Today, the great news was released that John Carmack will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Carmack started id software back in 1991, a series of record breaking games followed like Wolf 3d, Doom series, Quake series, Wolfenstein series and many more. Carmack is seen as the pioneer in the 3d/fps gaming industry! This is a well deserved achievement for a person who is responsible for this fps part of the game-industrie we know nowadays and we like to play so much!
Someone did lookup the comments on the ESRB ratings for Battlefield Bad Company 2, and found this:
In single-player mode, players conduct missions on an unnamed Japanese island during World War II and then move into the modern day through jungles, deserts, and snowy terrain. The firefights contain realistic gunfire, loud explosions, cries of pain; large sprays of blood come out of injured characters during the fast-paced combat. There are also close-up depictions of knife-stabbing (flesh-impact sounds) and melee attacks with a power drill.
Via Steam you can download the Aliens vs Predator demo, the full game will be out on feb. 20th this year. Check out the screenshots below! The demo consist of one multi player level which is called Refinery, the game-mode is Deathmatch. The demo is 4.6 Gb big.
Yesterday the second patch for Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising has been released, along with downloadable content. Check out the changes below:
"In new multiplayer mode Blindside the PLA must complete objectives in the shortest time possible while the USMC defends in tense, tactical engagements. An additional new mode, Supremacy, tasks opposing forces to occupy strategically vital positions featuring force multipliers like gun emplacements and air strikes.
Blindside pits a team of attackers versus a team of defenders in an objective-based mode that sees the attackers tasked with completing three objectives, while a team of defenders goes all-out to stop them. The attackers can complete the first two objectives in any order, while the third objective is only accessible once the first two objectives have been completed. In addition to having to overcome the defenders, the attackers are also under a time limit set by the host."
Tweakers.net (Dutch only) just reported that Medal of Honor (to be released in Q4 2010) uses two graphical engines. That's kinda new in the game business, interesting development though. A video showing off some Medal of Honor action can be found on the Medal of Honor Youtube channel.
