Tim Sexton, one of the writers for Children of Men, is also involved in the project. The $8-10 million project is said to be a prequel to Future Soldier’s story. This prequel sets up the story for The Ghosts, a squad of U.S special forces.

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is due for release this holiday. The short film hasn’t been dated yet.

The second iteration of the workout game will be released for Ps3, Wii, iPhone and iPod Touch this fall. Surprisingly, the 360 is not included in the lineup, as Natal seems ideal for this sort of game. Maybe it will be introduced later as part of a bundle.

An ‘online hub to track and share workout data’ will be made available too, with options to download more workouts and tracks.

 Microsoft say that the bundle is available until supplies last.

Yesterday the U.S. and Europe got their hands on with Final Fantasy III which was released in Japan in December of 2009, and what surprises me the most is that although the game only came out yesterday, it already sold 3 million units (PS3 and 360) in the U.S. and Europe combined, that’s a very impressive number.  My congrats to you Square!

5 Million copies sold!

“A new generation of FORMULA ONE games will come to high definition consoles and PC later this year as Codemasters® today announced that F1 2010 will be released this September for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft®, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and PC Games For Windows®.

As the official game of the 2010 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™, F1 2010 will include all of the official teams, drivers and circuits from the coming season. F1 2010 will feature the return of seven times FORMULA 1 Drivers’ World Champion Michael Schumacher, the introduction of several new teams, and the brand new Korean International Circuit that will host the 2010 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX.

The September launch will see F1 2010 become the first official FORMULA ONE game to appear for Xbox 360 and marks the return of FORMULA ONE to PC after an eight year absence. The arrival of the HD editions of FORMULA ONE follows Codemasters’ extremely successful launch of F1 2009 for Wii and PSP, which became a top five best seller throughout the past holiday period.

In F1 2010 gamers will take on the full, expanded grid in a variety of game modes including GRAND PRIX, Championship, Time Trial and an extensive, innovative Career mode. F1 2010 will also feature a highly advanced damage model, fully dynamic weather system and extensive competitive multiplayer options.

In production at Codemasters Studios Birmingham, F1 2010 is being developed using the EGO Game Technology Platform, Codemasters’ proprietary tech that powered the critically acclaimed, million-plus selling Colin McRae: DiRT 2 and Race Driver: GRID. The award-winning technology has been further developed to accurately recreate the unique aerodynamics and handling of 200MPH+ FORMULA ONE cars. The tech combined with Codemasters’ unprecedented access to FORMULA ONE teams and drivers will ensure that F1 2010 delivers the most authentic FORMULA ONE racing experience yet. F1 2010 will be released September 2010 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Games for Windows.”

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To promote the new map pack, a new viral site has been put up called mapathy.com, creating a new word and the site will presumably have updates regadring the new DLC.  Currently the only info know on the DLC is the date of its release and that it will include multiplayer maps.  Here is the viral ad and definition of mapathy:

With the original two presidents of Infinity Ward having been laid off by Activision, the direction of the company seems to be blurry.  One thing is for sure, Activision will try to suck up as much money from gamers for as long as they can, having one of the best selling games of all time under their belt.  With that said, Activision has now added a third developer on the bill to create Call of Duty games.  Game Developer Sledgehammer will be making another Call of Duty game to be released in 2011.  Developer TreyArch will continue their work with a rumored Vietnam Call of Duty game to be released Fall of this year.

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“I am thrilled to be back on the PlayStation.Blog to share some exciting news. Tomorrow we will be launching PlayStation Home 1.35, a new client update that will include some very significant enhancements that will make your PlayStation Home experience even better.

This update will bring several of the changes that you, the PlayStation Home community, have said are most important to you. Most notably, this update features faster load times, giving you quicker access to PlayStation Home and all the great content within. The new 1.35 update also enhances the login process. Now, once you have launched into PlayStation Home from the XMB, you will be transported directly to a new intuitive navigator, without the need to click through message screens.”

Improvements Include:

• Favorites: Personalize your own section to make locating your favorite places quick and simple.
• Personal Spaces: Your clubhouses and personal spaces are now right at your fingertips. The personal spaces you own and the clubhouses you belong to will be viewable in one convenient location.
• Friends: Finding your friends in PlayStation Home has never been easier. View the current location of your friends in PlayStation Home, and then navigate there to enjoy the action together.
• Explore: Browse all the spaces PlayStation Home offers. Finding a space that suites your taste and mood has never been easier.
• Recommend: Keep up with what’s hot in PlayStation Home. This regularly updated category will feature the newest and most exciting additions to PlayStation Home.

The Good: Better than the sum of its parts, stunning visuals, decent single player campaign, incredibly rewarding and addicting multiplayer, stellar sound

The Bad: Relies heavily on teamwork, some server issues yet to be fixed on PC version, some sound bugs

You creep down the side of a building, listening for movement. Suddenly, a rifle shot slices through the air millimetres above your head, so you sprint to the nearest cover- behind a wooden fence. A tank rolls around the corner and blasts your precious cover into smithereens. Smoke and dust engulfs you, as you peer through the haze to see the tank gunner lining you up. Quickly pulling out your RPG, you fire a rocket straight into its side armour, blowing it into smithereens.

These are the kind of moments that happen all the time in Bad Company 2, and that’s what makes it such a thrilling and engaging game to play.

The single player in Bad Company 2 has taken a massive overhaul since the last game. It’s much more linear this time around, so you don’t have the freedom to choose how you carry out each objective. This works to the game’s credit though, as it is made up by the cinematic and engaging gameplay. You play as a grunt in a misfit group of soldiers on a hunt for a secret Japanese weapon that the Russians are tracking down for their own diabolical uses- it’s a heavily clichéd story, but a functioning one. You travel from snowy mountains to rich jungles, and there is a healthy mix of on-rails vehicle action and straight up tactical shooting.

The AI has taken a step up too; no longer can they see you from ungodly distances. You can now sneak up on them, and once in a fight they will take cover, throw grenades and advance on your position. The difficulty settings are a little bit under developed though- higher difficulty settings just seem to make them do more damage per bullet, rather than actually making them smarter.

Of course, one of the big draws of the game is the new Destruction 2.0 system. Whereas in the previous game, you could only destroy walls and bits of roof, now you can level entire buildings with a (few) well placed mortar strikes. This creates a whole new dynamic to the gameplay, as destroying a building the enemy is holed up in will kill all and any inhabitants. Taking cover behind a flimsy sheet of steel or wood is also risky, as a heavy MG will make short work of it.

The multiplayer is what Battlefield is all about though, and it delivers the goods and then some. There are 4 modes (that might seem a little paltry to Modern Warfare 2’s 10 modes, but what it lacks in quantity it more than makes up for in quality), and each one offers a unique experience. Rush is very similar to the last game’s Gold Rush, in that there is an attacking and defending team. The attackers attempt to destroy two small MCOM stations, and when they are destroyed another section of the map opens up, and the defenders are forced to retreat. There’s also a Conquest mode which is a simple base capture.

The last two game modes offer up some unique experiences though; Squad Deathmatch and Squad Rush. These modes have several squads of four players running around trying to complete their own objectives. The cool thing here though, is that you are effectively fighting 4vs12. This means that you could stumple across a skirmish between two teams, wait until they have softened each other up a bit, then move in to mop up.

The controls and general feel to the game is nicely done. All the weapons have a bit of weight to them, and they all carry much more recoil than you may be used to, which means less sparying n’ praying and more controller bursts. The fact that multiplayer opponents will easily absorb half a clip to the torso without going down also means that there is an emphasis on headshots. The spotting button is nicely placed on the PC (‘Q’), but console users may have a little difficulty hitting the Select or Back buttons.

Graphics in Bad Company 2, particularly on the PC, are stunning. Anyone priveliged enough to be able to take advantage of 3D vision or Dx11 is in for a treat, with HBAO looking particularly good. Even on a fairly modest quad core and 4850, I achieved solid 60FPS averages, and have not once hit a lag spike related to graphical hitches.

Bad Company 2 is simply a game you have to get if you like FPS’s. It has taken some really unique aspects of gameplay, given them a Battlefield twist and done a spit shine all over- this is a definitive shooter experience.

And so I would like to finish with a video every Bad Company 2 player should watch;

NOTE: CLICK THE IMAGE TO SEE IT IN HIGH DEFINITION