09 Dec

With Microsoft becoming the latest console maker to offer a rewards system, Sony is seeking to differentiate its own plan with an integration of specific “quests.” Similar to trophies, these mini-missions will have players completing tasks for progress towards certain rewards like dynamic dashboard themes, avatars and the like. Examples released so far include “Check […]

03 Dec

‘Nerd Fest’, a series of Call of Duty: Black Ops tournaments hosted at the Sacramento Public Library, has become a target of a bit of controversy. Local veterans groups have claimed the tournaments are inappropriate for the public space, members from Veterans for Peace and Grandmothers for Peace have protested the last event of the […]

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 […]