weapons you are best with in which situations Upload and share videos of your greatest moments through our exclusive theater mode with the touch of a button Customise your loadout – search through all the weapons, attachments and perks, and push them directly into the game menu from the web or your mobile device with the touch of a button Join dozens of groups and find other players with common interests to play with and compete against Create a Clan with players who share your interests and taste for competition Bring your Facebook friends right into the game, easily taking your existing network into the Call of Duty experience. Seamlessly be placed into Groups with those who share your affinities and interests based on your Facebook profile. Start tracking your Call of Duty career – everything you wanted to know about your performance across the franchise starting with Black Ops They’ve also assured that more new free features will be added to the service as it continues to evolve. Call of Duty: Elite, being made by Beachhead, was announced today that the open beta for the service will kick off on July 14. The service is due to launch alongside the release of Modern Warfare 3 this November on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Call of Duty Elite, Activision’s attempt to make even more money out of the venerable shooter franchise, will go into beta on July 14. It’ll be invite-only, and only Black Ops’ multiplayer users will be considered. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

THQ has released the first trailer for UFC Undisputed 3 ahead of its showing at E3 this week. Announced last week, UFC Undisputed picks up from UFC Undisputed 2010, dropping the yearly label and hopefully shedding that title’s poor reception and performance. UFC Undisputed 3 will launch on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2012. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Sony’s online virtual community PlayStation Home has its own little version of the “Welcome Back” package, which has seen PS3 owners get some free games. Only, in Home, you don’t get games. You get stuff. One hundred pieces of stuff, to be clear, each Home user able to claim a whole bunch of stuff like gloves, t-shirts and, since it wouldn’t be PlayStation Home without it, virtual designer European furniture. There will also be two new personal spaces (one a drug dealer’s mansion, the other based on Dragon’s Lair) and a casino for users to bump and grind around in. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Hey, Mad Catz … maybe “WarHead” isn’t the best name for something that goes on your head. We kind of don’t want war on our heads. But despite the name, Mad Catz’s new Xbox 360 headset range might find a receptive audience. These are the first fruits of the company’s wireless headset deal. Mad Catz’s audio-focused subsidiary Tritton is introducing a line of 360 headsets, including the wireless WarHead 7.1 and Devastator, and the “entry-level” wired Detonator. The WarHead has 7.1-channel Dolby Digital, Pro Logic II, and Dolby Headphone audio; the other two are stereo-only. The two wireless sets include a base station that connects to the Xbox through USB and either optical or RCA audio connections. Those base stations allow audio to be shared among four headsets, if you’re in the middle of a weirdly antisocial gathering. IGN notes that all three should be out before the end of the year, and none of them should exceed $300 in price. Hey, we just remembered that sometimes headphones cost more than $300! That’s an even less appealing thought than putting a “WarHead” on our heads. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

With Actvision announcing their premium Elite service for the upcoming Modern Warfare 3 and other supported COD games, you just knew that EA were going to launch a counter attack with their own move, and they look to have found the answer with their Battlelog service. EA DICE have given Battlefield 3 players their own detailed separate stats service, and at the same time, they have sent a clear message to Activision that making fans pay for additional services such as the ones detailed in Elite is just not cool. Karl Magnus Troedsson, General Manager at DICE has revealed details about Battleblog on the official BF3 blog, informing gamers that the service will feature detailed player stats, social tools (Facebook, Twitter?), the ability to manage friends lists, set up squads and create platoons, and wait it – built in voice chat. If we’re not mistaken, these are the some of the core features that Activison are charging MW3 players a monthly fee for on Elite, and EA knows it – just check out the following sneaky quote from Troedsson below: â€Battlelog will be available for the monthly fee of (drum roll)…… zero dollars. †Another thing we respect about this, is that this has seemingly gone under the radar, as if it’s a normal thing – giving something extra to the community at no extra cost, unlike Activision’s big announcement which caused some gamers to turn away in frustation after finding out Activision want a few extra dollars for in return. Is this an early indication that Battlefield 3 will be the most popular choice this year ahead of Modern Warfare 3? Probably too early to tell, but giving this extra stats service is a great sign that EA DICE know how to make the community happy. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Radical has released its E3 trailer for Prototype 2. Watch it below. The action in it is rather intense, and it looks a bit badass, if we’re being honest. Prototype 2 is slated for release sometime in 2012 on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Hopefully, we’ll find out a bit more on the game next week. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Hopefully everybody enjoyed the double XP period for Call of Duty: Black Ops in May – neither Treyarch nor Activision wanted to see any of the PS3 fans miss out just because of the technical issues. Now the next round of Black Ops action is locked and loaded: the long-awaited Escalation DLC pack will be available in the PlayStation Store on Friday, June 10th. Escalation features five big chunks of content – four multiplayer maps and one star-studded Zombies experience unlike any other. For fans of competitive combat, your new battlegrounds await: HOTEL takes the sunny splendor of a luxirous Cuban casino resort and turns it into a bullet-riddled war zone. Details like the blown casino safe and poolside bar offer some unusual cover for run-and-gunners, but thanks to the high vantage points at opposite ends, it’s also a great map for snipers. Why not visit the ZOO? The big cats and deadly reptiles left this abandoned Russian animal park long ago, but the overgrown, dilapidated facility still plays host to the world’s most dangerous game. Hide below in the bear lair or snipe from above on the monorail track – you’ve got the run of the place. If you’re looking for a slice of classic Americana, check out the small-town motel and diner near the ambushed CONVOY. The freeway overpass has collapsed, leaving a missile stranded above and rubble littered below – not to mention a pre-fab house, apparently in transit by truck when the attack hit, now toppled on its side in ruins. Talk about trailer trash. STOCKPILE looks like an ordinary town in remote Russia…until you find the warhead hidden in the building in the center of town. Use switches to slide the huge steel doors up and down – good for restricting access during objective-based games. Last but not least, CALL OF THE DEAD goes meta on zombie lore itself with a unique setup: Cinema’s zombie godfather George A. Romero is making his latest undead epic – starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Robert Englund, Michael Rooker, and Danny Trejo – only to have a real zombie apocalypse break out, infecting the director himself and causing him to stalk you throughout the level. All the stars performed their roles with full motion capture and voice-over, so when you and three friends take on wave after wave of the zombie horde, you’ll do so as some of Hollywood’s most famous monster mashers. Proof positive that there’s a zombie killer in all of us. Escalation will be available in the PlayStation Store on Friday, June 10, and to celebrate, the double XP will flow once more – enjoy twice the rewards for your efforts through Sunday, June 12. It’s also a perfect time to try out some my unorthodox multiplayer strategies that will keep your opponents guessing. Enjoy next weekend – I’ll see you online! Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Sony has announced that the Welcome Back Programs are now available to both European and North American PSN users. For PS3 and PSP owners, go to the Welcome Back section in the PlayStation Store, and select 2 titles from the following lists in the US: PS3 Dead Nation inFAMOUS LittleBigPlanet Super Stardust HD Wipeout HD + Fury PSP LittleBigPlanet (PSP) ModNation Racers Pursuit Force Killzone Liberation European users should follow the same instructions and choose from two of the following for each system: PS3 Dead Nation inFAMOUS LittleBigPlanet Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty Wipeout HD + Fury PSP LittleBigPlanet (PSP) ModNation Racers Pursuit Force Killzone Liberation These offers are available to users who signed up with PSN on or before April 12 and includes a month free of PS Plus. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

The E3 trailer for Twisted Metal has been released, and it shows Sweet Tooth on a mission of revenge. Apparently, someone survived his last onslaught and he is out to remedy the situation. Look out world. More on the game is expected to be revealed at Sony’s presser on Monday. Watch below, courtesy of IGN. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Sony has handed over information on the Collector’s Edition of Uncharted 3*and has also detailed some of the various pre-order offers North American retailers will be handing out. The Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Collector’s Edition will run you $99.99 and comes with: a Nathan Drake Statue from Sideshow Collectibles, Drake’s belt buckle, Drake’s ring/necklace, and a “Steelbook†game case in a Travelling Chest. Regular editions of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception will net you the following if you pre-order: Best Buy – Regeneration Booster – Allows you to “boost your healing power to recover from your wounds more quickly.†Amazon – Carpet Bomb Kickback – Allows you to “send out three grenades with a single throw to blanket your opponent – or take out a group of opponents – with multiple explosionsâ€; Clip Size Mod for Para 9 or G-MAL – Allows you to increase the size of the bullet clip for your weapon of choice and “spend more time shooting your opponents before having to reload.†GameStop – Creepy Crawler Kickback – Allows you to “turn into a swarm of deadly creatures for a limited time and overwhelm your enemies.†Walmart – Callout Mod for AK-47 – Allows you to “equip your AK-47 with a laser sight that enables your entire team to see the location of the opponent you are currently targeting.†Other Participating Retailers – Uncharted 3 PSN Avatar & Static Theme for PS3 – Self explanatory. Uncharted 3 is out November 1. Get more information on the EU PS Blog for the European version. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Insomniac has released multiplayer footage from Resistance 3,and it shows off the HUD for Chimeran players along with the Firestorm rocket-launcher. Players will be able to customize their loadout with Support and Tactical abilities, and in the video, you’ll see players using Healing Beacons and Bubble Shields on teammates, as well as making use of Thermal Vision and Dash on enemies. Larger clips and being able to track enemies by their footprints will also be an option, as well as having leapers “burst from your corpse.†Unloackable weapons, abilities and attributes, are upgradable as well as players progress through multiplayer. All of this and more will be available in the closed beta which will available “soonâ€, and at E3, Insomniac plans on revealing a new multiplayer map with a location in Europe. A demo for the game will be included in code form when you purchase Battle: Los Angeles or if you are a Plus Member, with your package of SOCOM 4. Resistance 3 releases on September 6 in the US and September 9 in the UK. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Like countless crayon drawings from a crazed mind coming together to form a giant disturbing picture, American McGee’s vision coalesces in the launch trailer for Alice: Madness Returns. In stores on June 14th for the Playstation 3, Xbox , & PC. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

If I had to summarize Duke Nukem Forever in one picture, it would be at about 1:27 in this here launch trailer. Warning: may contain more naked breasts than you ever wanted to see. In stores on June 14th for the Playstation 3, Xbox , & PC. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

A new interpretation of the classic Rainbow Six, the tough-as-nails tactical shooter that asked gamers to carefully plan out the nuance of a breach like a choreographed dance, is in the works, a source familiar with the unannounced Ubisoft shooter tell Kotaku. We’ve also heard that the game will in many ways be a departure from the sameness found in Rainbow Six: Vegas and its sequel, and a return to what helped separate the shooter from others of its ilk. It’s unclear if the in-development game will be shown at E3. The original Rainbow Six is more tactical and focused on stealth than on weapons. Before each mission, in those early games, players were asked to view a briefing and then build a team, pick their weapons and equipment and finally create waypoints that the secondary members of the team would follow. Once the mission started, players had only control of one team member at a time. Rainbow Six will be a far more story-driven game than previous iterations of the Tom Clancy branded title. The game is meant to take a step in a different direction, telling a bigger, much more gritty cinematic story than previous versions of the game. In this still-to-be-titled Rainbow Six, players will be tasked with stopping a homegrown terrorist group operating in America. The group, fed up with the greed of Wall Street and the government that acts to protect them, decides to target New York City. While the gameplay is based on some classic Rainbow Six mechanics, there is a brand new cover system that takes you out of the first-person perspective and into the third. A new icon-rich graphics style helps to highlight members of your team during a mission and other pertinent information. Contacted Thursday, Ubisoft declined to comment. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

The PlayStation Store is back online and thank you everyone for your patience. You will notice a huge lineup of new downloadable games, demos, add-on content, themes, avatars and videos. Also, PlayStation Plus has been updated with new full game trials, free games and DLC, free avatars and even more discounts. You may have noticed that the content promised as part of the Welcome Back offer is not yet live. It is currently in the final stages of testing and will be available to download soon; we’ll be sure to let you know when. The next PlayStation Store and PlayStation Plus update will be this Friday, June 3, and then we will roll right into some special publishes starting next week for E3 (so be sure to check back daily!). In the meantime, check out all the new downloadable content on PlayStation Store. PlayStation Plus Full Game Trial Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Dante’s Inferno Full Game Trial Featured Games & DLC SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs SU90-S Shotgun (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers) SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs: Abandoned Map (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers) MAG Interdiction DLC (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $4.99) Comet Crash (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $9.99) (Prior offer, still live) Vector TD minis (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $3.99) (Prior offer, still live) Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus (PS one) (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $9.99) (Prior offer, still live) Babel the King of Blocks (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $2.99) The 2D Adventures of Rotating Octopus Character (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $3.99) Duael Invaders (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $3.99) (Prior offer, still live) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $4.99) (Prior offer, still live) Killzone 3 Steel Rain Map Pack (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $4.99) (Prior offer, still live) Discounted Games & DLC Red Johnson’s Chronicles Episode 1 (PlayStation Plus price $9.74, regular price $12.99) (Prior offer, still live) Dungeon Hunter (PlayStation Plus price $10.39, regular price $12.99) (Prior offer, still live) Ricochet HD (PlayStation Plus price $2.50, regular price $10.00) Cool Boarder 2 (PlayStation Plus price $3.00, regular price $5.99) (Prior offer, still live) Under Siege (PlayStation Plus price $10.00, regular price $19.99) Interpol (PlayStation Plus price $3.99, sale price $4.99, regular price $9.99) Motor Storm Apocalypse Rare Elite Supercar (PlayStation Plus price $2.24, regular price $2.99) Motor Storm Apocalypse Revelation Vehicle Pack Bundle (PlayStation Plus price $2.39, regular price $2.99) Featured Themes & Avatars Resident Evil 5 – 10 Avatar Bundle (Free and exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers) Resident Evil 5 – Tricell Logo Avatar (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers) MotorStorm Apocalypse: Burning Avatar (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $0.49) MotorStorm Apocalypse: Urban Avatar (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $0.49) Anomalies Static Theme (Free and exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers) SEGA Genesis Dynamic Theme (Free and exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers) Junebug Bench Static Theme (Free and exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers) (prior offer, still live) Street Fighter 2 – 8 Avatar Bundle ($0.99 PlayStation Plus Price, PlayStation Plus Exclusive) Street Fighter 2 – Ken Avatar (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $0.49) QORE May Single Episode (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $2.99) Updates Interpol: The Trail Of Dr. Chaos – Sale (PS3) (now $4.99, original price $9.99) Dc Universe – 12 Month Package (12 Months) – Price Change (now $119.99, original price $143.99) Dc Universe – 3 Month Package (3 Months) – Price Change (now $38.99, original price $41.99) Dc Universe – 6 Month Package (6 Months) – Price Change (now $71.99, original price $77.99) Assassin’S Creed Ii Deluxe Edition Digital – Price Change (PS3) (now $19.99, original price $29.99) Vertigo – Price Change (PS3) (now $4.99, original price $9.99) Tehra: Dark Warrior – Minis – Sale (PSP) (now $1.49, original price $4.99) Slam Bolt Scrappers (Price Drop) (PS3) (now $9.99, original price $14.99) Plants vs Zombies (Sale) (PS3) (now $9.99, original price $14.99) Sam And Max – The Devil’S Playhouse – Full Season – Sale (PS3) (now $19.99, original price $29.99) Cuboid – Sale (PS3) ((now $4.99, original price $9.99) Digger HD – Sale (PS3) (now $4.99, original price $9.99) Dragon’s Lair – Sale (PS3) (now $4.99, original price $9.99) Space Ace – Sale (PS3) (now $4.99, original price $9.99) Alien Havoc – Minis – Price Drop (PSP) (now $1.99, original price $4.99) Fish Tank – Minis – Price Drop (PSP) (now $1.99, original price $3.99 Paper Wars: Cannon Fodder – Minis – Price Drop (PSP) (now $2.99, original price $4.99) Downloadable Games Alien Crush (Same Code As PSP) ($5.99) Some classics can’t be beat! Alien Crush is a pinball game that features realistic pinball action and superb ‘biomechanical’ graphics. Complete with a function to nudge the machine, this game feels like you’re playing on the real thing! Extra balls and bonus points are your keys to getting high scores! Pull off all kinds of tricks while enjoying intense pinball action! ESRB Rated E File size: 17 MB Bonk’s Adventure (Same Code As PSP) ($5.99) An old-school side-scrolling action game! Gameplay is simple; just headbutt your enemies as you progress through each stage! You receive damage when you get hit by an enemy or when you touch something hazardous. Chow down on meat you find along the way to power-up Bonk by 2 levels! Headbutt the ground after Bonk has transformed to unleash a powerful explosion! That’s Bonk power! The power of his mighty rock-hard head! ESRB Rated E File size: 13 MB Wizardry: Labyrinth Of Lost Souls ($14.99) The popular Wizardry franchise is reborn on the PlayStation 3 system as a downloadable online title! This classic 3D dungeon-crawler remains true to its roots, with all the deep gameplay fans have come to know and love. These beloved dungeons and monsters have all been reborn in glorious high-definition, and new stories for each of the 10 main characters, breathing new life and hitherto unseen replay value into one of the old-school RPG greats. ESRB Rated T File size: 476 MB Sega Rally Online Arcade ($9.99) Race through five different types of terrain in more rally-bred vehicles than a baker can shake his dozen at. Including the Ford Focus RS, the classic Lancia Delta Integrale and the ferocious Bowler Nemesis. Play through a slew of modes including Time Trials, Single Races, and Championship Events. Cut to the chase and face off online in a variety of 6 Player multiplayer racing events – isn’t it about time you showed your friends who’s numero uno? ESRB Rated E File size: 1096 MB Star Raiders ($9.99) Star Raiders features a fresh new take on the seminal classic, letting you engage in epic dogfights and aerial assaults against the onslaught of the evil Zylons. Utilize radical ship transformations and robot co-pilots in the heat of battle as you fight to save humanity. Explore the galaxy as you utilize galactic warps and sector tactical maps that let you set your own path to liberation! ESRB Rated E10+ File size: 877 MB Red Johnson’s Chronicles (exclusive) ($12.99) Metropolis, capital of crime. Private Detective Red Johnson is stretched to his limits after shots were heard from Drownedman’s Bridge. Explore strange worlds, find and use clues that will lead you to the truth in this unique game with stunning backdrops. Question suspects and confront them in breathtaking action scenes. ESRB Rated M File size: 1.54 GB Under Siege (exclusive) ($19.99) GATHER YOUR ARMIES AND FIGHT! Under Siege is an action real time strategy game. Fight through 21 levels in the main campaign and battle against great armies. Play a single player campaign, go online with or against your friends, even versus the world, in competitive and cooperative levels. Create and share your own levels with the powerful built-in editor. ESRB Rated E10+ File size: 863 MB Back To The Future: The Game – Episode 3 – Free With Season Pass (Free) In “Citizen Brownâ€, the 3rd episode of this 5 game series, a time-stranded Marty has a rough and tumble return to the 1980s and finds himself in a topsy-turvy version of the world lorded over by the enigmatic “First Citizen Brown.†ESRB Rated T File size: 261 MB Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp ($9.99) Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp is the followup to Don Bluth’s arcade classic Dragon’s Lair, can now be enjoyed from the comfort of your couch. This fully arcade authentic version includes all of the original scenes you’ve come to enjoy, and even the unreleased Director’s Cut ending not seen in the arcades. Other bonuses include a full watch feature to sit back and enjoy Don Bluth’s stunning animation. ESRB Rated T File size: 1.25 GB Bomberman ’94 ($5.99) BOMBERMAN has arrived to restore peace on the planet – split into five parts by an evil hand! In addition to the nine members of the Bomber Family, the character “ROOI†shows up to lend a hand. Jump on the EGGS that appear from destroyed SOFT BLOCKS, and you can ride one of five types of “ROOIâ€. Each “ROOI†has different special abilities – use these well and you’ll ride to victory! ESRB Rated E File size: 18 MB Learning With The Pooyoos – Episode 1 ($8.99) With the PooYoos, a merry band of adorable baby animals, children will have fun while learning the basics for his or her development: numbers, letters, space, colors and more. ESRB Rated E File size: 251 MB Game Demos (free) Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean – Demo LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game is an action adventure game bringing to life the Pirates of the Caribbean world and all its colorful characters in LEGO brick form. Players will experience all the memorable scenes from the first three films, as well as those in the upcoming fourth film, “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,†in the humorous and quirky LEGO video games style. ESRB Rated E10+ File size: 1.05 GB Wizardry: Labyrinth Of Lost Souls Demo The popular Wizardry franchise is reborn on the PlayStation 3 system as a downloadable online title! This classic 3D dungeon-crawler remains true to its roots, with all the deep gameplay fans have come to know and love. These beloved dungeons and monsters have all been reborn in glorious high-definition, and new stories for each of the 10 main characters, breathing new life and hitherto unseen replay value into one of the old-school RPG greats. ESRB Rated T File size: 476 MB Star Raiders Demo This Star Raiders trial features a fresh new take on the seminal classic, letting you engage in epic dogfights and aerial assaults against the onslaught of the evil Zylons. Utilize radical ship transformations and robot co-pilots in the heat of battle as you fight to save humanity. Explore the galaxy as you utilize galactic warps and sector tactical maps that let you set your own path to liberation! ESRB Rated E10+ File size: 877 MB Red Faction Armageddon Demo In Red Faction: Armageddon, harness the destructive powers of the Nano Forge to transform the world into your weapon and bring it crashing down upon your enemies. Your journey will take you from the frozen poles to the molten core of Mars as you wage war against the Red Faction’s greatest enemy yet. ESRB Rated M File size: 854 MB The Fight: Lights Out Stress-Buster Demo Get a taste of the incredible 1 to 1 fighting control in The Fight: Lights Out with the Stress-Buster Demo! See how many crushing blows you can land before time expires as you blow off some steam and prepare yourself to take down even the biggest opponent in The Fight: Lights Out. ESRB Rated T File size: 636 MB MotorStorm Apocalypse Single Player Demo Take a test drive to the end of the world with the single-player demo for MotorStorm Apocalypse! Put the pedal to the metal in the high-powered supercar to beat the competition as you dodge explosions and derailing trains on the Mainline: Off The Rails Track ESRB Rated T File size: 1.18 GB PSone Classics Missile Command ($5.99) Defend the cities of the Earth against an alien invasion in this reimagining of an arcade classic. Download this PS one Classic today! ESRB Rated E File size: 193 MB Add-on Game Content Arcana Heart 3 – Additional Colors – ALL ($3.99) File size: 1.57 MB Arcana Heart 3 – Additional Colors ($0.99) (x11) File size: 1.57 MB Blazblue: Continuum Shift – Platinum The Trinity ($7.99) File size: 2.51 MB Crysis 2 – Retaliation Pack ($9.99) File size: 99 MB Dead Space 2 Outbreak Map (Free) File size: 417 MB Dragon Age II: All-Class Item Pack ($2.99) (x3) File size: 11.55 MB Dragon Age II Item Packs ($2.99) (x3) File size: 3.2 MB – 4.19 MB Dynasty Warriors 7 – Costume Pack 0 ($0.99) File size: 11 MB Dynasty Warriors 7 – Costume Pack 1 ($0.99) File size: 95 MB Dynasty Warriors 7 – Japanese Voice Option (Free) File size: 1.64 GB Dynasty Warriors 7 – New Stage and BGM Pack 1 ($2.99) File size: 47 MB Dynasty Warriors 7 – New Weapon Pack 1 ($1.99) File size: 7.24 MB Fallout: New Vegas – Honest Hearts ($9.99) File size: 464 MB Funky Lab Rat New Challenges ($1.99) File size: 3.76 MB Hyperdimension Neptunia: various accessories ($0.99) (x21) File size: 100 KB – 7.17 MB LittleBigPlanet 2: Tron: Evolution Minipack ($2.99) File size: 1.02 MB LittleBigPlanet 2: Cinco de Mayo Costume (1 Week Offer) (Free) File size: 1.02 MB Marvel Pinball – Fantastic Four ($2.49) File size: 50 MB Marvel Vs Capcom 3: Fate Of Two Worlds – Shadow Battle ($0.99) (x4) File size: 255 KB – 268 KB ModNation Racers Mods, Themes and Karts ($0.99 – $6.99) (x5) File size: 100 KB – 200 KB MotorStorm Apocalypse Pack ($0.99) (x5) File size: 100 KB – 200 KB MotorStorm Apocalypse – Launch Day Livery (Free) File size: 100 KB Moon Diver: Chain Kill Mode: Bloodbath! (Free) File size: 100 KB Moon Diver: Score Attack Modes: Orbit and Rage! ($0.99) File size: 100 KB Shift 2 Unleashed – Speedhunters ($9.99) File size: 166 MB Shift 2 Unleashed – Legends ($9.99) File size: 182 MB SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs – SOCOM Pro ($14.9) File size: 200 KB Super Street Fighter IV Ultra Complete Alternate Costumes Pack ($17.99) File size: 336 MB Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 – Bethpage State Park ($3.99) File size: 133 MB Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 – Turnberry Resort ($3.99) File size: 149 MB Wizardry: Labyrinth Of Lost Souls – Dungeon Of Trials Open ($4.99) File size: 100 KB You Don’t Know Jack Pack 3 ($4.99) File size: 262 MB Yoostar 2: various scenes ($1.99 – $6.99) (x43) File size: 50 MB – 572 MB Zen Pinball – Sorcerer’s Lair – Public Release ($2.49) File size: 57 MB Rock Band 3 Build your Rock Band library by purchasing these song game tracks. For song credits, visit www.RockBand.com. “Do You Feel Like We Do (Live)†– Peter Frampton ($1.99) “5 Minutes Alone†– Pantera ($1.99) “Mouth For War†– Pantera ($1.99) “Walk†– Pantera ($1.99) “I’m Broken†– Pantera ($1.99) “Born This Way†– Lady Gaga ($1.99) “Lovegame†– Lady Gaga ($1.99) “Paparazzi†– Lady Gaga ($1.99) “Urgent†– Foreigner ($1.99) “Hot Blooded†– Foreigner ($1.99) “Big Bang Baby†– Stone Temple Pilots ($1.99) “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me†– Culture Club ($1.99) “From Out Of Nowhere†– Faith No More ($1.99) “Stash†– Phish ($1.99) “Tweezer†– Phish ($1.99) “Working For The Weekend†– Loverboy ($1.99) “Hard Rock Hallelujah†– Lordi ($1.99) “King Of Rock†– Run-DMC ($1.99) “Long Road To Ruin†– Foo Fighters ($1.99) “Rope†– Foo Fighters ($1.99) “Stacked Actors†– Foo Fighters ($1.99) “Walk†– Foo Fighters ($1.99) “Blue Bayou†– Roy Orbison ($1.99) “Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)†– Roy Orbison ($1.99) “Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel)†– Roy Orbison ($1.99) “Rock And Roll All Nite (Live)†– KISS ($1.99) “Strutter (Live)†– KISS ($1.99) Roy Orbison: 75Th Birthday Pack ($5.49) – Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game album: Roy Orbison: 75Th Birthday Pack. This pack includes “Blue Bayouâ€, “Dream Baby†and “Only the Lonely (Know The Way I Feel)â€. By Roy Orbison. Foo Fighters Pack 04 – ($6.99) – Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game album: “Long Road to Ruinâ€, “Ropeâ€, “Stacked Actors†and “Walkâ€. By Foo Fighters. Pantera Pack 01 – ($6.99) – Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game album: “5 Minutes Aloneâ€, “I’m Broken†and “Mouth for Warâ€. By Pantera. Lady Gaga Pack 02 – ($5.49) – Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game album: “Born this Wayâ€, “LoveGame†and “Paparazziâ€. By Lady Gaga. 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Players will experience all the memorable scenes from the first three films, as well as those in the upcoming fourth film, “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,†in the humorous and quirky LEGO video games style. ESRB Rated E10+ File size: 1.28 GB Alien Crush ($5.99) Some classics can’t be beat! Alien Crush is a pinball game that features realistic pinball action and superb ‘biomechanical’ graphics. Complete with a function to nudge the machine, this game feels like you’re playing on the real thing! Extra balls and bonus points are your keys to getting high scores! Pull off all kinds of tricks while enjoying intense pinball action! ESRB Rated E File size: 17 MB Bonk’s Adventure ($5.99) An old-school side-scrolling action game! Gameplay is simple; just headbutt your enemies as you progress through each stage! You receive damage when you get hit by an enemy or when you touch something hazardous. Chow down on meat you find along the way to power-up Bonk by 2 levels! 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File size: 2.97 MB Dissidia 012 [duodecim] FINAL FANTASY – Zidane Alt 3: Marcus’S Cloak ($0.99) Additional costume for Zidane. File size: 3.13 MB Dissidia 012 [duodecim] FINAL FANTASY – FFIX BGM Pack [3 Tracks] ($0.99) 3 BGM tracks selected from FINAL FANTASY IX. File size: 4.38 MB PSP minis (also available from PS3 Storefront) Star Hammer Tactics – Minis ($1.99) File size: 5.08 MB Best Of Solitaire – Minis ($4.99) File size: 22 MB Block Cascade Fusion – Minis ($1.49) File size: 11 MB Sky Force – Minis ($4.99) File size: 24 MB Card Shark – Minis ($1.49) File size: 13 MB Days Of Thunder – Minis ($4.99) File size: 39 MB Top Gun – Minis ($4.99) File size: 40 MB Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

It’s a fair guess that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will follow in the footsteps of last year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops, shattering sales records and bringing even more people to video games. But it’s typically not the single player campaign, detailed here, that draws in those record-breaking numbers. While many, including myself, enjoy the Call of Duty campaigns, it’s the multiplayer that has managed to shift the Call of Duty franchise from a video game to something more akin to a sport. People play pick-up games of Black Ops, Modern Warfare 2, even Modern Warfare, like they play games of baseball, soccer or shoot some hoops. Like it or not, consider it innovative or rehashed gameplay, the Call of Duty franchise has in many ways transcended what it is to be a video game. So here’s your first, unofficial look at what we can expect from the bread and butter, the heart of Modern Warfare 3 when it hits this fall. Do keep in mind that while the details of the game’s single player campaign, first reported by Kotaku via inside sources and later seemingly verified with the official release of a trailer and matching levels, are likely mostly locked in stone. What is delivered with multiplayer could easily shift. Multiplayer is often tweaked after the game hits. It also receives a number of downloadable content packs post launch. With the advent of Elite, that’s even more likely. That being said, here’s what our inside sources are telling us we can expect from multiplayer. The game’s multiplayer will be divided into cooperative Special Ops maps and traditional multiplayer maps. There will be no zombie modes in this game, not a surprise since zombies were introduced to the Call of Duty franchise by Treyarch and have, so far, popped up only in the Treyarch-developed games. Special Ops will include both a survival, horde-like mode and a mission mode, with a total of a dozen maps and missions to choose from between the two. As we’ve previously reported, there are 20 maps being worked on for Modern Warfare 3‘s multiplayer. It is unclear how many multiplayer and Spec Ops maps and missions will come with the game and how many will be sold at a later date as add-on downloadable content. Key to the multiplayer experience is the ability for players to level up their characters and unlock perks to modify the effectiveness of their equipment, character and enemy equipment. The multiplayer matches also include killstreaks, which are special one-time rewards that are unlocked after a player kills other players a set number of times without dying. As could be expected, developers Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games have been working to tweak both killstreaks and perks for Modern Warfare 3. The biggest new addition to the game that we’ve heard of so far is the creation of Team Perks. These are perks that a team can work toward to earn. It is unclear whether this will be tied to clans or some other team system, but their inclusion could help push the game into a more team-driven title, something the premium Elite service is likely to tie into. While we don’t know the total number of team perks coming to Modern Warfare 3, we have been told four of them: Stopping Power: Increased bullet damage. Blast Shield: Unclear Health Regen: Regenerate health over time. Stun Protection: Prevent stunning from flash grenades. New perks coming to Modern Warfare 3 include: Blind Eye: This makes you immune to computer-controlled and player-controlled killstreaks. The pro version makes your launchers lock on faster and gives you extra bullet damage to vehicles. Assassin: This makes you immune to UAV, thermal, and heartbeat sensors. The pro version also makes you immune to CUAV, EMP and no longer shows your name in red or the crosshair in red when you’re targeted. Point Guard: Every two assists count as a kill towards your killstreak. Dead Silence: You make no noise. Recon: Gives you a special kind of radar to spot enemies, most likely. We’re not sure on this one. We’re not clear on how many or which previous perks will be coming to the game, but it sounds like the ones that do return will do so from Modern Warfare 2, not Black Ops. There will also be a bevy of new killstreaks to play with in multiplayer. Here’s the rundown on the latest thinking: EMP Grenade: Temporarily takes out all area electronics. Littlebird: A tiny remote-controlled helicopter. Precision Airstrike: Calls in an airstrike on a targeted area. Stealth bomber: Calls in a B2 Spirit to carpet bomb along a line designated by the player. Remote Turret: A remote controlled turret. Directional UAV: A UAV that can be directed into areas to scan for enemies. Remote Mortar: Direct a mortar team using a zoomable camera view of the map to call in strikes. Airdrop Trap: A booby-trapped airdrop. Ammo Resupply: An ammo reloading airdrop. Escort Airdrop: A protected airdrop. Specialist Strike Package: This one remains a mystery to us. While it’s likely that some of the killstreaks will drop out or be added in, we’ve been told that the team has decided to remove the controversial Tactical Nuke killstreak from the game. Other tweaks being looked at by the team include making sure things like exploding barrels not counting toward a player’s killstreak tally. We’ve also learned, unfortunately, that this latest Call of Duty still won’t support dedicated servers, instead relying on the hosted servers found in previous iterations of the game. Dedicated servers were removed from the Modern Warfare games starting with Modern Warfare 2. (Modern Warfare 3 appears to be using DemonWare for player authentication, just like with Call of Duty: Black Ops.) Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Sony has sent over a lovely mail letting us know that it will host a livestream of its E3 press conference in a special screening room within PlayStation Home on June 6. The press conference, which will be the first ever live streaming press event in PlayStation Home, will show SCEA president and CEO Jack Tretton on stage as he “unveils exclusive, never-before-seen footage of new titles across Sony Computer Entertainment’s suite of platforms and reveals all of the major announcements the company will make at the E3 expo.†Additionally, PSN will once again offer gamers an inside look into E3 directly via its virtual E3 booth featured in PlayStation Home. In 2010, five times more people visited PlayStation Home’s E3 virtual booth than the entirety of the show at the LA Convention Center. Here’s more: “At the start of the show on Tuesday, June 7 at 12.00pm PST, when users login to PlayStation Home, they will be invited to visit the virtual booth. Once inside, users will be able to tour a detailed replica of PlayStation’s E3 booth earning exclusive virtual items at each area as they check out the content showcased on the show floor, including a 3D render of NGP. “Once their tour is complete and all virtual items have been unlocked, users will be awarded access to the upstairs VIP area that will showcase specific PlayStation Home content, including the first level of the never-before-seen upcoming Scribble Shooter game as well as a virtual item package that features companions, furniture and ornaments.†The firm will also be livestreaming its presser through the US PS Blog. Sony’s actual press conference kicks off at 5.00pm PST. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

The long-in-the-making first-person shooter Aliens: Colonial Marines is still alive and coming out in the spring of 2012, according to a chest-beatingbursting announcement from the movie studio behind Aliens, the publisher of Sonic the Hedgehog and the creators of the award-winning game Borderlands. The unlikely trio of 20th Century Fox, Sega and development studio Gearbox Software will be making what they’re calling a “true sequel to James Camerson’s classic Aliens.” Either that’s a shot at David Fincher’s controversial Alien 3 or it’s simply a verification of what the game’s new teaser trailer shows the game to be: a direct storyline-sequel to Cameron’s Aliens movie. In the game’s new trailer, which you can see here, unseen men, presumably colonial marines, are discussing the U.S.S. Sulaco, the military ship that transported Sigourney Weaver’s Aliens heroine, Ellen Ripley, and a group of Marines to LV-426, the planet on which most of Cameron’s movie takes place. On that planet, Ripley and a rapidly-dwindling team of human fighters fought the Aliens before struggling back to the Sulaco. In the trailer, the male voices refer to Ripley as having checked herself back into cry-sleep. They also refer to Paul Reiser’s Carter Burke deceased character and the ripped-in-two artificial person Bishop. The men decide to go to the Sulaco, but there’s no indication if Ripley, Bishop, or any of the other few survivors of Cameron’s movie make it into the game. The Aliens Colonial Marines game is set to be a first-person shooter that supports up to four players proceeding through its storyline together. The new press release for the game says players will be able to drop “in and out as necessary through self-contained missions within an over-arching narrative.” Players will be able to upgrade and customize their characters, gaining new weapons and perks. The game’s levels will be set across “authentic environments inspired by the film series including Hadley’s Hope, the Sulaco and LV-426.” Here’s the official plot summary: Aliens: Colonial Marines begins with an ostensibly abandoned ship, the U.S.S. Sulaco, recovered in orbit around LV-426. Players lead a group of highly trained United States Colonial Marines as they board the deserted craft to uncover the fate of the crew. They will have to fight to survive unspeakable horrors and their own anxieties as they chase down the truth behind a galaxy-spanning deception that places humanity at the mercy of the most murderous and deadly species in the universe. Look for Colonial Marines on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC in the spring of 2012. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

The people who make Call of Duty keep promising that they won’t charge you extra to play their hit game against other people. They shoot down any fears that they’re going to turn CoD multiplayer into a pay-per-month subscription service, a la World of Warcraft or HBO. But starting this fall, series publisher Activision will offer a service you can pay for each month: the premium grade version of something called Call of Duty: Elite (don’t panic… there’s a free version coming too). Starting as a beta this summer and then launching on November 8, 2011—the same day as the next Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 3—Call of Duty: Elite will be a PC and mobile service that lets players track their stats, compete for real and virtual prizes, and form both social and gaming groups with players from across multiple CoD games. Elite will be available in two tiers of service, one for paying and one for non-paying Call of Duty multiplayer fanatics. While all of the perks of membership are yet to be announced, that paying group may never have to pay for a Call of Duty map pack separately again. At a glance, Elite resembles Bungie.net, the richly-detailed stat tracking service for that other mighty first-person-shooter series, Halo. But the top people behind the Elite project, including the heads of Beachhead Studios, an outfit dedicated exclusively to building and supporting Elite, promise that their service will prove to be the best of its kind, transcending expectations of websites for multiplayer video games. The Elite service is, at its most basic, a very fancy website. It will primarily be accessed through users’ web browsers, though Activision is planning to offer some sort of Elite app for iOS and Android devices. Elite will include stat-tracking, lots of social-networking options and a bevy of competitions, some of which will be organized like the season of a professional sport. The service’s Career stat-tracking and social grouping features will be free for everyone, according to top people who briefed Kotaku on the service at a recent demonstration in New York City. It’s not clear which other Elite elements will be exclusive to the paid version, let alone what a premium membership will cost. The paid version is at least confirmed to include more than just access to Elite. During an unveiling of the service, Jamie Berger, vice president of digital business at Activision, told reporters that a premium Elite membership will give subscribers a constant flow of Call of Duty content, including map packs, which have previously been available a la carte. Berger stressed that anyone who strictly buys a CoD game and doesn’t pay for Elite can expect campaign, co-op and multiplayer “for no extra charge.” He didn’t elaborate on why someone would opt for the premium Elite offering of CoD map packs and other downloadable content, though one could imagine that those premium Elite members might get access to such added content early or at a bulk discount. Two of us at Kotaku were recently given an advance demonstration of Elite, using a version of the beta build that will launch this summer and tie into Call of Duty: Black Ops. The screenshots that follow, all supplied by Activision, show off the features of Elite that were presented in our demo. (Click each to enlarge.) The Elite officials wouldn’t tell us which of the features we saw would be offered only to paying customers—just that “many” of those we saw would be free—so as you check out the following screenshots and our accompanying descriptions, you’re welcome to guess what you’ll have to pay for and what will be available for all. The Career mode will give players access to an intense amount of statistics for the matches they’ve played. The shot here shows the player’s performance in a Domination game on Black Ops‘ Berlin Wall map. The map shows green and red dots where the player killed another player or was killed. The timeline below it shows when those kills occurred and can be scrubbed through in a manner that crudely but effectively recreates the flow of life-and-death action in that session. These kinds of stats can be expected to be available on Elite just a minute or two after a match concludes in the games themselves. The Career tab includes a Leaderboard Tracker, which will allow an Elite user to compare their standing in a variety of Call of Duty modes to those of other players they’ve befriended or are tracking through the service. Speaking of befriending people… The Connect part of Elite makes CoD just a little bit more like Facebook or even Twitter. Players can befriend each other and see how they stack up on leaderboards (see previous screenshot). They can send messages to people they befriend and track the performance of players they’re not friends with. Elite users can also join up to 64 groups, each defined by a hashtag. A user can start a group or join one and then strive to be the best CoD player in that group, be it #MW3, #Kotaku or even #StephenTotiloIsMyFavoritePersonNamedStephen. Players will also be able to interact with each other through the Theater, which will allow users to host videos of their favorite CoD moments and comment on them. One of Elite‘s more clever features is its ability to read the meta-data of the Call of Duty videos uploaded to it and automatically tag each video with the names of the players in the captured match. Every player will easily know which videos they were in, intentionally or otherwise. Thanks to that bit of Elite tech, an unsuspecting Call of Duty player might discover that they were the victim—or the accidental star—in some popular Black Ops killstreak video. The most promising and potentially impactful part of Elite is the Compete section. It has the potential to turn a fervent fan’s weekly (or daily) after-work, after-school Call of Duty multiplayer sessions into what will essentially be participation in a season of CoD played as game show or sport. A Program Guide in the Events page will list upcoming challenges. Some challenges will involve uploading videos or screenshots that meet certain contest criteria. So-called Lone Wolf Operations will challenge players to perform certain one-off feats in multiplayer—say, a set number of kills in a game mode that day—and could, the Activision people who showed us Elite said, win a player anything from an in-game badge to a real Jeep. The grander Events will pit players against each other in weeks-long tournaments that are set up for CoD gamers at different levels of skill. It’s not clear yet whether the tournaments will only involve comparisons of players’ stats against one another during the tournament or if players will ever be expected to actually play specific CoD matches against one another. (A Beachhead developer did say that the Elite team will be able to sniff out attempts to cheat in the tournaments by those who might attempt to pad their stats by playing against of friends who pose at shooting targets for them.) Winning tournaments and other contests will earn players Trophies, new status symbols that will surely motivate players the way Xbox Achievements and in-game badges already do. The least-flashy part of Elite is the Improve section which is designed to serve as an instruction manual for Call of Duty multiplayer. It is a prettier version of an FAQ, providing data about how weapons and attachments work… …how maps are laid out… …and other details to study so that you can improve your Kill-To-Death ratio in Modern Warfare 3 and beyond. Based on what we’ve been shown of Elite so far, the service looks like it will give CoD addicts a trove of data and networking options that they will surely enjoy. It doesn’t offer anything to the single-player-only CoD gamer. It also doesn’t yet have any meta-game in its own right, no way, for example, to “play” Ellite on your iPhone in a manner that would let you beat other Elite gamers or affect your standing in a proper Call of Duty game. The top developers on the service told us that game-like extensions and other unseen features may well be a part of future evolutions of Elite. For the beta, though, players should expect the features listed here, retro-fitted to suit Black Ops. An expanded suite of features will be offered when Elite launches alongside Modern Warfare 3. [Update: Elite will continue to also connect to Black Ops after the service launches in November, according to a spokesperson for the service.] Elite will go into beta this summer. Those interested in joining should check out CallofDuty.com/Elite. The Call of Duty series has been a blockbuster for Activision, one that has, on the strength of its online multiplayer, kept gamers busy for months after each release. The series has earned the publisher of the game piles of money. For a while it has seemed that some sort of premium service was inevitable. If people pay $15 a month to play World of Warcraft, why wouldn’t they pay to play CoD? Yet Activision appears to have decided that it can’t suddenly start charging for CoD multiplayer, so Elite results as the company’s best option to find an alternate way to make money on multiplayer. It remains to be seen how enticing it will be to pay for Elite. But there’s a second benefit that Activision might gain for Elite. For the last few years, competing first-person shooter creators have been trying to knock CoD off its pedestal as, by far, the biggest multi-million-cop seller in its class. They have found it hard to do so for many reasons, including the fact that there is simply a lot of social pressure for gamers to buy each new Call of Duty. The shooter gamer wants to play with their friends. The more passionately one person in a group of friends feels about playing Call of Duty, the more likely that all of the friends in that group will get the next game in the series. If Elite bonds those groups more tightly together—through communal stat-tracking, through social-networking, through competitions—then those groups of friends will find it even more enticing to keep the Call of Duty playing going, and those games that want to compete, will have a harder time than ever butting in. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

All you probably need to know about the Uncharted 3 beta is that it’s more Uncharted — and therefore you want it right the hell now. Thinking about it that way, the article full of details posted by IGN is extraneous. But on the other hand, new info! The beta includes two multiplayer maps: Chateau and the Airstrip (described here), both with “dynamic events” occurring during play, like planes flying in. Players can choose from nine modes including Team Deathmatch, 3-Team Deathmatch, Team Objective, Free For All, Plunder, High Stakes, and three unrevealed co-op modes that IGN mercilessly teased for a later reveal. Players will choose either a Drake/Sully/”treasure hunter” Hero team or a bad-guy team made up of customizable pirates. Four of the new “Power Play” events will also feature in the beta. These one-minute events change the rules (like “marking” one person on the winning team to be worth three points) to turn the game around at critical moments. Check IGN for the full rundown of beta components. The beta launches officially on July 4, but will be accessible early, on June 28, for Infamous 2 owners and PlayStation Plus members. Which, thanks to one of Sony’s acts of contrition, will be everybody! As long as the store is back up by then, that is. The beta is set to end July 13. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

After announcing earlier this month that a free content pack would arrive for Ark dwellers at some point in June, Bethesda has detailed the “Agents of Change” DLC that’s coming to Brink in the near future. Two new maps, five new abilities, and a handful of weapon attachments and character outfits comprise the pack, which has yet to be given a solid release date. If that weren’t enough to get you parkour-shooting once again, the game’s statistics site will go live tomorrow for Xbox 360 and PS3 players, while the PC version will arrive “very soon.” And hey, a title update went live late last week that supposedly helps with the crippling lag people have encountered when taking the game online, so there’s that! Head past the break for the entire list of free stuff coming in the “Agents of Change” DLC. The “Agents of Change” DLC, as detailed by Bethesda: “New Maps Founders’ Tower – The revolution finally reaches the island’s iconic spire and takes the battle for the Ark to dizzying heights. Labs – Venture into the depths of the Ark’s original research and development laboratories, a submerged high-tech facility so far untouched by the civil war. New Player Abilities UAV – This stealthy and lethal device allows Operatives to automatically mark nearby enemies on their radar. For more explosive fun, they can even take direct control of the UAV and detonate it near unsuspecting foes. Napalm Grenade – Soldiers can use this new grenade to cover an area in a sea of deadly flames. Pyro Mine – Engineers can plant these mines and leave enemies in the epicenter of a massive napalm explosion. Field Regen Unit – Medics can deploy these units to increase the health regeneration of any nearby teammates. Tactical Scanner – This universal ability allows players to reveal the active buffs of their opponents, allowing them to pick off enemies more strategically. New Weapon Attachments Bayonets – Gain the edge in melee combat and cause extra damage with these deadly blades. Weapon Shields – Take cover from enemy fire and prevent headshot bonus damage behind riot-style shields. New Character Outfits The Sad Punk – Add a touch of Steampunk to your Resistance character. The Limey – Bring order to the Ark with this outfit inspired by traditional European police. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Consumers are used to paying $60 each for videogames that run on consoles like the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Now the publisher behind the industry’s biggest videogame franchise— “Call of Duty”—is about to find out whether it can get them to pay a monthly bill, too. Activision Blizzard Inc. plans to launch an online service called Call of Duty Elite this fall that will work with the next major edition of the game, “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3,” and future installments of the hyper-realistic combat-simulation game. In a move industry executives describe as a first, Activision plans to charge a monthly subscription fee for the service, which will provide extra content that isn’t offered on game discs sold in stores, including downloadable map packs that give players new “Call of Duty” levels to play. Activision executives said they haven’t yet figured out how much to charge for the service, but they expect the cost to be less than fees for comparable online-entertainment services, such as a $7.99-a-month Netflix Inc. movie subscription. Portions of the service will be free, including features inspired by Facebook Inc. that will let “Call of Duty” players meet for online gun battles with others who share various affiliations and interests. Another feature of the service will give “Call of Duty” players tools, modeled on those from stock-trading websites, to analyze their performance within the game, gauging factors such as which weapons have been most successful for them in killing enemies. The plan—which comes a week ahead of the videogame industry’s big E3 trade show in Los Angeles—is a potentially risky bet by Activision that it can further milk profits from consumers, who could feel the $60 they spend on “Call of Duty” in stores is enough. Charging a monthly subscription fee is more common for multiplayer games that run on personal computers. The most successful of those is “World of Warcraft,” a fantasy game from Activision’s Blizzard division that has over 11 million subscribers, who typically pay $15 a month for the service. For players with a Microsoft Corp. Xbox 360 console, a Call of Duty Elite subscription will come on top of the $9.99 monthly fee they typically pay for Xbox Live, the online game service that provides players of all Xbox games to meet and compete against others online. Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3 console owners don’t pay a monthly fee to play against others online. The PlayStation Network that provides those multiplayer capabilities recently suffered an outage of more than three weeks after a hacker intrusion on the service. Players of PC versions of “Call of Duty” don’t pay to play others online. In an interview, Activision Chief Executive Bobby Kotick said he isn’t worried about pushback from gamers about the Call of Duty Elite fee because players will still be able to compete against each other online without subscribing to the service. While he is coy about many of the offerings that will be included in the service, Mr. Kotick said Call of Duty Elite, and the customer-service operation that will be needed to support it, wouldn’t be possible if the service was free. “This is an enormous investment,” he said. “Call of Duty” is in a unique position to seek a monthly fee from customers. The game’s previous installment, set during the Cold War and called “Call of Duty: Black Ops,” was the best-selling game last year, with global retail sales of more than $1 billion during its first six weeks on shelves. Since Activision first began publishing the series almost eight years ago, it has accounted for more than $3 billion in retail sales, according to the company. Unlike hit movies, new versions of “Call of Duty” come out every year, with “Modern Warfare 3″ due to arrive in stores Nov. 8. “It’s probably the biggest entertainment franchise in the world,” said Dennis Durkin, corporate vice president in Microsoft’s interactive-entertainment business. Just as important is the degree to which “Call of Duty” has become the biggest online-game hit on consoles. While many gamers still play the old-fashioned way—by themselves against enemies operated by the game itself—”Call of Duty” has been the most successful console game at getting players to battle other human-operated opponents over the Internet. Jamie Berger, Activision’s vice president of digital for “Call of Duty,” said the company has about seven million daily players of the game who spend, on average, about seven full days a year playing the game against others online. Players often use headsets to communicate verbally with other online gamers. Like other publishers, Activision has earned money selling “Call of Duty” map packs and other digital content for one-time charges, but subscriptions to its new service could give it a continuing way to capitalize on the online popularity of the game. Rob Dyer, senior vice president of publisher relations at Sony’s U.S. games division, said only a few games have the audience loyalty and size to support a subscription service like Call of Duty Elite. Mr. Dyer said he is “very confident” other publishers will follow Activision’s lead. “There’s money to be made there,” he said. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Sony has revealed that “all PlayStation Network services†around the globe (excluding certain Asian territories) will be returning very soon. It doesn’t sound like everything will be up before the end of May, which ends tomorrow of course, but functionality will return before the end of the week. One of Sony’s latest hopes was to get PSN back online before the month ends, though they did say anything later would be just a few days after the “deadlineâ€. The full PR from Sony can be read below. Tokyo, May 31, 2011 – Sony Corporation and Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) announced today that Sony Network Entertainment International (SNEI, the company) will fully restore all PlayStation®Network services in the Americas, Europe/PAL territories and Asia, excluding Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea by the end of this week. The company will also resume Music Unlimited powered by Qriocityâ„¢ for PlayStation®3 (PS3®), PSP® (PlayStation®Portable), VAIO and other PCs. Details for Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea as well as the remaining services on Qriocity will be announced as they become available. The company implemented considerable security enhancements to the network infrastructure, as well as conducted testing of the payment process and commerce functions. The first phase of PlayStation Network and Qriocity restoration began on May 15 in the Americas and Europe/PAL territories, followed by Japan and Asian countries and regions on May 28, when the company brought partial services back online. With this partial restoration users were able to access to some of the services such as online game play, account management, friend lists and chat functionality were restored. The full restoration of PlayStation Network as well as part of services to become available on Qriocity will include: Full functionality on PlayStation®Store In-game commerce Ability to redeem vouchers and codes Full functionality on Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity for PS3, PSP, VAIO and other PCs Full functionality on Media Go Customers can now purchase and download games and video content from the PlayStation®Store on PS3 or PSP. In addition, consumers will have full access to Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity through PS3, PSP, VAIO and other PC’s. Service restoration of Video on Demand powered by Qriocityâ„¢ and Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity for a variety of network-enabled Sony devices will be announced later. “We have been conducting additional testing and further security verification of our commerce functions in order to bring the PlayStation Network completely back online so that our fans can again enjoy the first class entertainment experience they have come to love,†said Kazuo Hirai, Executive Deputy President, Sony Corporation. “We appreciate the patience and support shown during this time.†The company will be offering customers a “Welcome Back†package of services and premium content to all registered PlayStation Network* and Qriocity account services. The details of this program will continue to be detailed regionally. * Only available for those countries with access to PlayStation®Store. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Associate producer Jason Frederick has said F.E.A.R. 3 doesn’t contain traditional multiplayer modes in order to craft a unique experience. “We have four different multiplayer modes, and we deliberately and consciously tossed out deathmatch, team deathmatch, capture the flag,†Frederick told Gamespot. “We got rid of those game modes. “You can pick up any shooter these days and you can play deathmatch. There are some people who are a little bit upset about this, but ultimately, it’s better for our particular game because we’ve created multiplayer modes now that you can only get from F.E.A.R. 3. “So you decide to play one of these multiplayer modes, you can only pick up F.E.A.R. 3. You can’t pick up any other game and get these.†F.E.A.R. 3 More...