I'll be playing most of the new releases XD

- AC Brotherhood

I've started playing Fallout Vegas today rented from Blockbuster, think I'll buy it within a few weeks. I also purchased Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare yesterday after totally completing MW2 some months ago, doing it backwards I guess. I think this Brink looks really good. I recently had a conversation with my son about wanting to have the option of playing an on line game but with an on going campaign, you know a never ending story generated on line game. I think Brink is the closest I'm going to get. My son also got Assassins Creed 2 yesterday so I'll give that a go I guess. We have other games but all done and lots have been traded in.

Assassins Creed Brotherhood, they've had Smart movement for years.

Assassins creed has parkour, but it doesn't have SMART, which is a big difference. In Brink, all you need to do parkour is one button. The reason SD did that is because they want the player to be able to move around the maps without thinking about it, allowing them to focus on the main point of the game - objective based FPS. In assassins creed, moving around is part of the focus of the gameplay, so you use multiple buttons to do parkour, making it able to hold your attention and be more fun to play..

You hold two buttons in AC to activate free running -_-.
Get your facts right.

SHAZBOT

Here is a brief update on what’s been happening at HiRez Studios.

Those of you that have been playing Global Agenda know that over the last year we have been consistently adding new features/content and releasing it at no charge to the Global Agenda community. We plan to continue doing this on an on-going basis as much as possible and over the next couple of months everyone will see new maps, raids, flair, and weapons (starting with the Halloween event next week).

As most of you know, Global Agenda is an ambitious project that incorporates many different gameplay modes (PvP, PvE, AvA, Raids, Open Zone, DA). Over time we had many requests for additional game play modes, especially larger spaces and fights. Earlier this year we released the Sonoran Desert quest zone as an area that would help players ease into the game while testing our technology limits for having large areas and many players in the same zone. Our plan for a first paid expansion was to continue on that path with Warzones which were designed as large open areas where players can PvP.

As we worked on Warzones we found too many design and programming issues to make it practical. Global Agenda was designed around 10v10 team play and there was no practical path found to scale it up in a significant way (to large scale numbers like 100 players in a single area). As a result we plan to continue releasing more Global Agenda content but only in the formats players are already familiar with. (Special Ops, Raids, Merc Missions, etc)

While we know that some players will be disappointed in the lack of warzones, we also have some good news.

We can’t transform Global Agenda to a large scale battle format but since we liked this concept a lot, we decided to create a new game based on large scale fighting. In order to develop the new game many significant steps had to be taken, including: A significant rewrite to the unreal engine servers to allow for 100+ players to be fighting in the same map, a new UI system that is more efficient, a different implementation of character visuals, a new terrain system, etc. In addition the combat gameplay required many significant changes as well.

While working through the design we kept coming back to one old and loved game that represented many of the concepts we where incorporating into the new game (Jetpacks, vehicles, large open space, three armor types, futuristic weapons, etc). Many of you will know this game as Tribes, the original on-line multiplayer shooter. As of now, HiRez Studios is the proud new owner of the Tribes franchise.

We now have two groups in the studio, one working on continuing to build Global Agenda and a new group working on the Tribes Universe project. We are also moving to a new larger office space in another month that will help us accommodate our growth.

I’m sure many of you have questions, so here are a few quick highlights for Tribes Universe:

* Three Tribes (factions)
* Full clan (agency) support
* First person view (third person for some vehicles)
* Full vehicle support (ground and air)
* Full persistent world with territory control (no instances)
* PvP focused
* Huge outdoor maps (about 10x the area of sonoran desert)
* Large scale fights (100+ players)
* Jetpacks, skiing, lots of weapons, etc

Alpha testing will begin at the start of the year (about 3 months from now) and Global Agenda players with level 50 characters will have priority in entering Alpha and Beta testing

Thanks for you support

Erez.

P.S. More information on Tribes Universe will be coming in the near future along with an Alpha/Beta registration web site.

Been playing Global Agenda. It's dying tho. Shame, it hasn't been out long. It's a lot of fun and has some interesting mechanics, but i get the feeling that it's going to go the way of APB.

You hold two buttons in AC to activate free running -_-.
Get your facts right.

Personally, I've tried playing a few games, but am pretty lacking in things to waste my time atm. I played through Borderlands single-player player once, and have no interest in returning to it

Tried playing F1 2010, but without a racing wheel, there's no point in me getting it, as they don't let you steer with the mouse.

So, I've returned to modding oblivion in my boredom, the game is looking really good, but i think I'd rather shoot at things till brink comes out.

Hopefully FO:New Vegas will give me some enjoyment once I go pick it up, I have high hopes.