DICE today announced the upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company 2 multiplayer beta, which is apparently an exclusively on the PlayStation 3. Starting November 19, PlayStation 3 owners will be able to experience the multiplayer action, destruction, vehicular warfare, squad play and open sandbox environments that make up the Battlefield recipe.
In December of this year a PC open beta will launch and early in 2010 DICE plans to release the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 multiplayer DEMO on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be in stores on March 2, 2010 in North America and March 5, 2010 in Europe for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and the PC.
Those interested in signing up for the beta should visit www.battlefield.com for beta key distribution details.
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League of Legends Pre-Season released
Riot Games has launched the League of Legends Pre-Season for its multiplayer online battle arena game for Windows PC. The game is being distributed online and at retail through THQ. League of Legends will operate in seasons to foster competitive gaming and communities. The League of Legends Pre-Season will allow time for players to learn the game, build teams, and develop advanced strategies and tactics - in preparation for when Season One begins in the first half of 2010. Players can also look forward to the addition of clans, teams, tournaments, ladders, draft mode, as well as additional content such as new Champions and maps, between now and the start of Season One.
The League of Legends Collector’s Pack, containing exclusive items such as 20 Champions, a selection of Runes and $10 worth of Riot Points, is now available for download at www.leagueoflegends.com as well. The retail League of Legends Collector’s Pack is also available at all major retail outlets for $29.99, and includes an exclusive poster-size fold out map of Valoran with detailed champion portraits and bios on the other side, a $10 pre-paid game card for in-game purchases and an exclusive champion skin.
League of Legends combines role-playing and strategy elements with action and online competition. Built by a veteran development team and the original creators of DotA Allstars, one of the world’s most popular player-made mods, League of Legends is operated as a live service that will be frequently updated with new features, champions, maps and additional content as suggested by the community.
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Demon’s Souls unleashed at retail
Atlus U.S.A.’s Demon’s Souls, the action RPG developed by From Software, is now in stores around the country and the servers, which were disabled after the press was done last week, should now be fully operational. In Demon’s Souls players can team up with other players, fight them, or leave them messages to warn them or lie to them thanks to an innovative always connected multiplayer system.
But don’t take my word for it - read Gus Mastrapa’s review. To say he liked it a lot would be an understatement.
Atlus says that its hardcore action RPG developed by From Software is proving to be a niche title, with the company shipping for more units that has for an RPG in a long time. That’s a given, considering how much fans and journalists have been fawning over it. But what consumers need to be aware of is that the game’s online servers - and therefore multiplayer and co-op features - won’t be live until Tuesday, Oct. 6.
What this means, says Atlus, is that users that might manage to pick the game up early and start it up will get an immediate PSN error and have to start playing offline.
So if you get a copy early, good for you but keep in mind that online won’t function properly until sometime on Oct. 6. You have officially been warned, so please spare us all any crying in forums.
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Demon’s Souls video walkthrough #2
Atlus has released the second video walkthrough for its hardcore action role-playing game Demon’s Souls. This time players get a taste of how multiplayer and cooperative play are woven into the game’s entire fabric. Instead of having an experience disconnected from single-player, Demon’s Souls puts elements of multiplayer directly into the mix to provide a pretty unique experience. Check out the video below:
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BioShock 2 coming Feb. 9, 2010
2K Games announced today that BioShock 2 will be available worldwide beginning February 9, 2010. The game is now available for pre-order at participating retailers if you want to get it early. Currently in development for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Games for Windows LIVE, BioShock 2 will feature two unique, intertwined experiences that form to create an interesting story, unique first-person shooter combat, compelling and multiplayer action.
BioShock 2 is set 10 years after the events of the original BioShock, where the halls of Rapture once again echo with the sins of the past. Along the Atlantic coastline, a monster has been snatching little girls and bringing them back to the undersea city of Rapture. This time players step into the oversized boots of a Big Daddy, as they travel through the broken city, chasing an unseen foe in search of answers and their own survival.
Multiplayer in BioShock 2 will provide a prequel experience that expands the origins of the BioShock fiction. Set during the fall of Rapture, players assume the role of a Plasmid test subject for Sinclair Solutions, a provider of Plasmids and Tonics in the underwater city of Rapture that was first explored in the original BioShock. Players will need to use all the elements of the BioShock toolset to survive, as the full depth of the BioShock experience is refined and transformed into a multiplayer experience.
BioShock 2 is currently in development at 2K Marin in collaboration with 2K Australia, Digital Extremes and 2K China.
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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 details emerge from GamesCom
EA’s DICE announced that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be available March 2, 2010 in North America and March 5, 2010 in Europe. Hoping to surpass the levels of destruction found in Battlefield 1943 and Battlefield Bad Company, DICE promises that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will deliver tons of destruction, vehicular warfare, squad-based gameplay and an open world environment. What I’m hoping for is multiplayer that makes a bit more sense and single-player AI controlled squad mates that actually help you when things get hairy.
In Bad Company 2 players use weapons and vehicles to survive and to conquer whatever objectives await. Players choose from 15 vehicles, each providing a tactical advantage and offering a variety of gameplay options - including the new UH-60 transport helicopter that ship an entire four-player squad directly into battle, while allowing two additional team members to use its two mounted rail guns on board.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 players will also have 46 weapons that can be customized into over 200 different, high-powered firearms. There are over 15,000 kit variations possible in the game as well as a wide range of gadgets, accessories and character specializations.
The DICE signature Frostbite engine will deliver new levels of destruction including a new micro-destruction mechanic that allows players to be more strategic on the battlefield by chipping cover away bit by bit or taking down an entire building.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be available on the Xbox 360, PS3 and the PC in the first quarter of 2010.
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DICE today announced the upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company 2 multiplayer beta, which is apparently an exclusively on the PlayStation 3. Starting November 19, PlayStation 3 owners will be able to experience the multiplayer action, destruction, vehicular warfare, squad play and open sandbox environments that make up the Battlefield recipe.