Jump in the Call of Duty®: Black Ops Free Multiplayer Weekend now through June 5th at 1pm Pacific Time!

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Activision will be hosting a Free Weekend for Call of Duty®: Black Ops! Pre-load the game now and be ready to play when the free weekend starts on Thursday, June 2nd at 10am Pacific Time.

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The Free Weekend of Call of Duty®: Black Ops will let you play the entire multiplayer portion of the base game.
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Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Team Fortress 2
Added the Magicka promotional item
Fixed the targetID panel not drawing in first-person spectator mode
Fixed the main menu showing through the shopping cart menu when running at 2500x1600
Updated some of the tips that are displayed while the server is changing maps
Updated the webapi output to include the names of the attached p... [read more]

"No." That is the answer to the question many have been wondering: Is Activision going to start a subscription service for Call of Duty similar to World of Warcraft? For the foreseeable future, once you pay $60 for a new Call of Duty game, you can play it online until your little trigger fingers fall off at no extra cost...
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Dan Chiappini sits down with F.3.A.R's associate producer Jason Frederick to chat about multiplayer modes, adaptive A.I., competitive co-op and more!
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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
Added support for mods in preparation for the upcoming tools release.
Addressed various MP & Zombie exploits.
Improved memory utilization in MP.
Improved DLC filter in server browser – you can now hide any servers running content you do not own.
Corrected issue which sometimes required repurchase of emblems... [read more]

LAND O'LAKES, FLORIDA - Artix Entertainment, the indie game development studio that delivers download-free browser-based RPGs to 130 million users, will release a new zone named Doomwood in the hit online browser MMORPG AdventureQuest Worlds this Friday, May 27th, 2011...
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Having previously covered off on two of the most revered maps in Battlefield history, Strike at Karkand and Wake Island, today the team has revealed new information and concept art from the two remaining maps in the Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand limited edition, the Gulf of Oman and Sharqi Peninsula. Head on over to http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/ to check it out...
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THQ announced today it has signed a deal to publish the next project from Turtle Rock Studios, who originally created Left 4 Dead. The game is described as an "original, groundbreaking multiplayer experience," and is set for release in 2013. Platforms were not announced...
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Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)
Fixed a client crash when disconnecting from servers with sv_pure set to 1
Fixed a client crash in the material system
Fixed a client crash caused by using alt-tab while playing

Team Fortress 2
Added the Concheror and the... [read more]