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Valve Announces Steam Mobile App

Closed Beta Available Now For iOS and Android Devices January 26, 2012 — Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the beta release of the Steam application for iOS and Android devices. With the Steam [...]

DICE intensifies Battlefield 3 anti-cheat measures

Over the past few weeks cheaters and hackers have been rampant in Battlefield 3, so much that it’s now almost a common occurrence. In a new blog post, Battlefield 3 developer DICE reassures gamers that they’re taking cheating seriously, and that anti-cheat measures have intensified. Specifically, DICE has banned several “hundred confirmed cheaters” — cheaters who [...]

DICE discusses BF3 weapon accessory tweaks

DICE’s Alan Kertz took to Reddit the other day to share his thoughts on the current Battlefield 3 weapon accessories and what he feels needs to be tweaked.He asked for community feedback on specific accessories such as the suppressor, heavy barrel, foregrip, etc. Here are some of his thoughts: Foregrip: plans on adjusting the foregrip [...]

New Max Payne 3 multiplayer details

The original Max Payne and Max Payne 2 were some of the best noir-inspired shooters ever made, and practically invented “bullet time”. However, they did lack one thing: multiplayer. That’s something Max Payne 3 will make up for, as it will become the first Max Payne game with a fully fledged multiplayer component, and developer Rockstar just [...]

Battlefield 2143 hinted at with Easter Egg

DICE is known for including various Easter Eggs on maps, especially little, vague ones to tease upcoming games. For instance, back in 2006 they included some Easter Eggs in Battlefield 2: Euro Forces and Armored Fury map packs, which hinted at a new title called “2142″ — way before Battlefield 2142 was officially announced. If [...]

Upcoming Battlefield 3 patch: what we know

Posted by Griff on January 30th, 2012

There have been many bits of information surrounding the upcoming Battlefield 3 patch, and we’ve taken to task to compile all the expected fixes and tweaks that DICE has confirmed will make their way into the new patch, which should be released in early February. The list of confirmed additions:

Commo Rose 2.0: a complete overhaul of the “Q”-button communications interface, with new commands, voice overs, and more.
Weapon specific accessory tweaks: accessories such as silencers, foregrips etc. will now be tweaked on a per weapon basis and not globally. All accessories are expected to be tweaked in this patch. For more, see a full list of accessory tweaks.
A fix for MAV riding will be applied
Random “Bad Luck” deaths will be fixed across all platforms.
PlayStation 3 users will see a VOIP fix
Drivers will now get 50 points for “vehicle assist kills”. Pilot assist points will be increased as well.
Sniper rifles will get increased accuracy after aiming-down with Red Dot or Holo sights.

And a few unconfirmed patch notes, but issues/features that DICE are looking into:

The USAS-12 with Frag rounds will be balanced (unconfirmed: DICE has said they are looking into it).
The resupply speed on the M320 grenade launcher might get increased, according to DICE.
Horn sounds will be added to Humvees and other transport vehicles.
Fall damage is being looked into as well.

Valve Announces Steam Mobile App

Posted by Griff on January 27th, 2012

Closed Beta Available Now For iOS and Android Devices

January 26, 2012 — Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the beta release of the Steam application for iOS and Android devices.

With the Steam app, gamers around the world may chat with Steam friends, browse community groups and user profiles, view screenshots and user-generated content for their favorite games, read the latest gaming news, stay up to date on unbeatable Steam sales, and more.

“The Steam app comes from many direct requests from our customers,” said Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve. “Seeing which of your friends are online and playing a game, sending quick messages, looking at screenshots for an upcoming game, or catching a sale — these are all features customers have requested. Mobile is changing way people interact, play games and consume media, and the Steam app is part of our commitment to meet customer demands and expand the service functionality of Steam to make it richer and more accessible for everyone.”

Those who wish to join the beta just need to download the Steam app (free of charge) and log in to their Steam account via the mobile app to express interest in the beta. Gamers will be added to the Closed Beta as the service ramps up.

For more information, please visit http://store.steampowered.com/mobile

Hackers ban innocent Battlefield 3 players

Posted by Griff on January 24th, 2012

Just as we thought the hacking issue with Battlefield 3 couldn’t get any worse, it now appears it has just that: in order to prove their point against PunkBuster, the cheaters and hackers over at ArtificialAiming have banned over 150 Battlefield 3 players by using a PunkBuster exploit. A forum post claims:

“In 2011 we hit them with a mass ban wave and now were are banning real players from battlelog while ggc-stream is totally unaware. We have framed 150+ bf3 players alone.”

There are numerous threads over at Battlelog about this issue, where innocent players have been banned. The issue has to do with PBBans and GGC — third party services that run on the vast majority of Battlefield 3 game servers.

DICE have stated that they’re looking into the issue, but at this point, hackers have pretty much gotten control of the game. And just to make matters worse, innocent players can now be banned with what appears to be a simple command and the user’s BF3 GUID.

DICE intensifies Battlefield 3 anti-cheat measures

Posted by Griff on January 12th, 2012

Over the past few weeks cheaters and hackers have been rampant in Battlefield 3, so much that it’s now almost a common occurrence. In a new blog post, Battlefield 3 developer DICE reassures gamers that they’re taking cheating seriously, and that anti-cheat measures have intensified.

Specifically, DICE has banned several “hundred confirmed cheaters” — cheaters who were reported by fellow Battlefield players. DICE recommends to report any cheaters using Battlelog (by clicking the triangle in the upper right corner of their profile page). When reporting, DICE suggests to include as many details as possible, and a link to a Battle Report

DICE discusses BF3 weapon accessory tweaks

Posted by Griff on January 2nd, 2012

DICE’s Alan Kertz took to Reddit the other day to share his thoughts on the current Battlefield 3 weapon accessories and what he feels needs to be tweaked.He asked for community feedback on specific accessories such as the suppressor, heavy barrel, foregrip, etc. Here are some of his thoughts:

Foregrip: plans on adjusting the foregrip on a per-weapon basis, adding 34% reduction in horizontal recoil, based on the gun, and -20% “penalty to base accuracy when aimed”.
Bipod: a buff for the bipod is likely, since it has to be set up in order to receive the benefits (less recoil, less bullet spread)
Suppressor: added -50% “penalty to base accuracy from the hip”, +25% bonus to base accuracy when aimed and +10% reduced vertical recoil. Overall, Kertz points out that the suppressor will receive a minor nerf.
Heavy Barrel: increased max range (damage stays the same), +50% bonus to base accuracy when aimed, -25% penalty to base accuracy from the hip. Overall, the heavy barrel will have less recoil than currently.
Flash suppressor: Kertz points out that the flash suppressor is “underwhelming” and as a result, it’ll will receive +20% reduced vertical recoil, while getting a -20% penalty to base accuracy from the hip.

Kertz mentioned that these changes aren’t finalized nor does is he promising that they’ll go live. They’re meant to get feedback and start a discussion. You can check out the full Reddit post here (and offer your two cents).

New Max Payne 3 multiplayer details

Posted by Griff on December 24th, 2011

The original Max Payne and Max Payne 2 were some of the best noir-inspired shooters ever made, and practically invented “bullet time”. However, they did lack one thing: multiplayer. That’s something Max Payne 3 will make up for, as it will become the first Max Payne game with a fully fledged multiplayer component, and developer Rockstar just revealed the first details.

The main multiplayer mode in Max Payne 3 is called “Gang War”, which is an objective-based team mode where players get new goals throughout the match, depending on how the match progresses. Max Payne 3 will also support “perks”, called “bursts”, which players can unlock during a match. One of the Max Payne 3 Bursts is called “Paranoia” sounds particularly interesting: it makes enemies “paranoid” and makes them see their teammates as enemies. Of course, the trademark Max Payne bullet time is back as well, and will be available in multiplayer as well.