Xbox Live: Call of Duty 4 DLC / 3rd April

The Variety Map Pack includes four new multiplayer maps. “Creek” is a wide-open village ravaged by combat where concealment is the difference between life and death. In “Broadcast,” fight throughout an enemy communications building with confined corridors and wide-open parking lots. “Chinatown” is a foggy downtown district, lit only by a full moon and the neon glow of the city. “Killhouse” features a desolate training warehouse filled with a variety of building mock-ups and soft and hard cover points.

Source: Xbox.com

Preview: Call of Duty 4 DLC (Xbox360)

Source: ign.com

Opinion: Army of Two (Multiplayer Region Lockout)

So, Army of Two is getting some mixed reviews, not unexpected for an EA game!

One thing that I found out recently was that to play multiplayer co-op you can only play with someone in your region.

I hope that that isn’t the future of online gaming because it doesn’t really fit in with the Xbox Live service for games like Halo 3 or Call of Duty 4.

This is a quote from Senior Producer Reed Schneider:

“The game works on a deterministic or peer-to-peer network setting,” Reed explained. “Because we have all these synchronized animations and the players are always doing things together, the only way to support that kind of model right now is to use a deterministic model for networking.”

“If you’re playing with someone in co-op, generally you’re playing with a friend, so it’s not so much of a problem to have a non-region locked game, but the problem comes when you go into vs. mode. Unlike client server, in a peer-to-peer or deterministic model, the person with the worst connection brings everyone else down to their level. So you could have three people playing with a good connection and one person with a bad connection in another continent, and everyone is brought down to his level.”

Source: G4TV

GTA IV Multiplayer Modes Announced

A Spanish magazine has the heads up on the new game modes!!

1. Hangman’s NOOSE
2. Car Jack City
3. Bomb da Base
4. Bomb da Base II
5. Mafia Work
6. Team Mafia Work
7. Deathmatch
8. Team Deathmatch
9. Turf War
10. Cops N Crooks
11. Race
12. GTA Race
13. Deal Breaker
14. Free Mode

* In Race and GTA Race, the host gets to decide which vehicles are involved, and the number of laps to be played. You can shoot and throw molotovs from the window, and even steal your rivals’ car.
* In Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch, the host gets to decide the number of pedestrians, the amount of traffic, the intervention of police (or not), and the type of weapons.
* In Cops N Crooks, one team play as cops and the other play as criminals. The cops must stop the criminals from escaping. They can monitor the locations of the criminals on their GPS systems, while the criminals don’t know where the cops are.
* In Mafia Work and Team Mafia Work, you play as one of Kenny Petrovic’s mafia henchmen. You must complete hits ordered by the boss (via the cellphone) before your rivals are able to do so.
* The map used in multiplayer is the same map that is used for single player.
* A single-player mission called “Hangman’s NOOSE” features co-op. You and your friends will be able to escort a mobster, while being pursused by a SWAT team.

Source: gtaforums.com

An Open Letter To Disney Regarding Blu-ray

Hi,

I live in the UK and I purchased Cars and Ratatouille on Blu-ray. The movies are excellent and the picture quality in HD is superb (they are the best blu-ray discs I have seen so far!) but I have a problem!

When I loaded the disc I was presented with advert after advert and I think this is ridiculous! This is a purchased movie not a rental movie!

Another thing, I do not want to see the Disney or Pixar corporate logo videos more than once when I play a movie, I must have seen them about 5 or 6 times!

I am told if I watch a Disney/Pixar movie on iTunes in the USA it will play with no adverts, why should blu-ray owners get adverts for paying more money!

I would ask that you get your executives to test your discs at home before releasing them to the consumers.

I hope you can help me to buy more Disney Blu-ray titles.

Thank you

tekculture
United Kingdom

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