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Frontlines enables 50 players on all maps
With the release of the new (and free) multiplayer map "Boneyard", THQ flipped the magical Frontlines: Fuel of War multiplayer switch and enabled 50 player online multiplayer on all of the game's maps. A huge step up since launch, when only the map "Village" had 50 player versus enabled. Not only has multiplayer been opened up, but a patch has been released adding a "new spawn protection system, as well as expanded voice-over-IP communications, which includes squad to squad chat, proximity, and inter-vehicle communication." Enjoy your chaotic Frontlines gaming fun.
Kaos announces new Frontlines: FoW DLC
Videogamer.com has details on some newly announced Frontlines: Fuel of War downloadable content and, as can be expected from any first person shooter, the DLC is multiplayer focused.Kaos Studios just confirmed that the new Fuel of War DLC has been sent to Microsoft cert and is awaiting the green light to release to the XBLM and is said to include five new multiplayer maps including Boneyard, Hindsight, Sunder, Wide Awake and Infiltration. Make the jump to read a detailed descriptions about each map.We'd also like to say that seeing a developer support their game, no matter which game, after launch with DLC is cool in our book. Judgment free. Though, we'll reserve our developer praise until after the DLC pricing is revealed, because we're admittedly a bit touchy about things like the cost of content. Especially for games that didn't quite break into the popular Xbox Live multiplayer rotation .... just saying.
Frontlines: Fuel of War pushed to 2008
THQ has announced that Frontlines: Fuel of War has been delayed. For the uninitiated, Fuel of War is a team-based combat game on a grand scale, filled with multiple classes, vehicles, and weapons (you may want to check out Joystiq's hands-on impressions of the game from earlier this year). Sound like fun? Too bad, because Fuel of War won't be coming out until 2008. The reason? THQ didn't want to be part of the already full Holiday 2007 lineup. In other words, going up against monsters like GTAIV and Halo 3 didn't sound like a good business decision. Probably a good call, really.Was anyone out there looking forward to Frontlines: Fuel of War?
Today's sneakiest game video: Frontlines - Fuel of War hidden tour
Sneaky hidden videos will always score high on our list, particularly if they don't involve Britney, Paris, and Lindsay. It's time we reclaimed their 15 minutes because they've run into serious overtime.So, the story behind this video is as follows: 'Games For Windows' Magazine recently filmed a totally unathorized, hidden video tour of Kaos Studios for a piece about Frontlines: Fuel of War. They weren't thrilled about having their HQ filmed Geraldo-style, but THQ (the publisher) didn't want to retaliate against the magazine, for fear that they would give them a bad review in return.So, once all the smoke has cleared, what does that leave us with? Frankly, not too much. Either it's a well planned "fake" secret video, or else it's a new wave of marketing going into effect that really embraces the old adage "there's no such thing as bad publicity." Of course, nothing really groundbreaking or damaging was revealed in this video ... or was it? Does this mean we can start running around developer HQs with a camera, knowing that they won't want us to pan their upcoming games? Hmmmmmm ...
Frontlines: Fuel of War debut trailer
World superpowers, oil, fly this, shoot that. Frontlines: Fuel of War may not come across as the most original concept, but a debut trailer that came out yesterday proves it's still got a few tricks up its sleeve. This could be an excellent squad-based and vehicular shooter for the new Sony console. However online play would really make it stand out.The footage doesn't seem to convey much in-game action, mostly theatric stuff, but it still gives you a good feel for what to expect. Frontlines comes from the same people who worked on Battlefield 2 R&D projects and Desert Combat (could ya tell?) so the style of gameplay follows that paradigm. Look for it in 2007.
Fuel of War is about war for fuel
Kaos Studios, comprised of some of the guys that brought you Battlefield 1942's Desert Combat mod and Battlefield 2, have announced their first project: Frontlines: Fuel of War, described as an "open world, infantry- and vehicle-based FPS (First Person Shooter) featuring advanced next-gen weaponry [ed: that means future-guns, not the Xbox 360] in a desperate, near future setting where controlling the planet's depleting fossil resources determines the ultimate fate of civilization." Sounds GR:AW-y.This ripped-from-the-headlines FPS is moving out on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC platforms fall 2007, published by THQ. [Xboxygen has another screen; thanks, tomchoucrew]
