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  • Boom!

    Valve updated Left 4 Dead today with some great gameplay changes. One of which corrects my personal pet-peeve with the Boomer; his vomit will sometimes be deflected by normal infected who get in the way. Full list of changes:

    Game and client changes

    • Introduced fatigue to the melee attack in versus mode. You will see a HUD display when your melee swing is cooling down
    • Boomer vomit will now pass through common infected
    • Addressed some surround sound detection issues
    • Fixed a rare crash when exiting Left4Dead on Windows Vista
    • Fixed a case where the complete all expert campaigns achievement was not being rewarded

    Dedicated server changes

    • Corrected an issue where Windows based dedicated were sending spurious shutdown notifications to the master causing them to delist temporarily
    • Fixed dedicated servers not resetting the versus team swap correctly–you could join a dedicated server that had a previous game that was swapped and arrive on the other team than what was selected in the lobby
    • Renamed the tags for sv_search_key to use “key:” in the server tags instead of “sv_search_key.” This should help with issues of the 63 character limit of server tags
    • Fixed an occasional server crash related to voting

  • Combat Arms - Shot in the Nuts

    RDRR Nexon! They’ve updated their free-2-play FPS Combat Arms with the ability to shoot people in the crotch for extra damage.

    Youtube video of it after the break, along with their press release.
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  • feature_tdsquadI’ve got five more iPhone games reviewed on AtomicGamer.com:

    • Metal Gear Solid Touch
    • Pocket God
    • Hurdler
    • Beast
    • Cronk

    Also included in the newest iGame Squadron is my take on what the latest iPhone update means for gamers. Check it out!

  • katamari-ps3

    Siliconera has the scanned-in scoop on Katamari Damacy Tribute, a PS3 Iteration of the famous series which most people would probably decry as overkill on Namco/Bandai’s part. However I’m very interested in seeing if the Dual Shock 3’s tilt control is finally put to use properly.