Speaking on Medal of Honor, Sean Decker (VP and General Manager of EALA), had this to say: -

EA has always been an advocate for telling the soldiers’ story. The new Medal of Honor follows that tradition. We felt it was important to tell the story of today’s war and today’s elite soldiers via today’s most relevant medium – videogames. [...] We are so proud to bring together two powerhouse development teams to make this game a reality; EA Los Angeles and EA DICE. Medal of Honor promises to be an unforgettable entry in the modern shooter genre.

Further details have yet to be announced, however Ubisoft have confirmed that Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands will debut on conoles sometime in May of next year (2010).

The disagreement centers around Microsoft’s insistence that the BBC iPlayer app be distributed as a Gold subscriber benefit (in a similar fashion to Last.fm, Twitter, and Facebook). However, “the BBC cannot charge the British public for access to the iPlayer as it is already included in the licence fee.”

A BBC spokesman said: “BBC iPlayer has been extremely successful on PS3 and we recently re-launched on Nintendo Wii, from which the public response has been fantastic. People clearly want the BBC iPlayer on their gaming consoles, and we don’t think Xbox users are any different, so we’ve had discussions with Microsoft about bringing the service to the platform.”

You can read the article in full, here.

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Assassin’s Creed 2 will sneak on to shop shelves on 20th November.

• Final Fantasy XIII has finally been given a launch date, 9th March 2010. You can help unlock an exclusive XBL FFXIII item using Twitter, here.
• The much anticipated NXE update will go live on 17th November, you can read my first impressions here.
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 sold an amazing 1.2 million copies in the UK on day of release, congratulations to Infinity Ward.
• According to Console Monster, The Bible is set to hit your Xbox 360 soon.  It’s expected to retail for 400 MS points.
• Project Natal has been named as one of TIME Magazine’s Inventions of the Year.  This marks the third major honour that Project Natal has received in the past month, not bad for something that isn’t even on shelves yet.
• A new version of the Xbox 360 wireless adaptor has been announced.  It supports the N protocol (as well as a, b, and g), sports dual antennas, and promises a greater wireless range.  It will be available this Christmas.

Normal service will resume tomorrow, I promise.

1 vs. 100 Season 2 is already shaping up to be a bigger and better experience than ever before, with some of the more popular features getting a fabulous makeover. You’ll have to wait and see exactly how everything has changed on Day One. But in between now and 20 November we recommend you all get hard at work on improving your general knowledge.

Having missed out on Season 1 for various reasons, I can’t wait for Season 2 to start. See you in there!

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition will include : -

• Four vehicle warfare unlocks: -
  1. Improved Vehicle Armor – An up-armor package is mounted on all vehicle types, decreasing the effect of both explosive and penetrating warheads, significantly improving vehicle survivability.
  2. Supreme Vehicle Firepower – Additional weapon packages are mounted for the driver of all armored vehicles, greatly expanding the range of targets the vehicle can successfully engage and destroy.
  3. Vehicle Motion Sensor – Use this electronics warfare package to locate enemy units in direct proximity to the vehicle.
  4. Tracer Dart Pistol – This magnetic dart attaches to any vehicle surface, allowing squad members to track, lock on, and fire rockets onto moving targets even beyond line of sight. (seen above)
• Two classic Battlefield 1943™ weapons: -
  1. M1A1 Submachine Gun – Reliable but heavy this classic weapon is a powerful force in the hands of any Battlefield veteran.
  2. M1911 Pistol – Highly customized M1911 are favored for its dependability and the power of its large .45 caliber round.

It’s important to note that these items are expected to be available to all players eventually, however, the only way to get them all immediately after launch is via the Limited Edition.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will explode on to store shelves on March 5th 2010.

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Amazon: Standard Edition.
ShopTo: Standard Edition.

As some of you might be aware, those under the age of 18 are not able to access Twitter, Facebook and Last.fm in our public preview. I want to you let you know that this will remain the case when it launches to the world soon. We made this decision because as it stands now, parents aren’t able to use Family Settings to customize which of these applications their children can access. In order to offer an age-appropriate environment for everyone, we decided to turn off these applications for those Gold members under the age of 18.

The blog post goes on to state that a further update is in the works that will allow parents to choose to activate these applications for child accounts.  The post can be read in full, here.

If you’re wondering what all the fuss is about, you can read my first impressions on the new update, here.

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The Skirmish Pack will contain 4 new multiplayer maps, 2 new Fire Team Engagement (FTE) missions (for solo or co-op), and is expected to cost 400 MS points.

In addition to the DLC announcement, Codemasters also revealed that the long awaited patch will also go live tomorrow.

The patch promises to fix: -

1. The game will now return the correct list of servers after searching a game.
2. A corrupted save data bug has been fixed.
3. The game will now automatically unlock the FTE missions when a specific DLC is added to the game.
4. Gameplay online: -
   • The player is now not blocked after healing another soldier as a medic.
   • If the player fires the SMAW weapon during a PvP game, the sight will now disappear as normal.
   • The player can now change weapons after firing a machine gun multiple times.
   • The PF98 QueenBee weapon does now always have an effect on vehicles for the client.
   • During a PvP game if the player spawns inside a vehicle, the weapon will now be correctly attached to the player and now float next to the player.
   • “Shots Fired” dialogue will now be triggered adequately in the annihilation mode.
5. The inventory UI from the crate or corpse can now be opened correctly when the player is standing at distance.
6. Loading the 1st checkpoint with javelin equipped in the mission Dragon’s fury will not cause a loss of audio in certain instances.
7. If the fireteams are following orders and then the player select an ROE order on all fireteams including themselves the orders will now be spread across all fireteams.
8. The reloading time is now correct when the player is going prone straight after firing a SMAW or Queen Bee weapons.
9. When exiting the credits, the heading will not transition twice.

Those of you holding out on purchasing OF:DR, can read my review here. Be warned, it’s not pretty.