"Starting today, pre-ordering Far Cry 2 on Steam will save you $5 on the retail price. The order expires on October 22nd, when the game becomes available via Steam and pre-orders simply become...orders."

"What can we say - 3 events in 2 days, wow sounds like we are going around the country touring with Metallica or something. (or the Pussycat Dolls - ohh we wish)

You can bet that most of the Sydney based staff here at XboxOZ360-gamer will attend all 3 events for “just” you. We will be very diligent and take down notes, pictures, video footage and dare I say, even ask questions so that we can bring you the latest in the happenings of these major blockbuster titles which are set to hit the Au..."

"The developers explained that after the original Far Cry as well as TV series such as Lost and Survivor, the tropical island setting was no longer seen as exotic. So after a suggestion by their art director, Alex Amanico, they decided that Africa would be the perfect setting (Yay for us!)."

"I should point out that these are the top five games that have the most potential for being Halo, GTA IV and KillZone Killers via marketing, community support, critical praise and sales. It's possible any one of these titles could be as controversial as GTA IV, or as supported as KillZone 2, or as long lasting in popularity as Halo 3."

In a recent interview with Pyra of FragDolls, creative director of Far Cry 2 Clint Hocking talked about the game, who the Jackal is, what we can expect from multiplayer mode, and how weather will affect the game...

October 21st in the USA, and October 24th in the UK will see more AAA titles released than any other time of the year. With Fable II, LittleBigPlanet, Far Cry 2, Dead Space, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows and much more, we have determined that this is the VideoGamiest Day of the Year! Mark your calendars, save your money, as we show you some of the games coming out on what promises to be the most exciting day of 2008.

"Pharand also had this to say about the multiplayer:

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“We decided that all persistency will occur within a match or a define series of matches. That way, gamers will have a taste of all our great guns quickly. You will get upgrades within classes and it will allow you to be more tactical in your progression, depending of the type maps you play.”

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• Found a river. Went swimming. Up to an outpost. Killed everyone.

• Started a fire! It’s very cool. It spreads along the ground in a wave and leaves burnt buildings, etc, in its wake. When it runs out of vegetation it just burns out. Started it by shooting a gas can which went spinning off into some grass.

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"GameStop Offering Far Cry 2 Bonus Missions As mentioned on Friday, Ubisoft will be offering a Collector's Edition of Far Cry 2 with a t-shirt, art book, and other extras. However, if you pre-order FC2 from GameStop, you can ditch those extras in favor of something you might value more: bonus missions."

"No, not October 23rd. Don't look at me, Gamespot confirmed it. Go bug them if you doubt it."

"Ubisoft has just confirmed that Far Cry 2, it's self-confessed "biggest game of the year", will be out on 360, PS3 and PC on October 24.

It's also confirmed that a special Collectors' Edition will also be released, packed in an exclusive wooden box, containing the game, a Limited edition Far Cry 2 t-shirt, a "The Art of Far Cry 2" Art book, a Collector 50km map, and a making-of DVD. The collectors edition is available for pre-order at Game.

In case you're tight on pocket money you shou..."

"Well the current title has yet to settle on the shelves, but Ubisoft are hard at it’s next iteration of the Far Cry Franchise, and we’re back in Africa this time as well.

For me that’s a good thing actually. I prefer games based around this style of gameplay rather than some demonic unnatural force. The monsters this time are Human Beings, the worst kind.

It’s great to see their commitment to staying in the African region, as there’s much to be said about both current situations, as wel..."

"And here is the general consensus from day 1. I'll warn you know though, the day started badly for Sony's Trophy system, but certainly got better throughout the day.

Click the jump for the full list of confirmed Trophy titles.

Prince of Persia - No Trophy support
HAWX - Trophy support confirmed
Shaun White's Snowboard - Trophy support confirmed
Borderlands - Trophy support confirmed
Spider Man: Web of Shadows - Probably not because it was too late in the development stage to add the..."

"Far Cry 2 is probably one of the most anticipated First Person Shooters coming our way this season. I know it is on the very top of my “Must Have List”. Many have criticized it and many may well be somewhat disappointed by it.

Not so much from the visual aspects or dynamic nature of the game, but from the slant the developers have taken with this iteration. No more deadly walking half-human creatures. Not Night Vision and super leaping powers, or catlike senses. No, just you and other huma..."

GDN is now hosting the new walkthrough trailer of Ubisoft's Far Cry 2. Nicknamed the Jackel, the trailer goes through and describes certain features with quite a few shots of the scenery within the game.

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Ubisoft has just released information regarding the PC minimum and recommended requirements.

Minimum requirements

• CPU: Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, Pentium D 2.66 Ghz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or better
• RAM: 1 GB
• Video card: NVidia 6800 or ATI X1650 or better
  • Shader Model 3 required
  • 256 Mb of graphic memory
• Media reader: DVD-ROM
• Hard drive space: ~12 Gig or HD space. (tbd)

Recommended

• CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo Family, AMD 64 X2 5200+, AMD Phenom or better
• RAM: 2 GB
• Video card: NVidia 8600 GT...

"All the trees and grass are dynamic, simulating the wind. What kind of challenges did that lumber on you as the art director?

Amancio: It was really hard. Even with the dynamic time of day the game has to look good at every time of day, but it needs to look different. If you have a linear level you can just basically tweak an area and then have the perfect area, because you know where the player's coming from.

How much on location research did you do?

Amancio: We went to Africa for a..."

"Ubisoft confirms to TVG that all three versions of Far Cry 2 will ship with a level editor for the multiplayer game...

The level editor for the original Far Cry and Instincts console port was certainly a fan favourite, and now TVG can confirm that a level editor will also ship with Far Cry 2 on all three formats."

"Ubisoft then bought the rights entirely from Crytek in 2006, before releasing the critically abhorred Far Cry Vengeance for the Wii's launch. Since then it's all been quiet on the series' front (not counting Uwe Boll's movie adaptation), until the not-so surprising confirmation last year that Far Cry 2 was in development for PC (the PS3 and 360 versions were confirmed earlier this year). It is being developed by Ubisoft's famed Montréal studio - by the team who developed the average console i..."

"Far Cry marked the beginning of a new era for shooters. An era of gorgeous graphics and of advanced artificial intelligence, we are confident that Far Cry 2 will have the same impact again on the FPS genre landscape."

In what I can only describe as mind blowing. The next installment of the Far Cry series was demonstrated in a tech demo at GDC 08' unfortunately this was taken with a cam so the quality isn't superior, even through they provide both SD and HD.

I wont spoil it but at the end of part 2 your head will just explode. Enjoy!





HD: tech demo pt 1
HD: tech demo pt 2

"After a slew of delays, and some unfavourable comparisons between 'identical' Xbox 360 and PS3 ports, it seems developers are finally getting to grips with Sony's machine. "We made sure we had a group of programmers that were not scared by complexity and had a large console programming experience to work on the initial PS3 R&D of Dunia (Far Cry 2's graphics engine). At that point, we didn't know what to expect.""