By Tim Hage on Jun 17th, 2009 at 6:52PM
By now, most of you have heard about the high-profile Left 4 Dead 2 boycott going around. Currently, the Steam group that started it all is at 32,060 members that are against the idea of Left 4 Dead 2. With the existence of one extreme, there is always the other end of the spectrum. Gamers that are sick of the complaining have banded together to make a pro-L4D2 Steam group, currently at 317 members.
By Tim Hage on Jun 17th, 2009 at 6:49PM
As we mentioned yesterday, developer Konami is going to release a bit of news or details about a game in their Metal Gear series once a day, every day this week. Today’s news release has to do with Metal Gear Online. The update will include a new map, a new character and a new reward mode for the game.
The download allows players to use Old Snake as a unique character and the Octo-cam suit as a weapon. In a twist, Old Snake will not become completely invisible when using the suit, but will automatically blend with the environment. The latest download will also include an Auto Matching Reward mode in which the winner of the match wins more reward points than normal. When playing an individual match in this mode, only the winner receives the reward points while in a team match, the team member ranked first will win the reward points.
By Tim Hage on Jun 17th, 2009 at 6:13PM
Publisher for both games, 2K Boston, has announced that they will release Bioshock and Oblivion as a retail pack. For a mere $29.99 you can have the two fantastic games on your PC. To have them on your Xbox 360, it will cost you $39.99. The pack is set to release in North America on July 7. According to 2K Boston, the two games have an accumulated 80 game of the year awards.
By Craig Lloyd on Jun 17th, 2009 at 5:10PM
Mozilla has announced that the release candidate for Firefox 3.5 will be available on June 19, but they also hope to have the final version out by the end of this month.
Mozilla also claims that there are over 5,000 improvements to the 3.5 version, which includes private browsing, a faster rendering engine, geolocation functionality, and better tab management.
The company is also already thinking ahead and working on their next browser, codenamed “Namoroka”, which will use Google Chrome’s process isolation features. They are also working on a 64-bit version of Firefox for OSX users.
via [Pocket-Lint]
By Craig Lloyd on Jun 17th, 2009 at 2:05PM
Wow, it seems like yesterday when the WWDC 2009 keynote gave us all a release date for the iPhone OS 3.0 and then we all sighed because June 17 felt like a century away. Sigh no more, as the 3.0 update has officially released and is ready for download!
iPhone users will get the update for free, while iPod Touch users will have to purchase the update for $10. At last, iPhone users can now laugh obnoxiously at the poor iPod Touch users.
[iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update]
By Tim Hage on Jun 17th, 2009 at 11:50AM
Sure, I may be a bit late posting this, but it’s good nonetheless. When I came across this video, I wasn’t sure if I should be annoyed at this guy for giving gamers a bad name or if I should drop to my knees and pay homage to this great man. Either way, you should see this impressive reenactment of the bonus stage of Street Fighter II, where you would punch the crap out of a car as fast as possible. Check out the video after the break.
By Tim Hage on Jun 16th, 2009 at 8:06PM
In an announcement release yesterday from Konami, they have decided that in celebration of the one year anniversary of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, that fans “can expect to receive game updates and other highly anticipated announcements about the best-selling series” every day this week.
Today’s Konami announcement: Metal Gear Solid Greatest Hits Edition has been released nationwide for the PS3.
We’ll be sure to keep you updated as news is released.
By Tim Hage on Jun 16th, 2009 at 7:33PM
As any gamer knows, it is a horrible feeling having to game with a mouse and mouse pad other than your own. Amazingly, with the X600 and accompanying Over Slide, this experience was not bad at all. I found it very easy to just pick up the mouse and it was immediately comfortable. In most cases with new mice, you have to spend time just getting used to the feel of it, but not with the X600. This is an impressive feat in my books, but I’m also very picky about my peripherals.
By Craig Lloyd on Jun 16th, 2009 at 5:00PM
Hot off the heels of Kingston’s 128GB DataTraveler release, Edge Tech has decided to muster up the courage to try to “Edge” out Kingston. They possibly might accomplish that, as the price of their 128GB flash drive is $150 cheaper than Kingston’s. The bad news is, the new Edge Tech device is still $390.
The new flash drive will begin shipping on July 31.
By Tim Hage on Jun 16th, 2009 at 3:31PM
Released by Infinity Ward fans of the upcoming game is a compiled list of weapons and attachments that have been shown or talked about in demos, interviews and previews of MW2. Currently, this is the most complete list of weapons to be included in Modern Warfare 2. That’s pretty much all I can do for a setup here. Check out the list after the break.
