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This year’s annual Call of Duty release is widely expected to be Treyarch’s Black Ops 2, and while the game has yet to be officially announced, that hasn’t stopped rumoured details making their way online. The following information, claiming to reveal the game’s release date and a load of multiplayer features, was first posted on …

Hoorah for money. DICE have revealed that Battlefield 3 players can now pay to unlock items that would normally take many many hours of playtime to acquire. Item and weapon shortcut packs will go on sale today via the PlayStation Store and in-game shop, allowing new players to quickly get all the good gear that …

DICE has released a HUGE Battlefield 3 patch on PS3 today complete with a loooong changelog, with information on its availability for Xbox 360 and PC coming “soon”. The studio says it has been hard at work collecting and working on fan feedback and suggestions. The patch will feature gameplay tweaks and balancing, and introduce …

Irrational Games has released its latest BioShock Infinite video detailing another of the game’s Heavy Hitters mini-boss types, the Siren. Creative director Ken Levine explains: “The Siren is sort of our nod to a major social movement at the turn of the century which was a sense of the spiritual world… I mean people actually …

Microsoft has released a new Halo 4 behind the scenes video, this time focusing on the various people working on the game at 343 Industries. Everyone from 343′s general manager and senior software engineer to its environment artist and motion capture supervisor talk about why they decided to join the develop. Spoiler: It’s because of …

Ubisoft has released a new trailer for Far Cry 3, this time without the annoying headache inducing soundtrack. Instead of ear-piercing noise this time you get to enjoy a little quiet time with Dr Earnhardt, the game’s resident mad scientist, who introduces a few of the trippy substances available on the deadly island. The trailer …

2K Games has released a brand new BioShock Infinite trailer revealing one of the game’s Heavy Hitters mini-boss types, the Boys of Silence. Creative director Ken Levine says: “Their purpose in the world is, think of the cameras in BioShock 1, but think of them walking around looking for you.” Lead artist Shawn Robertson adds: …

EA has released a new time lapse trailer showing off the damage players will be able to do to the environment in one of the maps from June’s Close Quarters DLC. Following on from the launch of Close Quarters’ debut gameplay movie, the new trailer shows an entire hallway in the Ziba Tower map reduced …

Activision has launched the first Modern Warfare 3 DLC collection on Xbox 360. Aimed at Modern Warfare 3 players who don’t subscribe to Call of Duty Elite, it bundles together the Elite content released in January, February and March on 360. Priced at 1200 MP, the DLC features four multiplayer maps, which I found to …

Development of the Cold Stream DLC for Left 4 Dead 2 is close to completion, but Valve isn’t ready to announce a release date just yet. According to an update posted on the official Left 4 Dead Blog, work on Cold Stream is now focused on making small tweaks and squashing bugs. It said: “Now …

To presumably avoid a crushing defeat, Medal of Honor: Warfighter’s executive producer Greg Goodrich has said he wants to avoid the annual war of words that usually kicks off in the build up to EA and Activision’s end-of-year FPS releases. There may have been plenty of respect shared between the publishers’ competing development teams in …

It’s fair to say that while being brilliant in many ways, Borderlands also left PC gamers with a fair amount of frustration and ‘what ifs’. However, Claptrap, your favourite friend/awkward acquaintance/despised corporate mascot (his/her words not mine), has set out to make things right with a love letter from the heart concerning Borderlands 2. It’s …

Following their recent trailer for the upcoming Modern Warfare 3 ‘Content Collection 1′ DLC pack, Infinity Ward has released another. Releasing March 20th on Xbox, CC1 is the first traditional DLC bundle for Modern Warfare 3 players who aren’t subscribed to CoD Elite. It bundles together the Elite Premium content released in January, February, and …

DICE has delivered the first trailer for June’s up close and personal Close Quarters expansion pack for Battlefield 3. It’ll feature four maps, including the one in the new assets called Ziba Tower, and promises to deliver “HD destruction and frantic vertical gameplay” alongside “new weapons and persistence”. The company had this to say: Close …

DICE has revealed that it will release a Battlefield 3 patch today aimed at fixing a weapon animation bug. Those who have already purchased the expansion pack will have the option to re-download it free of charge, although the developer said changes to its back end will make it a mandatory requirement “in the near …