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http://www.medalofhonor.com/en_US

EALA and DICE collaborating on long-rumored reboot of classic series, which will follow modern-day special ops commandos in Afghanistan.

The past week has seen several major news stories centered on Afghanistan, culminating in last night's announcement by President Obama that is he is dispatching 30,000 more troops to the war-torn nation. Today, Afghanistan figured prominently in the game world, when Electronic Arts announced it would be the setting for the long-rumored reboot of its Medal of Honor franchise, titled simply "Medal of Honor."

The new face of Medal of Honor.

Due out in fall 2010 for the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3, Medal of Honor will be the first installment in the once-top-selling series to not be set during World War II. The first-person shooter will instead focus on a member of the most elite group inside the modern-day US Special Operations Command, the shadowy Tier 1 Operators. EA says its Los Angeles studio has been working closely with actual members of the group, whose real-life experiences will provide the basis for the game's story.

In a statement, executive producer Greg Goodrich said EALA is emphasizing realism in the game. "When we first set out to reinvent Medal of Honor, we wanted to stay true to its roots of authenticity and respect for the soldier but bring it into today's war," he said. The most popular military shooter to date, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, took some criticism from reviewers for having a highly implausible storyline. Its developer, Infinity Ward, was created by former Medal of Honor developers who left EA in 2002.

While EALA will focus on Medal of Honor's single-player campaign, another internal studio, EA DICE, will be handling the multiplayer mode. The Swedish studio, formerly known as Digital Illusions CE, is renowned for the multiplayer modes of its Battlefield series, which will continue next March with Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

EA did not announce any further details on the game other than its cover art. However, the game's official Web site shows its setting will be in eastern Afghanistan, just southwest of the mountain stronghold of Tora Bora where Tier 1 Special Forces almost captured Osama Bin Laden in 2001. Last fall, that battle was recounted by a member of the unit involved on 60 Minutes on CBS, GameSpot's parent company. The video is viewable below:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5153449n&tag=api

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I've been following the NFS franchise ever since I bought Carbon, although I have played older ones as well. NFS Shift is the current version and I can say without a doubt it is the best one. Pro Street was supposed to be the next best thing but along with others, I just disliked it. It just didn't seem fun. Undercover was the next one after Pro Street and although better (and set in a free roam world) the graphics were just lacking for a game of it's time. Shift is another story, the graphics are superb, they really went overboard with the textures. The features really make you feel like you're the one driving. I have my camera set inside the car to be more First Person and when you accelerate, shift, brake, turn or hit something the camera moves exactly like you would expect it to due to momentum. To accentuate this, the HUD also moves. I believe that the NFS line is treated by EA somewhat like Activision and Call of Duty where there's 2 different sub company's that alternate making a release. I see no problem with this however it seems that there's 2 different driving styles now. Pro Street and Shift are more about actual professional races whereas Undercover and Carbon are kind of free roam run from the cops. If you like racing, I highly recommend this game. The only downside that I have with it is that EA went cheap and only licensed the code for PhysX to be used on the CPU so this game EATS CPU clocks. It easily maxes out my Dual Core 3.2GHz.

Some Screenshots: (highest settings including Anti-Aliasing running at 1680x1050)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/shift%202009-12-03%2022-44-13-83.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/shift%202009-12-03%2022-44-16-63.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/shift%202009-12-03%2022-46-03-53.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/shift%202009-12-03%2022-47-16-60.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/shift%202009-12-03%2022-47-33-91.png

These two are on a straight-away, they are excellent shows of the effects. The first shows the blurring of the dash at high speed to simulate focusing on the road. The second (compared to the first) shows the camera closer to the dash as I'm braking for the turn. The text and screenshots cannot emphasize the awesomeness of the features.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/shift%202009-12-04%2017-05-47-16.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/shift%202009-12-04%2017-08-28-91.png

I don't even know what to say...

Who let this trouble maker in here

Anyway, it should have been worth noting that I ran Windows 7 in a VM with 2GB of ram...

> Do not clutter the forums. Organize it with childboards, please. -Working on it.
> Use a Portal software to feature the goodies of the community. -If the site takes off, I'll mod and theme it up.
> Seek interest in more than just "Software/Hardware".  -There are other boards, I'm just trying to get creative and make this a well-rounded forum. Suggest a board if you want.
> Support open-source community as much as you can. -I'm not sure what you mean by this but I have no problem and in fact love open-source.
> Get game-modders, coders, mappers altogether? -I don't necessarily want the site to be a gaming site but definitely want gaming to be a part of it. Anyone is welcome as well. Spread the word.