With all the news about MGS4, many gamers have overlooked all the other great content that we can look forward to this week on the PlayStation Network.
IGN-"EA informed us today that the free Veteran Map Pack for the PlayStation 3 version of Army of Two has been delayed in North America, while the Xbox 360 download has been delayed in Europe. However, North American Xbox 360 owners and European PlayStation 3 owners will still be able to download the pack tomorrow, May 29th."
VG247: EA confirmed this morning that more Army of Two DLC's on the way, saying there's a schedule in place for further releases throughout the summer.
EA recently announced free maps for Army of Two, EA has now announced that the map will be released on May 29th in Europe and North America on the PLAYSTATION Store and Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
Thanks in part to the huge success of titles like Grand Theft Auto IV and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, GameStop reported a net earnings increase of 151% for the first quarter of 2008 according to sales figures released by the company.
New achievements for EA's Army of Two have appeared. There are four achievements worth an additional 100 GamerScore.
EA has today announced it is expanding Army of Two with the release of the new Security and Strategy Corporation (SSC) Challenge mode and maps. The new SSC Challenge mode will see two teams competing in obstacle courses set in four new maps for the chance to join the SSC.
Jesse Divnich, newly-installed director of Analytical Services at EEDAR, believes that there should be little disruption to overall sales of Grand Theft Auto IV, even though demand for Wii Fit - released in the UK just days earlier than Rockstar's title - appears to be extremely high.
PlayStation 3 outsold Xbox 360 for the third month in a row, but the Nintendo Wii overshot the combined sales of its rivals, according to Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter.
WorthPlaying writes: Army of Two will throw gamers into hot spots ripped from current-day headlines where they will utilize unique TWO man strategies and tactics while seamlessly transitioning between playing with AI and a live player. EA has issued a patch for Army of Two fixing connection stability, server response and headset issues.
Army of Two Assistant Producer, Matt Turner has revealed on his upcoming blog, details about an Army of Two demo and new downloadable content:
There's a battle going on at the top of the charts between Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Army of Two and Call of Duty 4...
Democrat and Chronicle reports:
Army of Two takes the top spot for the second straight week on the Gamefly Top Ten 'Most Queued' list. Not surprisingly, Super Smash Bros. Brawl continues it's reign at the top of the Nintendo Wii list, while PlayStation 3 gamers have Army of Two queued up at the top as well.
While EA's Army of Two has been doing brisk business since it's release last week, the tale of two military contractors has been raising eyebrows and ire for its subject matter. While some have deemed it to be too 'pro-American,' it was developed in EA's Montreal studio. Alain Tascan, the general manager, said: "In Europe for instance, certain places feel the game is very pro-American. But the thing I want to tell them is, 'Do you know it's being done by French Canadians?'"
EA has responded to Geekpulp about the region locking found in the online section of Army of Two, they have some valid reasons but Lag and international play is not one of them.
Army of Two will throw gamers into hot spots ripped from current day headlines where they will utilize unique TWO man strategies and tactics while seamlessly transitioning between playing with AI and a live player. The European manual mentions that the game is not cross region compatible, which EA confirmed today. Since Army of Two uses peer-to-peer and no server connectivity, that choice was made to maintain perfect synchronization in the animations and prevent a bad co-op experience.
VGB writes: What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular now.
Next-Gen.Biz reports that EA says it's in discussions with Germany's ratings body to secure a release for Army of Two in the country