Modern Warfare: Frozen Crossing - Short Film

These guys are rad.

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Part 2

Modern War Gear: Solid - A CoD/Metal Gear parody mashup

This was too funny and too well done not to share! Enjoy! I will post part 2 next week when it releases.

Zombie News No. 18

Ok so yeah its been awhile since my last post to GZ, but hey having only a handful of hours of sleep every night to feed your growing kid can re-arrange your priorities. How did I make time for this one? I guess I am adjusting to the lifestyle of being a parent. Yeah that sounds good! So alot has happened in the last 11 days of gaming. For starters, we saw the release of Blur, ModNation Racers, Alpha Protocol, and a few other titles. The best bits of news aren't the new titles (which aren't any good according to recent reviews), but the DLC being released for multiple games as well as a few rumors and announcements that hit. Hit the links to read up on the latest.

Game News

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 gets another map pack from the grave of IW. The Resurgency Pack has 5 ALL NEW maps and retails for another $15. Xbox gets the exclusive release until July. Get it here.

Alan Wake gets a third DLC pack this year. Wow Remedy three episodes within a year? Cool.

Gears of War 3 screenshots are making Dtoid drool. Me too! It's been far too long since I curb stomped a locust solider.

Red Dead Redemption Co-op Pack June 22nd. OMG I can't wait for this. Gamefly will never get their copy of RDR back from me!

Reviews of Super Mario Galaxy are stellar. IGN, Dtoid, and others are giving it perfect scores. I still need to finish the first one.

Naughty Bear Pre-order on Amazon = Freddy Krubear outfit. Is chopping up plush bears going to be fun? Maybe!

His Airness Michael Jordan will be appearing on the cover of NBA2k11 this year. It's gonna be a tough battle this year between EA and 2k for B-ball supremacy on the consoles. EA's new shooting and dribble controls look sick! According to the latest issue of OXM, ""If the left stick is your body, then the right stick serves as your hands and the ball. Bouncing the ball behind our back, for instance, required rolling the stick down and around - the same movement our hands would make to pull off the trick."

Ubisoft teasing another Assassins Creed game? This looks legit.

New Call of Duty Black Ops Co-Op will be separate from the main campaign. I see a pattern here.

Cool Stuff and Other News

PS3 Owners will finally get some coveted HBO programming.

Gamestop will be selling DLC in-store soon. Why not just download it from Live or PSN as usual?
Play Worms 2 with the developers this month!


Lastly, Valve canceled their Portal 2 press event for E3. Why? Well its a surprise. Instead of the event taking place in the Regal Theater it will be replaced with a surprise. Hmm...Valve is crafty. I think the part that made most of the journalists antsy is the way the email was written. Here is what it said: (source-Dtoid)

Subject: A note from Aperture Science

Dear Subject Name Here,

Aperture Science is pleased to inform you that we have partnered with Valve to announce the gala CANCELLATION of the June 14 Portal 2 event at the Regal Theater. The event will be replaced by a surprise. And even though the cancellation of the event certainly counts as a surprise, we are pleased to further announce that the cancellation of the event is not THE surprise. However, per International treaties regarding the definition of the word "surprise", of which both Aperture Science and Valve are signatories, the time, date and content of the actual surprise will only become available as you experience the surprise.

If you'd like to ask fruitless questions about the E3 Portal 2 surprise or, more fruitfully, schedule an appointment to attend a Portal 2 screening at the Valve booth during E3, please contact Valve's Special Envoy to Surprises, Doug Lombardi.

Thank you for

PS: The surprising record scratch is also not the surprise.

Zombie News 11th Edition

The picture to the left is priceless and true milestone in zombie gaming. I am of course talking about Deadrising for the Xbox 360. This sleeper hit was one of the very first games I bought for my 360. Deadrising featured the slow shambling zombie instead of the psycho fast ones in Left 4 Dead or the movie 28 Days Later. The scene depicted to the left, while being very ominous looking, was escapable believe it or not. What isn't escapable is the release of Splinter Cell: Conviction on Tuesday 4/13. Oh yeah. What also isn't escapable, is my review of God of War III. I am nearing the end and with a few more hours of play time I will be ready to share it with you. On to the news!

Game News

Just Cause 2 is a great game for destruction. Now you can destroy things in a Ice-Cream Van. Free.
Gamespot gets hands-on with Red Dead Redemption Multiplayer. After I wear my eyeballs out playing SCC, this game is next.
Gears of War 3 announced. IGN has the scoop. You can blame Justin Bieber.
Madden 11 Screens at Gamespot. Seriously, what could be different from Madden 10?
Grab Mass Effect 2 DLC "Kasumi's Stolen Memory" here.
Dtoid reports Alan Wake coming to Europe sooner than US. May 14th mate.
Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Pack hitting PS3 and PC May 4th.
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Debut Trailer. Not Bad!





Reviews

Mass Effect 2 - Kasumi's Stolen Memory DLC
Mega Man 10 for Ps3

Cool Stuff

Japanese company called Hori makes portable HD screen for PS3. Dtoid reporting.









Other News

Apple iPhone OS 4.0 will have Game Center. A social networking platform for the iPhone/iPad that will have achievements, leaderboards, and matchmaking. Look out Nintendo and Sony.

Closing Chomp

I am really excited about the new iPhone OS. Gizmodo and Engadget have some great in-depth previews of what the new OS will entail. This next week of blogging should get pretty exciting as I should have a review for God of War 3 up and a first-impressions of Splinter Cell. It's gonna be fun! Game Zombie reader Mark should is still plodding through Final Fantasy XIII and that game is like 3 discs or something. Insane. I don't have the patience and at this rate, the review might come in sometime later this year! Well until next time. Later Zombies!!

Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package Launches along with a patch

Ok its here, the first DLC for MW2 went live early this morning on Xbox Live. No clues as to how many have dropped their $15 as of yet, but my guess is that this will end up breaking some kind of record. While there are certainly some who won't justify the purchase for some reason, I can't imagine this thing tanking. It will be bought in mass and IW and Activision will be laughing all the way to the bank. My money just might be part of their deposit! I haven't decided yet.

To my surprise, IW has managed to sneak in a patch during this release that ALL users will get today. The patch includes the following:

Support for the DLC (if you choose to purchase it)

Some tweaks to the One Man Army perk

Some matchmaking updates that will help international users find more locally hosted games thanks to how ping is now sorted,

Various other code updates that will help improve the overall quality of multiplayer on Modern Warfare 2.

Another bonus for all is the Double XP weekend which IW decided to throw the switch on today. This means that when you are online you get Double XP for all of your exploits during matches. In a sense, you are getting boosted until next Monday.

**(Latest) UPDATE** Microsoft is still working on the issues with the map pack but apparently there is a large amount of people who are now up and working. It's not 100% fixed but they are close. They did confirm that the patch is now available.

**UPDATE** Launch issues with Stimulus Pack - Some boneheads over at Microsoft released the map pack before the patch. The patch is REQUIRED in order for the map pack DLC to work properly. Major Nelson confirms problems, no updates yet.

Have fun peeps! (source - fourzerotwo)

Will you buy Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package for $15

Short answer? No. The team at Infinity Ward created a great game in MW2, but it was full of flaws and reliability issues. That alone was not enough to deter gamers and the crew at IW finally came through 4 months after the release date to patch up some crippling exploits. Now this $15 map pack is being thrown out there with two of the maps recycled from COD4. Does that sound like a rip-off to anyone? Sure doesn't sound like a deal. I will be waiting for the price on these maps to come down before considering the purchase or at least I won't be spending my own money on this. If I come across a gift card or something, maybe I will push the button and pony up the 1200 points required to obtain it.

I'm not alone in thinking this price is too steep. Over at IGN there are well over a 100 comments complaining about this very thing. The article these comments are attached to is abhorrent. No mention of the price just questions tee'd up for IW to knock out of the park. Just dumb.

Are you going to fork over the dough for the new map pack? Why or why not? Speak and be heard.

Modern Warfare 2 Stimlus Package March 30th

Activision officially announced the release date for the Modern Warfare 2 map pack that all of us have been waiting for. March 30th is when the Stimulus Package will be dropping to Xbox Live with PS3 and PC platforms to follow a month later. *Insert evil laugh here*

The 50th post! Here is some Zombie goodness

Maybe 50 posts isn't that big of a milestone to you, but for me its a nice accomplishment. It's funny how much Zombie content is out there though. For instance in this post, you will find out that Left 4 Dead 2 DLC is on the way this month. The Passing is a new campaign that will feature the original survivors from the first game. Prior to the release of The Passing a Left 4 Dead comic will be releasing on Xbox Live that tells how they all met. Nice. No word yet on whether or not the new DLC or the comic will come with a cost, but my senses tell me Microsoft will be charging. It would be nice if the didn't charge gamers for the content and stay true to Valve's pledge. Time will tell.

Another Zombie morsel of info is that Modern Warfare 2 has surpassed the 25 million unique players mark crushing COD4 numbers, and that the boys at IW will be releasing some info on the upcoming map pack for MW2. Stay tuned here for the latest on that.

Also, for giggles, and because it has to do with Zombies, you can now buy the Xbox Live indie game Zombie Armageddon on Live under the games channel. Queue it up for download here.

By the way, anyone infect the whole world in the Infectonator game yet? It's tough!

Game Zombie News

Ok zombies. I missed posting yesterday for the first time since I started this blog. Which is why I invited some friends to post here on Game Zombie but I got dissed. On with the post!

Cool Stuff
Ghost Recon Future Soldier Wallpaper
Modern Warfare 2 Mythbusters release another video


Game News
NHL 2K11 is a Wii only exclusive this year
Halo Reach Multiplayer Trailer Revealed

Awesome new Splinter Cell Multiplayer trailer. (drool inducing) Open in browser to view.

IGN gives five reasons why they are excited about Project Natal.
Gamespot is giving away 50,000 multiplayer beta keys for upcoming racer Blur. (I got mine!)
Sony's big announcement? SOCOM 4 is coming to PS3
Crysis 2 screenshots are looking so good your screen might melt. Can you say upgrade?
Just Cause 2 Demo was released for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC (via Steam). (Look for my preview)
Modern Warfare 2 Map Pack sneak peak? Dtoid boys sure think so.

Other News
Ex-Infinity Ward employees sue Activision over, you guessed it, money.

Just for Zombies
Werewolf Ninja game with a cool name! Vox Populi, Vox Dei. It's gotta be cool! It is. Try it.

Closing Comments
Well I have begged and I have pleaded but obtaining a PS3 so I can play God of War III is just looking like a bleak mission with no chance of success. *snif* At least I can look forward to playing some other games, but the reviews, videos, and screenshots of GOW3 are going to be hard to resist and will therefore make my plight that much worse to bear. So comment people! At least make this blog seem interesting enough for a comment so that my spirits may be lifted. Thanks!

Modern Warfare 2: After the Patch

I had a short lived strike against the glitch-happy world of Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer. Just 2 days in fact. Over the past 4 days I had a chance to vet the fixes that the patch reportedly fixed. I am glad to say that the care package glitch is indeed fixed. Also the akimbo 1887 shotguns range has apparently been fixed as well since for the first since playing the game, I saw only one player running around with them. I take that as a big sign since shotguns should be used in close range situations anyway. All in all, I am pleased with the changes. How about you? Have you noticed a more balanced game since the patch was applied? Speak my fellow ZoMbiEs!

Modern Warfare 2 Patch for 360 and PS3 (Finally!!)

After 2 weeks Infinity Ward's patch to fix the nefarious glitches currently plaguing MW2 online play has been released to Xbox 360 and PS3 owners.


-thanks to our friends at Modern Warfare 24/7 for letting us know





Here is the official post from @fourzerotwo at IW forums:

We've updated the PS3 & Xbox 360 version of Modern Warfare 2, including the
following fixes:

- Care Package, Emergency Airdrop, and Sentry Gun
marker grenades sprint speed normalized.
- Fix for "infinite care package"
exploit.
- Sentry Guns: Improved placement detection, preventing cases of
Sentry Guns inside geometry.
- Model 1887: Bling using Akimbo and FMJ
combination now has same range and damage as non-Bling Model 1887s.
- Fixes
to prevent various XP hacks (including the prevention of negative XP)

Looks like my MW2 strike will be ending. Just in time for the weekend! w00t!

Modern Warfare 2's Serious Problem

Call of Duty is a great money-making franchise and it has tons of appeal for gamers who enjoy intense FPS games with depth and emphasis on team-work. When Modern Warfare 2 released in November of 2009 it was a landmark event. Gamers everywhere clamored for a copy of the game. As a developer Infinity Ward is a great game studio overall. The initial quality of MW2 is stunning. However, to quote a famous phrase, "Houston, we have a problem." In-game glitching and some unbalanced weapons are infecting online matches and making the gameplay unbearable. At the time of this posting, I am seriously pissed off with the situation. I know IW has a patch forthcoming that is suppose to fix a number of issues, but that doesn't change my mood any right now. Let me run you through a game I participated in last night with some friends: The game type was Sabotage (first time to try this type) and the map was Terminal. 4 of us were working together to achieve the objective of placing a bomb on the enemy target and blowing it up. After just a few minutes, it was apparent that the other team had no intention of playing the game this way. They would defend their target and shoot us when we tried to plant the bomb, but they never once attempted to take the bomb and plant it on our target. Instead, the care packages started to show up. Pretty soon the map was filled with harriers, helicopters, bombers, and missiles. It was ridiculous. At one point, I hit the select button to see what the kill counts were, and almost the entire enemy team had 30+ kills. I had only been shot by an opposing player 3 times the whole match. This my friends, was the notorious 'Care package glitch' in all its awfulness. At one point 3 enemy harriers and 1 Apache were hovering above me and my team. Needless to say, once we figured out what was going on, we left the match. I was furious. From what the forums of my favorite game sites say, its not getting any better. In short, this angry gamer is not playing online anymore, unless its a private match or something set up by my friends, until the patch is released that is suppose to fix this issue and a few others (like the 1887 shotgun range). To help make my point I am embedding a video here for you to watch where Killthrash (an honorable member of 2old2play.com) shows how the care-package glitch is done and as a bonus at 7:30 in the video you will see him get killed by a player with akimbo 1887 shotguns from an absurd range. Here is to hoping that my MW2 strike is short-lived.

Microsoft will suspend Modern Warfare 2 Cheaters

Saw a post on the Xbox forums today that indicated Microsoft will be suspending cheaters in Modern Warfare 2. Looks like its primarily targeted at those who illegitamtely prestiged to level 10 in the game and those who sold the hack to others for $ or MS points. I have a question though, is it a suspension from the game or Xbox live altogether? Hmmmm....

*New* Modern Warfare 2 Patch/Update Coming

Word on the Internet is that a new patch for Modern Warfare 2 is forthcoming for Xbox360. PlayStation 3 owners have already gotten the patch as of this past weekend. No ETA on the 360 release, but it should be soon. The list of fixes are on the IW forums. Go check it out. I am looking forward to this one. The nasty buggers who run around the map with a care-package marker stabbing their foes mindlessly at break-neck speeds will finally get nipped in the bud. I'm all for some knife work during a match, but seriously its a game with a lot of guns in it. Use em.

Large Party Support in Modern Warfare 2 is shabby

A few of my fellow gAmE ZoMbiEs and myself enjoy playing MODW2 together using the party system in-game. However, last night we experienced some frustration trying to get everyone into the same lobby. This is pretty typical with 3 or 4 friends, but last night we had the whole SiR (Shot in the Rear) clan in a party 6 to 7 strong and trying to get everyone together was a nightmare outside of the pre-game lobby. So we started up a private match and toiled around a bit. That particular mode worked without any flaws. Eventually our frustrations led to us splitting up into two groups and attempting to join an existing lobby. After a game or two we eventually met with success and had a grand time. But the whole experience led me to post this complaint (which I will be posting on Infinity Ward's forums) here so all of you can comment with any similar issues. I think a patch or update needs to address this issue so that playing with your friends isn't a chore. Too often the party leader joins a game only to see someone in his party is missing. I understand connection issues can be to blame, but maybe some dedicated servers might help? The move away from dedicated servers was a big deal, especially for PC gamers, but with more people playing parties on Xbox and Playstation it has become a thorn in the side of console users as well. Another peeve I have is if your party is too large (5+) Ground War is all that is available for play. I would like to see the option for team deathmatch but with spliting the players up. We don't always have to play on the same team. At least give us the option. Anyways, its just one gAmE ZoMbIe's take on it. Still had a good time playing...just need to find out how to quit dying. :)