http://www.hivesquad.com Welcome to the hive Hive Squad Hive Squad Evo RSS 2.0 Parser 60 http://www.hivesquad.com/images/evo/minilogo.gif http://www.hivesquad.com 94 15 Hive Squad en-us support@hivesquad.com 2010-09-06T21:47:07-05:00 hourly 1 2010-09-06T21:47:07-05:00 http://www.hivesquad.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=36 ]]> 36@http://www.hivesquad.com Gaming 2010-07-20T19:58:44-05:00 Posted by sid http://www.hivesquad.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=35 rn

rna sizeable demo for the game came out today. Weighing in at 3GB, it packs the singleplayer mission "Coltan Blues" from the main campaign, the "Little Bird" scenario, three tutorial Boot Camp scenarios, three multiplayer modes, and the mission editor. rn

rn You can grab the Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead PC demo on Fileshack now]]> 35@http://www.hivesquad.com Gaming 2010-07-20T19:44:48-05:00 Posted by sid http://www.hivesquad.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=34 rn

rn"Frontlines R3L04D is the biggest mod ever created not just for Call of Duty series, but to any game.
rnIn fact is a LOT bigger than any game ever created, and probably something of this size will never be made again.
rnThis HUGE mod brings 42 gametypes, over 2400 Weapons Modes with 16 pre-defined modes, Help Mode, the famous War Server,
rnHER for the realism fans with lots of Blood and Gore, Airborne support, an Intelligent Server and many other new features, NEVER done to a FPS game before."rn

rnFrontlines-Reload-Mod...]]> 34@http://www.hivesquad.com Gaming 2010-07-19T22:16:10-05:00 Posted by sid http://www.hivesquad.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=33

The Medal of Honor beta for the PlayStation 3 and PC is being extended! If you have a beta key rave card that says the code will expire on July 18th, don’t worry – it will not. The beta key redemption portal will remain open at www.medalofhonor.com/beta and keys will remain active for the duration of the beta. We are continuing to work with Microsoft on the Xbox 360 beta and are dedicated to delivering it as soon as possible. ]]> 33@http://www.hivesquad.com Gaming 2010-07-19T21:47:22-05:00 Posted by sid http://www.hivesquad.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=32
It will be interesting this holiday season to see if the Infinity Ward situation has any effect on the sales of Call of Duty: Black Ops. Pacific Crest Securities analyst Evan Wilson believes that Black Ops will sell 12 million copies, up from his previous estimate of 10 million. Wilson has spoken to his firm’s retail sources and has found that pre-orders for Black Ops are outpacing those of Modern Warfare 2.

Activision has gone on record noting that each Call of Duty title outperforms its predecessor, but Wilson believes Black Ops will be the end of that trend. Wilson believes that “competition, weaker marketing, and the Infinity Ward situation” will prevent Black Ops from reaching Modern Warfare 2’s staggering sales of 16 million during the fourth quarter of 2009.]]> 32@http://www.hivesquad.com Gaming 2010-07-19T21:40:41-05:00 Posted by sid http://www.hivesquad.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=30
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My name is Johan Andersson (Twitter: repi) and I'm one of the architects working on our proprietary Frostbite engine here at DICE.

We've had numerous requests to go through in more detail about what kind of graphical features & options that exists in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 for the PC. So this is an attempt at just that.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is based on Frostbite 1.5, but with multiple enhancements and a lot of specific effort spent on building it up and for the PC as this is the first time Frostbite is used on PC.

DX9/DX10/DX11

Frostbite 1.5 on PC is designed for DirectX 10 as a base, this enables us to easily support all the advanced graphics features that we use on the consoles, and much more! DX10 is a very modern graphics API and gives us a lot of flexibility as a developer.

DX10 has one unfortunate draw back though; it is only supported on Windows Vista and Windows 7, not the now 9 year old Windows XP. And as we have a big PC fan base, where not everyone may have transitioned over to Vista or Windows 7 yet, we have also added a rendering path that uses the old DirectX 9.

The DX9 path is quite efficient but lacks some of the features that we have on DX10 like anti-aliasing and HBAO.
Read the rest...]]> 30@http://www.hivesquad.com Gaming 2010-02-19T13:15:37-05:00 Posted by admin http://www.hivesquad.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=29

rnThe PC version of MW2 has had an update. Not a big one, but does sort of cover the issues that bug us.

rn-Care Package, Emergency Airdrop, and Sentry Gun marker grenades sprint speed normalized rn
rn-Sentry Guns: Improved placement detection, preventing cases of Sentry Guns inside geometry rn
rn-Model 1887: Bling using Akimbo and FMJ combination now has same range and damage as non-Bling Model 1887s rn
rn-Improved player collision removing cases of getting into geometry and 'elevators' rn
rn-Mouse latency tweaks for more mouse movement consistency rn
rn-Fixes to prevent various texture and XP hacks]]> 29@http://www.hivesquad.com Gaming 2010-01-19T21:07:53-05:00 Posted by admin http://www.hivesquad.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=28
The Modern Warfare publisher has committed to raising millions of dollars through a new foundation called the Call of Duty Endowment, a non-profit dedicated to helping soldiers find work.

This announcement coincided with the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which launched worldwide on November 10. Proceeds from the game will help fund the charity, Activision said.

An initial grant of $125,000 was made to the Paralyzed Veterans of America to help fund a new rehabilitation center in Boston.

A C.O.D.E. advisory board assembled by Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick will identify other organizations in need of grants and work to raise awareness for out-of-work veterans.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are more than half a million unemployed veterans living in the United States.

Quite impressive and a worthy cause if I've ever seen one in recent times.

YouTube video:

]]> 28@http://www.hivesquad.com Gaming 2009-11-17T17:51:02-05:00 Posted by admin http://www.hivesquad.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=26 rn

rnThe long awaited Battlefield 2 v1.50 patch is finally here. You can find a FilePlanet mirror below of both the client and the Windows and Linux server files. To install the 1.50 client you need to have v1.41 installed.rn

rnOver four years since Battlefield 2 launched comes the latest update, version 1.50 which is available to download NOW!rn

rnThe 2Gb download includes one of the biggest list of changes since Battlefield 2 launched as well as new map by Bjorn Sundell, Operation Blue Pearl, both Armored Fury and Euro Force booster packs for FREE and Highway Tampa becoming a requirement giving EIGHT new maps that everyone will have and be able to play on ranked servers without worry of dropping out.rn

rn]]> 26@http://www.hivesquad.com Gaming 2009-09-01T21:40:25-05:00 Posted by admin http://www.hivesquad.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=25
Included are the four new maps that console users paid $10 for, and some new bug, exploit and mod making changes:

* 3 new Multiplayer maps: Kneedeep, Nightfire, Station!

* Nazi Zombies map with more weapons, Perks-a-Cola machines, and electroshock defenses: Verrückt!

* Improved spawning logic.

* Auto balancing improvements. Players are no longer auto balanced while completing objectives.

* Mods: IWD's can be placed in the usermaps folder.

* Mods: Hold Breath / Sprint functions as intended.

* Mods: MissingAssets.csv is generated when maps are run with developer set to 1.

* Fixed lag caused by shooting at tanks.

* All rifle grenades fired during the first 15 seconds of Search & Destroy will be duds.

* Players who equip a Bouncing Betty and melee teammates in Hardcore game modes are now credited with a team kill penalty.

* Players are now deducted 200 points for team killing the bomb planter/defuser in Hardcore Search & Destroy.

* Martyrdom no longer causes direct impact deaths in Hardcore modes.

* "Bayonet jumping" has been disabled.]]> 25@http://www.hivesquad.com Gaming 2009-04-10T09:31:39-05:00 Posted by admin