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An update for Team Fortress 2 released earlier today has, in essence, added a new map – ‘Well’ is now playable as a capture the flag map. Sure, it’s not entirely original, but it’s something new to try out while you wait for the completely new maps.

There were also some other changes made. The changelist is as follows:

• Added new capture the flag map CTF_Well
• Added Spanish map descriptions
• Added new option to auto-save a scoreboard screenshot at the end of a map to the Multiplayer->Advanced dialog
• Added more particle optimizations for mid range and low end hardware
• Updated CP_GravelPit to fix all known exploits and changed the scoring method to score per capture rather than per round
• Updated “nextlevel” CVAR to trigger a changelevel at the end of the current round (not mini-round)
• Fixed SourceTV demo recording problem
• Fixed mp_stalemate_enable not preventing Sudden Death mode on some maps
• Fixed a couple cases where player stats were not being recorded correctly
• Fixed some log entries being truncated
• Fixed crash caused by trying to import a custom player spray
• Removed the “Reset Stats” button from the Player Stats screen

Go Nintendo writes:

“Next month’s cover story is an RPG so fantastic, so engrossing, so epic, and so hush-hush that we’d have to erase your memories if we told you what it is. In fact, maybe we already did. Role-playing fans, get ready for a big one.”

The Conan movies are what made Arnold Schwarzeneggar famous, but he’s definitely no supporter of the Conan video game. 25 years has passed since the bloody, violent and sex filled Conan the Barbarian film and I suppose time and politics have removed Arnold from his early days as a violent entertainer. Military.com has an interesting article concerning Arnold’s attempts to completely disassociate himself with violent forms of entertainment such as Conan the game. Currently, the Gubernator is working on passing laws that could restrict sales on games such as Conan. I don’t know about everyone else, but I preferred Arnold back when he was simply the muscle-bound bumbling idiot actor. Check out the Via link below for the article.

Does reading Level Up sometimes feel like drinking water from a fire hose? Or surfing a tsunami? Does it ever give you the sensation that you’ve been buried under an avalanche of words, words, words? Yes, we know that the dizzying length of certain Level Up posts can read more like a manifesto or a jeremiad than a blog entry. For you, we offer the occasional feature “Things You May Have Missed,” which will cull compelling excerpts from our more voluminous posts.

Since yesterday’s entry on “What Makes A Great Boss?” got such a strong response, we’ve decided to double dip on that topic. As before, today’s extract comes from the September 17th-20th edition of our Vs. Mode exchange with MTV News reporter Stephen Totilo, wherein we discussed the games BioShock and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. During our email conversation, we raised the question of how both games handled boss battles, as well as the limits and possibilities of BioShock’s morality system. This prompted us to suggest a new type of Big Daddy, the Redeemer, as a boss that would challenge the player not only tactically, but also morally. How? Read on.

N’Gai Croal: Imagine that there was a third type of Big Daddy–let’s call it the Predator the Punisher the Redeemer–that was activated every time I harvested a Little Sister. And rather than confront me directly, the Redeemer would emerge to steadily ratchet up the pressure on me within BioShock’s already defined language. First, it would lay snares (trap bolts and proximity mines) for me, impeding my progress. Next, it would reprogram security cameras, bots and health stations that I’d hacked, undoing all of my hard work and turning them against me. Then it would start destroying the vending machines. And all the while, the Redeemer is broadcasting alternating recorded messages to my shortwave radio (the plaintive cries of the last Little Sister I’d harvested; snippets of Tenenbaum intake interview with that particular girl, in which the girl is addressed by her pre-conversion name) and over Rapture’s public address system (an impassioned fire and brimstone sermons–in a voice as eerily rattling as the Circus of Values–that urges me to confess your sins and repent for what I have done.) And this would go on until I tracked it down and defeated it.

I haven’t forgotten about you, by the way. You and your fellow bleeding-heart Rescuers would get The Siren. After every Little Sister you rescued, a Siren would softly, raspily sing ominous reminders (think Nina Simone’s version of “Pirate Jenny”) about your weakness for not harvesting the monstrous, corpse-defiling Little Sisters. Then, upon seeing you, the Siren would issue a high-pitched scream (think the pod people from “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”) that attracted a pack of Hybrid Splicers–each one a blend of two existing traits from among Thuggish, Leadhead, Spider, Nitro and Houdini–to your current location.

If BioShock is about the player making his or her way through an ecosystem, the ecosystem should respond to the player’s intrusions in increasingly interesting ways, of which difficulty is merely be a single element. The game could respond extrinsically, by reminding us periodically of our decisions–that’s why I gave my proposed Redeemer his accusatory recordings and the Siren her taunts, and why I think the angel-on-one-shoulder, devil-on-the-other urgings of Tenenbaum and Atlas/Fontaine could have been employed more regularly. And it could also respond intrinsically, by making the gameplay more challenging after each Little Sister decision–hence the Redeemer and the Siren. As a Harvester, I’m dehumanizing the Little Sisters, so BioShock’s systems should humanize them, making it harder for me to keep harvesting them. You, on the other hand, have been humanizing the Little Sisters, so BioShock should respond by dehumanizing them, making it more of a challenge for you to keep rescuing them. It’s fine for the game’s extrinsic narrative to make a moral judgement, to value one choice over the other, as BioShock does now with its “good” and “bad” endings. But when it comes to the intrinsic gameplay, that’s where I think that BioShock should be amoral, to see whether we players will stick to our guns when under pressure, or rely on situational ethics to see us through.

Of course, it’s easy for me to sit back and play armchair designer when I don’t have to do the hard work of testing, balancing and iterating to make sure that the end result is actually fun to play. When we visited 2K’s offices to play BioShock, associate producer Jason Bergman told us that this was the most extensively tested title in 2K’s history, and that they made a number of judicious changes in response to the feedback they received and their observations of people playing the game. Perhaps the equivalent of fun in games is like laughter in movie comedies, which are also tested and re-tested before they’re released. No matter how much a filmmaker may like a particular joke or gag, if it doesn’t get a laugh, he or she is likely to cut it, because eliciting laughter is the point. So just as comedies have to be funny, games have to be fun. And by fun, I mean in that catchall way it’s used when discussing that medium, not as a mental narcotic to pass the time. I mean that the systems have to cohere in a way that ultimately feels both challenging and rewarding, not simplistic or sadistic.

Here endeth our summary. To read the entire four-part exchange,

After acquiring the rights from Activision, Sega sets the stage for their latest superhero video game, Iron Man. The business man turned superhero finally gets his chance to step onto the next generation console platform with his very own video game, following his last appearance in Marvel Ultimate Alliance.

Taking a look at the concept art Sega has released for the upcoming game, there’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that the armor-clad superhero will definitely make an impression when he hits the shelves. From the looks of it, Iron Man will using armor based closely on the film coming out next year. The game itself will be released sometime in spring next year.

Iron Man will be released on multiple platforms, namely the PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, PSP, Nintendo Wii and DS. Until then, let’s keep our eyes on the sky for more updates on the game.

Here we have the next installment in the long running Medal of Honor series of video games. Titled Airborne this focuses primarily on paratroopers hence the name ‘Airborne’. Once you are ejected from the plane instead of following a pre-scripted path like in past MoH games you can actually control where your player lands on the map and make your own way to the target. This is called Non-Linear gameplay if you didnt already know and has been a popular feature for modern games. Although not cracked yet, if you decide you just cant wait then this is simple enough to trick into working. Released by UNLEASHED it comes in at about 6 GB and comes with all tools you need to get it working.

Update: Medal_of_Honor_Airborne-HATRED | NFO | Torrent | Keygen & Crack Only

Medal of Honor Airborne™ is the latest video game from EA’s acclaimed Medal of Honor franchise, credited with pioneering the WWII first-person shooter genre after its debut in 1999. This is the first game in the Medal of Honor™ series to be released on next generation platforms.

While building on the key tenets of the franchise including historical accuracy and authenticity, Medal of Honor Airborne is set to redefine the series by introducing players to an entirely new way of experiencing a WWII FPS – notably the fully interactive Airborne experience.

Step into the boots of Boyd Travers, Private First Class of the 82nd Airborne Division and engage in battles throughout Europe. From rocky beginnings in Sicily to war-winning triumphs in Germany, each mission begins behind enemy lines, with an intense and fully interactive airdrop. View the entire operation from the air, and then control your parachute to choose your landing spot. On the ground, gather your senses and assess the terrain. A wide variety of authentic, customizable weapons are at your disposal, each with distinct characteristics. Choose your path in this free roaming FPS environment.

The Medal of Honor Airborne development team continues to ensure that the ideals and integrity of the prestigious congressional Medal of Honor are accurately reflected in the game. The producers sought counsel from numerous expert sources to make certain the game is historically accurate and as true to the WWII Airborne experience as possible. Serving as a military spokesperson for Medal of Honor Airborne, Capt. Dale Dye, who has worked as the Military Technical Advisor for the last 7 Medal of Honor games, will help to create a truly authentic experience.

Features:

• The first step is everything – Unprecedented player choice. NON-LINEAR Missions in a free-roaming FPS.
• Start each mission with an airdrop into enemy territory where the landing spot you choose can dramatically change the course of battle. On the ground, tackle enemies and complete objectives in whatever order you chose as your navigate your way through a massive, free-roaming FPS environment.
• A wide variety of historically accurate CUSTOMIZABLE WEAPONS are at your disposal.
• Develop skills on your personalized weapon with field modifications that remain persistent throughout the entire game.
• Medal of Honor Airborne will present the MOST BELIEVABLE HUMANS in a game.
• Utilizing the very latest technology to deliver truly believable humans within the gaming environment.
• A formidable new AI system delivers unpredictable and intelligent enemies which challenge even your most battle-hardened strategies.
• Engaging the enemy triggers death animations unique to each and every encounter.
• New and exciting multiplayer! Deathmatch style online play, 2 new multiplayer modes and Team-based game play.

System Requirements:

• Windows XP SP2 / Vista
• 2.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon XP 2800+ Processor
• 1GB RAM
• NVIDIA Geforce 6600GT or ATI Radeon X1300PRO Graphics Card with at least 128MB RAM (Some slower GPUs with higher model number’s also not recommended.) Shader Model 3 Required!
• 8 GB Hard Drive Space

Release name: Medal.Of.Honor.Airborne.EMUDVD9-Unleashed
Size: 1 DVD9, 6.34 GB
Genre: FPS/Shooter
Protection: SecuROM 7
File names: unl-mohab

Homepage: Here
Developer, distributor: Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Electronic Arts
Torrent: NewTorrents

As is common with developers, Nintendo regularly trademarks names for products they may or may not release. The latest batch of trademarks from the house of Mario include several ominous names that could really be applied to almost anything: Mii Contest Channel, Nintendo Magic, Mii Audition, Wii Handle, Soma Bringer, Wii Body Controller. Among these new names however appeared an old one in the form of a renewal of the “Pikmin” name. This can only mean that Nintendo has at the very least seriously considered the idea of a sequel to the game. Personally, I’m keeping my fingers crossed for a Wii version, but a DS game seems pretty likely as well. I’m also really puzzled by what the “Wii Handle” could be.