First-Person Shooters

By Wesley Yin-Poole, Eurogamer

Earlier this month we had Mean Girls and Freaky Friday star Lindsay Lohan suing Rockstar over allegedly using her likeness in Grand Theft Auto 5. Now, we have an ex-dictator suing Activision over allegedly using his likeness in Call of Duty.

Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega is suing Activision over the use of his likeness in Treyarch’s first-person shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

In the game Alex Mason and Frank Woods track Noriega, codenamed False Profit by the CIA, to the outskirts of Panama City. You can see the scene in which they find him in the video, below, taken from the level Suffer With Me.

Now, 80-year-old Noriega, who lives in Panama, is suing Activision for the “blatant misuse, unlawful exploitation and misappropriation for economic gain” of his image in Black Ops 2, which came out in 2012.

In the lawsuit, filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court and reported on by the Courthouse News Service, Noriega’s lawyers claim: “In an effort to increase the popularity and revenue generated by Black Ops 2, defendants used, without authorisation or consent, the image and likeness of plaintiff in Black Ops 2.”

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Battlefield 4 Dragon’s Teeth DLC Now Available for Battlefield 4 Premium Members

Electronic Arts has announced that Dragon’s Teeth, the fourth expansion pack to Battlefield 4, is out now for all Battlefield 4 Premium members. This DLC will be available to all non-Premium members on July 29th. Battlefield 4 Dragon’s Teeth offers the following new maps that introduce unique environments: Lumphini Garden, Pearl Market, Propaganda, and Sunken Dragon.

The DLC also includes five new weapons in addition to a new unlockable gadget, the Ballistic shield. Moreover, Dragon’s Teeth introduces Chain Link, a twist on the fan-favorite Conquest mode that sees squads battle to link capture points in order to achieve victory. Fans will also get ten new assignments with unique unlocks and a new Battle pickup in the R.A.W.R., a remote controlled ground vehicle armed to the teeth.

Click here to view the Dragon’s Teeth DLC teaser trailer.

Bohemia Interactive today opened the Addon category for their €500,000 Make Arma Not War content creation contest for Arma 3. This means people can now send in their applications for each contest category. While the other categories (Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Total Modifiction) had already launched, the Addon category was delayed until Arma 3′s support for Steam Workshop addons had been implemented.

To apply, contestants should go to www.makearma.com/apply and start the application process. The deadline for applications is set on October 26th, 2014. The winners of the Make Arma Not War contest will be announced on January 15th, 2015.

More information about the contest, the rules, prizes, and categories is available on www.makearma.com.

Bohemia Interactive today released Arma 3 Bootcamp – a major new update for Arma 3, which delivers additional single- and multiplayer tutorials, a Virtual Reality training environment, a character- equipment- and weapons-viewer called Virtual Arsenal, refinements to the fatigue and weapon sway game mechanics, plus the anticipated Addon integration for Arma 3’s Steam Workshop. The update is further introduced in the brand new Arma 3 Bootcamp trailer.

The Arma 3 Bootcamp Update is now available for free to all owners of Arma 3 and will download and install automatically via Steam.

Get more information on the Arma 3 Bootcamp Update via the official Press Release.

Source: CVG UK

Activision has released a new Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare trailer focused on the game’s sound design. According to the official blurb, the video goes behind the scenes with Sledgehammer Games audio director Don Veca, who details “an audio intelligence system that makes virtually every impact and explosion sound unique”. The latest behind the scenes video follows the recent release of Advanced Warfare facial animation and futuristic tech trailers.

Sledgehammer’s first solo entry in the shooter series is said to be set in a plausible future, specifically the year 2054, and stars Kevin Spacey as main antagonist Jonathan Irons. The Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare release date is November 4 on Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4 and PC.

Source: Battlefield Blog

Get ready to take the battle to Asian Pacific’s dense, urban landscape with Battlefield 4 Dragon’s Teeth, the fourth expansion pack to Battlefield 4. Coming July 15th to Battlefield 4 Premium members, Dragon’s Teeth drops players into four all-new maps that introduce unique environments and gameplay ranging from the bustling alleyways of Pearl Market to the floating restaurant in the middle of a lake in Sunken Dragon.

Dragon’s Teeth sees five new weapons making their Battlefield debut in addition to a new unlockable gadget, the Ballistic shield. Dragon’s Teeth also introduces a new game mode, Chain Link, a twist on the fan-favorite Conquest mode that sees squads battle to link capture points in order to achieve victory. Fans will also get ten new assignments with unique unlocks and a new Battle pickup in the R.A.W.R., a remote controlled ground vehicle armed to the teeth.

All this plus four new maps including:

• Lumphini Garden: Cruise with fast-moving PWC’s on the canals in the pristine park to get the upper hand.
• Pearl Market: Wage wars within the bustling alleyways and upon the rooftops of the marketplace.
• Propaganda: Fight among massive despotic monuments in the grey concrete battleground.
• Sunken Dragon: Battle between modern high rises as you wreak havoc in a floating restaurant or drain the lake opening up for a frontal vehicle assault.

Get a head start playing Battlefield 4 Dragon’s Teeth early by becoming a Battlefield 4 Premium member. Battlefield 4 Dragon’s Teeth will be available to all non-Premium members starting on July 29th.

Source: CVG

Activision will release the latest Call of Duty: Ghosts DLC pack today on PS4, PS3 and PC. The Invasion DLC introduces four new small-to-medium sized multiplayer maps, including a refreshed version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2′s Favela, plus a fresh mission for the Extinction co-op mode.

First launched on Xbox One and Xbox 360 on June 3, Invasion is available as part of the game’s season pass, or standalone for £8.06 / $14.99. Activision plans to release four Call of Duty Ghosts map packs. Onslaught launched in January, while Devastation arrived in April.

Source: Battlefield Blog

It’s been about a week since the Battlefield Hardline beta has come to a close, and as Steve said last week we want to thank everyone who took part. Even though the beta was just a small taste of the complete package we plan to deliver with Hardline, the amount of feedback we got from players around the world has been incredible and will help ensure we make Hardline a better game when it launches this October.

That’s why we’re happy to introduce you to the CMW – the Community’s Most Wanted. This is where we will outline some of the fixes and improvements we are making to Battlefield Hardline based on feedback we received during the beta and what we’re hearing from you. Yes, we are listening!

List of Changes via Battlefield Blog

Bohemia Interactive today released a brand new video to further introduce the role of the ground vehicle crewman in Arma 3. Just as in real life, most vehicles in Arma 3 require multiple people – either controlled by AI or co-operative players – to operate efficiently, which are typically divided into a driver, gunner, and vehicle commander position. The new video takes a closer look at each of these crew member’s responsibilities, while exploring some of the core principles of ground vehicle combat.

In continuation of the official Arma 3 Community Guide series, the Ground Vehicle Crew video is narrated by Andrew Gluck (better known as Dslyecxi, former service member and leader of the popular Arma community group Shack Tactical), who discusses the strengths and weaknesses of ground vehicles, the responsibilities of each vehicle crew member, and some of the basic communication protocols. While there are many more ways to play Arma 3, it represents one possible method by which players can go more in-depth with their vehicle operations in Arma 3’s open military sandbox.

For more game information, please visit the official Arma 3 Website.

Sledgehammer Games parades its new graphics tech

By Mike Jackson, US News Editor, CVG America

A new Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare developer diary has been released, showing off the game’s animation and face capture technology. Animations director Christopher Stone and art director Joe Salud discuss how the developer has done “whatever it took to make the game look as photo realistic as possible”. The Sledgehammer developed shooter is said to be set in a plausible future, specifically the year 2054, and stars Kevin Spacey as main antagonist Jonathan Irons.