Ubisoft just announced that Far Cry 2 will now support a Neural Impulse Actuator device. With the device your mind takes control!
Ubisoft have decided to run an extremely generous Christmas promotion through their online store, Electronic Theatre can reveal today. When ordering any of the publishers' six biggest titles for Christmas, or any of the Imagine range of games for the NintendoDS, customer will receive a fantastic free gift, and with selected titles the opportunity to win much, much more...
Ubisoft Montreal's latest Prince of Persia title may have a significant impact on Ubisoft's financial performance, said company CFO Alain Martinez, particularly in an ever more competitive marketplace.
IGN writes: "Intel has released two, free, downloadable missions for Far Cry 2 (Thanks Voodoo Extreme). Combined, the missions will add roughly three hours of gameplay to the critically-acclaimed shooter. Descriptions of the missions are posted below:
SnagWire: A post from representative Ubi_Marc on Far Cry 2's official German forums has confirmed that a patch for the PC version of the title will be arriving sometime next week...
Ramp up the terror with the Far Cry®2 Fortunes Pack. Loaded with 3 new weapons, 2 new vehicles and 4 new multiplayer maps.
dailygamesnews.com - One of the lads in the office got himself stuck on Far Cry 2. I insisted it was because he sucked at videogames but we've found out he's not alone. Gamers on the Ubisoft forums are banding together with the same problem.
October was a big month for PC gamers because, unlike previous months where Blizzard and Maxis have owned the charts, there were several high profile PC-centric games releasing, including Fallout 3, Far Cry 2, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, and Crysis: Warhead.
Kombo: "Ubisoft seems to be rather proud of themselves at the moment. And why not? Selling one million units of Far Cry 2 around the world in just three weeks isn't a bad thing, no sir."
SnagWire: The first Far Cry 2 patch has been released by Ubisoft and is now available for download. The 42MB update packs multiplayer, singleplayer and map editor bug fixes.
VE3D reports: "The folks at the Widescreen gaming forum have a fix for the cropped resolution issues in Far Cry 2. Thanks, Dangerdoggie. The only downside is that if you install the new file and want to play online with others, Punkbuster may think you are a 1337 haxxor and ban you from the server. FYI - the same dude who made the BioShock widescreen fix did this one as well."
After all this hullabaloo about how the PlayStation 3 is the only "true" HD console, here comes the release of FarCry 2 to slap Sony's PR in the balls. In addition to people complaining about the messed-up widescreen and mandatory 3.5GB install, the PS3 version falls short of its Xbox 360 counterpart by only supporting 720p while the 360 version supports full 1080p.
dailygamesnews.com - We mentioned earlier October was going to be a killer month for videogame releases, this is what's going out this week across Europe...
via VE3D: "That's what a lot of people think if these threads on the official website and the Widescreengaming forum mean anything. Long story short: instead of properly resizing the game's display for widescreen HD resolutions, the tops and bottoms are being cropped off."
Since Far Cry 2 was leaked a week ago more details have been revealed about the game itself here are all the classes and details about them.
Grundy The Man writes, "Thanks to the glory of the internets, Far Cry 2 footage is hitting us early! If you can't wait a few more hours, maybe this gameplay footage can wet your whistle. Turn up your headphones and Check out the video..."
Console Monster writes: "UK retailer HMV are offering four extra missions to those who pre-order Far Cry 2. The four missions are set to give players "access to hours of gameplay." They are:
Gamerdeals.net writes:
Far Cry 2 multiplayer producer Richard Gaetan has told VG247 that he expects the game's level editor to allow users to create "hundreds of thousands of maps" after it launches later this month.
Publisher Ubisoft has confirmed that, for the PC, its open-world shooter Far Cry 2, which hits alongside the PS3 and Xbox 360 editions on October 21, will use the same SecuROM DRM technology found in Spore, Crysis Warhead, and the upcoming Red Alert 3.