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Team Fortress 2 Free Weekend, Demoman/Soldier Update

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:27:24 +1100

A new update for Team Fortress 2 is about to land, offering updates for both the Demoman (sword and shield) and the Soldier, who gets a new rocket:

...the Direct Hit has a 70% smaller blast radius than a traditional rocket launcher. But the rockets that come out of this thing move fast and hit hard: 80% faster and with 25% more destructive force. Best of all, for you real sharpshooters, the Direct Hit guarantees mini-crits on airborne targets.

A free weekend is about to kick off as well, giving you the chance to take the new changes for a test drive - so (if you haven't got the game already) start pre-loading and get ready for a weekend of TF2 mayhem.

Assassin's Creed 2 DLC Release and Pricing Details

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:45:48 +1100

Ubisoft have sent through a trailer, new screens and release and pricing information for the forthcoming debut of Assassin's Creed 2 DLC, which will feature 2 new Memory Sequences, Battle of Forli ($5.30) and Bonfire of the Vanities ($6.60).

Sequence 12: Battle of Forli - Available end of Jan
Assassin's Creed II Sequence 12: Battle of Forli expands the Assassin's Creed II experience by delivering a missing piece of the storyline. Join Machiavelli and Caterina Sforza to defend Forli from the Orsi Brothers. Accomplish a daring rescue and prevent the Piece of Eden from falling into the hands of the Templars. Uncover new depths to the historical conspiracy by gaining access to six challenging new memories. Pilot Leonardo's flying machine across Romagna.

Sequence 13: Bonfire of the Vanities - Available end of Feb
A must for Assassin's fans, Assassin's Creed II Sequence 13: Bonfire of the Vanities continues to expand the addictive AC2 universe. Work with Machiavelli to free the city of Florence from the grip of the mad monk Savonarola by targeting influential citizens under his control. Battle, sneak and free-run your way through more than ten challenging new memories. Discover a new district of Florence, and utilize Ezio's brand new move: the spring-jump.

We have the new trailer available for you to check out right here, while the new screens can be viewed directly below (click each for a larger view).

Kane & Lynch 2 Debut Trailer

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:45:45 +1100

We've known about IO Interactive's Kane & Lynch sequel for quite some time, but they've been pretty tip-lipped on actual media from the game. That hasn't changed today with the release of the debut trailer, which doesn't show much more than the previous teasers.

Today's clip is a rather obnoxious cinematic that presumably sets up the scene for the new game. It's not family friendly and potentially NSFW, so we won't embed it. You'll have to Click over this way if you want to check it out.

Love them or hate them, they're back! Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is a raw and brutal crime shooter designed to take players on an intense and unforgiving experience, following two of gaming's most authentic and realistic criminals through the gritty Shanghai underworld. Get a glimpse of the stark circumstances facing the world's two most notorious criminals in the highly-charged debut trailer and witness the events prior to their bare-knuckle exploits in Dog Days

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is in the works for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 for a yet-to-be-determined 2010 release date.

More Bad Company 2 Multiplayer Madness in Panama Canal Trailer

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:30:52 +1100

EA and DICE have released a new video for the much anticipated Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The latest clip shows off a freshly revealed "Panama Canal" map featuring gameplay action in the "conquest" multiplayer mode.

Click here to watch the video or just hit play on the embed below.

Battlefield Bad Company 2 is expected on March 5 2010 for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. A PC mutliplayer beta is scheduled for "early next year" and demos for all platforms have been promised prior to release.

Extended Gameplay in new Command and Conquer 4 Trailer

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:22:36 +1100

EA have released a new trailer for Command and Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight, this time actually offering a good overview of the game as opposed to the previous cinematic videos and minor gameplay snippets.

This latest clip runs over five minutes and features "Transport Down", an early scenario in the game's GDI campaign, narrated by lead designer Sam Bass.

Watch it right here on AusGamers.

Command and Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight is poised for a March 14 2010 release on PC.

Red Dead Redemption Preview

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:06:40 +1100

We took a look at the game quite a whiles back, and in typical Rockstar fashion, they haven't stopped working on it or polishing it, meaning the latest preview we were given offered even more compelling evidence to utterly want and need this game.

Seeing two new missions, some side-missions, more of the game-world life on offer, new locales and a glimpse at some of the high-action sequences we'll be playing through next year on April 30th definitely made for some great viewing. This one is for lovers of big game-worlds, intense story-lines and westerns.

Click here for our full preview.

Napoleon: Total War Preview

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:04:39 +1100

AusGamers was lucky enough to check out a recent preview session for The Creative Assembly's forthcoming Total War update, Napoleon: Total War, and walked away verily excited at what we saw.

While Stormrise might be best forgotten, there's no denying these guys know this franchise better than their own hands, and the improvements over Empire: Total War are an excellent example of that.

It's by no means a massive revolution over the aforementioned game, but we argue it's looking better anyway.

Click here for our in-depth preview.

Goodbye EA, Hello Bethesda - Rage

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:54:21 +1100

It seemed like an up-in-the-air situation anyway, post-Bethesda id buyout, but no one really knew what the go with id's forthcoming post-apocalyptic shooter, Rage, was since it was initially being published by EA.

However, news came across the AusGamers virtual desk this morning that appears to indicate Bethesda have taken everything of id, lock, stock and rageing megatextures.

According to Bethesda's interim PR guys, this has not affected anything externally in the game's development, we can just expect a Bethesda sticker on it in place of an EA one.

Spike TV Videogame Awards Trailers

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:52:35 +1100

Fast becoming THE entertainment event of the videogames industry that not only offers accolades to the year's best games and their creators, but also stands as an end-of-year platform for massive year-approaching AAA releases and reveals, the Spike TV Videogame Awards this year had a massive list of games to get us all excited for, all of which we've nabbed and posted locally to AusGamers for your viewing pleasure.

Without getting too bogged down in excited hyperbole (because some of these rule), here're the trailers:

Batman: Arkham Asylum 2
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Medal of Honor
True Crime
Spec Ops: The Line (Director's Cut trailer available here)
Tron: Evolution
Crackdown 2
Halo Reach

That's all we have for you here, however, there were three more revealed which can only be found over at Game Trailers, and these are the awesome Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2, Greenday Rock Band and Deadliest Warrior.

Splinter Cell: Conviction Special Edition Revealed (plus multiplayer preview)

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:22:23 +1100

Ubisoft have given us a glimpse at the special collector's edition of Splinter Cell we'll be able to grab here in Australia when the game is released on February 25 for both PC and Xbox 360. The pack, pictured here on AusGamers, will feature:

An exclusive Sam Fisher statue
Infiltration Mode : Eliminate all hostiles in the mission area without being detected
A special playable skin: Shadow Armor
Early access to 3 weapons: SC300, SR2 and MP5
The official Splinter Cell Conviction Soundtrack (more than 17 tracks)

They've also revealed from December 17, a preview of the game's multiplayer will be available to check out on Xbox Live for everyone.

For more Splinter Cell: Conviction info, click here.

A trailer showcasing the Collector's Edition contents can now be found here: