Archive: March, 2009
In Soviet Russia, game cans YOU! : WiC for Consoles binned
Ubisoft seem too have taken the decision to abandon release of World in Conflict and its imminent Slavic-focused expansion Soviet Assault for the current gen consoles, stating that they are ‘not planned for release at this time’.… Read More…
D.E.M.O. for H.A.W.X.
Tom Clancy’s H igh A ltitude W arfare e X perimental squadron are getting a shakedown in the form of a D ynamic E xample of M oderated interacti O n (see what I did there?).
Available for Xbox 360 & Playstation 3 via their respective networks and PC from one of your favourite download repositories , the 1.2GB demo features 2 missions, 2 game modes, co-op play and a good chance to get to grips with the air-to-air & air-to-ground combat in the game. … Read More…
Bohemia get shirty over Codemaster’s Flashpoint Marketing
You just gotta love trademark disputes…
The whole kerfuffle surrounding F.E.A.R. 2 springs too mind, what with its WBIE vs. Vivendi jiggery pokery and community naming competition.
Now Bohemia Interactive (Operation Flashpoint, Armed Assault, VBS1) are shouting from the rooftops that Codemaster’s proclamations of Flashpoint 2 being ‘the official sequel’ to their original product despite them not being involved are ‘wrong’.
Quoting the Rock Paper Shotgun article that does a swell job of covering the whole shebang is probably the best way to go…
Is the upcoming Codemasters game really ‘the much anticipated return of the genre-defining military conflict simulator’