Game Downloads

With the beta out of the way, Day of Defeat: Source has officially introduced its set of new Steamworks features this week. The Palermo update adds 51 achievements, player avatars, Steam Community integration, updated graphical effects, and a new freeze cam. There’s also a new map, Palermo, which is a remixed version of a user-created map (dod_salerno).

First, the less exciting and disappointing news — Criterion announced yesterday that it’s had to delay the Codename: Cagney update for Burnout Paradise on Xbox 360 by four days, meaning it’ll now be released on July 14. PlayStation 3 owners in the USA, Europe and Japan, on the other hand, should be happy to know that the update has been approved by Sony and will be releasing on-time on July 10.

If you’ve played Bad Company for any amount of time, you’ve likely come across any number of issues in the multiplayer mode. (The single-player and its atrocious AI is an entire story in and of itself; don’t get me started on that.) The development team at DICE is committed to addressing the issues, starting with the release of the classic Battlefield game mode, Conquest. The mode (and altered versions of the game’s maps to go along with it) is currently undergoing testing and certification, which is a good sign we won’t have to wait too much longer to see it.

Ubisoft wasn’t particularly clear as to when we could expect the free Rainbow Six Vegas 2 DLC that we found out about last week, but it’s already here — on 360 and PC, at least. The “Gift Pack” DLC includes all sorts of changes and enhancements, as well as three reworked maps, including fan-favorite Calypso Casino.

This is the fourth and final post in our Gears of War 2 Screenshot Extravaganza. Where as part three showed campaign artwork, these are actual screenshots and this time we have more than just pretty pictures, we have some actual multiplayer map descriptions too.

After a nice day off yesterday, which was filled with fireworks, swimming, and drunken shenanigans, I am happy to give you a nice rundown of the demos and patches that hit FileFront this week despite the hangover, repressed memories and the smell of gunpowder still lingering in the air.