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The official Battlefield Blog have posted final information and details of the upcoming Battlefield v1.50 patch, which is planned to release September the 1th. Details below.
After nearly a year of development and three public beta tests Battlefield 2 v1.50 is ready for release. The update will be released on Tuesday 1st September at 5pm UK, 6pm Europe. Stay tuned for release announcement in the near future!
As part of Update 1.50 we are glad to announce that not only is Highway Tampa now a required install included in the update but Euro Forces (Great Wall, Taraba Quarry and Operation Smoke Screen) and Armored Fury (Midnight Sun, Operation Harvest and Operation Road Rage) is now FREE for all Battlefield 2 players. Including the brand new map, Operation Blue Pearl this brings EIGHT new maps that everyone can play and will be added to ranked Battlefield 2 servers world wide. The Booster Pack content is included in the update and has made the file just over 2Gb in size. Read the rest...
Features:
* Additional support for Windows Vista.
* Added Highway Tampa as a required map.
* Added a new map called Operation Blue Pearl.
* Added Euro Force and Armored Fury as free to play content for all Battlefield 2 players.
* Added Widescreen support
* Allowed BF2.exe to use more than 2Gb RAM
* Added support for the Novint Falcon controller (http://www.novint.com).
Gameplay Tweaks:
* Changes made to both the J10 and F35B to make them more balanced.
* AA targeting tweaked to make it more effective.
* Added checks to prevent "runway grieving".
* Various changes made to prevent cheating.
* Tweaked the hit detection, hits will be more accurate to the model.
* Occasional connection drops after being on a server a couple of minutes - Fixed
* Prevented use of mouse wheel to provide speed boost to vehicles
* Prevented use of mouse wheel to exploit parachutes
* Players can now pass claymores by going prone
* Update the HUD on TV Guided missiles to increase visibility on maps like Dragon Valley
* Added Battlefield 2142 style prone deviation (going prone will now cause reduced accuracy for a brief period)
Bug Fixes:
* Fixed the issue where picking up a players kit would cause CTD
* Updated BF2OpenAL.dll from version 1.1.1.0 to version 2.1.8.1
* Updated ch_gas_station collision mesh on Dragon Valley to be consistent with other gas station buildings
* Fixed the issue where MEC artillery piece on Operation Clean Sweep changes to the USMC's control when they capture the Airfield flag
* Updated the Challenger2 HUD to show the correct icon instead of the M1A2 HUD icon
* Changed a PLA FAV to MEC FAV on Road to Jalalabad
* Tweaked the artillery respawn time on Dragon Valley for to 360 seconds as other artillery uses
* Included a delay after weapon switch for the Bizon (PP-19) to 0.666
* Updated the F35B's lock delay to 1 second instead of 1.5 seconds to match other aircraft
* Changed the Humvee camo on Taraba Quarry to be the correct design
* Increased the splash damage of the UH-60 (Black Hawk) guns from 0.25 to 1.5
* Updated the G36E HUD to react the same as other weapons during sprint
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Blizzard have released one another trailer of the upcoming expansion of World of Warcraft, Cataclysm. IGN sit down with WoW game director, Tom Chilton. Both watchable below...
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There are some living movements at EA today. EA Forum member 'Bazajaytee' have posted that the Battlefield v1.50 patch will released probably tomorrow.
Keep an eye on www.battlefield.com this week for information about BF2 v1.50 final release. Not only a hint. I'll tell you what it is in the announcement this week. It was originally [earlier this week] yeah but Marketing pushed it out just a little bit. Think around Thursday.
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Updates to Counter-Strike: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes can be found here .
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Gamespot recently posted up the very first Hands-on of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. And more details at the way the world of Azeroth is going to change in WOW's art panel drops Deathwing.
Today Blizzard flexed its might and threw its rabid MMO fans a bone by ending speculation about the announcement and details for the next expansion pack for its World of Warcraft franchise. Just nine months since launching its Wrath of the Lich King expansion, the new pack, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, will forgo the introduction of any new playable classes, instead focusing on adding two of the game’s most requested races--Goblins and Worgen--to the playable roster.
Chris Metzen, Blizzard Entertainment’s vice president of creative development made the announcement to the thunderous applause of the convention’s 20,000 strong attendees. Playable at the show to coincide with the announcement, we got our hands on a work-in-progress build of the game and took the two new races for a spin. Read the rest...
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Gamespot had a video interview with tom Chilton, Blizzard's game director, talking about the bunch of new features of the upcoming expansion pack World of Warcraft: Catalysm.
And some other videos, take a look at the movie from the Props Team in a World of Warcraft art panel at Blizzcon 2009, as well as a taste of some of the new zones of Cataclysm. Read More...
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