Archive for November, 2011

  • Danish independent gamestudio Reto-Moto announced today that Jesper Kyd will be composing the score for their new browser-based, persistent FPS/Strategy game Heroes & Generals. For those of you who may not know Kyd, he was behind the award-winning music in Assassin’s Creed and Hitman. Have a listen to this snippet of the score that Reto-Moto just released: Personally, I think...

    Heroes & Generals get Jesper Kyd

    Posted on November 28, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Danish independent gamestudio Reto-Moto announced today that Jesper Kyd will be composing the score for their new browser-based, persistent FPS/Strategy game Heroes & Generals. For those of you who may not know Kyd, he was behind the award-winning music in Assassin’s Creed and Hitman. Have a listen to this snippet of the score that Reto-Moto just released: Personally, I think...

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  • In my opinion, The Galactic Warfare Mod by the BlackMonkeys.de was one of the best CoD4 mods the CoD community ever created. Given that it is Thanksgiving, we here at BASHandSlash.com cannot think of a better way to thank the guys and gals at the BlackMonkeys who brought us this mod than to give them the recognition they deserve. Therefore,...

    GWM as Mod of the Year

    Posted on November 27, 2011 | 2 Comments
    In my opinion, The Galactic Warfare Mod by the BlackMonkeys.de was one of the best CoD4 mods the CoD community ever created. Given that it is Thanksgiving, we here at BASHandSlash.com cannot think of a better way to thank the guys and gals at the BlackMonkeys who brought us this mod than to give them the recognition they deserve. Therefore,...

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  • At the end of this month, Wargaming.net will be releasing version 7.0 of it’s free-to-play hit MMO, the mechanized slaughterhouse known as World of Tanks (WoT). It seems like only yesterday that this game released and yet we’ve already had this many subsequent revisions! Released in April of this year, the London and Belarus-based Wargaming.net has garnered some very impressive...

    World of Tanks

    Posted on November 27, 2011 | 2 Comments
    At the end of this month, Wargaming.net will be releasing version 7.0 of it’s free-to-play hit MMO, the mechanized slaughterhouse known as World of Tanks (WoT). It seems like only yesterday that this game released and yet we’ve already had this many subsequent revisions! Released in April of this year, the London and Belarus-based Wargaming.net has garnered some very impressive...

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  • During the recent Ubisoft Digital Day in London, Ubisoft’s marketing group manager for online gaming, Thomas Paincon talked about his company’s latest IP, the FPS game developed by Nadeo called Shootmania.  What? Not heard of Shootmania? Bet you’ve heard of Trackmania or Trackmania 2 (Canyon, Nadeo’s latest racing game) though. Trackmania is Nadeo’s famous online arcade racing game of course...

    Shootmania

    Posted on November 24, 2011 | 1 Comment
    During the recent Ubisoft Digital Day in London, Ubisoft’s marketing group manager for online gaming, Thomas Paincon talked about his company’s latest IP, the FPS game developed by Nadeo called Shootmania.  What? Not heard of Shootmania? Bet you’ve heard of Trackmania or Trackmania 2 (Canyon, Nadeo’s latest racing game) though. Trackmania is Nadeo’s famous online arcade racing game of course...

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  • A new, community inspired,  online clan-wars site started up today for Battlefield Play For Free.  The Battlefield Play For Free League, as it’s called, is an endeavor by the stalwart European Battlefield group, Old Guys  Gaming Community (www.oldguys.eu). This site will will allow teams, clans or even just a few guys who want to get a bit more serious about...

    Battlefield P4F League

    Posted on November 21, 2011 | 2 Comments
    A new, community inspired,  online clan-wars site started up today for Battlefield Play For Free.  The Battlefield Play For Free League, as it’s called, is an endeavor by the stalwart European Battlefield group, Old Guys  Gaming Community (www.oldguys.eu). This site will will allow teams, clans or even just a few guys who want to get a bit more serious about...

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  • Prussia is the stronghold of heathenism in Eastern Europe. It is a savage land, filled with savage people, unsafe for any Christian. To defend his borders, the king of Poland appealed to the most glorious warriors of the time – the Knights of the Teutonic Order. In the distant year of 1230, they founded the castle Thorn, their first fortress, ...

    Real Warfare II Northern Crusades Review

    Posted on November 19, 2011 | No Comments
    Prussia is the stronghold of heathenism in Eastern Europe. It is a savage land, filled with savage people, unsafe for any Christian. To defend his borders, the king of Poland appealed to the most glorious warriors of the time – the Knights of the Teutonic Order. In the distant year of 1230, they founded the castle Thorn, their first fortress, ...

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  •  Another month is upon us and sure enough, there’s another contents update from A.V.A. I’ve been anxiously anticipating this update for a while because it will hopefully fix the lag issues, currently being experienced here in North America. In addition, a ping filter is being introduced. So hopefully, by Friday evening, we’ll all be playing A.V.A. lag free and with...

    A.V.A. Nov Update

    Posted on November 17, 2011 | No Comments
     Another month is upon us and sure enough, there’s another contents update from A.V.A. I’ve been anxiously anticipating this update for a while because it will hopefully fix the lag issues, currently being experienced here in North America. In addition, a ping filter is being introduced. So hopefully, by Friday evening, we’ll all be playing A.V.A. lag free and with...

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  • By now you all have heard that Sledgehammer Games’ general manager Glen Schofield was riled that the user score for Modern Warfare 3 was running suspiciously low on Metacritic yesterday. Though the critic score was hovering around 81, gamers with a Metacritic login were pummeling the title. Personally, I saw the PC-user score as low as 1.5/10 but was around...

    Everyone’s a Metacritic

    Posted on November 15, 2011 | 4 Comments
    By now you all have heard that Sledgehammer Games’ general manager Glen Schofield was riled that the user score for Modern Warfare 3 was running suspiciously low on Metacritic yesterday. Though the critic score was hovering around 81, gamers with a Metacritic login were pummeling the title. Personally, I saw the PC-user score as low as 1.5/10 but was around...

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  • My love affair with Logitech products goes back for decades now. I have always adored their sense of  style, of quality. If peripherals were cars, Logitech keyboards were Maybachs, their mice, Ferraris.  In a tradition I still follow today, the first thing I do if I buy a pre-built PC is to replace all the plastic attachments with Logitech gizmos....

    Logitech’s G500: All thumbs

    Posted on November 13, 2011 | 6 Comments
    My love affair with Logitech products goes back for decades now. I have always adored their sense of  style, of quality. If peripherals were cars, Logitech keyboards were Maybachs, their mice, Ferraris.  In a tradition I still follow today, the first thing I do if I buy a pre-built PC is to replace all the plastic attachments with Logitech gizmos....

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  • If you have not heard, Steam forums were hacked yesterday. If you have a Steam account, it is advisable that you change your account password if it is the same as your forum password on Steam. Personally, I’d change the password either way. Here is the text from Gabe Newell from Valve who’s message just flashed up on Steam: Dear...

    Steam hacked

    Posted on November 10, 2011 | 1 Comment
    If you have not heard, Steam forums were hacked yesterday. If you have a Steam account, it is advisable that you change your account password if it is the same as your forum password on Steam. Personally, I’d change the password either way. Here is the text from Gabe Newell from Valve who’s message just flashed up on Steam: Dear...

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