The third Title Update for Halo Wars is due to be released in the next few weeks, and Bungie has released patch notes for the update. Some of the main issues fixed include balance changes and general bug fixes. The full list follows:
Balance Changes:
- UNSC Warthogs Gauss cannon damage against tanks and other heavily armored vehicles reduced by 25%
- UNSC Warthogs build time increased by 3 seconds to 25 seconds
- Anders research time bonus decreased to 25% from 50%. Her Research cost bonus remains unchanged at 50%
- Covenant and UNSC turrets have 5% increased health and 5% increased damage
- UNSC Elephants have a 20% more health
- Grenade damage type now has 25% additonal damage against Warthogs and other medium armor ground vehicles.
- Recycle basic cost return fixed to be 50% for constructed buildings.
- Locked down bases when unlocked will now release units inside very quickly, which means that when under attack a player can now build a fighting force while locked down and then release them much more quickly than before
- UNSC Leader powers disabled at the start of Reinforcement Matches
- Players no longer receive points for team killing.
- Self Destructing/Recycling buildings now gives points to opponents
Bug Fixes:
- Players should now find it much easier to play System Link games
- Fixed Covenant Shield Generator Exploit
- Invisible Units should now have invisible health bars
- Players will no longer be able to scout opposing bases by using the area-select tool
Read (Official Halo Wars Community Site)
What you see above is a supposedly leaked concept art image of a new Tomb Raider game that is in the works. Furthermore, the image was accompained by a few details of the game.
Reportedly, the next Tomb Raider game will feature open-world gameplay with a reworked combat system. And, a hint at the game’s plot lets us know that it will be an origin story of Lara Croft showcasing how she came to be.
I don’t know about you guys, but the image art shows a close resemblance to that of what would be featured in a Final Fantasy game. It would make sense considering Tomb Raider’s developer, Eidos, was bought out by Final Fantasy‘s Square Enix.
Read (Joystiq)
Robert Bowling, Community Manager over at Infinity Ward, has recently updated his twitter page letting us know that the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Special Edition will in fact be called the Prestige Edition. Those who have played previous Call of Duty games will recognize this term as it is a prominent part of the game’s online play.
Furthermore, Bowling also notified us that sometime this weekend he will post an unboxing revealing the contents of the Prestige Edition. Let’s just hope that it’s something more creative than your run-of-the-mill art book.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be released for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC on November 10th, 2009.
A while ago we notified you of a 59-foot high Gundam statue that was constructed to celebrate the franchise’s 30th anniversary. Now, Sony has hopped on the same boat constructing a virtual version of the statue and put it on display in the Japanese version of Playstation Home.
Unfortunately, there is no word on a similar statue making its way into the American version of Home. However, this shouldn’t come as a surprise considering the contrast in Gundam‘s popularity in the two regions.
Japanese PS3 owners looking to get a peek of the virtual statue better do so quick as it will only stand in Home from July 11th – July 23rd.
Read (Kotaku)
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Speaking with VideoGamer, producer Ryota Niitsuma revealed that Capcom has no plans in bringing Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All Stars to the Xbox 360 or PS3. However, a sequel is possible if the game performs well in the western market.
“…the game is optimized for the Wii system, especially the graphics features,” Niitsuma explained. “So if we were to port it to PS3 or Xbox 360 we would have to make the game from scratch, and in that case we might as well just make a sequel of the series on those consoles rather than porting it.”
Tatsuonoko vs. Capcom has been out in Japan since December, but will be reaching North American shores this winter for the Wii. As for Europe, no release date has been given.
Read (VideoGamer)
PC gamers should be used to having to wait longer for their content patches by now, but sometimes it’s a good thing. For example, Call of Duty: World at War’s DLC for PC have always been free.
Yesterday, Treyarch Studio’s community manager made a post on the official Call of Duty forums mentioning that Map Pack 2 will be included with the new 1.5 patch, free of charge. The Map Pack 2 has been out for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions since early June.
In case you haven’t checked out the change log for the upcoming patch, the Call of Duty forums have you covered. There is no planned release date for the patch.
Nintendo has been under fire ever since the introduction of the Wii, potentially sacrificing their hardcore gamer audience for a broader, casual audience. Even Mario games have become more simpler to finish than older installments of the franchise. Speaking to Nintendo Power magazine, Shigeru Miyamoto had this to say about the “veteran” appeal of the upcoming Super Mario Galaxy 2:
“I do believe that there is a lot here to appeal to the more veteran and more experienced gamers, and I think it’s a title that they will obviously enjoy, but I really took it into consideration and tried to do our best to create a game that’s accessible to new gamers as well,” Miyamoto explained. “And, you know, we also built it with consideration that we believe that people who played through the first Mario Galaxy have become better players.”
It’s not always about the difficulty of the game, it’s more of an expectation that the developer has for the gamer. If the developers decide that because their audience might not understand some of the concepts presented in the game, then those concepts could be greatly altered and change the overall experience and richness of the game. Miyamoto usually never lets us down and always delivers us fun games, so we can only hope that he is trying his best.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 will be out sometime next year for the Wii.
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Despite announcing a seemingly finalized lineup for the Xbox Live Summer of Arcade, Major Nelson has once again updated his blog, this time notifying us of a change.
Apparantly, instead of TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-shelled launching on July 22nd, ‘Splosion Man will instead take that spot with TMNT launching on August 5th.
Below the updated list:
July 22: ‘Splosion Man 800 Microsoft Points
July 29: Marvel vs. Capcom 2 1200 Microsoft Points
August 5: TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-shelled 1200 Microsoft Points
August 12: Trials HD 1200 Microsoft Points
August 19: Shadow Complex 1200 Microsoft
So, those looking to get their hands on ‘Splosion Man will be able to do so earlier than previously thought.
Even before Michael Jackson‘s recent death rumors were circulating the internet that he and MJJ Productions were working on a new video game featuring the singer.
Now for those of you out there scratching your head at the thought of a new Michael Jackson game, there was a sidescroller entitled Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker released for the Sega Genesis back in 1990 which you can read about here.
Anyways, MJJ Productions has reportedly been working on a new console game for “several months” now featuring Michael and his songs set for release this holiday season. A rep from the Production studio was quoted to have said the following:
“I am sure it will still be released. Michael loved games.”
Now all we need to know is a exact release date and what console(s) it’s for.
Read (MCVUK)
