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VG247: Far Cry 2 has a very good chance of being completely amazing, and, thankfully, there are still plenty of surprises left for all you aspiring virtual mercenaries. Did you know there were nine playable characters in the game? We didn't. Until we went to Ubi UK's offices and took pictures of all the relevant splash screens, obviously.
PlayTM writes: "Speaking to this site, Far Cry 2 producer Louis-Pierre Pharand has confirmed that there will almost definitely be a Far Cry 3 - although he isn't sure at this point whether it will be a quick-fire '2.5' style offering, or another epic undertaking like his present sequel."
New information on the amount of weapons and how the developers chose the weapons for the game on IncGamers.
More information about the map editor have been revealed on IncGamers.
VG247: We're sitting in Ubisoft's UK offices playing the most recent build of Far Cry 2. Want to know anything? We're going to start playing now, and we've got a while, so if you've got any questions, just stick them in the comments. We'll do a few pieces from today over the coming weeks, but we'll live blog this session as we go through for the sake of "the news".
Far Cry 2 producer Louis-Pierre Pharand has confirmed there will be four multiplayer modes in Far Cry 2.
Eurogamer writes: "The producer of Far Cry 2 has said there will be no opportunity to try the game before you buy.
Good news, Far Cry 2 fans! The game's producer, Louis Pierre Pharand, will be answering your questions LIVE on Eurogamer this Friday 19th September.
Want to watch 1UP PC Editor in Chief Jeff Green munch a mouthful of tongue-numbing Toxic Waste? Freestyle rap with 1UP Reviews Editor Ryan Scott doing hype duty? Imagine his impoverished future in which he panhandles for Peggle money outside 1UP's office?
IGN reports that today Ubisoft announced that Far Cry 2 will ship to retailers nationwide on October 21, 2008. Far Cry 2 will be available on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and PC.
A post on the official Far Cry 2 blog has gone into a bit more detail about the map editing tool that ships with the game, confirming that you'll not only be able to download user-created maps from Xbox Live, but that you can make improvements and put them back.
GameXtract writes "A couple of weeks ago we reported that Far Cry 2 was in fact not as demanding as some gamer would have thought. We listed the full requirements, but we know some of our readers are too lazy to match the requirement list to their system specs. In good news for your laziness System Requirement Lab's Can You RUN it has been updated with Far Cry 2. The process is as simple as selecting it from the list, and then watching it do its magic. It will then open up a report for you indicating if your computer can play Far Cry 2. I accidentally tried this on my laptop, and I thought I would definitely receive an epic fail from the report (Which I did). Surprisingly I received a pass in every area except for the graphic card where my tablet Dell Latitude XI did not have 3.0 shaders. You can test out your computer to see if it will run Far Cry 2 or implode on once you launch this exe. Link below!"
Though Far Cry 2 has long had a general October release, it now has an official October 24 launch date on the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3--in Europe, anyway. American Ubisoft reps confirmed to GameSpot that the game will launch in the US on all three platforms three days prior on Tuesday, October 21. The date had been listed by online retailers for some time, but is now officially official.
GamingShogun writes, "Today, Ubisoft announced that Far Cry® 2 will be released on October 24th throughout all EMEA territories on the 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Windows® PC..."
Speaking to VG247 at Games Convention, Far Cry 2 narrative head confirmed that losing your NPC buddies in fire-fights means not being able to see all the game's missions.
Far Cry 2 narrative chap Patrick Redding confirmed to VG247 at Games Convention that predatory animals may be added to the game after it launches.
It can't be Far Cry without a hang glider, right? Apparently not.
A short term offer from Ubisoft has enabled you to get Far Cry free if you preorder Far Cry 2 from their digital store. Limited time so get preordering!