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Battlefield 3 is here...

Prepare for full-scale war with Battlefield 3, the third major evolution of the long-running online battle franchise. Using the power of Frostbite 2 game engine technology, Battlefield 3 delivers superior visual quality, a grand sense of scale, massive destruction, dynamic audio and incredibly lifelike character animations.

As bullets whiz by, walls crumble, and explosions throw you to the ground, the battlefield feels more alive and interactive than ever before. In Battlefield 3, players step into the role of the elite U.S. Marines where they will experience heart-pounding single player missions and competitive multiplayer actions ranging across diverse locations from around the globe including Europe, Middle-East and North America.

OCG moves webhosts

In order to reduce costs, Overclocked Gamers has moved webhost today, which along with being cheaper, the site is reacting faster and we have more facilities here.

If anyone is seeing any glitches or problems associated with the move, please let us know in the forums so they can be fixed.
Enjoy!

Anarchy
OCG Admin

Call of Duty: Black Ops Launch Trailer

There is now a Launch Trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops available on Youtube that debuted during yesterday's NFL broadcast. It shows off more of the military shooter sequel due on November 9. Set to the strain's of Gimme Shelter, the clip depicts various bits of cold war action and diplomacy, including a cameo of JFK.

Watch it [HERE]

Call of Duty: Black Ops PC Specs

Direct2Drive's Call of Duty: Black Ops Listing shows PC specifications for the upcoming military shooter sequel (thanks Eurogamer). They don't have recommended requirements, but the minimum specs follow. Call of Duty®: Black Ops Download Minimum System Requirements

OS: Windows® Vista / XP / 7
Processor:Intel® Core™2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 or better
Memory: 2GB
HDD:12GB
Video: Shader 3.0 or better 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600GT / ATI Radeon® X1950Pro or better
Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible
DirectX: 9.0c

Valve Announces Left4Dead 2

Sequel to Best-Selling Co-op Thriller Coming This Holiday

June 1, 2009 - Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2), the sequel to the best-selling and critically-acclaimed co-operative multiplayer thriller.

Coming exclusively to Xbox 360 and PC, L4D2 promises to set a new benchmark for co-operative action games and become one of 2009's marquee titles.

Set for release on November 17, the title adds melee combat to enable deeper co-operative gameplay, with items such as a chainsaw, frying pan, axe, baseball bat, and more.

Introducing the AI Director 2.0, L4D's dynamic gameplay is taken to the next level by giving the Director the ability to procedurally change weather effects, world objects, and pathways in addition to tailoring the enemy population, effects, and sounds to match the players' performance. The result is a unique game session custom fitted to provide a satisfying and uniquely challenging experience each time the game is played.

Featuring new Survivors, boss zombies, weapons, and items, Left 4 Dead 2 offers a much larger game than the original with more co-operative campaigns, more Versus campaigns, and maps for Survival mode available at launch.

World at War Patch

Call of Duty: World at War PC Patch 1.4
Submitted: April 09th, 2009

Notes:

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.

Don't Be Left 4 Dead! Join OCG!

Looking for some quality L4D competition but can't find it? Tired of all of the rage quitters that leave you for dead? We are looking to recruit survivors to join us for TWL Left 4 Dead competition and you may be the missing piece to help get us to the top. There are currently 115 teams on the TWL L4D ladder and TWL is also looking to start a new L4D League soon.

If you are interested in joining OCG and playing L4D competitively, jump on our TS and game with us. Then when you are ready, fill out an application for membership!

How to apply to OCG

We hope to hear from you!

Building a New Foundation

CoD5 is in full swing and we have actually been building the server the past few nights. Thanks to all the OCG members who have been making this possible. It'll be important moving forward to continue this effort to build a new foundation.

If you are new to OCG and you've been playing on our server, thank you for visiting us. Make sure to register on our site and get to know us through the forums as well as in-game (join us on TS, see the side bar for TS information!).

Now I would like to shamelessly plug my last CoD4 compilation one more time. If you are new to OCG or you aren't but haven't seen it yet, check out this CoD4 compilation that I put together. It was a long and tedious process but the end result really paid off! I have a lot of video left but this will probably be my last one for CoD4. CoD5 (and all of you!) will be my next target...

http://www.gamerstube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=66668f11ca4fa80525dc

(also check out my "Bodies" video while at GamersTube!)

Infinity Ward back for next Call of Duty game

It's been rumoured for quite some time that Infinity Ward will develop Call of Duty 6, taking back the franchise reigns again after Treyarch developed Call of Duty: World at War. Fans will be pleased to hear then that Activision Blizzard has confirmed this to be true at an Analyst Day.

With that settled we're now left wondering when we'll see the game. Over the past few years Treyarch and Infinity Ward have released a game a piece every two years, meaning we've had a new CoD game every year since Call of Duty 2 in 2005.

Activision Blizzard CEO Mike Griffith reportedly mentioned both a 2009 and 2010 release date for the game at the event, suggesting that we might be in for a wait after the release of World at War.

Just when you thought you had the baddest Video Card...

BFG Tech GeForce GTX 280 OC & GTX 260

NVIDIA’s next-gen GPU has arrived. HardOCP gamed with BFG Tech’s new GeForce GTX 280 OC in Crysis, Age of Conan, COD 4, and Assassin’s Creed. They've included the GeForce GTX 260 as well. Real gameplay advantages are to be had, especially in the brand new Age of Conan.

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTUxOCwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA

Also check out NVidia's site!

http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_gtx_280.html
http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_gtx_260.html

Is it time to upgrade already?!