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Ghostbusters Gets Downloadable Sequel

03 Dec

2009’s Ghostbusters may have not been as big a financial success as Atari was banking on, but the company still countered the rumors against it by confirming a sequel for the game earlier this week. Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime is a Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, and PC release aimed at Spring of 2011. The top-down shooter will cast players again as the voiceless rookie Ghostbuster from the last installment, as well as bring back the stellar voice cast from the original films. Also rumored is the first playable driving mission featuring the famous Ecto-4WD.

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EA Creates Community Challenge to Unlock New Map in BC2: Vietnam

03 Dec

EA has announced that it will release a new map for the upcoming multiplayer-expansion pack of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 after the community has completed a global challenge. The challenge, which requires players to perform a total of 69 million team actions, will unlock the “Operation Hastings” map for Bad Company 2: Vietnam. This map was previously included with Battlefield: Vietnam, which was released in 2004.

Every time a player revives a fallen comrade, resupplies or heals an ally, repairs a friendly vehicle, or simply spots an enemy player, players will contribute to the completion of the overall challenge. Progression of the challenge will be separate for each platform on which the expansion pack is released: PC, Playstation 3, or Xbox 360.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam will be released on December 21st, but customers who purchase the PC through the EA store will be able to play the game early, on December 18th. (more…)

Microsoft/Sony Patent New Touch Screen Tech

02 Dec

Both Microsoft and Sony have filed new patents reveal possible plans for new touch screen-enabled devices. Sony’s patent is for a device with “the visual display is disposed on a front side of the case and the touch pad is disposed on a back side of the case.” The two-screen layout is supposedly meant to combat the problem in which “the user’s fingers often obscure the part that is to be selected making selection difficult.” The patent falls in line with current rumors of a PSP2, but brings us nowhere closer to a confirmation.

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