Far Cry 2

Shadowlocked - We've all done it at some stage of our lives; those who say they haven't are terrible liars. Who knows what it is that possesses us - maybe the improved self worth that associates itself with the lie, or the knowledge and/or belief that, for someone looking to gather a brief history of our working background, this little 'improvement' as it were will speak volumes for us on the whole. I am, of course, talking about 'window dressing' of a curriculum vitae, or CV for short.

In today's gaming climate, building a solid brand for your game is hard work. So with a property as hyped as Far Cry, a big, official unveiling for Far Cry 3 seems to be in order – particularly after Far Cry 2 made good on the original's hype. But two stuntmen have taken it upon themselves to tell the world about Far Cry 3 via resume updates, reconfirming that the third game is still very much a reality...

NowGamer: Clint Hocking, mastermind behind Splinter Cell and Far Cry 2, thinks single-player games need trimming down...

Far Cry 2 is the pick of the bunch for Games on Demand on Xbox Live this week. The open world FPS plonks players in the middle of Africa as a gun for hire, where you'll catch malaria, jam your gun and pull bullets out of your hand with pliers. Far Cry comes to the service alongside the roundly slated Kane and Lynch: Dead Men and Shrek the Third.

Slashgamer Writes: Uwe Boll's next masterpiece, Far Cry, went straight-to-DVD. Chances are you wouldn't buy nor rent the film and seriously, can anyone blame you? However, I bet you are a tad curious, I mean Uwe's films are for the most part, atrocious - so it's kinda like looking at automobile accident pictures on the internet. No matter how horrifying the images are - you somehow convince yourself to quickly look at one. Before you know it, you checked out the whole gallery. Anyway, if you want to briefly see how bad the Far Cry film ended up being and are a Netflix subscriber, you can now stream the movie online. Obviously if you have an Xbox Live account or a PS3 Netflix disc, you can also stream the movie straight to your console.

Reinmar du Bois is a psychiatrist an responsible for the official report concerning the massacre of Winnenden (Germany) in early 2009. Tim K., 17 years young, killed 15 people and then himself. According to du Bois Counter-Strike and Far Cry 2 were responsible for the school shooting. Tim K. translated his experiences with Counter-Strike into reality. He also wore similar clothing as the characters in the game.

The Fortunes pack for Far Cry 2, normally 400 points is now available for Xbox LIVE Gold Members for 240 points.

PS3Hype writes: 'Today Ubisoft announced that Far Cry 2 has gone platinum so that means that from 26 June everyone can buy the game with a low pricetag (29,99 euro).'

Today we are pleased to announce the release of a Farcry 2 title update for Xbox 360. This patch will include a lot of improvements for both single player and multiplayer modes; with better browsing features, more multiplayer game options, and other new additions in order to let you play the game, the way you want. Information on a similar update for PS3 and PC will be announced soon. Here is a list of the fixes and additions:

During the upcoming days our team will be preparing the arrival of our new patches with a massive update on our data server. The first change you'll be able to notice will be on the leaderboards, in fact we will change the magic formula we are using in order to provide more accurate results. A few players will experience a slight boost, and some would have a slight decrease in experience corresponding to a correction between our different databases. This will also prevent the use of exploit allowing certain player to accumulate massive amount of experience in a few matches.