Medal of Honor comes to 3FL!

Today marks the Australian release of the revamped Medal of Honor franchise, bringing it up to date with modern day combat.  In partnership with our good friends at Hypernia we have a bunch of servers ready for you to hit up covering all of the multiplayer game modes and maps currently available.

You should be able to search for these servers in-game with the name “3FL MoH” at the start of them, with more servers coming and appearing on the Serverspy page soon.

Enjoy!

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Black Ops will have dedicated servers

Lamia revealed his thoughts on dedicated servers with the following comments in a recent interview:

“I think dedicated servers are excellent. I don’t see any reason not to see them unless … well, I just don’t see any reason not to…”

“We do work very hard to reconcile the desire to manipulate and modify those dedicated servers with offering them the persistent experience and benefits that the console system provides … so people can run dedicated servers and also participate in the communal experience the console players get to have, given they’re all on first-party servers.”

So PC gamers rejoice, as long as Treyarch don’t bugger up the game, then it sounds like Black Ops could be a new worthy multiplayer game to get stuck into.  The game is due out in November, and will have stiff competition from the new modern day Medal of Honor game being released in October, with no word on whether the Battlefield series will see another outing later in the year as well (BF3 maybe?).

Via:  Joystiq

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Counter-Strike Source gets a beta

The changes to the game (aside from now using the Orangebox engine) include the following:

• 144 achievements added
• New lifetime player stats and summary screens
• New match player stats and summary screens
• New end of round display with MVP and interesting fact about a player
• Updated scoreboard with new icons, visual style, MVP stars, and avatar pictures
• New cinematic death camera
• New domination and revenge system
• Added avatar icons to voice chat, scoreboard, and end of round display
• Incorporated many source engine updates

So CSS finally getting some love after quite a while without any content updates.  There are no details on when this update will be released, but no doubt it won’t be far away.

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Black Ops to include flyable planes, co-op play

The details you can see in the trailer that you can grab as Freezone here don’t give away a lot about the gameplay and what will be included.  But it does show vehicles apparently being flown, which has been confirmed in other reports now that they will indeed be flyable (rather than AI/cut-scene controlled).

Another interesting addition to the game for multiplayer, and something that is probably more console orientated, is the inclusion of co-op gameplay through the single-player campaign.  The co-op will allow 2-4 players to play together to complete the missions, but there aren’t any details on how the difficulty and/or AI will scale with more players as yet.

The game which is being set in the Vietnam war era will have you playing through missions in Vietnam, Cuba and Russia.  So expect to see jungle, tropical environments and snow featuring no doubt.

Via:  Kotaku

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BF: BC2 Update a’coming.

Server – Some potential sources for lag/rubberbanding have been eliminated
Server – The old reserved slots has been replaced by a kick-on-demand system like in BF2
Server – Log file for server admins: all remote admin interface commands/events are logged
Server – Log file for server admins: major server events + all chat messages are logged
Server – Idle kick is controllable
Server – Profanity filter can be disabled
Server – Teamkill-kick system is controllable
Server – Ticket counts and bleed rate are controllable per-level
Server – Infantry only mode available per-level
Server – Initial spawn delay and respawn delay are adjustable
Server – Server description can be up to 400 characters, and use “|” for line breaks
Server – Banlist can contain up to 10.000 entries
Server – reduced latency in packet handling

Admin Interface – fixed the player.onKill spam that occasionally happened
Admin Interface – ensured that player.onJoin events always report the player name
Admin Interface – events triggered when people spawn
Admin Interface – much more info on kills
Admin Interface – detailed stats are reported at end-of-round

Gameplay – Various minor level bugfixes
Gameplay – Helicopter handling has been tweaked
Gameplay – Weapon tweaks have been implemented based on PC public feedback
Gameplay – Fixed technical hang when a crate was armed outside of the combat area
Gameplay – “Victory is near” message was shown for the wrong team on Valparaíso, this has been fixed
Gameplay – Countermeasures can be fired when driving a helicopter
Gameplay – The brightness of the pilot view in the Russian helicopter has been reduced
Gameplay – Advanced Spotting scope works better
Gameplay – Knifing people in the back works again (we backed out the change that we had done for Server R11)

Server Browser – Servers are sorted into 3 categories: Normal, Modified, Hardcore depending on their settings
Server Browser – Added support for retrieving update progress
Server Browser – Now refreshes information
Server Browser – Join queue system when attempting to join a full server
Server Browser – all settings are automatically saved between sessions
Server Browser – Pings are sent via an alternate mechanism, which should work for non-Administrator users as well

Client – Fixed DX9 issue, which likely caused graphics glitches and perhaps crashes
Client – Fixed some crashes
Client – Toggle/hold crouch is user controllable
Client – Toggle/hold zoom is user controllable
Client – Vsync bugfixed for DX10/DX11
Client – Rewritten how settings are written to disk; this should reduce/eliminate the spawn lag
Client – Fixed bug where a player could join a server before the stats has been downloaded causing faulty stats in “EOR- unlock progression”-screen
Client – New chat system allows chatting when dead (but not during end of round) and keeps a 100 lines log
Client – Improved Play Now functionality
Client – Removed K/D ratio and Skill Level filters in the leaderboards
Client – Any points you get while being dead will be added to your score
Client – Reduced negative mouse acceleration
Client – More informative disconnection/kick reasons

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Medal of Honor due Oct 12th

“Medal of Honor is an authentic look into today’s war. Inspired by real people and real events, the game puts players in the boots of today’s warrior—from the infantry ground pounder to the Tier 1 Operator,” said executive producer Greg Goodrich.

With this new addition to “modern combat” themed titles it seems to be getting rather crowded, with the Battlefield series, Call of Duty series and now revamped the Medal of Honor serious all focusing on the same thing.  Like World War II games that all of these franchises started off as, it might not be too long before gamers really get sick of the modern combat idea and want something a little different.

Via:  Shacknews

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Call of Duty 7, aka Black Ops

At the moment details are thin on the ground, with the only hint as to what the gameplay is all about being the teaser trailer that was released late last week that you can grab here.  Most rumours pointed to the game being set in the Vietnam War period, which would be somewhat of a relief from World War II that Call of Duty seemed to get stuck on for quite a few games (there really is only so many WWII based games you can play).

As to whether we’ll see a dedicated servers or not for multiplayer  is yet to be seen and is something that PC gamers will be eager to find out.  Treyarch did at least goto the trouble of doing it for World at War, but then again Infinity Ward might have set the precedent now with their last contribution to the series – Modern Warfare 2 – that lacked dedicated servers.

Via:  Shacknews

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The Passing for L4D2 out now

Full release from Valve is as follows:

The first game add-on for Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2) brings the original Left 4 Dead Survivors down south for a meeting with the L4D2 cast, while delivering new single-player, multiplayer and co-operative gameplay for the PC and Xbox 360.

“The Passing” features 3 new maps, new weekly game modes (Mutations), a new “uncommon common” zombie class (the fallen survivor), melee weapon (golf club), firearm (M-60), support for infected bot play in Versus, 10 new achievements and more!

All of the 3FL Left 4 Dead 2 servers have been updated, so either join the 3FL Steam group or search for an Official Valve Dedicated server and you’ll more than likely land on a 3FL one!

Via:  L4D Blog

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 patched

The full list of  changes are as follows:

• MP – New Server browser
• MP – Added 15 second spawn timer for Conquest/Rush gamemodes at the start of round to prevent high end machines getting the upper hand before other machines load in.
• MP – Crash fixes relating to ALT+TAB at different times throughout the game
• MP – Hang fix when trying to connect to a full server multiple times
• MP – Deletion of soldiers now possible through the account pages in game
• MP – Removed screen flash during loading
• MP – Added support for colour blind players
• MP – Fixed crashes relating to faulty server banners
• MP – Servers closing during connection no longer cause the client to hang
• MP – Auto team swap reflects correctly in the scoreboard
• MP – Fixed scoreboards when switching teams before spawning
• MP – Rush scoreboards fixed
• MP – Veteran ranks no longer display as “12″
• MP – Isla Innocentes MCOM building fixed where knifing the fence would destroy the building
• MP – Logout/Login button correctly reflects the player status
• MP – Added minimum number of players needed to start a round (you can play and take objectives but you will get no score until 4 or more players join the server)
• MP – Isla Inocentes welcome message on the loading screen now fits the text box area
• MP – Reduced the brightness in Russian vehicles
• MP – Medic gadgets now display correctly if the defib is not unlocked
• MP – Server filter options are remembered
• MP – Punkbuster filter now works as intended
• MP – Scroll bar no longer overlays the Join Server button in the friends list panel
• MP – CANCEL server refresh is implemented
• MP – Zooming in on a friendly using the SAIGA no longer causes the crosshair to disappear
• MP – The chat no longer displays the incorrect player name when appearing
• MP – FoV switches to the default value of 55 when entering vehicles to prevent graphical glitches caused by wider FoV settings. The custom FoV returns when exiting vehicles.
• MP – FoV no longer causes the UAV station to rotate
• MP – Fix to correctly display the unlock progression at the end of round
• MP – Chat functionality will no longer freeze after writing a partial message at the end of round
• MP – One account can no longer connect to the same server multiple times
• MP – Squad Death Match is correctly named during loading
• MP – Server browser no longer gets a bad FPS when filtering Conquest
• MP – Server info banners correctly clear between displays
• MP – Setting display settings which the system hardware can not handle no longer makes the game unusable
• MP – Correct camera collision for vehicles’ heavy machine gun
• MP – Game no longer crashes if the player sends a message in the loading screen
• MP – Trying to join a full server no longer causes the game to hang on Please Wait message
• MP – Most server filter options are remembered it doesn’t remember the setting in dropdowns
• MP – Kit/gadget loadout saved between sessions
• MP – Window on static guns is now transparent on DirectX 9 systems
• SP – Fixed crashes when patching and trying to resume a campaign (there is now a message that you need to re-play the latest mission from the beginning)
• SP – Fixed a crash after the “Upriver” mission end cinematic
• SP – Supply create at “Resupply at Flynn’s create” objective now supplies weapon ammo
• SP – Hang fix when reaching the objective “Destroy Enemy Zu23″
• SP – Fixed hang after “Storm Cockpit” objective
• SP – Changed melee attack raycast to be detailed
• SP – Game no longer crashes when transitioning between SP_03B to SP_04A when installed in Polish
• SP – Game no longer crashes when killed by the first two enemies in the trenches on SP_01 when installed in Italian
• SP – Updating to R7 will invalidate your single player save game. If you update you will need to play your last mission from the start. If you do not update you will not be able to play multiplayer.

Now get back to it!

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Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing DLC

The list of achievements give away a few clues about some new additions to the gameplay, with some being obscure, and others being fairly obvious, the list from Valve are as follows:

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