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Battlefield 3 double XP weekend on May 26-27

May 16, 2012 in General news by Kn1ckerz

EA have announced the first ever double XP weekend for a Battlefield game: Battlefield 3 will be getting a double XP weekend from May 26 to 27, where all points scored will be doubled. Double XP weekends have been run by many games over the years, including for many Call of Duty and Halo titles. It’s essentially a way of boosting player numbers for a short period of time by offering incentives.
Due to issues, the PC version of double XP weekend has been moved from May 12-14 to May 26-27. Apparently, it wasn’t working at all and actually broke the game, where players weren’t receiving points for awards etc. Hopefully it’ll work in 10 days time.

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Battlefield 3 to get service called Battlefield Premium

May 16, 2012 in Featured News by Kn1ckerz

There have been rumours floating around that big "World Wide Web" for awhile now, that the Battlefield developers have been considering developing a service similar to Activision's Call of Duty Elite.
Well thats a thing of the past...
Today we have been informed that EA/Dice have announced a Call of Duty Elite like service for Battlefield 3 called 'Battlefield Premium'.

Here is the official word!

“Battlefield™ Premium will land you a number of content drops with unique in-game items not available anywhere else. First out is the one-of-a-kind Premium knife and black dog tag, plus a set of soldier camos, weapon camos, dog tags and Assignments that will make sure you stand out and get more personalization options.”

The new service is rumored to be unveiled at E3 2012 in the beginning of June.

Thanks to BF3Blog for the heads up.

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Guild Wars 2 Beta Weekend Event

April 25, 2012 in Featured News by Kn1ckerz

The first public Guild Wars 2 Beta Weekend Event has finally arrived. It begins on Friday, April 27, at noon PDT (GMT-7) and ends on Sunday, April 29, at 11:59 p.m. PDT (GMT-7). Hundreds of thousands of players from around the world will get their first taste of Guild Wars 2.

According to Arena Net there are a couple important things you need to know about this Beta Weekend Event:

The only way to absolutely guarantee your access to this or any future Beta Weekend Events is to pre-purchase any edition of Guild Wars 2.
Customers who have pre-purchased the game will receive an e-mail with instructions on how to download the client and participate in the Beta.
This is a public event, which means that you’re not bound by a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). So go ahead, feel free to take screenshots, shoot video, blog, tweet, write, or compose a rock opera to share your Guild Wars 2 experience with the world.

Let’s take a look at all the cool stuff you’ll be doing during the Beta Weekend Event.
Choices, Choices – You’ll create your own personalized charr, human, or norn character and pick from our eight powerful professions. Your choice of race is vital to your personal story, and it determines in which of the huge starting areas you begin as well. A noble human mesmer will have a radically different game experience than a charr engineer in the service of the Iron Legion. Fortunately, you can roll more than one character and sample each starting area for yourself!
Charr Guardian at an Asuran Gate.

Worlds Collide – If you want your PvP on an epic scale, look no further than World vs. World, where three teams comprising hundreds of players wage open war across four vast maps. You’ll lay siege to castles, raid supply camps, build devastating weaponry, ambush your foes, and leap into truly massive PvP battles—all for the glory of the server. We’re warning you: WvW is so addictive that you may spend the entire Beta Weekend Event there!
PvP For You and Me – After you’ve gotten your feet wet, put your newfound skills to the test in Guild Wars 2 PvP, where small teams battle for points on a variety of challenging, compact maps. We adjust the level of PvP combatants so that all players are on equal footing. If you’ve got a competitive streak or you like playing first-person shooters online, you owe it to yourself to try out Guild Wars 2 PvP!
I Love L.A. – For the first time ever, we’re opening the metropolis of Lion’s Arch to beta players. Wander the streets of this cosmopolitan trade hub, chat with traders and travelers from every corner of Tyria, hop through one of the many asura gates to points beyond, or discover the famed diving platform at Diverse Ledges. Lion’s Arch is a city like no other!

There is will be lots of stuff in this weekends event. As Arena Net have said, "60 hours will not be enough for you to get through everything". Although fortunately for us, this will not be the last beta weekend event, but the first in a series leading up to the games release.

Much of this information is from Arena Nets's Blog. So thanks :)

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Battlelog gets live scoreboards

April 17, 2012 in Featured News by Kn1ckerz

Have you had enough of joining a server, just to see that the match is already over? Well not anymore!
A feature that many feel should have been implemented from that start has finally arrived.
EA/DICE have kindly added live scoreboards to Battlelog. So now when you are browsing the endless list of servers, you will be able to see who is in the server, their current scores and how many tickets are remaining for both teams.

So thanks EA/DICE! Abit late, but atleast its finally here :)

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Guild Wars 2 Collector’s Edition

March 16, 2012 in Featured News by Kn1ckerz

As Guild Wars 2 slowly approaches, ANET have announced thier Collectors Edition. As usual, they have packed this bad boy with lots of extra goodies. The release date is yet to be released but you will be able to pre-order from the following site from the 10th April. https://buy.guildwars2.com/
The Collectors Edition will contain the following pieces of gold.

Physical Items

10-inch Rytlock figurine
112 page Making of Guild Wars 2 book
Best of Guild Wars 2 Soundtrack CD
Art Portfolio and Five Art Prints
Custom Art Frame

Digital Items

Summon Mistfire Wolf Elite Skill
Miniature Rytlock
Chalice of Glory
Tome of Influence
Golem Banker

All this will be available for £129.99

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Battlefield 3 “Close Quarters” DLC announced.

March 15, 2012 in Featured News by Kn1ckerz

DICE and EA have announced the latest DLC for Battlefield 3. They have called it "Close Quarters". The Close Quarters DLC will contain new maps, weapons, assignments and dogtags. It will also have a new destruction system which DICE calls "HD Destruction". It is scheduled for release in June. Bellow is some screenshots and a trailer, courtesy of EA...