It can't be Far Cry without a hang glider, right? Apparently not.

Showing off Far Cry 2 at Games Convention, dev narrative man Patrick Redding said the powerless flying thing ws an essential addition to the game.
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"The developer says that the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC versions have been developed from the same core build, so they'll all share the same features," wrote Gamespot's Guy Crocker. "While we didn't see the PS3 version, it's claimed that the aliasing on Sony's machine outperforms that of the 360, while on the PC it's all dependent on the specifications of your machine."

Of course, this could all change before the game's release, as the title is still in development stages. However, if Ubisoft Montreal can unlock and utilize the power of the Cell processor, there is no doubt that they can provide better anti-aliasing and smoother graphics for Sony's flagship gaming platform.
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Ubi Montreal has told VG247 that Far Cry 2's text features were based on the Professor Layton series for DS.
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Gameplayer are reporting that Ubisoft just issued them with a release schedule that gives a firm window of release for the highly anticipated Far Cry sequel.
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Sarcasticgamer.com got their hands on this nice piece of info regarding a great deal for Far Cry 2.
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Joystiq:

"Adding on to our hands-on with Far Cry 2 a couple months ago, our most recent experience at E3 gave us the same feeling that we'd only begun to scratch the surface of this title. For a general overview of what to expect in Far Cry 2, check out our previous hands-on with the game. Here we're going to get into a little bit more detail about our experience within the game."

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VG247: Want to play some kind of sci-fi child game? Still ******** your diapers? Want alien invasion and super-powers? Don't play Far Cry 2.
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Eurogamer writes: "Far Cry 2 creative director Clint Hocking has confirmed that there will be no pre-release demo of Ubisoft's open-world shooter sequel. Or, "no, no demo" as he put it to us last week at the team's HQ in Montreal.

And that's because, according to Ubisoft, the open nature of the game would make it impossible to offer a worthwhile teaser without serving up too great a slice of the content."
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Don't let the crystal clear water and golden sands fool you: as far as the developer of Far Cry 2 is concerned, videogame tropical islands have become the imaginative equivalent of two weeks at Butlins.

With the sequel to Crytek's memorable PC shooter ditching the shores of paradise in favour of the treacherous beauty of Africa, creative director Clint Hocking believes anyone making a game on a tropical island now is just "cashing in" on the success of Far Cry. And that includes the series' original creator, whose second title, Crysis, is set on, yep, a tropical island.

"Going somewhere you knew was real but was really foreign and exotic, and you never really expected you would get to go in your real life - that's the magic of Far Cry," he told Eurogamer.
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Far Cry 2 will be at the Dreamhack festival on June 14th through the 17th in Jönköping, Sweden. Louis-Pierre Pharand and Julien Cuny will be there to present the game and to answer questions. You will be able to play and test the game.

Official report:
"We are very proud to make the first public showing in the world of the up coming block-buster Far Cry® 2 from Ubisoft, We also have people from the Ubisoft studio in Canada on site in Jönköping. The producer Louis-Pierre Pharand and Julien Cuny will present the game from the Main Stage in front of a sea of gamers in Jönköping.

Be the first to test the game! During the festival, we give you an opportunity to become one of the first in the world to sink you teeth in the game, a handful of visitors will be chosen for a private sitting together with Louis-Pierre Pharand and Julien Cuny, where you have an opportunity to ask questions and of course test Far Cry® 2. Don't miss this unique opportunity!"

Check out the official website at http://web.dreamhack.se to get more info and to watch the event live coverage!
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PC mega-FPS Crysis wasn't the benchmark for Far Cry 2, developer Ubisoft Montreal told us. In case you're not aware, Crysis is the latest work from Crytek, which was the original developer of Far Cry before development duties were handed to Ubisoft Montreal. "Crysis wasn't our benchmark, we were our own benchmark," art director Alex Amancio said at UbiDays yesterday. ... » Read More

What do booty calls in GTA and blowing up jeeps full of drug dealers in the middle of Africa have in common?
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CVG writes:

PC mega-FPS Crysis wasn't the benchmark for Far Cry 2, developer Ubisoft Montreal told CVG.

"Crysis wasn't our benchmark, we were our own benchmark," art director Alex Amancio said at UbiDays yesterday. "But we think that Crysis is a fantastic game, the entire team respects what they're doing.

"Obviously we knew [that people were going to compare the two] because of the history. But the games are so different there really is no comparison point," he said. FPS; check, jungles; check, open-world; check...

"Very early on we knew that we wanted to go a completely different direction. Instead of going for the tropical island and trying to go for hyper realism, we changed the setting. First of all we wanted to have a really, really credible environment, but we didn't want to replicate anybody's vacation photos.

"Yeah, we want to have destructible elements like destructible vegetation, but it's not because of Crysis, it's because we feel it's the next logical step," Amancio continued, showing off Far Cry 2's own falling trees.

Would it be fair to say Ubisoft is advancing on the technology in Crysis, though? "Yeah. That was our goal basically, to keep moving forward".
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Game designer Patrick Redding spilled the beans to Eurogamer at the UbiDays event in Paris, explaining you'll be able to pick a class to fit your playing style.

He wouldn't offer any further details, but did confirm there will be no online co-op despite the ability to use an NPC "buddy" to revive you and fight with you.

He also revealed the open-world shooter is ever-so-nearly feature complete, and will soon be entering its beta testing phase.
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VG247: Clint Hocking, creative director Far Cry 2, has just demoed a hang glider in Far Cry 2 for the first time.

The contraption was in the first game, and Hocking said it was important for it to make it into the sequel.
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VG247: Clint Hocking, creative director Far Cry 2, has claimed that Far Cry 2 will lead the shooter genre out of the dark ages and into the light.

"The time for running through dark corridors and blasting demons with plasma rifles is kind of coming to an end," he said, speaking at the Ubidays press conference in Paris.
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The first official trailer for Far Cry 2 has hit the internet, ahead of Ubisoft's press conference tonight, which we hope will shed new light on the shooter.The trailer is good. And by 'good,' we mean it would be prompting us to re-evaluate our finances and buy a new PC (if it wasn't coming to PS3 and 360).Astute viewers might notice that a web address for something called Reuben Blog is superimposed near the end of the ... » Read More

The single-player campaign in FarCry 2 alone could keep gamers occupied for up 50 hours, says the game's producer, Louis-Pierre Pharand.We knew, just by looking at the game's enormous free-roaming environments, that it would be big, but 50 hours is epic. You can take a look at the official trailer here."Just on single alone, gamers can potentially have close to 50 hours of game play," Pharand said, when asked if he'd ... » Read More

Console Monster writes: "As you may or may not already know, Buku Sudoku and Warlords are available to download from the XBOX Live Marketplace today as well as these:

Name: Battlefield: Bad Company Demo
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Availability: Everywhere

Name: Buku Suduku - Theme Pack 1
Price: 150 Microsoft Points
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Price: Free
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Ubisoft has released a new trailer video for the upcoming Far Cry 2, via the Ubisoft video website, Uplay. The video is narrated by "Reuben Oluwagembi," a reporter from the game whose blog address flashes briefly around the end of the video. That's a cue to make us peek at it: reubenblog.typepad.com.
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