In a press release issued today, Valve has announced that Day of Defeat will be getting multiple upgrades. Gamers can expect to see a new map, 51 new achievements, avatars and further Steamworks integration.
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Put into development for Half Life 2, the Source engine has become one of the most widely played engines on the planet. It powers not only HL2, but its expansions - Episode One and the upcoming Episode Two - as well as extensions including Counter-Strike and Day of Defeat. It's also widely used by third parties - Dark Messiah is built on the engine.

Writing the Source engine took Valve a long time - a long time. The release of HL2 was put back a year to allow for things to be finished. However, the firm's switch to episodic content - delivered through its online distribution platform, Steam - has allowed it to add to the engine pretty quickly and regularly since the release. HDR and cinematic effects are two of the upgrades that we've seen to the engine, both of which are designed to make things look better and richer. This dedication to the 'richness' of the gameplay experience is an ethos that permeates Valve - programmers are regularly found enthusing about how what they're coding will add depth and interactivity to the game. As Gabe Newell insisted today:

"Fundamentally, games are about what you do, not what you see. So in terms of things which make games fundamentally profound experiences - and differentiate them from non-interactive entertainment such as TV and film - it's more about what you do on the CPU than on the GPU."

Valve's multi-core transition is about allowing hardware enthusiasts to get hold of software that really takes advantage of the awesome new power we're going to see over the coming months. But more than that, it's about driving games further and deeper, making them - simply - better.
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Owners of team-play multiplayer game Day of Defeat: Source will be able to download a new update this Wednesday, 28 June, which offers a smattering of gameplay enhancements and adds a totally new match type, complete with two fresh levels designed for the new mission objectives. And we've got a video to give you a sneak preview. The brace of new levels - Colmar, set on a stormy northern France battlefield; and Jagd, a tight, urban environment in Germany - pit Axis and Allies against each other ...
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• Day of Defeat update trailer (WMV, 10.4MB) Tuesday 27 June 2007 Owners of team-play multiplayer game Day of Defeat will be able to download a new update this Wednesday, 28 June, which offers a smattering of gameplay enhancements and adds a totally new match type, complete with two fresh levels designed for the new mission objectives. And we've got a video to give you a sneak preview. The brace of new levels - Colmar, set on a stormy northern France battlefield; and Jagd, a tight, urban ...
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Valve has announced today that anyone with a Steam account will be able to take advantage of a whole weekend of free access to Day of Defeat: Source, the frenetic WWII-set, team-play shooter. Players can preload the game immediately for extra-swift access before the freebie action kicks off at 12pm (PST) this Friday 10 February - that's 8pm for Greenwich Mean Timers in the UK. Originally a third-party mod for Half-Life, Day of Defeat pits Allied and Axis forces against one another in some ...
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Sony Online Entertainment revealed today that Nightwing will be one of the official DC superheroes appearing in their PC/PS3 MMO DC Universe Online. They've also provided screenshots of the former Boy Wonder in action.
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Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) and Mass Animation have announced the DC Universe Online Animation Contest. The DCUO Animation Contest is version 2.0 of the acclaimed Mass Animation Facebook application and will give DC Comics fans, gamers and animators a chance to animate heroes and villains from the DC Universe Online game currently in development by Sony Online Entertainment, and to collaborate in creating a CGI trailer and in-game character animations. The DCUO/Mass Animation contest is scheduled to launch on December 7, 2009.

"The DCUO/Mass Animation contest takes a part of the game out of the development studio and puts it in the hands of fans, an empowering opportunity for our community," said John Smedley, president of SOE. "Players will have a chance through qualified contest submissions to be involved with the game's development at a deeper level than ever before by animating actions for in-game heroes and villains."

For those interested to take part...
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Sony Online Entertainment has finally shed some light on the long in development DC Universe Online by revealing two of the characters featured in the game.

The Green Arrow and The Green Lantern join the long list of characters who will appear in this game. For all the details of both characters, jump to the site.

DC Universe Online is an upcoming cross platform MMO between the PS3 and PC where players can take control of their favorite DC characters and protect the city of Metropolis.
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DCUO continues to be on my short of list heavily anticipated titles right up there with Heavy Rain, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Onelastcontinue had an opportunity to talk to Wes Yanagi, Senior Producer at Sony Online Entertaintment at Gamescom 2009, go hands on with the game, and came away impressed despite the game still being in pre-alpha. Wes revealed several details on gameplay, character creation, and one big suprise: no subscription fee
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In spite of the news that Marvel Comics is being bought by Disney, it's a relatively good day to be a superhero today, as we have more new screen shots from DC Universe Online, some news on Champions online, and a little speculation on City of Heroes.
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