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THQ has announced that 4A Games’ first-person shooter sequel Metro: Last Light won’t be released until calendar year 2013. According to the firm’s latest release schedule, which was published alongside its third quarter financial results last night, the Metro 2033 sequel is now planned for release during the fourth-quarter of financial year 2013, meaning between …

EA CEO John Riccitiello has tipped his hat to publishing rival Activision for successfully introducing a subscription offering for the Call of Duty franchise – and hinted at the possibility of something similar in the pipeline for Battlefield. While Call of Duty Elite wasn’t specifically named during a chat with investors about digital strategies earlier …

id’s latest first-person shooter, Rage, has finally been released for Mac, along with a new patch for the disappointing PC version. The Mac version is titled, RAGE: Campaign Edition, which packs the full single-player game with the additional Wasteland sewer missions and the Anarchy Edition content (Double Barrel Shotgun, Rat Rod Buggy, Fists of RAGE, …

Battlefield 3 players can expect to get the first news on upcoming DLC for the game next week. Speaking during EA’s quarterly conference call last night, and responding to a question regarding the publisher’s DLC strategy, vice president of investor relations Peter Ausnit said (via Seeking Alpha): “We’ve got plans for all of our major …

It’s been a good few months for EA, as in a positive financial call today the company announced that both FIFA 12 and Battlefield 3 have hit 10 million sales since launch. Battlefield 3 launched on PS3, 360 and PC in October last year, while FIFA 12 kicked off on every platform known to man …

Battlefield 3 developer DICE is hiring an ‘anti-cheat administrator’ in a further effort to abolish cheaters from its otherwise awesome online shooter. This comes after hackers launched an attack on BF3′s PC players last week, banning a large number of innocent players as part of a protest against the anti-cheat system Punkbuster. “In our continued …

EA has stated that it has “taken steps” to correct a problem which saw innocent Battlefield 3 players banned from online multiplayer. Addressing fans on Battlelog, the publisher claims the problem causing the bans is related to “select 3rd party services” rather thank Battlefield 3 itself. “Together with the 3rd party service providers we have …

Infinity Ward creative strategist Robert Bowling has said the restriction that limits DLC to a single user profile was unintentional and will be fixed. The oddity was found yesterday, when CoD Elite users reported that other profiles on their consoles weren’t able to access the recently-released maps for Modern Warfare 3. Subscribers rightly point out …

Infinity Ward has released title update eight for Modern Warfare 3 on Xbox Live, introducing a range of tweaks and performance improvements. These include improvements to host disadvantage / lag compensation, theatre fixes, increased speed of YouTube uploads from 32k to 256k, reduced fire rate for all Akimbo weapons, shotgun rebalancing (slight nerf to Striker, …

Modern Warfare 3 gamers are up in arms again today as it appears that the DLC downloaded by CoD Elite subscribers can only be played by the profile that downloads it. Usually, content downloaded to an Xbox console, including games and DLC, can be played by any profile on that console. But according to complaints …

Following yesterday’s launch of the first Modern Warfare 3 DLC, Activision has published a planned content release schedule for 2012. The company recently confirmed that CoD: Elite will deliver DLC on a monthly basis for premium members, with at least 20 content drops spread between January and September, including new maps, Spec Ops missions and …

Activision has released a new Call of Duty Elite trailer to coincide with today’s release of the first Modern Warfare 3 DLC. Starring Lt. Colonel Rob Riggle, an American actor, comedian and United States Marine Corps officer, the movie’s in the style of an army recruitment ad. Xbox Live playing premium CoD Elite members will …

Irrational Games has announced a ’1999 Mode’ for BioShock Infinite, a “new form of play” designed to challenge players in a “variety of ways”. “1999 Mode is a way of playing designed for gamers who long for the days of games that demanded more of the player,” publisher Take-Two explains. “It will include tweaks and …

Microsoft has warned consumers that any websites claiming to be offering access to a Halo 4 beta are fakes. David Ellis of 343 Industries said on Twitter: “If you see a page claiming to allow you to sign up for a Halo 4 beta be advised, IT’S A FAKE.” Microsoft is yet to announce any …

Retailer GAME has dropped by the ball by announcing that EA plans to release new entries in the Medal of Honor and Need for Speed series later this year. Neither sequel has been officially announced by EA, so it won’t have been happy to learn that GAME had mouthed off about seeing the titles at …