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Call of Duty: Black Ops next Update News.

[SSW] AMD/ATI Power — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:14:19 +0000

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IN PROGRESS
(Last Updated 1/12/11)

•MP Audio stuttering on certain systems.
•Playercards sometimes not showing properly.
•Added three Private Match Server Settings: Team Change, Team-Up Period, and Keep Balanced Teams.
•Added Alternate Color Scheme for accessibility: Settings / Multiplayer / Player Name Indicator.
•Changed Team-Up Period countdown interval to 10 seconds.
•Combat Training sessions are no longer counted in Server Browser Unranked tab.
•Friends on your team will now show as blue on your minimap.
•Prevention of various exploits.
•Objective markers localized for all languages.
•SP Audio stuttering on certain systems.
•Addition of new contracts.
•Addition of the “Dolly Cam” editing mode in Theater.
•If a player cancels an invite to a Wager Match, then attempts to join another server, they will join the server from the declined invite.
•Issue where the incorrect perks would appear when spectating another player under certain conditions.
•Addition of round start explosive delay to China Lake grenade launcher to give it the same “spawn toob” protection as other explosives.
•Ensure reticle purchases are reset on prestige in all circumstances.
•Contracts should reset on prestige.
•Prevention of Valkyrie rocket exploding upon release under rare conditions.
•Prevention of Gunship and Chopper Gunner failing to give player full control under rare conditions.
•Prevention of an issue where a player will get teleported outside the map boundaries under very specific conditions.
•Limit the ability to re-roll supply drops using Hardline Pro to Care Packages only, no other killstreak drops.
•Increased headshot multipliers for sniper rifles. Sniper rifles with suppressors equipped will now always be ensured one-shot kill headshots.
•Added a render delay to the red diamond player indicators that appear when controlling the Gunship, Valkyrie Rocket and Chopper Gunner. When a player first spawns, this will not appear for a period of time.
•Additional minor reductions in knife lunge.

Steam client update

[SSW] AMD/ATI Power — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:58:30 +0000

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam
Made various improvements to Recommendations:
Made some general improvements to the algorithm to make "Similar Items" a little more similar
Changed primary source for generated recommendations to be recent playtime rather than recent purchases, prioritizing "new to you" games (ie, games where your recent playtime makes up the bulk of your total playtime for that game)
Fixed DLC recommendations showing for games you haven't really played yet
Games you've recommended will now be shown on your community profile page
Fixed friend recommendations for free games you haven't yet played to show on your recommended page just like friend recommendations for games you don't own.
Added links to the new "Friend Activity" page to the store homepage and community home panel.
Added Turkish translation to the Steam client
[Windows] Chinese, Japanese, and Korean typing support in the in-game overlay, for some games
Fixed a case where a hyperlink in chat could take you to a player’s profile instead
Fixed community opening to your profile instead of the blotter when community is your favorite window (thanks Sir_Brizz!)
Improved Matchmaking function performance
Fixed starting game executables with very long command line parameters (>255 characters)
Fixed keyboard navigation in menus
[Mac OSX] Overlay improved (works with Farming Simulator) and fixed an OpenGL state bug
[Mac OSX] Implemented Minimize Cmd-M menu command.
[Mac OSX] Improved Cmd-W to be more reliable
Fix games not launching after resolving a Cloud conflict
[Mac OSX] Fix layout on file open dialog when adding a non-Steam game
Fix layout on server browser dialog
Removed code for the now-ended Civilization V charity promotion
[Mac OS X] Fixed cursor not showing up in game overlay on some games
[Mac OS X] Dock Icon will not persistently bounce once it has a badge with a count of pending IMs.
Fixed Steam not remembering Cloud settings in certain situation

Battlefield: Play4Free beta Key

[SSW] AMD/ATI Power — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:54:56 +0000

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Happy New Year 2011

[SSW] AMD/ATI Power — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:29:23 +0000

Happy very Happy new Year 2011.

!2011 bring us Modern Warfare 3!

Call of Duty: Black Ops PC Patch Brings More Performance

[SSW] AMD/ATI Power — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:32:06 +0000

Another patch was promised for the PC edition of Call of Duty: Black Ops and, lo and behold, like mana from heaven or a new skateboard from Santa, it launched last night.
The patch brings a big bag of bug and exploit fixes, tweaks and, perhaps more importantly, even more optimisations aimed at reigning in the terrible performance woes Cod Blops suffered on PC at launch. Previous patches have brought changes aimed at the issues but didn't fully resolve them.
The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions received a different patch earlier this week, which was mostly aimed at tweaking multiplayer bugs, exploits and imbalances.
Your Cod Blops will automatically update on PC through Steam.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Update Released

[SSW] AMD/ATI Power — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:27:19 +0000

Updates to Call of Duty: Black Ops have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Call of Duty: Black Ops:
Improved threading performance on computers with only 2 cores.
Additional performance optimizations
Added an option to pre-cache all shaders during load time. This fixes hitching related to shader compiling on some video cards when viewing an area of the map for the first time.
Fixed random freezes in certain computer configurations.
Allow Team Change on Ranked servers when it does not unbalance teams (this is a server admin option).
Allow Team Change grace period at start of match (server admin option).
Added 4 more reserved slots (server admin option)
Added /connect
Improved quickmatch results (server side change)
Fix for watching films through Combat Record
Fixed compassSpectatorsSeeEnemies exploit
Fixed 3rd person fov exploit
Fix for infinite supply drop exploit.
Fixed crosshair flickering when stereo is active.
Various spawn improvements
Various sound improvements
Fix for Zombies – Teammate shadows not displayed properly.
Fix for radar not staying on in One in the Chamber when it should.
In a Domination match, the Position Secured medal is no longer delayed.
'Hardened: Equipment Shot' Challenge can now be completed by destroying a 'Camera Spike'.
Fix for choppy final killcam in dedicated servers.
Various map glitches fixed.
Weekly and Monthly leaderboards will now track all kills, deaths and assists properly (All Time leaderboards were not affected by this)
Added mixed hardcore playlist
Added mixed barebones playlist
Added 12 player versions of all playlists

Rcon:
Reduced timeout values. Connect (or failure to connect is faster).
Added all white-listed dvars for Ranked and Unranked. Admins have rcon access to ALL available dvars.
Added Settings and Console tabs for Ranked servers.
Fixes a bug where the “Server” tab doesn’t update values when connecting to a new server.
Added version number to the title bar.
Fixed a bug where UI state didn’t persist after switching to another server.
Added “disconnect” button.
Fixed map “set” to not use admindvar.
Changed all dvars which could be possibly float, to float. Mostly these are time-type dvars.
Fixed bug where entering a value of zero for Message Duration would cause a unhandled exception error
Truncated all message fields to 140 chars

Call of Duty: Black Ops: Patch 1.04 comming this week via Steam.

[SSW] AMD/ATI Power — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:35:19 +0000

Patch-Notes:[––]

• Added an option to create shaders during load time. This fixes hitching when viewing a new area of the map for the first time on some video cards.
• Incomplete server browser results.
• Improvements to Quickmatch results (with better ping and reduced lag)..
• /connect
• /reconnect
• Improved threading performance on computers with only 2 cores.
• Fixed random freezes in certain computer configurations.
• Increased reserved slots to 9.
• Improvements to the spawn system to resolve an issue where negative spawn influencers from specific game events were not always being deleted after the danger had cleared – in some matches, this was causing good spawns to be erroneously flagged by the game as bad spawns, which in turn forced actual bad spawns to get selected later in the match
• Weekly and Monthly leaderboards will now track all kills, deaths and assists properly (All Time leaderboards were not affected by this)
• Prevention of killstreak selection getting disabled in Combat Training under rare conditions
• Array: Added collision to prevent players from partially clipping into a tree
• Launch: Added collision to prevent players from strafe jumping onto an invisible ledge at the base of the rocket near B3
• Summit: Added collision to prevent players from jumping to a location outside of the map boundary when in Custom Games where player speed is maxed out
• Havana: Added collision to prevent players from jumping onto an invisible ledge above a doorway at C2
• Nuketown: Adjusted a spawn point that would spawn players on top of a mannequin’s head when that mannequin was randomly spawned in that location
• Launch: User could access a small platform outside of the intended play space below the rocket gantry by jumping to a very specific location; now blocked from access
• Launch: User could access a small area inside geometry at vents near Dom flag A by going prone and moving around in a very specific location; now blocked from access
• Some users reported that weapon attachment challenges were not resetting after prestige; now all are guaranteed to clear as soon as selecting the prestige option
• Radar sweep when there are only 2 players left in One in the Chamber will stop functioning if the 2 players have multiple lives when the sweep starts
• Villa: User can clip into rock at west edge of grid zone B2 and see through to the other side
• Crisis: User can clip into LVT between grid zone A3 and B3 and see through to the other side
• User can get an infinite number of 'Sam Turret', 'Care Package' and 'Sentry Gun' killstreaks (commonly referred to as the “care package glitch”)

What's Modern Warfare Doing In A Special Needs School?

[SSW] AMD/ATI Power — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 09:28:41 +0000

That's what parents near Sacramento, Calif., want to know and, you know, I do, too.
Officials at East Valley Education Center in Oakdale, Calif. refused to appear on camera, but it sounds like they were using video games as an incentive or a reward to help kids with developmental difficulties socialize. That's well and good if it's, I don't know, LittleBigPlanet or Super Mario Galaxy. Modern Warfare?

Officials at East Valley Education Center in Oakdale, Calif. refused to appear on camera, but it sounds like they were using video games as an incentive or a reward to help kids with developmental difficulties socialize. Sounds great, except Modern Warfare, an M-rated game, was one of them.

A school administrator backed out of an on-camera interview (which the reporter chippily notes) but said that the school would get rid of the games. Meantime, the mom and dad involved here say their autistic son came home with manifested anger issues, acting out and directing some of his behavior at his sister.

Years of overreaction have conditioned gamers to mistrust hysterical parents and sweeps-hungry local TV outlets in the violent video games debate. But, at face value, this is colossally stupid. If the ESRB rating has any meaning, Modern Warfare is not appropriate in any school, regardless of students' needs. Someone's thinking lawsuit here, and someone else is probably looking at unemployment for Christmas.

Violent Video Games Allowed At Special Needs School [CBS Sacramento, thanks Mike B.]

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[SSW] AMD/ATI Power — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 10:58:18 +0000

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The Biggest Games Of 2010 You Didn't Play?

[SSW] AMD/ATI Power — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 08:43:10 +0000

Today in Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Culebra takes a look at the biggest games of the year that he never got around to playing. Which have you missed?

Well, we're almost at the end of the year, and as we know, we'll all see the same 'Best Of Year' lists that'll have the same four or so games on it. You'll also see those lists that try to be different, but probably aren't.

This is one of those.

My focus: Big releases that for some reason or other, you just didn't play.

For me, six big names pop to mind.

1: Halo: Reach

That one you could blame on Halo 3 and ODST. As much as I loved Halo 1 and 2, there was somehing I just didn't like about Halo 3, and it grew worse with time. And ODST didn't help much either, as I sent it back to Gamefly without even beating it. So I guess falling out of love with the series is what held me back.

2: Fallout: New Vegas

I loved Fallout 3. It was a post apocalyptic Oblivion, two things I adored. I sank so many hours into that game, and did damn near everything in it. Every quest, every dlc. But by the time Zeta dropped, I was getting sick of it. It felt like I was eating the same meal day in day out. No matter how tasty, you get sick of it. So Vegas is a victim of 'Too Soon' for me.

3: Call Of Duty: Black Ops

Did every game have a :Subtitle this year? Sheesh. Mostly the ones I didn't play, it seems. This one suffers from the same 'Too Soon' syndrome Fallout did, with the major difference being that I'm a casual COD player at best, so I've always been bi-annual with the series.

4: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

Not sure if that ':' officially belongs there...but I think the theme must not be broken. This one could be chucked up to me not being a fan of the series in general. Which was odd, as people everywhere were harping on about how 2 was the greatest thing since toilets, and I'm there wondering if we're playing the same game. So, Brotherhood just held no appeal.

5: Gran Turismo 5: Epilogue

I know it doesn't belong there. Shut up. I also know that GT fans can be quite cultish, and I totally expect to wake up strapped to my floor surrounded by hooded figures. But that doesn't change the fact that I haven't loved a GT since 2, for whatever reason. I don't dislike them, and GT5 sits on my 'I'll get to it' list, but that won't be happening in 2010.

6: Civilization 5

To keep it nice and simple, I've never played a Civ game, so the draw isn't there. I think I'm reserving this one as an emergency game, for a period of time where there aren't any immediate releases, and I need something long and engrossing.

So there you have it, my 'Big Games Everyone Has Apparently Played But Me' list.

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