New Leipzig GC Screenshots!
by Kitty on Tue 19 Aug 11:31
Lots of new screenshots from Leipzig GC. Click on the images to view the full size from the Image Section. Enjoy!
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GC 2008: Far Cry 2's Map Editor Revealed
by Kitty on Tue 19 Aug 11:13
It's that time of year again. The holiday season is coming up, and the year's biggest, or at least most-hyped, titles are getting ready for their ship dates. Among those is Ubisoft Montreal's open-world first-person shooter, Far Cry 2, the sequel to Crytek's original. This time around you won't find Trigens or the special scent and strength powers. It's just you, your guns, and a whole lot of enemies across the plains, deserts, and jungles of Africa.
We've put up quite a few previews of the game, but not until recently did we really get to experience the full game world, as before we were either seeing or playing sections specifically constructed for the demo. It's still not finished, but we still got a good sense of what playing the final game might be like. And, as a bonus, we got to see the map editor for the first time, which anyone who played Instincts on Xbox should remember fondly. With Far Cry 2, the map editor's functionality has been expanded and from what we saw, it looks as though the editor should provide players with plenty of opportunity to create a wide range of maps pretty easily on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.
Console or PC players will be able to dive right into it from the in-game menu, and all subsequent map publishing and sharing amongst users and such can be dealt with within the game. Also, all created maps will be for use in the game's four multiplayer modes, so don't expect to create some kind of elaborate map and tack it onto the single-player game world. There's certainly a wide variety of tweaks you can make to your map in the editor, but you'll need to keep in mind how many objects you're adding on consoles. Too much stuff will result in slowdown and the like, but there'll be handy gauges at the screen's top that update as you a...
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Map editor information & interview videos
by Kitty on Tue 19 Aug 09:49
Here are IGN's new Leipzig GC Far Cry 2 Map Editor videos. Enjoy!
Far Cry 2 Xbox 360 Developer Commentary - The Map Editor
Far Cry 2 Xbox 360 Interview - Map Editor Interview
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LEIPZIG, HERE WE COME!
by Kitty on Mon 18 Aug 12:02
The Leipzig Games Convention (GC) is a great convention in Europe since it is open to you, the public, the very people who are anxiously awaiting the game. We're excited to be at GC next week to reveal some new things for Far Cry 2! Won't be going to GC? Keep checking this space as well as the forum because we'll be posting updates for you all week from the show. If there's something special you'd like to see from GC (not necessarily in-game requests) but anything you'd like to see from the show, post it up here and we'll try to find it for you.
http://blog.ubi.com/farcry2/
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Smooth Creations Custom Far Cry 2 PC Case
by Kitty on Mon 18 Aug 11:13
slow motion "Jackal" trailer with Kimi commentary
by Kitty on Mon 18 Aug 07:24
Check out the slow motion version of the new "Jackal" trailer. In the video Far Cry 2 Community Developer Kimi Matsuzaki gives insight into some cool stuff in the video.
The biggest revelation comes at the very end of the video when Kimi says,"Only two months to go until you get your hands on Far Cry 2".
VIDEO: Jackal trailer commentary
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