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1.05 finally out!

jack_pepsi — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:49:05 +0000

Well, the rumours were correct! Bohemia Interactive have gone and released the latest patch for ArmA II. Proudly introducing 1.05… Click ‘ere to download the 267MB bugger!

ArmA 2 Patch 1.05 Highlights:
* Free bonus campaign Eagle Wing
* Free bonus helicopter addon AH-64D
* New Warfare multiplayer mode When Diplomacy Fails, including 3-sides and support for diplomacy between factions
* Major AI tweaking and balancing (better combat cooperation, better situational awareness, new Suppressive fire command)
*Significant performance improvements, especially in large cities
* Fixed compatibility problems under Windows Vista and Windows 7 x64 with 8 GB and more RAM
* Grass now provides concealment also in distance
* Improved hit detection and damage system
* Improved object visibility and less significant objects popping in distance
* Improved mouse input handling
* Spatial sound improvements
* Automatic launching of user made addons (units, missions etc.) via “pbo” file association with the game
* Possibility to switch between windowed and fullscreen mode at any time in game menus using Alt + Enter or through video options
* Various crash opportunities fixed
* Linux server support added
* New GUI to various dedicated server settings
* New GUI for multiplayer commands
* Enabled commanding during story conversations
* FreeTrack support using FreeTrackClient.dll
* DRM free for users of legitimate installs
* Optional BattlEye anti-cheat protection
* Airplane Heads-Up displays reworked

1.05 slated for December.

jack_pepsi — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:15:00 +0000

With articles such as this starting to surface, it looks as if Bohemian are getting ready to release the long awaited 1.05 patch for ArmA 2. As well as the bug fixes, we also get official BattleEye support (think PunkBuster) and… what looks to be a sweet, mini campaign titled Eagle Wing.

Meh! Not a very interesting trailer, but it does have night battles which will be freaking sweet. I don’t think I’ve ever a game long enough for us to get aircraft, or have I?

Eitherway, as soon as the patch is released, you’ll know about it!

BF:Bad Company 2 Beta…

jack_pepsi — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:27:07 +0000

Consoles, pfft! Geddout! I’ve just read that the beta for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be public and coming to the PC in December! For those of you who care about the console version. Click the link for more details.

Doom artist dies…

jack_pepsi — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:32:53 +0000

Doom has one of the most iconic artworks for a PC game. It’s known the world over and it help propel id Software further into the spotlight. So it comes with a heavy heart to announce that the artist responsible for the legendary piece, Don Ivan Punchatz has died of cardiac arrest.

Punchatz (what a great surname) wasn’t just a one trick pony, his styles varied between photo-realism & surrealism. He also helped found Sketch Pad Studios launching the careers for other talent artists. Below is just a few of his most famous pieces.

LandsElite’s thoughts and best wishes are with the Punchatz family.

L4D2 intro leaked?

jack_pepsi — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:51:43 +0000

With growing disappointment of current PC games there doesn’t seem to be any faith restoring on the horizon. Until I saw this…

It could just be a cinematic for the game but it looks to me as if this is going to be the full intro to the game. Now, I lost interest in L4D as I played the demo way too much, but looking at that trailer I’m excited – however I do have a tendency to expect too much.

Anyroad, enjoy!

Shattered Horizon

jack_pepsi — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:22:39 +0000

From the company that brought you the 3DMark benchmarking software, Shattered Horizon is their first venture into a full game… Futuremark have taken their first small steps into the giant realm of FPS. However, as you’ll be able to see from the video it looks pretty interesting…

Shattered Horizon…

… zero G FPS, reckon it’ll work? I’m intrigued. Wish I was on the beta, been following this one since I originally heard of it. For more info you can check out the Bit-Tech preview ‘ere.

Boycott COD:MW2

Scum — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:19:06 +0000

I don’t speak for everyone in LandsElite when I write this but I for one have cancelled my pre-order based on the news that dedicated server support for the PC has been chucked. I know a lot of you guys will still buy and play but this shits all over forming any sort of community around a server, setting it the way we like it, modding, new maps etc etc. So maybe I’ll pick up a second hand copy off ebay later on, especially if they decide to release a dedicated server later. However for now, cancelling the pre-order is the only real pro-active way we can disagree with IW’s decision to shit on the PC community and herd us into the console arena. Losing money will make them notice, whining and signing petitions will generally not, just look at op flash 2.

On another note, think how this affects GSPs (game server providers), who have invested money into buying hardware to host MW2 servers from MW2 server pre-orders. We paid £80+ for our pre-ordered server and I have now had to ask for a refund. Nice of IW to let them know early on isn’t it, such a considerate company.

Shock Horror

The lack of understanding shown by IW and especially Robert Bowling (aka FourZeroTwo) is amazing, what are they paying this guy to do? Creative Strategist at IW? Vocal puppet more like. This guy is a typical XBOX player with no experience of PC gaming, you could literally feel the restrained wrath in the discussion between BASH123 guests and Rob Bowling as certain members struggled with their anger and confusion at the announcement.

Thanks to Rob, PST*Joker from mycallofduty.com, Rudedog from fpsadmin.com, Garetjax from codtv.tv, Josh from Planetmedalofhonor.com, MatTks from @weplaycod (Twitter) and weplaycod.com, iBleedv20 at omnilinkit.com and the hordes in our chatroom and ventrilo.

Expensive mistake Rob, wonder if he’ll keep his job after this.

GRID Patch 1.3?

jack_pepsi — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:41:50 +0000

Yup! Surprised by this one! It’s been a while since we had a GRID patch but Codemasters have rolled one out. Wha? Motion Platform D-Box? I was saying only the other day that Grid only had 2 patches (think I was moaning about OFP:DR) but still, here are some of the fixes…
GRID Patch 1.3

- Added support for additional content packs.

- Added support for Motion Platform D-Box.

- Increasing the maximum view distance by 1 km so it is possible to see the entire length of the hill roads on San Francisco

- Fix for personal best lap time not replacing world record lap time when playing without internet connection.

- Fix for race day personal best lap times only being valid for first race in a grid world event.

- Fix for being able to select too many different types of cars in multiplayer events Long Beach Battle and Drift Inter GP.

- Fix for being able to select the Pontiac GTO in multiplayer Touring cars events.

- Fix for vehicles bought on eBay applying performance modifiers when playing multiplayer events.

- Fix for being awarded 1 lap in online stats for freestyle drift events.

- Prevented the editing ebay.xml cheat

… you can download the patch from ‘ere.

Parabellum Closed Beta

jack_pepsi — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:30:20 +0000

Parabellum – originally announced way back in August 06. It was touted as being the next possible successor to CSS… & would have been one of the, if not the most violent first person shooters released. However, it’s not dead and it’s currently in closed beta.

It’s a slightly different take on the Counter-Terrorists take on Terrorists, as you unlock new areas of New York City if you defuse or detonate.

If you’re stupid enough to pay for a FilePlanet subscription, then you can get in on the action. If you’re smart you can sign up to GamersFirst Live and get in on the action for free.

Built in the Unreal Engine 3 it should be a pretty handsome game… hopefully. It’s been in development for 3 years so we’ll see if it’s something we’ll end up playing.

L4D2 – Scavenge Mode…

jack_pepsi — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:11:30 +0000

The guys over at Kotaku have managed to get their grubby mitts on the new game mode in Left 4 Dead 2 – Scavenge! The title of the mode sounds pretty self-explanatory but according to Valve, the main purpose is to provide a “quicker, even more frantic gameplay” than say an already quick and frantic game campaign or versus? Interesting, please go on….

Scavenge is a new multiplayer mode in Left 4 Dead 2’s lineup. It still pits four Survivors against a zombie horde dotted with special class Infected.

Doesn’t sound like anything new, but imma let you finish…

… the catch is that the Survivors have to gather as many of 16 cans of gasoline throughout a map to fill up a generator while the zombies do their best to stop them, kill them or destroy the gas cans. The whole thing is timed and each gas can fed to the generator adds 20 seconds to the clock. The mode plays to three rounds with victory going to whoever got more cans total (and if there’s a tie, it goes to who got the most in the least amount of time).

… Meh! Doesn’t sound fuckin’ eye-exploding great to me, still the rest of the preview is located ‘ere.

Not exactly that bothered about L4D2 to be truthful – I haven’t even bothered to check out the new Crash Course campaign yet. However, it is Thursday and the other half is out watching a stage production of Sweeney Todd so maybe I’ll remove myself from ArmA II & CoD 4 and give it a whirl with some of the other LE members.

Anyone really excited about Left 4 Dead 2? We would love to hear your thoughts in our forums.