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Call of Duty®: World at War™ patch 1.2 released!

Posted by: Sniffer

Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:23 am

The second patch for PC players of Call of Duty®: World at War™ has been released. This patch addresses a number of multiplayer issues that have been annoying gamers since CoD:WaW was released back in November 2008 including the controversial Power Ranking exploit. An unexpected bonus is a new daylight version of the Makin map for all those people who got lost in the dark!

Call of Duty®: World at War™ patch 1.2 in the making...

Posted by: Bugsplat

Sat Jan 17, 2009 5:05 pm

In an effort to placate the PC players of Call of Duty®: World at War™ who are still waiting for some serious bug fixes and are confused as to why the console players don't have to wait for their hotfixes and patches, Treyarch have posted a message on their community forums explaining the patching process and where they are at with patch 1.2 for the PC.

Call of Duty®: World at War™ Collector’s Edition Week of Double XP is here!

Posted by: Bugsplat

Sun Dec 07, 2008 12:23 pm

Attention soldiers! For those of us who parted with the extra cash and invested in the Limited Collector's Edition (LCE) version of Call of Duty: World at War (the canteen owners) Call of Duty Headquarters, the official web site for the Call of Duty franchise, announced a week of Double XP! The week of Double XP begins Friday, December 5 2008 and will end Friday, December 12 (PST).

Call of Duty®: World at War™ patch released!

Posted by: Sniffer

Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:57 pm

Although Call of Duty®: World at War™ is not scheduled to be released in the USA until the 11th November 2008 (14th November for the rest of the world) the first patch has already been released. The patch mainly contains updates for the multiplayer aspect of the game which must have been the result of the Multiplayer Beta. It would seem that Treyarch had no intention of including these updates in the game before it went gold, and rather decided that they would have more time to fix issues if they released a stand alone patch.

Punkbuster for Call of Duty®: World at War™

Posted by: Bugsplat

Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:53 am

Activision announced today that it has asked Even Balance to integrate PunkBuster™ Anti-Cheat software into the game Call of Duty®: World at War™ which is currently under developement at Treyarch. Treyarch have also made stab at the minimum PC system requirements to play Call of Duty®: World at War™ on the PC. No surprises here really as they are using the same game engine that was developed by InfinityWard and they look similar to the ones announced for the original Call Of Duty 4.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Patch v1.6 to v1.7

Posted by: Bugsplat

Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:42 pm

Activision and Infinity Ward have issued a new patch for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare to fix issues raised by gamers after the release of the v1.6 patch. This patch fixes an exploit that allowed players to access certain console dvars during multi-player matches and a crash that could occur when a Chinatown Sabotage match would go into over-time.

Call of Duty: World at War trailer released

Posted by: Bugsplat

Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:18 pm

The first game trailer for the next instalment of Activision's hugely successful Call of Duty™ franchise has been release by the developers Treyarch (the folk who brought Call of Duty 2: Big Red One and Call of Duty 3 to the consoles). The official name for Call Of Duty 5 is Call of Duty: World at War and this installment takes us back to WWII, specifically the Pacific Theatre of conflict. This demo shows US Marines entangling with Imperial Japanese troops in a palm tree covered sandy pacific island. Maybe the next demo will show some of the rumored Russian push on Berlin...

COD5 Officially announced

Posted by: KillBill

Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:26 pm

Well it's official. Call of Duty 5 will go back to its WWII roots after the franchises successful foray into the modern combat genre. The release date has been set for December 2008. However, no information regarding the game engine has been given. So this may just be a WWII version of COD4: Modern Combat. Only time will tell. As far as theater of combat goes, the Pacific would be a good bet, not many palm trees in France/Germany/Russia!

COD4 Variety Map Pack and Version 1.6 Patch

Posted by: KillBill

Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:14 am

After all the noise that was made by the PC Gaming community in April over the decision by Infinity Ward to release new Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare™ maps for consoles only, it appears that someone at Infinity Ward finally got the hint. Well, more like NVidia lent thier cash and leveraged thier good name to score some excellent PR. Infinity Ward have announced, that together with the generous help from NVidia, a Variety Map Pack and a sixth patch (that will add support for the new maps, fix a server crash exploit recently reported by the community, and a few new features & bug fixes) for the PC version of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare™.

GameArena COD4 Season 1 opens this weekend

Posted by: bugsplat

Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:58 pm

The GameArena COD4 ladder is due to open for competition matches this weekend (the first weekend of March 2008). Given the early successes of the COD2 ladder, and before that the hugely successful CoDUO ladder, the opening season of the COD4 ladder has generated a lot of expectation in the community. If the number of competing teams (188 of 222 registered teams) is anything to go by the community has stepped up to the plate and are revving to get started.

COD4 Version 1.5 Patch

Posted by: bugsplat

Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:15 pm

Infinity Ward have released fifth patch for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare™. Weighing in at only 10.5MB (tiny compared to it's predecessors), the v1.5 patch fixes a some important issues for mod users. The 1.5 patch is only an incremental patch and requires v1.4 to be installed first.

MeatHead joins GameArena COD4 Ladder

Posted by: bugsplat

Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:12 pm

At last the wait is over! I have finally got around to entering the MeatHeads into the GameArena COD4 ladder. Its time to put all those weeks (months for some) of practice into play and show the world what the MeatHead clan is made of. The Call of Duty 4 ladder will run for 12 weeks (its currently in free play mode). The maximum team size in any match will be 5 players, with teams being allowed to participate in a match with a minimum of 4 players. The ladder will be controlled by the PAM4 mod and will run in the ‘Search & Destroy’ game mode. Friendly fire will be on for all ladder matches. All clan members, and those who want to be, should visit the clan page and apply to join.

Americas Army: SF (Overmatch) v2.8.3 released!

Posted by: bugsplat

Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:04 pm

This latest release of the popular Americas Army: Special Forces (Overmatch) is a result of the feedback posted by the AA online community. Many adjustments have been made to increase system and game play performance for faster load times. One of the better fixes in this release is the decreased size of the installer making download times much shorter. Another great addition is the new 'AA Loader' which provides version checking software that lets you know whether your version needs to be updated. It will be nice knowing this before you try to connect to your favourite servers!

Assassin’s Creed: PC Hardware Requirements uncovered

Posted by: bugsplat

Sat Jan 26, 2008 12:17 pm

Earlier this week Sionyboy at YouGamers uncovered the PC hardware requirements for Ubisoft's upcoming release of Assassins Creed. Not from the usual press release, but hidden in the forums section of the official website. It seems that Ubisoft was keeping quiet on the specs (or they cannot make thier mind up) which some commentators say indicates that Ubisoft has done little to optimise the game for the PC, but rather just do enough to port the game. (Assassins Creed was released November 2007 on the gaming consoles XBox360 and PlayStation3). Unfortunately, Ubisoft has done this badly in the past.

COD4: Modern Warfare Tools Released

Posted by: bugsplat

Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:40 pm

Infinity Ward have released the much anticipated mod tools for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. This allows those creative types the opportunity to create custom content for Infinity Ward's military shooter sequel. These tools include the updated CoD4 Radiant for mapping, some Maya binaries for modeling, and a suite of other tools required for making mods ranging from small server-side modifications to total conversions. For support using these tools, including installation instructions, tutorials and all other information, you can refer to the handy Wiki Infinity Ward has setup for these tools.

Crysis patched to version 1.1

Posted by: bugsplat

Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:10 pm

Finally the long awaited Patch 1.1 for Crysis is available for download! The 140MB sized patch mainly addresses the performance of Crysis but does include quite a few bug fixes and tweaks for the Multiplayer part to provide a more balanced gameplay.

COD4 Version 1.4 Patch

Posted by: Sniffer

Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:20 pm

Infinity Ward have released the fourth patch for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare™. Weighing in at a hefty (compared to it's predecessors) 69MB, the v1.4 patch sports a (Northern Hemisphere) holiday themed version of the Crash map as well as numerous server fixes/improvements. The 1.4 patch also includes all fixes from previous patches.

COD4 Version 1.3 Patch

Posted by: Sniffer

Sat Dec 08, 2007 7:31 pm

Infinity Ward have released a third patch for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare™. This patch addresses the issue reported by community member Uzi Kidding which now catches some files bypassing the pure client test. In addition this update will set properties so that Anti-lag is always enabled upon map loads, an optimization for Sniper Rifle accuracy at certain distances (as well as ACOG scopes), as well a fix so text chat between rounds of multiplayer will no longer cut out at the end. The 1.3 patch will also include all previous fixes from previous patches.

COD4 Version 1.2 Patch

Posted by: Sniffer

Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:27 pm

Infinity Ward released the second patch for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare™. This patch optimizes the Lean view offset issue, addressing the glitch reported by several community members and documented and sent in directly by community member GaretJax which is commonly referred to as the "Left/Vertical Lean" Glitch, in addition to preparing files for compatibility with the future release of the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare™ Mod Tools.

COD4 Version 1.1 Patch

Posted by: Fergs

Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:24 pm

Infinity Ward released the first patch for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare™. This patch addresses the issue of Rank/Stat resets reported by users moving from a Modded/Un-ranked server to a non Modded/Ranked Server. This update is not intended to revert back to any previously lost rank, but to prevent the issue from happening in the future.

COD4 hits the ground running

Posted by: bugsplat

Sat Nov 10, 2007 6:07 pm

The latest sequel in Call of Duty series, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, might be the best game released in November, and even the best game of 2007. If the scores given in all the reviews that are popping up all over the Internet are anything to go by, Activision's newest release might threaten the "highly praised" and hardware-eating Crysis.

Crysis goes Gold!

Posted by: bugsplat

Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:21 am

Electronic Arts and Crytek Studios have announced that Crysis has "..gone gold!" Despite the outstanding issues such as lack of SLI and its Vista-loving "very high" settings issue, Crysis is still one of the most anticipated and most promising game so far this year. Crysis is scheduled for retail release on November 16th.

Crysis Demo Released!

Posted by: bugsplat

Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:45 pm

Crytek Studios has released a new singleplayer demo for Crysis. Crysis is a sci-fi first-person shooter from the award-winning developer Crytek, the developers of the critically acclaimed Far Cry. The demo features the Sandbox2 Level Editor and the first level from the full game. If you are running your system with an Nvidia Geforce card be sure to download the 169.01 beta ForceWare drivers which are optimized for the Crysis demo.

Assassin’s Creed coming soon

Posted by: bugsplat

Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:29 am

Assassin’s Creed, winner of the “Best of E3 2006 “award is due out very soon according to Reuters. After an initial awesome teaser video was released earlier this year, a subsequent video clip has met with astonishing popularity, and the game developers at Ubisoft couldn’t be happier.

COD4: Modern Warefare - System requirements announced

Posted by: bugsplat

Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:47 pm

As well as releasing the single player demo of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare today, Activision have also finally released the official system requirements. The minimum specs are an interesting read, and notice that they do not tell you what you will have to sacrifices in terms of visual gameplay you will have to make with this setup. The recommended specs are relatively obtainable.

COD4: Modern Warefare - Single Player Demo

Posted by: bugsplat

Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:47 pm

Activision today announced the availability of an all-new PC Demo for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The PC Demo is just a taste of the full Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare experience and features one intense level from the single player campaign

Medal of Honor - Airborne v1.1 patch

Posted by: bugsplat

Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:12 pm

EA Games have released the first patch (v1.1) to the hugely popular Medal of Honor: Airborne. This patch for Medal of Honor Airborne enables the Dedicated Server, fixes several bugs, and makes some balance changes on the Anti-Tank Weapon.

TOG COD2 League starts second season

Posted by: bugsplat

Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:46 pm

After a very sucessful first season, the TOG COD2 League starts its second season in an expanded but shortened format (Due mainly to the much anticipated arrival of COD4 on 9 November 2007). The second season kicks off on the 8th October and will conclude after 5 rounds of pool play on the 11th November.

PortLAN 2007

Posted by: bugsplat

Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:04 am

Its that time of year again and the MaoriBattalion is organising another massive LAN party which promises to be everything as good as last years, but better. This years 47 hour frag fest will be held at the Portland Hotel in Wellington (NZ) over the long Labour weekend holiday (20th October - 22nd October). Registration is now open.

Medal of Honor: Airborne! - Whiskey's Airborne Multiplayer Preview

Posted by: bugsplat

Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:25 pm

Whiskey, from Planet Medal of Honor, has penned a must read Medal of Honor : Airborne multiplayer preview. It's seven pages long and full of all the information you need if you are not sure if Medal of Honor : Airborne will be the game for you..

Medal of Honor: Airborne!

Posted by: bugsplat

Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:08 pm

Medal of Honor Airborne™ is the latest video game from EA's acclaimed Medal of Honor franchise, credited with pioneering the WWII first-person shooter genre after its debut in 1999. This is the first game in the Medal of Honor™ series to be released on next generation platforms. While building on the key tenets of the franchise including historical accuracy and authenticity, Medal of Honor Airborne is set to redefine the series by introducing players to an entirely new way of experiencing a WWII FPS - notably the fully interactive Airborne experience

Medal of Honor: Airborne!

Posted by: bugsplat

Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:29 am

Finally the big event is almost apon us. EA is due release the Demo for its long awaited newest member of the Medal of Honor franchise: MOH - Airborne on August 23rd 2007.

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Charlie Oscar Delta, Now Bigger And Better!

Posted by: bugsplat

Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:55 pm

They said they had some big plans for the site, and they weren't kidding... Not only have they just relaunched the website with new Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare™ content and community features, they have also announced that Charlie Oscar Delta will be the home for everything surrounding the exciting Xbox 360 Multiplayer Public Beta!

Call of Duty 4®: Modern Warfare™ First Look Exclusive

Posted by: bugsplat

Thu May 10, 2007 12:51 am

You’ve seen the trailers, now get the story behind Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The upcoming June issue of Game Informer Magazine contains a world-exclusive story with all the news and information you want, including never-before-seen screenshots. In addition to the first look at what Game Informer is calling "the most intense first person shooter they have ever seen," the June issue includes...

Call of Duty 4®: Modern Warfare™ Trailers

Posted by: bugsplat

Thu May 10, 2007 12:47 am

Activision have released the new trailers for the upcoming game Call Of Duty 4 : Modern Warfare. Check out the new look for the COD franchise.

GameArena 2007 COD2 Ladder now open

Posted by: bugsplat

Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:46 pm

The GameArena Call of Duty 2 Ladder is now open for regulation play for Season 2. With nearly 100 teams signed up the COD2 Ladder is as popular as last year and looks promising for a very competitive season ahead.

GameArena 2007 COD2 Ladder opens soon

Posted by: bugsplat

Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:45 pm

After a very sucessful 2006 COD2 ladder season, GameArena are gearing up for the new 2007 season slated to start in early February. GameArena are going to players again this season to ask for suggestions to improve the playability of the competition games. On the table at this time is a suggestion for some new custom maps (powcamp, tunis and tripoli have been suggested) and a change to 12 round matches from last seasons 20 rounds. Not only will 12 round matches speed the game up, but it may also allow more matches to be played on a particular server each night.

Skankyflat COD2 Ladder

Posted by: bugsplat

Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:52 pm

Skankyflat.net and the 28th Maori Battlion have joined forces once again to launch a New Zealand based COD2 ladder entirely for New Zealand based clans. It is a testimony to the hard work put in by many NZ clans to establish themselves and grow the local COD2 scene. Not only will it help to increase the exposure of the game, but it will directly benefit the players as all matches are to be played on local New Zealand servers which are being provided by skankyflat.net - a strong supporter of local NZ clans.

GameArena COD2 LADDER ladder closed for finals

Posted by: bugsplat

Sun Oct 08, 2006 10:45 am

The GameArena COD2 LADDER closed on the 5th October, 2006 marking the end of a long (by recent standards) and mostly successful season. With over 95+ teams competing on a weekly basis for the entire 12 weeks, the first season of COD2 has to be seen as a success despite the huge annoyance with the GameCreate servers which were hampered by "ghost" servers and unexplained ISP dependant lag (which appears to have abated as evidenced by the turn-around in the success of the MeatHead clan :) )

GameArena CoDUO LADDER ladder closes for finals

Posted by: bugsplat

Sun Sep 17, 2006 4:30 pm

The GameArena CoDUO LADDER closes at the end of season 2 for the finals leaving some bittersweet memories. With only 26 teams signed up for the start of the season it is good to see that the numbers haven't really changed by the end, despite the increased pressure on teams from the lure of other game ladders, and the huge amount of problems with the GameCreate servers.

Americas Army Overmatch v2.7 released!

Posted by: bugsplat

Fri Sep 15, 2006 11:38 pm

The long awaited Americas Army Overmatch v2.7 was finally released today. Not only does this new version include the much anticipated (I know I was waiting for it) asymetric battles against overwhelming enemy AI forces but the game has been given a complete overhaul (take special notice of the new hardware requirements for the game....). There are new weapons, new uniforms, new revamped training missions which reflect the constant change in the American military, and ...wait for it...player manned vehicles! HooRah! Now you can rip it up in a fully armoured humvee complete with CROWS weapon system! (thats the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station for those of you who havent been keeping up with Janes weekly.)

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 Free Full-Game Trial

Posted by: bugsplat

Sat Jul 29, 2006 4:48 pm

Roswell, GA, July 25, 2006: Tripwire Interactive is pleased to announce a free full-game trial for Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45. From Wednesday August 2 through Monday August 7, players can download and play the full multiplayer game via Steam. Now you can see for yourself why Wargamer says “Red Orchestra: Ostfront is a marvellous game: a work of art, and a work of love. In some aspects it is the most demanding but also the most rewarding shooter ever produced.”

AMD buys out ATI

Posted by: bugsplat

Sat Jul 29, 2006 1:36 pm

The official announcement was made on July 24, 2006 in New York - AMD has offered over US$5.4 billion for the aquisition of ATI. The sale promises to inject some new life into the graphics market as well as produce new integrated solutions based on the best technologies from both companies.

NZ COD2 League coming soon!

Posted by: bugsplat

Sat Jul 22, 2006 5:25 pm

New Zealand is soon to be home of a new gaming league for New Zealand based clans (along with a few invited Australian clans). This will be a great relief for a number of NZ based gamers who currently have to play on Australian servers suffering a high ping/lag penalty which has made serious competition against clans local to the Australian servers difficult at times...to say the least!

America's Army: Special Forces (OVERMATCH) coming soon!

Posted by: bugsplat

Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:04 pm

America's Army has now been around for over four years and in that time has been able to cement its place as one of the most widely played FPS. To show that the product is constantly evolving and growing a new version of the game is due for release around September 2006 and it promises to be the biggest release yet. The number one feature to be added to Overmatch are two new missions which will allow up to 9 players to cooperatively pit their Rangers and Special Forces skills against an overwhelming force of Enemy AI Soldiers and Vehicles.

Interview with Grant Collier

Posted by: bugsplat

Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:36 am

The intrepid reporters over at Call of Duty 2 HQ scored themselves an exclusive interview with Grant Collier (President and CEO of Infinity Ward) and chatted about the state of the franchise and to see if there is any substance in some of the rumours that have been circulating around the internet lately.

GameArena CoDUO Ladder reopens!

Posted by: bugsplat

Mon May 08, 2006 9:32 pm

On Sunday the administrators of the GameArena Call of Duty:United Offensive ladder posted notice to all the team captains that the issues preventing the running of the competition ladder - namely the Server Ghosting issue, crashing or being interupted by bogus PunkBuster problems - have now been addressed and and resolved. The competition is due to get underway again on Wednesday 28th June and will run for 8 weeks before being closed off to decide finalists.

Call of Duty 2 Patch 1.3 available for download!

Posted by: bugsplat

Fri Jun 09, 2006 9:31 pm

Infinity Ward release the latest patch for Call of Duty® 2 that is a rollup of the previous v1.1 update for Intel Dual Code/Multi processor update combined with the significant v1.2 patch containing PunkBuster™ anti-cheat software. Included in this patch are several fixes for two of the multiplayer maps mp_harbor and mp_rhine, as well as the highly-anticipated gamestate update which raised the gamestate from 16k to 128k which modders have been after for some time to enable larger more detailed maps.

Fergs lends hand in recruitment drive...

Posted by: mrssniffer

Wed Jun 07, 2006 1:14 pm

In an effort to meet the challenge to add new blood to the MeatHead clan, Fergs decided to follow KillBill's lead and has henceforth declared that if you cannot find anyone to recruit, then you had better be prepared to make one!

GameArena CoDUO Ladder Suspended

Posted by: bugsplat

Mon May 08, 2006 9:32 pm

Earlier today the Administrators of the GameArena Call of Duty:United Offensive ladder decided that the number of matches that have been unable to start due to the Server Ghosting issue, or crashing or being interupted by bogus PunkBuster problems was making the ladder unplayable. An announcement was made to all teams that the ladder will be suspended until further notice.

GameArena COD2 ladder still having problems

Posted by: bugsplat

Sun Apr 30, 2006 12:52 pm

The Call of Duty 2 ladder phantom servers are still haunting the GameOps at GameArena. In a message released to all teams last night the GameOps indicated that this was a fault in the GameCreate systems that they have been unsucessful in resolving and are therefore planning to put work arounds in place so that they can get the ladder underway as soon as they can.

Call of Duty 2 Mapping Tools Released

Posted by: bugsplat

Sat Apr 22, 2006 10:51 am

On Thursday 20 April, Infinity Ward announced the release of the long awaited MOD tools for Call of Duty® 2. The MOD tools features Radiant, as well as Maya plug-ins, which will allow users to create their own single player and multiplayer Call of Duty 2 maps and missions.

CoDUO LADDER on GameArena Opens

Posted by: bugsplat

Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:38 am

The GameArena CoDUO LADDER opens for season 2 on Tuesday 18 April 2006. With only 26 teams signed up for the start of the season it will be a tight competition. Many of the top 10 teams are returning from last season.

Call of Duty 2 Patch 1.2 available for download!

Posted by: bugsplat

Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:01 pm

Infinity Ward today (11 April) announced the release of a robust Windows® PC update for the hit sequel Call of Duty® 2 that includes PunkBuster™ anti-cheat software, as well as two new, highly-anticipated multiplayer maps. The developer also plans to provide MOD tools in the coming weeks that will empower fans to create new single player missions and multiplayer maps. Infinity Ward also confirmed the PC game modification tools were being finalized and would be released shortly. The industrial-strength tools will feature Radiant, as well as Maya plug-ins, allowing users to create their own single player and multiplayer Call of Duty 2 maps and missions.

Delay in starting GameArena CoDUO Ladder

Posted by: bugsplat

Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:23 pm

The GameArena CoDUO Ladder administrators indicate that the ladder which was supposed to have started this week, has been delayed due to Gremlins in the system. The cause of this delay is affecting the GameCreate servers where bookings from the past are still coming up on servers every night, causing new bookings to show up as DOWN in The Arena which would prevent players connecting.

GameArena Call of Duty 2 ladder opens in April

Posted by: bugsplat

Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:16 pm

The long wait is nearly over for those of you who are eager to mix it with the best of the local Australiasian Clan talent (IMHO). The time has come to put all those weeks of free play practice into action and show the world what the MeatHead clan is made of. It's time to demonstrate what we have learned in the last 6 months playing Search & Destroy, and to claim some deserved victories.

KillBill rewarded for late night effort

Posted by: bugsplat

Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:09 pm

After spending many hours doing extra homework, KillBill has finally been rewarded for all the late night effort put in last year. KillBill, in his steadfast role as the silent partner, has once again stunned the world by contributing...

MeatHead joins teamspeakviewer database

Posted by: bugsplat

Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:09 pm

The MeatHead clan has joined the teamspeakviewer server database. The teamspeakviewer site is a large TeamSpeak server database which contains info on clan TeamSpeak servers. It enables you to see who is on a particular server and to view the server information. It is even possible to search the database for individuals and make your own buddy lists...

GameArena CoDUO Polls closed

Posted by: bugsplat

Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:09 pm

The GameArena CoDUO Ladder opinion polls have closed and one of the end results is a total removal of tanks! At least they kept the Jeeps in otherwise some of the large maps would be a complete waste of time (unless it was a 64 slot server...).

COD2 Update Details

Posted by: bugsplat

Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:25 pm

Infinity Wards Grant Collier recently announced: "As you recall, back in December, we announced plans to incorporate Punkbuster, as well as offer some MP maps to the PC version for Call of Duty 2. We’re happy to report that this PC update is currently in testing and all is going well. In fact, we are testing these now and will be releasing them soon, so stay tuned. With regards to the update, here are a few things to look forward to...

Activision faces further job losses

Posted by: bugsplat

Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:25 pm

Corporate restructuring plans affect UK operations Following the recent reduction in the workforce at its Santa Monica headquarters, software publisher Activision has confirmed reports that the company's restructuring plans will lead to further job losses in the UK. The publisher has been forced to axe around 150 jobs in the US in an effort to maintain its position in the current market as the latest hardware transition completes and publishers begin to implement strategies for continued growth with the next-generation consoles.

GameArena CoDUO Opinion Poll #2 Open

Posted by: bugsplat

Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:53 pm

The GameArena CoDUO Ladder opinion polls are open again. Make sure that you take this last opportunity to have your say about last years successful season and what changes, if any, that you think they should make to the way the ladder games are played before they start off the new season - hopefully at the beginning of March 2006. Take the poll here: Game Arena CoDUO Opinion Poll #2.

CoDUO Player Availability Review - FEB 2006

Posted by: bugsplat

Wed Feb 15, 2006 10:29 pm

The new competition year for the GameArena CoDUO Ladder is due to get underway in the next couple of weeks and it is probably a very good time to gauge the clans desire to participate in this ladder, and what nights players are available for. Recent freeplay matches would suggest that either the enthusiasm for playing of ladder matches, or even CoDUO in general may be fading....a very sad prospect indeed. Although we may see the current format change for the new season to 6vs6 at present it is still 8vs8 and we have been struggling to make the numbers in the last few weeks. Could all clan members go to and participate in the COD:UO PLAYER AVAILABILITY REVIEW - FEB 2006.

America's Army version 2.6 (Link-Up) Released!

Posted by: bugsplat

Sun Feb 12, 2006 3:43 am

The next iteration of the America's Army game titled America's Army: Special Forces (Link-Up) v2.6 has officially been released! Included in this version of America's Army are two new multiplayer missions. One of these missions is an Infantry mission, the other is a Ranger mission. These two missions represent the first Infantry and Ranger missions since 'Urban Assault' & 'Woodland Outpost' in v2.3.0. The new 'Dusk' mission is also the first VIP mission since SF Hospital in v2.0.0. This version of America's Army also includes the new AA Browser (Match-Making System) powered by Pragmatic Solutions, Inc. The AA Browser enhances the game experience by providing advanced server filtering options and stats displays

GameArena CoDUO Opinion Polls Are Open!

Posted by: bugsplat

Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:54 am

The GameArena CoDUO Ladder opinion polls are open. Make sure that you take this opportunity to have your say about last years successful season and what changes, if any, that you think they should make to the way the ladder games are played before they start off the new season. Take the poll here: Game Arena CoDUO Opinion Poll.

Welcome to our newest members!

Posted by: bugsplat

Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:35 pm

It has been pointed out to me that I have forgotten once again to welcome our latest additions to the family, so here goes: AnTWaN who hails from sunny Tauranga, and mrssniffer who comes from Rockhampton. I'm sure you will continue to make them feel welcome like you have been doing for the last couple of months!

GameArena CoDUO Ladder Restarts Soon!

Posted by: bugsplat

Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:13 pm

The GameArena CoDUO Ladder is set to restart soon and the GameOp's want to gauge everyone's opinion about last years successful season and what changes that we all think they should make to the way the ladder games are played before they start off the new season. They intend to do this by conducting a series of polls from Feb 11 at the Game Arena CoDUO Message Boards.

MeatHead Joins the GameArena COD2 5vs5 Ladder!

Posted by: bugsplat

Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:46 pm

At last the wait is over! Its time to put all those weeks of practice into play and show the world what the MeatHead clan is made of. The Call of Duty 2 ladder will run for 12 weeks (its currently in free play mode). The maximum team size in any match will be 5 players, with teams being allowed to participate in a match with a minimum of 4 players. The GameArena Call of Duty 2 Ladder will be run in the ‘Search & Destroy’ game mode and friendly fire will be on for all ladder matches.

NVIDIA and Dell Showcase First-Ever Quad-SLI PC

Posted by: bugsplat

Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:32 pm

The most extreme HD gaming experience is here with Quad NVIDIA® SLI™ technology. NVIDIA and Dell unveiled the first-ever Quad-SLI PC at the Consumer Electronics Show 2006. Taking its acclaimed SLI technology to the next level, NVIDIA introduced support for not one, not two, not three, but FOUR GPUs. Delivering the most extreme high definition gaming experience available on the PC, Quad SLI features four of NVIDIA's flagship GeForce® 7800 GTX GPUs with an NVIDIA nForce®4 SLI motherboard.

Call of Duty 2 v1.01 Patch Released!

Posted by: bugsplat

Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:32 pm

Activision has released a patch for Call of Duty 2, bringing the WWII FPS sequel developed by Infinity Ward to v1.01. The update is recommended for Windows 2000/XP users with Intel Hyper-Threading Technology (HT Technology) enabled processors, multiple processors, or systems with a dual core processor. This upgrade will not affect pure server, and will not affect your ability to join or host multiplayer games with version 1.0 players.

Update to Call of Duty 2 announced

Posted by: bugsplat

Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:42 pm

ACTIVISION ANNOUNCES CALL OF DUTY® 2 PLANS FOR MULTIPLAYER MAPS AND PC UPDATE Activision and Infinity Ward announce plans for an upcoming release of multiplayer maps for Call of Duty 2, as well as an update to include support for PunkBuster anti-cheat software. The official press release reads:

MeatHead Joins AusElite 6v6 COD2 Ladder

Posted by: bugsplat

Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:44 am

Today MeatHead joins the new AusElite Gaming League for COD2 so we can put some of our long hours of practice to good use. We will be joining a number of other well known and respected clans ( 506th Airborne, 5th SS Wiking Elite Division and the Noisy Bastards just to name a few...) playing Headquarters using the PAM competition mod.

Welcome to our latest members!

Posted by: bugsplat

Sun Nov 27, 2005 3:35 am

It's time to say welcome to our latest clan members: Killer who despite being from the north side of the bridge, is still technically one of the local kiwis, Jimbo an aussie who joins us from the big island across The Ditch, and smackcroker a expat american who lives on the big island in the south. I'm sure you will make them all feel at home in the usual MeatHead way!

MeatHead COD2 Server!

Posted by: bugsplat

Sat Nov 05, 2005 1:20 pm

Yup - the time has come to announce the arrival of the MeatHead COD2 server!
After much ado, easymeat and I cleaned out some cobwebs, upgraded to Win2kSP1, and installed a new (old) harddrive into the server with COD2 preinstalled - modern wonders!

XFIRE chat with Infinity Ward

Posted by: bugsplat

Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:34 pm

On Wednesday, October 26th, 2005, the Infinity Ward development team was on Xfire for an exclusive group chat with a lucky group of Xfire users, in particular to discuss their newest work, Call of Duty 2

Welcome to our latest members!

Posted by: bugsplat

Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:18 pm

It's time to say welcome to our latest clan member MontysPython who joins us from across The Ditch. I'm sure you will all make him feel at home before you plant a satchel to his back!

Call of Duty 2 Performance and Demo Review

Posted by: bugsplat

Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:05 am

Call of Duty was as a whole regarded as an excellent first-person shooter and game and now Infinity Ward is back with Call of Duty 2. According to recent previews, the game is based off a totally new engine, unlike the modified Quake III engine of the original Call of Duty. After going through the game though, there still seem to be some slight remnants or at least similarities, perhaps just the UI but the gameplay and feel of the game seem to remain, however the game does look spectacular...

AA:SF (DIRECT ACTION) V2.5 Released!

Posted by: bugsplat

Sat Oct 15, 2005 9:44 pm

They have officially released the next iteration of the America's Army game titled: America's Army: Special Forces (Direct Action) v2.5!.New Multiplayer missions include two new Special Forces multiplayer missions. One of these new missions contains both the Special Forces playable Soldier class, as well as the Indigenous Forces playable class. The other new mission is 'SF Exclusive' containing only the Special Forces playable Soldier class.

Call of Duty Release Date

Posted by: bugsplat

Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:46 pm

The release date for Call of Duty 2: DVD Collector's Edition has changed from October 27 to November 4. Read the latest interview with Vince Zampella, the executive producer of Call of Duty 2.

Call of Duty 2 Demo

Posted by: bugsplat

Tue Sep 27, 2005 7:12 pm

Return to the brutal action of World War II with the (first) demo of Call of Duty 2 from Infinity Ward. This singleplayer demo includes the El Daba, Egypt level from the game's British campaign.

Brothers In Arms: Earned In Blood Demo

Posted by: bugsplat

Fri Sept 23, 2005 11:20 pm

After Ubisoft announced that the latest game in the Brothers In Arms franchise, Brothers In Arms: Earned In Blood will be released on October 28th, Ubisoft has released a demo for Gearbox Software's WWI FPS Brothers In Arms: Earned In Blood, allowing you to try out the Close Quarters singleplayer mission, as well as the Last Stop skirmish map, also playable over LAN. Brothers In Arms: Earned In Blood adds new features and game modes, a new single-player narrative, new multiplayer missions, an all-new cooperative-style game mode, and new weapons and vehicles...

Parents supply computer games illegally

Posted by: bugsplat

Sat Sep 24, 2005 12:49 pm

Parents are supplying restricted or banned computer games to their teenage children, a report released yesterday shows. Almost two-thirds of the 15- to 17-year-olds surveyed had played games which were either R18 or banned outright. One-third of those who had done so had been provided with the games by their parents.

Call of Duty2 Movie

Posted by: bugsplat

Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:06 pm

The latest gameplay movie of Call of Duty 2 is available for download from Fileshack. Its an extremely intense 6.5 minutes of action from the single player game at Pointe du Hoc, 3 miles from Omaha Beach, June 1944.

MeatHead joins Game Arena

Posted by: bugsplat

Sat Jun 18, 2005 3:37 pm

The MeatHead clan has joined the GameArena CoDUO ladder. Make sure you visit the clan page and apply to join.

More content and drivel..

Posted by: bugsplat

Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:32 am

Yes it's me again. For the benefit of those still reading you may have discovered that some of the links actually work now. I must be getting better. The fact that I have not heard any suggestions from anybody must be an indication that no-one even knows this site exists rather than the possibility that it is difficult for those without any skill in this area to make a suggestion that is well thought out in both its method of delivery as well as its witty content.

Web site up and running !!

Posted by: bugsplat

Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:32 am

Believe it or not (as the case may be) the initial cut of the website is now here - in fact your looking at it...Please take into consideration that (a) it is a work in progress, (b) links are likely to be broken and pages devoid of anything useful and (c) your opinions don't necessarily agree with my own. All constructive criticism will be duly noted and anybody attempting to bollocks the effort that went into producing these pages can go take a running jump.

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