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DECEMBER 2009

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Dec 1, 2009 20:49 (99 days ago)	Outpostgamez		136
Battlefield Heroes Update Battlefield Heroes Nov 30th Server Updates, New and Improved, Powerful Knives and Mayhem Map has finally been named!
Dec 1, 2009 21:23 (99 days ago)	Outpostgamez		108
Left 4 Dead 2 Sells 2mill copies Valve's zombie-slayin' extravaganza sees strong sales in a month packed with mega-popular sequels.
Dec 1, 2009 21:29 (99 days ago)	Outpostgamez		126
Startrek Online - Massive Tuesday Update Greetings everyone, today is Tuesday and we have an massive amount of news coverage related to Startrek Online, from that of space combat, Caption fest and some international sites that have conduc [...]
Dec 2, 2009 13:20 (99 days ago)	Outpostgamez		429
BFBC2 \| BF1943 PC Specs Revealed A lot of you have been asking for the minimum hardware specs to run Frostbite games, more specifically for Battlefield Bad Company 2 & Battlefield 1943's minimum requirements, and today is the luck [...]
Dec 2, 2009 13:24 (99 days ago)	Outpostgamez		218
DICE lighting artist lists ME2 \| BF3 on portfolio While it was confirmed back on June 10 that Battlefield 3 was in development we now have some more proof that it exists. The guys at Joystiq discovered that Battlefield 3 is listed on a DICE lighti [...]
Dec 2, 2009 13:31 (99 days ago)	Outpostgamez		125
Battlefield 2142 v1.51 Fixes & Map Screenshots Over on the EA UK forums, DICE Associate Producer Barrie Tingle answered some more questions about the Battlefield 2142 v1.51 patch. Map designer, Jason Brice posted up two screenshots of one of th [...]
Dec 2, 2009 14:07 (99 days ago)	Outpostgamez		302
Medal of Honor \| Afganistan \| Modern Warfare LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medal of Honor� returns to the front lines, this time in today�s war. For the first time in the franchise�s 10-year history, Medal of Honor is leaving the WWII theatre [...]
Dec 2, 2009 14:17 (99 days ago)	Outpostgamez		304
Infinity Ward bans MW2 PC cheaters Infinity Ward has started clamping down on naughty gamers who flout the rules in Modern Warfare 2 for PC.
Dec 2, 2009 14:20 (99 days ago)	Outpostgamez		191
Update: BFHeroes \| Payment purchase Changes EA's DICE has changed the item pricing structure for its free-to-player shooter Battlefield Heroes, reducing the real-money cost of items while making their cost to rent or buy with in-game currenc [...]
Dec 2, 2009 14:27 (99 days ago)	Outpostgamez		132
Afghanistan setting for next Medal of Honor Electronic Arts has chosen Afghanistan for the setting of the next in its Medal of Honor franchise, as the company looks to reboot the first-person shooter under the shadow of Activision's Call of [...]
Dec 2, 2009 14:29 (99 days ago)	Outpostgamez		106
EA targets 40 game releases for 2010 Electronic Arts has said that it will release around 40 titles in the next financial year, down from the 50-plus released during fiscal 2009.
Dec 2, 2009 14:33 (99 days ago)	Outpostgamez		119
Mirror Edge 2 Spill Again? It's highly likely that DICE's senior lighting artist Oscar Carlen has accidentally confirmed the development of Mirror's Edge 2.
Dec 2, 2009 16:30 (98 days ago)	Outpostgamez		126
STO \| Bridges Revealed MMORPG's Dana Massey just posted his Bridge and Bridge Officers preview today. Give it a read here.
Dec 2, 2009 18:10 (98 days ago)	Outpostgamez		343
Three kingdoms Online Goes Live on December 3rd! The highly anticipated browser game based on ancient Chinese history, Three Kingdoms Online, is releasing its English version at 18:00 PST on the 3rd of December.
Dec 2, 2009 18:42 (98 days ago)	Outpostgamez		114
Startrek Online \| Wednesday \| Multiple Interviews Our Czech friends at MMOGames.cz interviewed Executive Producer Craig Zinkievich, Three more interviews to share with you on Wednesday.
Dec 2, 2009 18:50 (98 days ago)	Outpostgamez		176
EA \| Battlefield \| Medal of Honor to Take Lead Against Activision? Kotaku has an interesting article with EA CEO John Riccitiello speaking about their plans for getting ahead of Activison. Riccitiello hopes to lead the FPS genre with Medal of Honor and Battlefield [...]
Dec 3, 2009 02:23 (98 days ago)	Outpostgamez		168
Secret copyright treaty leaks. It's bad. Very bad. The internet chapter of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a secret copyright treaty whose text Obama's administration refused to disclose due to "national security" concerns, has leaked. It' [...]
Dec 3, 2009 21:02 (97 days ago)	Outpostgamez		5,584
Three Kingdoms Online Goes Live with Gift Giveaway! There's nothing we love here at Outpostgamez more than giving our devoted readers the chance to get in-game items whenever we can. Three Kingdoms Online is going to release its English version next [...]
Dec 4, 2009 17:28 (96 days ago)	Outpostgamez		176
Guild Wars 2 PC Games Trailer - Race Video Preview Guild Wars 2 PC Games Trailer - Race Video Preview
Dec 4, 2009 17:39 (96 days ago)	Outpostgamez		136
Startrek Online Most Anticipated for 2010 Massively is running an end-of-year reader's choice award poll, and we've been nominated for the "Most Anticipated for 2010" award!
Dec 4, 2009 17:47 (96 days ago)	Outpostgamez		237
Pre-Order Medal of Honor Operating directly under the National Command Authority, a relatively unknown entity of handpicked warriors are called on when the mission must not fail. They are the Tier 1 Operators.
Dec 8, 2009 00:47 (93 days ago)	Outpostgamez		112
HomeFront Next Installment of? Homefront publisher THQ is already planning a sequel to Kaos' shooter as well as downloadable content continuing the plot--before the original even has a release date.
Dec 9, 2009 11:59 (92 days ago)	Outpostgamez		63
Ask Cryptic: Episode Missions Startrek Online Welcome to the 17th installment of Ask Cryptic, where we put the questions you ask to our development team. In this issue we discuss Episode Missions. Read more to learn about Star Trek Online!
Dec 9, 2009 12:09 (92 days ago)	Outpostgamez		115
BFHeroes Contest \| Giveaway \| Graphics Card Greetings Heroes, Today we have an series of multiple updates. We have several updates related to some holiday fun and much more add on items....Win an Nvidia Graphic Card Today!
Dec 9, 2009 12:25 (92 days ago)	Outpostgamez		95
BFBadCo2 Details Released! We wanted to update you, and slow the flood of tweets, on questions surrounding the BFBC2 PC Beta being cancelled. I'll get right to it and say "the BFBC2 PC Beta is not cancelled".
Dec 9, 2009 12:29 (92 days ago)	Outpostgamez		67
Battlefield 1943 Wins an Award in Japan! Yesterday in my inbox was very exciting news; BF1943 won an award in Japan! We at DICE and on the BF1943 team feel incredibly honored to have achieved this award from Sony Japan and thank them for [...]
Dec 9, 2009 12:37 (92 days ago)	Outpostgamez		68
EVGA Battlefield Heroes Winter Siege EVGA is teaming up with Battlefield Heroes to host a gaming event on December 19th, and 20th. They have some really great prizes so be sure to check it out.
Dec 9, 2009 12:40 (92 days ago)	Outpostgamez		199
Javelin Glitch gets you banned, except on the PS3 I don't personally know too much about this glitch, but I'm reading all over that if you use the glitch in game on the Xbox360 version and get caught, the big old ban hammer will come down on you!
Dec 9, 2009 16:15 (91 days ago)	Outpostgamez		140
Wednesday Last Couple of Days of News Today we are sending out an brief newsletter, on an variety of things such as the news regarding new Battlefield Heroes, Battlefield Bad Co2, Medal of Honor and much more.....
Dec 9, 2009 16:29 (91 days ago)	Outpostgamez		120
Startrek Online \| News Round Up 12/09/09 We've got all sorts of new info to share this week. Read on for some serious linkage.
Dec 10, 2009 04:15 (91 days ago)	Outpostgamez		73
MMOJunkies - Presents STORadio Today brings a special treat. MMO Junkies has gotten the chance to interview Christine �Kestrel� Thompson, one of the writers for Star Trek Online. Known for her work on �The Path to2409� series, K [...]
Dec 10, 2009 04:35 (91 days ago)	Outpostgamez		68
BFHeroes \| FAQ Section Have a question about BFHeroes? You might find an answer in our FAQs:
Dec 10, 2009 13:46 (91 days ago)	Outpostgamez		125
Can Medal of Honor really usurp CoD: Modern Warfare? You no doubt caught the announcement earlier this week that EA is set to reboot its Medal of Honor FPS series next year. Single player development duties are being handled by EALA (formerly DreamWo [...]
Dec 10, 2009 13:53 (91 days ago)	Outpostgamez		139
Crysis Wars Holiday Trial Period! We�re pleased to be able to invite you to the Crysis Wars Holiday Trial period taking place from Saturday, December 19th to Tuesday, December 29!
Dec 10, 2009 13:59 (91 days ago)	Outpostgamez		98
America's Army Cost 30mil over Ten Years? Slashdot is reporting that the Army has spent about 32.8 Million dollars on the ongoing recruitment tool, Americas Army video game.
Dec 10, 2009 14:02 (91 days ago)	Outpostgamez		129
Left 4 Dead 2 Updates Coming Updates to Left 4 Dead 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. These and all previous fixes will be coming to the 360 later this month.
Dec 10, 2009 19:07 (90 days ago)	Outpostgamez		83
Startrek Online \| Thursday Media Dump Another day, another batch o' Star Trek Online info. Read on for your densely daily dosage.
Dec 11, 2009 13:26 (90 days ago)	Outpostgamez		318
Another MW2 IW.net Fail � ISP Banning? It just seems more and more problems have been deriving out of Infinity Ward�s decision to neglect dedicated server support and their last minute plan P2P announcement with IW.net.
Dec 11, 2009 13:55 (90 days ago)	Outpostgamez		603
Stargate Resistence Announced! The popular sci-fi TV show brings us another game, Stargate Resistance, a 3rd-person shooter slated for release in 2010 for PC.
Dec 11, 2009 14:24 (90 days ago)	Outpostgamez		118
TF2 \| The War Update In many ways, it's not. Like any other class update, the War update will reveal three new weapons each for the Demoman and Soldier throughout the week, as well as some maps, achievements, and surpr [...]
Dec 11, 2009 18:09 (89 days ago)	Outpostgamez		217
The world economy and game sales Despite the big success of Activison�s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which earned an estimated $310 million in one day. However, Modern Warfare 2 can�t save the gaming world profits or sales proj [...]
Dec 14, 2009 03:00 (87 days ago)	Outpostgamez		1,983
Startrek Online \| Crafting? To many players, crafting in a MMOG is just as important as any other component and Star Trek Online is no different. This week Ten Ton Hammer had a nice lengthy chat with Al Rivera from Cryptic St [...]
Dec 14, 2009 15:32 (86 days ago)	Outpostgamez		123
Christmas Level Design Contest - Win a Crytek Interview With the holiday season (and lots of free time) approaching, we at Crytek felt it was time to inject a bit of festive employment into proceedings with our Christmas level design contest! Over the [...]
Dec 14, 2009 15:36 (86 days ago)	Outpostgamez		145
Bohemia details free ArmA II DLC Bohemia Interactive has announced that ArmA II's 1.05 patch will be released this month and includes a free downloadable campaign and new multiplayer mode.
Dec 14, 2009 16:04 (86 days ago)	Outpostgamez		185
The Force Unleashed 2 Announced LucasArts has announced today that it will release The Force Unleashed 2 sometime in 2010. The first game was released at the tail end of 2008 and saw players assume the role of Darth Vader's secre [...]
Dec 15, 2009 16:24 (85 days ago)	Outpostgamez		115
Hidden Post Reveals New Bad Company 2 Map - Panama Canal Panama Canal features a tight battle with abandoned industrial buildings, vehicles, large ships, and piles of debris everywhere with billowing smoke off in the distance as the surround forest rages [...]
Dec 15, 2009 16:34 (85 days ago)	Outpostgamez		172
BFBC2: PS3 Beta Update! The BFBC2 PS3 Beta has been a huge success thanks to a the massive participation (300,000+ people) and invaluable feedback. The team is, and has been, very busy reviewing tons telemetry data, feed [...]
Dec 15, 2009 16:41 (85 days ago)	Outpostgamez		74
CryWiki - Community Tutorials Ported! The CryWiki has seen many changes and developments since it's beginning in early 2008. Recently we saw the porting of the official documentation to the wiki and today the CryWiki staff team complet [...]
Dec 15, 2009 16:43 (85 days ago)	Outpostgamez		143
MW2 Patch for Color Blind Gamers Urged Color-blind Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 gamers have started an online petition in the hopes that it will convince developer Infinity Ward to release a patch for the game that addresses their needs.
Dec 15, 2009 16:44 (85 days ago)	Outpostgamez		144
An Inside Look at Star Wars: The Old Republic BioWare has long been dedicated to crafting the finest story-driven role-playing adventures you can play, and Star Wars: The Old Republic continues this tradition. While it's the company's first fo [...]
Dec 15, 2009 16:47 (85 days ago)	Outpostgamez		157
Team Fortress 2 \| Crafting? A slew of updates hit the Team Fortress 2 blog today, announcing a new crafting system for the title, a status report on the war between the Demoman and Soldier classes, and a new Saxton Hale comic.
Dec 16, 2009 01:44 (85 days ago)	Outpostgamez		64
Startrek Online \| Tuesday Interviews Another Tuesday, another slew of Star Trek Online info hitting the web. Read on for more.
Dec 16, 2009 13:37 (85 days ago)	Outpostgamez		169
BFBC2 : Panama Canal V\|3 EA has recently posted the 3rd installment of the 'Battlefield Moments", this time in Panama Canal. Enjoy!
Dec 16, 2009 13:40 (85 days ago)	Outpostgamez		95
BFHeroes \| 3 Million Recruited to Play! It was announced today that Battlefield Heroes has recruited an estimated 3 million players, 50,000 each week. Also, a new map named �Sunset Showdown" has been released, which takes place on a on a [...]
Dec 16, 2009 13:44 (85 days ago)	Outpostgamez		174
PC Modern Warfare 2 mod tools soon? PC gamers may be given the chance to modify Modern Warfare 2 in future, despite Infinity Ward's decision to ditch dedicated servers.
Dec 16, 2009 13:46 (85 days ago)	Outpostgamez		95
Team Fortress 2 \| Free Weekend Valve has announced that it will be making Team Fortress 2 free-to-play for the upcoming weekend starting tomorrow. As part of the ongoing War event which is seeing demoman and soldier players tryi [...]
Dec 16, 2009 13:47 (85 days ago)	Outpostgamez		113
Brink \| Biggest Release 2010? Brink's main feature is its "SMART" (Smooth Movement Across Random Terrain) movement system. One context-sensitive button lets you parkour your way through the future city in which this first-perso [...]
Dec 16, 2009 14:57 (84 days ago)	Outpostgamez		160
BFBC2 Panama Map Revealed! Panama Canal features a tight battle with abandoned industrial buildings, vehicles, large ships, and piles of debris everywhere with billowing smoke off in the distance as the surround forest rages [...]
Dec 16, 2009 23:28 (84 days ago)	Outpostgamez		157
Propaganda contest winners! Back when we launched the Propaganda contest, we originally figured it'd be a cakewalk to judge. You might not know this, as it's a well-kept industry secret, but normally with giveaway tie-in cont [...]
Dec 16, 2009 23:31 (84 days ago)	Outpostgamez		97
Medal of Honor \| Q&A Greg Goodrich, the Executive Producer on Medal of Honor, has provided answers to community questions regarding the Medal of Honor trailer.
Dec 16, 2009 23:36 (84 days ago)	Outpostgamez		111
Zachary Quinto to Feature in Star Trek Online December 15, 2009 - As Star Trek Online approaches its release date, Cryptic Studios is seriously beginning to ramp up promotion, with the announcement being made this morning that Zachary Quinto ( [...]
Dec 16, 2009 23:38 (84 days ago)	Outpostgamez		260
Borderlands: Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot Borderlands isn't much of a mystery anymore. It's a first-person shooter set in an open world with loot drop incentives. You run around environments, do MMO-type quests and murder thousands of enem [...]
Dec 16, 2009 23:57 (84 days ago)	Outpostgamez		149
Spec Ops: The Line Spec Ops: The Line is a provocative and gripping third-person modern military shooter that challenges players' morality by putting them in the middle of unspeakable situations where unimaginable ch [...]
Dec 17, 2009 00:08 (84 days ago)	Outpostgamez		174
Valve Reveals New Demoman / Soldier Weapons Valve has revealed three of the new weapons that'll be introduced to Team Fortress 2 amid the class war between the Demoman and Soldier.
Dec 18, 2009 00:12 (83 days ago)	Outpostgamez		101
Thursday \| Startrek Online Updates ZAM's character creation preview, Thirteen1's interview with Craig, ZAM's summary of what the world knows about STO, MMORPG spends three hours in closed beta.Klingons, Ask Cryptic Session!
Dec 18, 2009 00:18 (83 days ago)	Outpostgamez		139
Borderlands Passes 2 Million Sold Worldwide 2K parent company Take-Two released its fiscal fourth-quarter 2009 results today, highlighting impressive sales figures from its game library.
Dec 18, 2009 00:22 (83 days ago)	Outpostgamez		145
Team Fortress 2 Massive Thursday Update Victory, Countdown: War ends, It's Close: 5,727,928 Soldiers, 5,742,720 Demos,
Dec 19, 2009 02:30 (82 days ago)	Outpostgamez		192
Klingons \| Part I \| Startrek Online Welcome to the 18th installment of Ask Cryptic, where we put the questions you ask to our development team. In this issue we have the first in our multipart series on Klingons. Read more to learn a [...]
Dec 21, 2009 20:43 (79 days ago)	Outpostgamez		131
CryENGINE 3 - Interview with Carl Jones PC PLAY have conducted an interview with our very own Carl Jones about CryENGINE 3 discussing the differences found between CryENGINE 3 and CryENGINE 2, the different platforms CryENGINE 3 supports [...]
Dec 21, 2009 20:53 (79 days ago)	Outpostgamez		134
Battlefield Bad Company 2 Squad Deathmatch Hot off the heels of a press and community day where folks in North America got a first look at the new, Squad Deathmatch, multilayer mode, we bring you a developer walk through from the Senior Pro [...]
Dec 21, 2009 21:01 (79 days ago)	Outpostgamez		143
TF2: Erectin a dispenser With the success of the AI systems of Left 4 Dead, we've been continuing to develop these technologies to create new kinds of game experiences.
Dec 21, 2009 22:37 (79 days ago)	Outpostgamez		134
Ubisoft Registers 'Ghost Recon Future Soldier' A new trademark filing from Ubisoft reveals the company registered 'Ghost Recon Future Soldier,' which perhaps is the new name for its still unnamed fourth Ghost Recon title.
Dec 21, 2009 22:48 (79 days ago)	Outpostgamez		142
Star Trek Online Casting News Last week Cryptic Studios announced that Zachary Quinto, who plays Spock in the most recent Star Trek film, would be providing voiceovers for the game.
Dec 22, 2009 01:51 (79 days ago)	Outpostgamez		197
FourZeroTwo \| MW2 \| Responds to Critics When pestered and spammed over and over via twitter recently, Robert Bowling (FourZeroTwo) finally gave a response to one twitter user in relation to MW2's matchmaking experience, after being hound [...]
Dec 23, 2009 02:49 (78 days ago)	Outpostgamez		163
Bad Company 2 PC Beta on January 28th? Forum Planet member, jasndjkcnsadc brought to our attention that Gamestop has listed the Bad Company 2 PC beta as starting on January 28th. This is not confirmed, although a similar situation happe [...]
Dec 23, 2009 02:51 (78 days ago)	Outpostgamez		147
Battlefield 1943 Holiday Deals As you head into the holiday season, worry not about what comes in the boxes you open, but what awesome games are at even better deals online!
Dec 23, 2009 02:52 (78 days ago)	Outpostgamez		146
Team Fortress 2 Bots in Testing Not content with making one of the best and most enduring multiplayer PC games ever, Valve has revealed through the official Team Fortress 2 blog that it is currently experimenting with adding comp [...]
Dec 23, 2009 03:00 (78 days ago)	Outpostgamez		147
Leonard Nimoy - Voice on Startrek Online Atari, Inc., one of the world's most recognized videogame publishers, and acclaimed MMO developer Cryptic Studios, announced today that Leonard Nimoy, the actor who originated the legendary and bel [...]
Dec 23, 2009 03:32 (78 days ago)	Outpostgamez		232
Mercenary Wars = Goes Open Beta Uforia, a new online game publisher specializing in massively multiplayer online games, today announced its open beta test for the highly-anticipated online modern warfare first person shooter, Mer [...]
Dec 23, 2009 03:41 (78 days ago)	Outpostgamez		3,088
Koramgame - Grants Outpostgamez Another Batch of Keys! Koramgame, has been nice enough to grant us another batch of keys, we have been given another 500 keys. The first 500 hundred went very well, very good response to the keys and those that have aske [...]
Dec 24, 2009 01:45 (77 days ago)	Outpostgamez		178
Wednesday \| Startrek Online Updates Welcome to the 19th installment of Ask Cryptic, where we put the questions you ask to our development team. In this issue we conclude our multipart series on Klingons. Read more to learn about Star [...]
Dec 24, 2009 01:59 (77 days ago)	Outpostgamez		200
Merry Christmas \| Happy Holidays On behalf of the entire staff of Outpostgamez.com, we want to wish everyone an Merry Christmas and an Happy Holidays.
Dec 27, 2009 15:38 (73 days ago)	Outpostgamez		416
OPG Most Anticipated Games of 2010 With the 2009 coming to an close in the gaming world, 2009 proved to be one of the best in history with breakouts hits like Mass Effect, Bioshock, Assassins Creed and more so it would make sense th [...]
Dec 28, 2009 14:47 (72 days ago)	Outpostgamez		372
The 2nd Server Chaos and Order Has Become Available! The King has returned. He is calling upon all the brave and courageous to take up their swords to fight in the world of Chaos and Order. Your people chose you. Your brothers in arm chose you. Your [...]
Dec 28, 2009 21:31 (72 days ago)	Outpostgamez		191
ad Company 2 Squad Based Multiplayer Interview GameTrailers posted a new video interview today with Bad Company 2 producer, Gordon Van Dyke talking about the new squad deathmatch game mode.
Dec 29, 2009 00:26 (72 days ago)	Outpostgamez		232
Modern Warfare 2 \| Most Pirated Game of 2009 According to TorrentFreak, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been downloaded illegally nearly 4,100,000 times for PC in 2009, topping the list after only releasing just two months ago.
Dec 29, 2009 23:15 (71 days ago)	Outpostgamez		2,094
3 Kingdoms Key Giveaway \| Another Batch Koramgame, has been nice enough to grant us another batch of keys, we have been given another 500 keys. The second 500 hundred went very well, very good response to the keys and those that have ask [...]
Dec 31, 2009 19:33 (69 days ago)	Outpostgamez		209
Startrek Online \| Image Montage Greetings Startrek Online fans, we have exclusive images from the closed beta of the Bridges, Deep Space Nine, an variety of Federation Ships, Guardian Forever, Klingon Ships, Klingons and inside o [...]
Dec 31, 2009 21:07 (69 days ago)	Outpostgamez		120
Happy New Year 2010 On behalf of the entire OPG Staff, we want to thank you for an wonderful year we have had, we want to also wish all our friends, family and our users an Happy New Year.

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