Battlefield Bad Company 2 Beta First Impressions
Jan 31st
This is an article written by a friend of mine from Advanced Tactical Squad.
As a clan we’re all trying out the beta to determine if we can move to this game after the flop with Modern Warfail 2.
Please note: Views, Impressions & Comments in this article are of the original writer and of not my own, nor should they reflect on Battlefield Bad Company 2, Dice or EA.
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Battlefield Bad Company 2 Demo Launches Surprise Attack On Xbox 360
Jan 28th
Not to be outdone by the impending release of a beta on the PC, the Xbox 360 has secured some Battlefield Bad Company 2 action of its own, with the surprise release of a demo.
Originally intended solely for the Australian market, the demo has now been downloaded – and played – by people all over the world. People who care not for the fact the demo wasn’t supposed to be out until February 4; it’s out now, servers are working, so they’re going at it.
If you’re worried about it being locked down by EA and/or Microsoft, don’t sweat it: it has the official blessing of DICE, so have at it.
Bad Company 2 won’t have dev console!
Jan 17th
In a message to Dice’s Rendering Architect – Frostbite Engine Repi , via twitter, @pekhe asked the following in regards to Bad Company 2:
@repi Do you still know if the PC version will have a developer console tab? Any news on the FOV?
His short and sweet answer:
@pekhe No console
A thread was then started on the official EA forums over in the UK, where Repi offered more information regarding the no console comment.
Quote from one of the EA forum members:
But it’s still no excuse for removing the dev console, record and so on. Sure, serverfiles are one thing, they don’t want them get hacked but it’s a bit… “meh” reason. Don’t give the hackers a reason to hack it then!
Repi’s reply:
We have not removed a console from BC2. The simple reason is that BC1 and BC2 never have had an in-game console. Which also means that the game won’t be possible to hack in this regard.
So after all the Modern Warfare 2 calling out by Dice, I guess this is another watered down console version ported to the PC.
Does anyone get why BF2 has been so popular for so long? Hint, it’s not because there’s no access to the console, or because of the modding community or because you can’t run your own server on your own hardware.
Here we go again……….
Image Gallery Shut Down
Jan 15th
Sorry guys and gals, I’ve had to shutdown my image gallery due to the over popular Google Image Search generating over 6GB of traffic in the last week. I don’t have much bandwidth so in an effort to minimize the traffic it’s gone for now.
Call of Duty MMO: Fact or Fiction?
Jan 15th
Rumors suggest that Infinity Ward is staffing up in order to develop an MMOG based on the Call of Duty license.
This one’s a doozy. Infinity Ward is allegedly recruiting new staff from the likes of Sony Online Entertainment with a view to developing a new massively multiplayer game based on its highly popular Call of Duty franchise. According to a rumor-riddled article read over on D’toid, the shooter dev might also be getting a hand from Blizzard too.
We’ve gotten word that IW is hiring people from Sony Online Entertainment, one of which may be the lead designer of EverQuest II, and that a member of Blizzard employees may also be involved to help Infinity Ward get this new title off the ground. Our Intel seems to indicate that Call of Duty will continue as an annual franchise while IW runs this MMO alongside it.
This rumor came in after a different rumor (surfacing yesterday on VG247) did the rounds which stated that Infinity Ward might not be working on Modern Warfare 3. We’ll keep you posted.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Update Released
Jan 15th
Updates to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
* Fix for latest texture hacks
* Fix to prevent players from getting inside geo
* Fix to prevent players with illegally pirated copies of Modern Warfare 2 from matchmaking with legitimate Modern Warfare 2 players
* Connection improvements for NAT-PMP routers
* Fix for “elevator” glitch that allows players to get out of playable area
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Speed Hack
Jan 12th
Yes you guessed it. Modern Warfare 2 sees another hack. This one turns you in to Flash Gordon. You speed around the map 5 times faster than normal. Have a look below.
Robert Bowling, Infinity Ward Community Manager, said via tweeter that Modern Warfare 2 is getting another playlist update – this time in order to stop the new “ice skating” glitch that allows players to move five times faster than normal.
Another #MW2 playlist update to prevent the spread of the “ice skating” / speed hack. Will prevent matchmaking into modded games.
Stay tuned here for when the updates hits the air waves.
New Year, New Site
Jan 8th
Hey and welcome to Twenty 10,
Got some exciting things to write about this year with the up and coming Battlefield Bad Company 2, rumors of IW.net releasing Dedicated Servers for MW2 and the continued development on COD:WaW bringing us new maps, new zombie levels and fantastic fixes.
Also I decided to change the theme yet again, this one offered a few more goodies; let me know what you think!
Daniel “mavrick” Lang
Battlefield Bad Company 2 minimum requirements
Dec 2nd
Minimum Frostbite PC Specifications for BFBC2
Processor: Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz
Main memory: 2GB
Graphics card: GeForce 7800 GT / ATI X1900
Graphics memory: 256MB
OS: Windows XP
Free HDD space: 15GB for Digital Version, 10GB for Disc Version (BFBC2)
10GB for Digital Version, 4GB for Disc Version (BF1943)
Recommended Frostbite PC Specifications for BFBC2
Processor: Quadcore
Main memory: 2GB
Graphics card: GeForce GTX 260
Graphics memory: 512MB
OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7
Free HDD space: 15GB for Digital Version, 10GB for Disc Version (BFBC2)
10GB for Digital Version, 4GB for Disc Version (BF1943)
World at War Patch 1.7
Nov 25th
The final release notes are as follows:
-Fixed an MP server crash exploit.
-Fixed a voice chat crash on systems with no default recording device selected.
-Fixed an issue causing erroneous duplicate qport errors.
-Server admins can disable team switching by setting g_allow_teamchange to 0. Players will be restricted to Auto-Assign in team-based gametypes.
Additionally, the Linux 1.7 dedicated server will include:
- Fixes impure server warnings for custom maps.
- Fixes HTTP redirect for custom maps.
http://callofduty.com/update/
http://shooter-szene.4players.de/module-Downloads-display-lid-3514-ttitle-CoDWaW_Patch_v1.7.phtml
http://mirror.gunah.org:8080/cod/cod5/CoDWaW-1.6-1.7-PatchSetup.exe
http://mirror.pacific-state.de/download/CoDWaW-1.6-1.7-PatchSetup.exe
http://www.fileplay.net/file/7021/call-of-duty-world-at-war-v1-6-v1-7-patch-english