New Modern Warfare 3 trailer shows off the single player campaign

The hunt for Macarov continues. With Modern warfare 3 just weeks away, Activision brings out a new trailer that gives us a peek at the single player campaign. The usual epic Explosions and crazy firefights, what more could you ask for?

I really want to see if Macarov escapes again or they finally get their hands on this guy. It's going to be the start of World War 3 with various major cities being attacked simultaneously. Just like past Call of Duty games, you will take control of different characters in the story.

Call of Duty: Modern warfare 3 is set to be released on November 8, 2011 for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PC, and yes even the Wii.

Rage easter eggs pay tribute to the classic id games

You know who created Rage right? they are the makers of the classic Doom series, Quake series, and the first ever First Person Shooter - Wolfenstein 3D. So to pay tribute to their classic games, they placed easter eggs for Rage players to find and enjoy. Wanna see? 

Wolfenstein 3D Easter Egg

Doom Easter Egg

Quake Easter Egg

It's pretty awesome and made me want to get a copy of those classic games to play again, or even buy Rage. Too busy dying in Dark Souls though.

Anybody going through Rage right now? it's said to be a great shooter in its own right and to be confused with games like Fallout or Borderlands. It's not Fallout, it's not Borderlands. They just have certain elements that bring out the confusion. It being in a post-apocalyptic setting, open world, and having an inventory system. I say, if you like the old FPS kind of games, then this might just work for you.

First Gears of War 3 DLC announced

I'm sure all you Gears fans are not even close to getting sick of Gears of War 3, same here,  so Epic Games wants to keep it that way for months to come with the announcement of the Horde Command Pack.

Too soon? nah.  The DLC will be out on November 1 and will expand the famous Horde mode.  Horde Command Pack will provide three new maps to play in, three new fortifications, new character skins, and weapon skins. Here's the full details.

Three spectacular new maps:

• Blood Drive – The Jacinto Medical Plaza was overwhelmed by evacuated citizens after the government-sanctioned Hammer Strikes, and the ensuing riots quickly turned this safe haven into a dangerous inferno. An abundance of high ground and funneled choke points make this map a returning favorite to Horde.
• Rustlung – Once the pride of the Royal Tyran Navy, the foredecks of this decommissioned battleship are now riddled with bullet holes. Any team with the fortitude to hold the exposed central torpedo bay will find that the ship's Loader has been replaced with a battle-ready Silverback mech suit.
• Azura – This island resort was once the exclusive domain of Sera's educated elite, but the tranquil water gardens and lush foliage have become a hotly contested combat zone. Dual snipers overlook a powerful explosive weapon, while the defensive central platform may be your last resort of retreat.

New fortification upgrades:

• Command Center – A brand new type of fortification that allows you to call in fire support from sniper teams, mortar strikes and even multiple Hammers of Dawn.
• Decoy Upgrade – A new fortification level that turns your decoy into an Onyx Guard bot that will fight in your defense.
• Sentry Upgrade – This upgrade adds a fire bolt sentry that deals much more damage and is very effective against Berserkers.
• Silverback Upgrade – This advancement allows you to upgrade your Silverback exo-suit with devastating rockets and extra levels of repair cost reduction.

New Characters:

• Onyx Guard
• Big Rig Dizzy
• Bernie

New Weapon Skins:

• Team Plasma
• Jungle Camo

You'll have 250 gamer points to earn from this DLC if thats your thing. It's only going to cost you 800 MS points which is not a bad deal at all if you ask me. This definitely sounds like a winner and will most likely be my first online buy from Xbox Live. I just can't get enough of Horde 2.0.

[Source: G4tv]

More footage of Modern Warefare 3's Spec Ops Survival

We've seen Call of Duty: Modern Warefare 3's Spec Ops survival way back in E3, but just in case you want more they just released new footage of the mode.

It's definitely similar to horde 2.0 of Gears of War 3 but instead of 4, it's just you and a friend. You go against wave after wave of enemies. Each kill earn you money that you use to get better guns, ammo, defenses, and even air support. Seems like a fun mode  to play to get away from single player and multiplayer for a while. The usual enemies for this mode looks like the common terrorists, attack dogs, and eventually the tough Juggernauts.

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What do you guys think? a good addition? or should they stick to Black Ops' zombie mode instead of spec ops?

Battlefield 3 mp changes thanks to open beta

The Battlefield open beta came out on September 28(29 for us) and thanks to us gamers constantly playing Operation Metro on either the PS3, Xbox 360, or PC, the first changes based on feedback have been posted on the Battlefield blog.

Thanks to the Battlefield blog, here are the changes:

•  Fixed occasional client crash when reviving.
•  Fixed killcam showing glitched area under map if your killer is dead.
•  Issue with spawning on dead squad mates fixed.
•  Fixed a bug where shooting at a moving enemy could cause more than the intended amount of damage.
•  Crosshairs for shotguns have been replaced with a new, thinner, art.
•  A subtle low health screen effect has been added.
•  Tweaked scores of Medals and Service Stars.
•  Tweaked the Rank progression.
•  Pushing prone on console will not play the animation twice.
•  Fixed loss of Squad Leader after EOR at some times.
•  Framerate stability fixes.
•  The 3D spotting icons has been tweaked to better match the target’s visibility. Icons will show frequently less on mostly obscured targets.
•  Fixed issue with crosshair disappearing after round transition.
•  Fixed issue with crosshair disappearing after trying to deploy while the countdown timer still active.
•  Squad list now shows specializations chosen, VOIP activity and dead squad mates.
•  Non working options in squad menu fixed: "Private" flag and "Switch Teams".

Current impressions of Battlefield 3's Open Beta... 

Downloaded the Battlefield 3 beta in all 3 platforms. Yes, all three. I wanted to compare the difference with each versions of the game. So far the difference between the PS3 and the Xbox 360 are the shadows. The Shadows for the PS3 seem too deep and distracting, the Xbox 360 in the other hand look a bit lighter and easier to look at. The PS3 and Xbox 360 both play well so there's no issue there.  The PC version I couldn't test as much because of my PC giving constant Frame rate drops which slows the game, but looking around the PC version of Battlefield seems to have better quality graphics. You just need a beast PC to witness it.

Bugs are everywhere and can be easily spotted. Again this is the BETA, you get a feel of the gameplay but it isn't the final product. I have 3 hours for both PS3 and Xbox 360 versions and the only game breaking bug that needs to be addressed ASAP is the falling in the world near the first COM-A. It's annoying, players who fell down the earth can still shoot players while bugged. I experienced it in both PS3 and Xbox 360, and Arlie witnessed while testing the PC version. Above is the bug played on the PC. Your best bet to get out of it is either constantly jump until your out or just do suicide.

There are a couple more bugs like killing a player right in the middle of him doing a melee animation kill. Doing so results you alive but in the ground unable to do anything but move around lying down. It's hilarious. Here's a video of the bug. It happens during the start of the video.

Others bugs are graphic glitches, freezes, party system splitting the group when joining a match, and more. Yes, it's the beta but there's so many bugs showing up for a game coming out in a few weeks. The overall gameplay and feel of the game is great, but bugs are bugs.  With no vehicles present, I wonder if they tested the vehicles enough to be bug free on launch. I'm sure its crunch time over at DICE, cause from what I'm experiencing, they have a lot to work on.

Hopefully the next batch of fixes will clear most of the bugs when the game releases on October 25. I'm getting it on the PS3 to play with some buddies. I prefer the PC for FPS games especially Battlefield but my PC can't run it that well because of it's fail specs. What about you? what platform are you getting Battlefield 3?