Ever since Line Rider made its way onto the internet back in 2006 its been a huge success even seeing a retail release for the Wii and Nintendo DS, among other platforms.

Well, it seems that Sparkworkz hasn’t abandoned the Flash version completely as they have just updated the game to beta 3. This new version adds the ability to send 2 riders simultaneously down a user created track. Additionally, beta 3 adds a new line for deceleration and all new camera options.

Check it out here.

Battlefield Heroes is a completely free to play game so it was generally assumed that EA wouldn’t be putting much effort into release additional content for it. However, considering the game’s success EA has gone ahead and released the Heroes of the Fall content pack for the game.

The change list, included after the break, is quite long with some notable features being the all new Riverside Rush map, new items and a whole slew of bug fixes.

General Changes

• A New Map! “Riverside Rush”
• New Items and bundles
• End Of Round Screen now shows your Total HP, VP, BF and XP!
• You will now get Assist Kill credit for kills you were a large part of, but where you didn’t do the final damage
• Added a new system for selecting server locales for situations where ping failed. Now you can set your region on the update profile on the website. Should fix lag problems for quite some people
• You now gain titles starting at level 10, your title appears in the nametag and on your profile on the web
• When you receive health or repair a vehicle, the HUD will now tell you how much on the icons themselves
• Vehicle vs. vehicle collision should now feel better
• Removed fire delay when entering a tank
• Tweaked the nametags a bit so they should be more readable and appear in more natural situations
• Piercing Shot no longer allows for critical hits
• Hero Shield is now shared with nearby friends
• Frenzy now returns some health to the wielder
• Keg explosion now slows its victims

Game Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where sometimes vehicles would not spawn properly
• Fixed a black screen issue when you attempted to join a friend or bookmark on a different version
• Fixed a bug where sometimes the vehicles would not explode properly
• Fixes a crash with related to Character Names
• Fixed a bug that caused grenade spam to disappear if you switched too quickly to Burning Bullets
• Fixed a bug where a kill from troop trap gave the wrong message
• Fixed a ton of Text bugs
• Fixed a camera bug that allowed for view inside buildings
• Fixed a bug with Emotes, allowing you to use emotes you were not supposed to
• Fixed a HUD bug, where text would appear in wrong colours
• Fixed a bug that caused you to auto reload, even though you had it turned off
• Fixed a bug where if killed while in parachute, the character would look broken
• Fixed a bug where some key mappings didn’t show up correctly in the Tutorial
• Fixed a bug where you would get stuck if you did not have any weapons equipped
• Removed a “pregame” message in tutorial
• Fixed several Server Crashes
• Fixed a bug where you could type in green
• Fixed a bug where sometimes the in game score and end of round score were displayed incorrectly
• Fixed a bug where score received from flags wasn’t accurate
• Fixed a XP exploit
• Fixed a Visual bug where Combat Medicine would not remove the effects from Burning Bullets
• Fixed a bug with Hero shield , bandage and wrench timer where it kept going even though you had burnt
• through your shield
• Fixed a bug where you could blast strike a friend in e vehicle if he was in a passenger seat
• Fixed a bug where I eats grenades didn’t eat all explosives

Updater

• Fixed various bugs with admin/not admin/UAC install
• Will now reinstall game if local version is too old
• Should now handle PunkBuster better

Game Menu

• Added easy links when completing missions and other events that takes you to the relevant screen
• Replaced online/offline icons in the Friends Screen
• Fixed a bug where the use count on Widgets sorted wrong so it wouldn’t show
• Friend menu will now only show status of mutual relationships (you have to accept a friend invite)

Removed adding a friend through the game menu – this will be managed on the website from now on

It seems that the guy who founded DICE, Fredrik Liljengren has moved onto bigger and better things with his latest game studio, Antic Entertainment. You may be familiar with DICE as the studio behind Battlefield: Bad Company and Battlefield: 1943.

Anyways, Antic Entertainment is to be a studio that specializes in free-to-play games with their first title being Junk: Battles. This browser based RTS will let players create their own ship and then duke it out against other players as they collect parts to upgrade said ship.

If you want to read more about Junk: Battles and Antic Entertainment, head over to the game’s official website here.

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Of course, we have absolutely no details regarding the DLC pack but chances are Rocksteady or Warner Bros. will come clean sometime within the next couple of days.

The above screen shot was taken at the Games Crazy Con that recently went on in Las Vegas where Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling took the main stage to give us a live demo of the game. Sure, the screen shot is blurry but you can definitely make out duel wielded Desert Eagles if you look close enough.

Not to mention the below Tweet from Bowling’s Twitter:

Just walked off stage. Crowd was amazing, went insane chanting “pick it up!” when I stumbled over Dual-wield Deagles. lol – Akimbo confirmed

Modern Warfare 2 will hit store shelve for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on November 10th of this year.

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If you already have Gears of War 2 (like you should), be sure to check out our Dark Corners DLC review.

For those of you who are already Crysis fans, a 3vs3 PowerStruggle Tournament, powered by Multiplay, has been detailed, along with an interesting interview with Senior Sound Designer Florian Fusslin.

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The reason behind the delay was to “ensure that we can support the massive increase in players that we are expecting and deliver them a free to play experience like none other.”

DDO Unlimited lifts the level cap, introduces a new player class, and has includes more content.

Two new demos were also added into the mix, featuring a Madden NFL 10 demo and a Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2 demo.

Speaking of Watchmen, the full version of Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2 also released today, retailing at $14.99. Spec Ops: Airborne Commando was also added to the PSOne classics.

A good amount of DLC was also added, ranging from Dynasty Warriors to Rag Doll Kung Fu. Here’s the full list:

• Rag Doll Kung Fu Time Saver DLC ($1.99)
• Cross Edge Enigma Synth Pack (1) (free)
• Cross Edge Hero Pack ($0.99)
• Cross Edge It’ll Come in Handy Pack ($0.99)
• Cross Edge This is Equipment Pack ($0.99)
• Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires Eclectic Armor Set (men) (free)
• Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires Norse Armor Set (men) (free)
• Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires Priestess Armor Set (women) (free)
• Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires Valkyrie Armor Set (women) (free)
• Guitar Hero songs
• Rock Band songs
• Katamari Forever and Noby Noby Boy Themes (free)
• G.I. Joe Rise Of The Cobra: Cobra Theme ($0.99)
• G.I. Joe Rise Of The Cobra: G.I. Joe Theme ($0.99)
• Harry Potter XMB Theme Pack ($1.99)
• College Football Themes (x5) (Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State, Nebraska and Wisconsin) ($1.99 each)
• Killzone 2 DLC Bundle Pack Trailer
• MAG Developer Diary 3
• MAG Developer Diary 4
• Dark Void Composer Interview
• Unbound Saga Between the Panels Issue 1
• God of War III Wallpapers (x3)
• Brave Story: New Traveler ($14.99) (also available from PS3 storefront)
• Pocket Pool ($9.99) (also available from PS3 storefront)
• Strikers 1945 Plus ($11.99) (also available from PS3 storefront)

Oh yeah, a bunch of Guitar Hero and Rock Band tracks were also added. But you already knew that.

Here is the full changelog:

• Fixed lightning gun sound, no more loud enemies.
• Added team_say for spectators so they can chat only among spectators.
• Increased the speed of nailgun nails.
• The powerups now spawn at the same time after match start.
• cg_lagometer 2 will now display the client ping estimation along with the standard lag-o-meter graph.
• cg_chatBeep allows you to enable/disable the audible beep when you receive a message.
• cg_teamChatBeep allows you to enable/disable the audible beep when you receive a message from a teammate.
• cg_selfOnTeamOverlay toggles whether you see yourself in the team overlay.
• cg_fov lower limit is now 10.
• Changed demo autorecord naming to more easily sort and locate.
• cg_autoaction 0-3
  0 – do nothing
  1 – auto record demo
  2 – auto record a screenshot at end of game
  3 – auto record demo and screenshot
• cl_autoRecordDemo has been removed in favor of the new cg_autoaction system.
• cl_demoRecordMessage 0/1 allows you to toggle the “RECORDING…” message on the hud when recording a demo.
• cl_conTimestamps can now display values in game time.
  0 – Do nothing
  1 – Show values in game time (affected by cg_levelTimerDirection)
  2 – Show values in servertime
• Fix for several keys becoming unbound (2,e,u,o,s,m)
• Spectators will no longer get the “Internal combustion” message upon respawn after following a player that was mined.
• Fix for a dropweapon bug that could cause other players in the game to auto switch to another weapon.
• Removed setu/sets commands.
• Fix for odd sv_maxclients values.
• Warmup delay is now disabled for bot games.
• Zoomed fov calculation now takes aspect ratio into account.
• Some FireFox users were experiencing crashes while loading into maps, these issues have been resolved.

Competition mode changes:

• Added support for limiting the amount of timeouts called, and configuring their default duration. Time outs remaining are indicated on the team scoreboards.
• Server owners can deop other clients with the ‘deop’ command.
• Pause and Timeout events print to the console.

• Don King Boxing
• Mario and Sonic: Olympic Games
• Sonic Unleashed
• MadWorld
• Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party
• Shaun White Snowboarding Road Trip
• Wario Land: Shake It
• Wii Music
• Animal Crossing: City Folk – Game Only
• My Fitness Coach
• Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
• Excitebots: Trick Racing – Game Only

Not exactly your triple-a titles, but hey, it’s a free game. Wario Land: Shake It is a pretty damn fun game, too. Anyways, the offer began today and will last until July 26th.

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Tripwire also mentioned that they are planning a paid DLC for the zombie FPS, which will feature four new playable characters, two of which are “a Horzine foundry worker and a soldier in prototype Horzine body armor.”

Right now, Killing Floor is only available via Steam, where it competes with fellow zombie shooter Left 4 Dead. For people who can’t handle the bandwidth, the game will be available in stores worldwide soon.

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Soldier Front is run on a free-to-play model, with the option to purchase game currency for paid content. The game is published on ijji, NHN USA’s game portal website. You can grab it for free over at the official website in a quick 300MB download.

I’ve played the game and I can say that it’s definitely not worth to buy the special weapons and such, but it’s worth a go in case you want a pick-me-up FPS.

Ubisoft is one of the first to do this, and have already launched an application, TickTock, for the site. The application isn’t exactly a game, but more of a trivia challenge of how well you know your friends. Some type of bomb is created by you and six of your friends have to defuse it in order for you to win by answering trivia questions about your friends. The concept is very refreshing in a sea of Facebook applications (e.g. the very offensive Own Your Friends).

“We’re going to try to make best applications for Facebook, just like we make the best applications for the Xbox 360 and Wii,” said Laurent Detoc, president of Ubisoft North America.

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The game itself has very low system requirements and looks pretty fun, so there’s no real excuse not to try it out. Right now, the publisher is not offering any premium cash services, so if you want to take advantage of the game in its most balanced form, now is the time.

For American gamers, the game is already out of its beta stage and can be downloaded over at the North American Rumble Fighter site.

Select organizations will now be able to launch private servers directly from the official Quake Live website, meaning league play will become a lot easier to handle. These private servers will “include extensive competition features such as calling timeouts, locking teams, aborting matches and designating match referees.”

New commands and prerequisites for game modes have also been added, making customization go even further with the game. Several user interface changes have also been made to the website.

Make the jump for the very extensive changelog.

Code Changes:

• Competition features (calling timeouts, locking teams, referees) available in private servers
• Wood footsteps (present on QZCA3 – Quarantine).
• Raw mouse mode performance optimizations.
• Added cl_mouseSensCap (default 0/disabled) to cap the mouse speed if you are using acceleration. Pass it an equivalent sensitivity with no acceleration value, and the acceleration code will not go beyond that.
• The game can’t start right away after a map change, in order to let everyone get in and participate in votes (g_warmupDelay).
• CTF requires 2v2 before starting.
• cg_marks no longer disables cg_shadows.
• handicap in instagib is now disabled.
• r_subdivisions limited to either 4 or 80.
• Flag capture time is reported with milliseconds.
• Flag items are no longer predicted (fixes ghost pickup sounds).
• pro TDM config MG start ammo at 50
• cg_forceEnemyModel/cg_forceTeamModel now honored while spectating a player
• cg_forceBlueTeamModel/cg_forceRedTeamModel added (For shoutcasters, cmds override cg_forceEnemyModel/cg_forceTeamModel)
• spec command:
  spec fc – follow/cycle through flag carriers
  spec blue – follow/cycle through blue team
  spec red – follow/cycle through red team
  (more options on the way)
• cg_followPowerup now supports a value of 2, which will not switch to a lesser power-up if already following a flag carrier
• cg_followKiller issue in Clan Arena fixed
• fixes for several possible flag dupe cases in CTF
• spwin/splose/testgun cmds removed (exploit/griefing)
• callvote VO fixed (vote now/vote passed vo played in unison)
• Bitterman drowning sound added/fixed

Web Changes:

• The plugin upgrade and installation has been revamped, and you should no longer need to restart your browser during an update (some IE issues still being worked out).
• 24 awards are making a comeback and will start being awarded again!
• The match detail tooltips have been revamped, now allowing you to sort the list by each field. In addition it should be easier to toggle “Quitters / Switchers” now.
• All matches in the server browser will now show the country flag and corresponding city name for the location where the server is running.
• Dropdown menus have been added to the top-level navigation bar, allowing easy access to many parts of the site.
• A new option to “Show Private Matches” has been added to the Server Browser “Customize” pane. This option will toggle back and forth between showing only public or only private matches.
• While the player is in-game various features on the website will go into “sleep mode” in order to reduce the amount of resources used. This change is to help certain players who were having problems with the game stuttering while playing due to website activity.
• Created a new prompt system is used for all fatal errors and other cases where info needs to be presented to the player.
• Match tooltips will now show server name, allowing you to see where the server is located from your friends list.
• You can now toggle whether to show chat timestamps in your “Edit My Profile” page
• Added an icon that is now stamped onto matches in a player’s profile when they have won a particular game.
• Fixed a number of problems with cvars and binds not being saved or restored. Players should no longer need to use an autoexec.cfg to have their settings persist.
• Fixed a problem that was preventing the “Link to this match” button from working in IE8.
• Fixed a problem where clicking on a model icon on your friends list would take you to an undefined profile.
• Fixed a problem where the player could be stuck on the “Quake Live is Loading” screen when an error occurs during the initial site load.
• Fixed a problem where many pages were missing page titles.

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EA has revealed a new trailer for the game, this time with a catchy song and full on robot dances. The trailer gives brief, humorous descriptions about the classes in the game and dazzles you with a bunch of bright colors. Anyways, the trailer is pretty entertaining so check it out.

Already with one million players, Battlefield Heroes is looking to be a very popular free-to-play game. Be sure to check out our review on Battlefield Heroes in case FPS veterans are iffy on the cartoony presentation of the game.

Battlefield Heroes was only recently unleashed onto the public and already EA and DICE are announcing that the game officially has over 1 million players. The game’s success could probably in part be attributed to the fact that it’s free to play. Of course, if you want to customize your characters in any way you’ll have to fork over some cash as the game’s business model is completely based around micro-transactions.

General Manager of the Battlefield Heroes team, Ben Cousins, commented on the  game’s early success:

“The team is really proud to have hit 1 million registrations at this early stage. Creating a character and gameplay experience that is totally yours is what sets this game apart – your hero can be anything from a bazooka-toting pirate, a grenade-throwing ninja or even a mime assassin!”

If you haven’t already checked out the game yourself be sure to take a glance at our Battlefield Heroes review to see what we thought of it.

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Capcom, Metaboli, and GameTap have teamed up to bring Street Fighter II: Champion Edition to your web browser. The arcade game has been recreated in Flash by Dotemu, in honor of the recent PC release of Street Fighter IV.

Street Fighter II includes 12 playable characters: Ryu, Ken, Honda, Chun-li, Blanka, Guile, Zangief, Dhalsim, Balrog, Vega, Sagat and M.Bison. All of the regular perks of the game are still in the game, including memorable car bashing and such.

The game itself plays pretty smoothly, but if you’re a real stickler, you will notice some slowdown in response times. You can play the game here.