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LittleBigPlanet wants to Limbo

Seiji — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:28:28 +0000

For those of you who don’t know what Limbo is, it’s an adorable looking little game from Playdead, that is available on the Xbox 360′s Summer of Arcade (check our review here). LittleBigPlanet (even I’ve heard of this one, so I’m sure a lot of you have!) is a game for the PS3. Someone had a bright idea of making a hybrid of the two.

If you watch the trailer shown found, earlier on Kotaku, which I recommend you do, you will see that it is a Limbo-esque mode in LittleBigPlanet. It’s called… Limbo, Son of the Forest. Dun dun dun! The maker is someone with the fruitful name of Bra2008. To me, it looks cute. It also reminds me of a game I’ve played on the internet before… hmm.

Red Dead Redemption Social Club Challenge to unlock a new cheat

Jake — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:18:01 +0000

A new Social Club Challenge was released today for Red Dead Redemption involving the Nosalida Gang Hideout. Press pause and go to the Social Club tab to see the challenge in game. You will have to work for the Mexican Army to take out the Nosalida Gang.

The challenge involves completing three objectives while clearing the gang hideout:

Kill 5 rebels with fire bottles
Find 3 treasure chests
Disarm 2 enemies

That doesn’t seem too hard to do. But first, in order to have access to the Nosalida Gang Hideout you must have completed the mission titled “We Shall Be Together in Paradise” that was given to you by Irish.

You will want to complete this challenge and earn at least a silver medal because it unlocks access to the Rise Up cheat which gives every civilian in the world a weapon. The idea is to “make the world feel a lot more deadly.” Now that sounds fun, you won’t run out of ammo when you are going on a killing spree and massacring entire towns. Just make sure you are signed up on the Social Club page in order to access all of that as well as to see where your challenge time holds up on the leader board.

*Images courtesy of Rockstar Games

Sony PlayStation 3 Firmware update 3.41 has issues of the hard drive variety

Dustin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:12:09 +0000

Users out there that have been trying to update their PlayStation 3 to the 3.41 Firmware update may run into issues if they’ve upgraded their hard drives post retail. Many people have flagged issues with the patch claiming that they are faced with system crashes, inability to update their systems and even getting ‘no applicable data’ messages on their units. Reported last night by The Examiner, Sony has responded that the fault lies not in their systems, but in after-market HDD purchases/installations by the gamer.

Despite initial reports that patch 3.41 provided just a “You May Like” section to the Store, a new patching system was also featured in the update. If you’ve been a FAT32 fat-head and have updated your hard drive, like many people out there, then you’ll want to read Sony’s official comment regarding the situation.

“We apologize for any inconvenience you are experiencing with upgrading Internal Hard Disc Drive (for PlayStation®3) on your PlayStation(R)3 computer entertainment system. The information available to our Consumer Services Department does not suggest that this is a problem PlayStation(R) owners are likely to experience when upgrading the HDD with 3.41update. Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) strongly supports the quality of its products and backs them with full confidence.

We ask that you update the previous HDD first to see if the update will go through. Then update from the thumb drive that is formatted in FAT 32 and has the 3.41 update downloaded.”

If your system still hasn’t updated, please let us know if you’re going to switch back to your old HDD or will just wait it out until a fix is implemented? Nothing worse than Sony patch issues, right?

What’s in the Call of Duty: Black Ops Prestige and Hardened Editions?

Jake — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:56:50 +0000

First noted by IGN, online retailer Buy.com had a product listing for Call of Duty: Black Ops Collector’s Editions. Buy.com was listing the Prestige Edition at $149.99 and the Hardened Edition at $79.99 which are the exact same prices from last year’s Hardened and Prestige Editions for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Upon further investigation into these special editions by myself, I have noticed that Buy.com has removed their product listings mentioning anything about Call of Duty: Black Ops other than to allow users to pre-order the normal edition for release on November 9^th. I have found no other listings on the Prestige or Hardened editions from other retailers.

Those prices could just be placeholder prices that we hear about so often when retailers are speculating in order to be the first on the scene to accept pre-orders. However the more important issue is, what will these Collector’s Editions contain? Will anything ever top the working night vision goggles that were included in Modern Warfare 2’s Prestige Edition? What about a paintball gun in the image of a weapon from the game? Would that even be legal?

New Two Worlds 2 trailer makes me want to play

Andrew — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:42:27 +0000

SouthPeak Interactive has graced our inbox with a new trailer for upcoming openworld RPG Two Worlds 2. It shows off some of the game’s expansive environments, different player classes, and includes an accented narration that a certain PR rep finds “HOT.” Dont’ be distracted ladies, focus on the role playing!

As many know, the first Two Worlds game fell flat on it’s face. SouthPeak knows that too, having produced some hilarious videos lately alluding to it. I only know it second-hand: I never played Two Worlds. But this trailer here makes me think an unbiased review from yours truly may be in order.

Check out the trailer below, and make sure to hit up the SouthPeak YouTube page for the aforementioned comedic clips as well as more Two Worlds 2 content.

Random thought, can we abbreviate Two Worlds 2 with “2W2″ from now on?

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood gets two new characters, hope you like beards

Jared — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:32:42 +0000

If you’re anything like me, when it comes to multiplayer game experiences you only use characters with beards. You, like me, should be rejoicing at the two new additions to Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood’s multiplayer roster: the Blacksmith and the Soldier. The Blacksmith is sporting an intimidating looking hammer in addition to his mighty red beard, which is cool too, I guess. The Soldier’s meager goatee places him far below the Blacksmith in regards to eminent manliness, but hey, with standards as stringent as mine I’ll take what I can get. He’s got a sword, by the way, so that’s whatever.

AC: Brotherhood is rumored to be hitting PS3 with an exclusive multiplayer beta sometime in September. These characters, despite their epic beardliness, won’t be available by then if that is the case. Those of us with Xbox 360s and PCs will have to wait til it’s North American release on November 16^th and the 19^th if you’re outside the US.

Via GamerZines

Left 4 Dead 2 update trying not to leave you with blue balls

Kenneth — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:37:49 +0000

It seems like whenever you are ready to zerg some fools as a Tank something horrible happens. Either the survivors are already waiting for you, the Tank is already fighting them outside of your control, or even worse yet, you spawn on fire. WTF right?!?! Valve is on top of such things in an update planned on making the survivor and infected experience more logical, and as a result will hopefully keep you in the game and not quitting out. Said updates focus on the Tank, Charger, and friendly fire mechanics.

First the Tank, my personal favorite infected character, due to its earth-trembling movement, unmatched strength and hilarious sound effects. Issues that will be resolved are as follows:

Tanks go into a stasis when they spawn and leave stasis when the human player takes over.
Tanks do not attack when they are in stasis.
Tanks in stasis are invisible but still show a glow to the infected team.
Tanks in stasis cannot be set on fire.

Next up, the Charger. Not to be mistaken with the po-po style f*#k your night up cruiser. Changes include:

Charger now receives 300 points for any Survivor that is insta-killed.
Charger now receives 100 points for any Survivor that is insta-incapped by a charge.
Any infected that causes a Survivor to stumble into a “ledge hang” situation will receive 50 points.

Last and most defiantly not least is the friendly fire upgrade for the survivors. This is most annoying when encircling an infected to only find out that your precise aim is shredding your score and not the opposition.

Bullets that first pass through an infected character before striking a Survivor are now ignored as friendly fire.

The L4D team is ensuring the updates will continue to come, so be sure to catch the latest news here at MMOMFG!

SOCOM 4: so covert the release date can’t find it

Kenneth — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:21:57 +0000

Earlier today the SOCOM team released a statement about another delay in the release of SOCOM 4. While this may or may not be a surprise to those of you following the series, it is however, a reminder that other similar titles will most likely steal your attention. With some heavier hitters releasing new experiences in 2011 (namely titles like Bulletstorm and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier), there might not be many lonely gamers left for the US Navy Seal team.

The team states that they “don’t want to take any shortcuts” and how they “want to deliver the best and most immersive SOCOM game [they] possibly can and [they're] going to use [their] extra time to do just that.” Developers promise “it will be worth the wait,” and it better be. US sales have dropped with each installment, with the last release not even hitting half what the first one sold. It is scheduled to release in 2011, and with all the polishing necessary it will probably be the end of that year, but you can always keep your fingers crossed for an earlier date.

Blizzard higher-up makes vague reference to possible console game project

Jared — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:51:26 +0000

In the wake of Starcraft II, World of Warcraft’s expansion on the way, and the massive expectations for Diablo III, Blizzard VP Michael Ryder refuses to stop making subtle references to possible new games, according to MCV.

Recently, Ryder was quoted saying, “…we play all kinds of games at Blizzard. We try to learn wherever we can. We play console games and we are up-to-speed on the console platforms. And if we see an opportunity where the game design would work well on the console, then maybe we will go that way. We just haven’t announced anything yet.”

The operative phrase here being, “…we just haven’t announced anything yet.” The more hopeful of us could be led to think this means Blizzard is plotting some sort of nefarious console game, reminiscent of their early developing days. Do I smell a Lost Vikings sequel? Ryder went on to comment that they’re not pigeonholed into PC development, but make their design decisions based on what they think is, “best for our players.”

The prospect of a Blizzard produced console game is nothing to scoff at, but it’s much too early to guess at what the company could conceivably have up their sleeves. We’ll report back if more details emerge!

Uncharted 2 patch charted, delivered today

Michael — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:36:39 +0000

Those of you still playing Uncharted 2 online will be pleased to hear that it is receiving a title update today, Update 1.09, which includes a number of changes and new features to prep your game for upcoming DLC.

Changes made to multiplayer character skin system to allow for voices to be included with future skins

Made changes to character game mechanics to prevent players from using exploits

Fixed ability for players to “super throw” the treasure in Plunder matches

Cash awarded per kill in Elimination has been increased to $750 per kill

Enabled the ability for Naughty Dog to easily alter the amount of cash earned for individual Medals on a playlist or gametype basis and per-kill

Some of the changes above will affect the medal cash rewards. Cash for individual and kill-based medals have been decreased in value, while cash for Objective based medals have been increased as follows:

Tip Off – $1,000

Captured – $4,000

That’s Embarrassing – $10,000

Protectorate – $2,000

No Cigar – $2,000

Drop It – $1,000

None Shall Pass – $5,000

Expansionist – $5,000

Sounds fair enough, I have no complaints though I am sure many of you will so head over to the Naughty Dog community forums to tell them how you feel or just tell us how you feel in the comment section below.