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PlanetSide 2 features 8x8 kilometer continents
by Jeff Mattas, shacknews.com, Oct 26, 2011 12:45PM PDT
Sony Online Entertainment reveals that the upcoming massively-multiplayer shooter PlanetSide 2 will include continental-sized, 8x8 kilometer battle maps. Read more
Richard Garriott awarded $32 million in NCSoft legal battle
by Alice O'Connor, shacknews.com, Oct 26, 2011 9:45AM PDT
NCSoft unsurprisingly appealed when it was ordered to pay Richard 'Lord British' Garriott $28 million in 2010, but Garriott has won the appeal too, and is now owed $32 million. Read more
Batman: Arkham City Nightwing DLC trailer swoops in
by Alice O'Connor, shacknews.com, Oct 26, 2011 8:15AM PDT
What makes Nightwing different enough from Batman that you'd want to pay $7 to play him in Batman: Arkham City's challenge maps? Watch the first trailer for the DLC and decide for yourself. Read more
Battlefield 3 PS3 early DLC access replaces free Battlefield 1943
by Alice O'Connor, shacknews.com, Oct 26, 2011 7:00AM PDT
When DICE announced that Battlefield 3 players on P3 would get expansions first, it neglected to mention that this deal would replace the free bundled copy of Battlefield 1943 once promised on PS3. With BF3 now out, it's belatedly come clean. Read more
Free Space Marine 'Exterminatus' co-op DLC launches
by Jeff Mattas, shacknews.com, Oct 25, 2011 5:00PM PDT
The free, four-player 'Exterminatus' co-op mode for Warhammer: 40,000: Space Marine is now available for PC and PlayStation 3, with the Xbox 360 version to be available "soon." Read more
DICE shows Battlefield series visual evolution
by Steve Watts, shacknews.com, Oct 25, 2011 4:15PM PDT
DICE's Johan Andersson walks us through the Battlefield series and how DICE has iterated on visual improvements, culminating (so far) with Battlefield 3. Read more
How Call of Duty Elite plans on making you a better player
by Andrew Yoon, shacknews.com, Oct 25, 2011 2:30PM PDT
A new video shows off the "Improve" features of Call of Duty Elite. Read more
Field Report: Battlefield 3 PC single-player
by Xav de Matos, shacknews.com, Oct 25, 2011 1:00PM PDT
We're still working on our Battlefield 3 review, but here are our first impressions of the first few missions found in the game on PC. So far, we've experienced a number of strange glitches. Read more
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim PC system requirements confirmed
by Alice O'Connor, shacknews.com, Oct 25, 2011 12:15PM PDT
Bethesda today unveiled the system requirements for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, revealing that, really, as long as you're not still rocking the computer you built in 2006 to play Oblivion, you're probably all right. Read more
Call of Duty double XP weekend for Black Ops and Modern Warfare 2
by Jeff Mattas, shacknews.com, Oct 25, 2011 11:45AM PDT
Both Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 gear up for a Double XP weekend. Read more











