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Originally Posted by wraggster

Free-to-play MMO developer and publisher Outspark has announced Flint, a new publishing platform for third-party MMOs and browser-based games.

Flint will offer third-party developers and operators assistance with distribution, audience growth, analytics, marketing and monetisation. The first game to go live on the service is Aeria Games' Lord Of Ages, which was launched last week.

"We've spent almost five years carefully creating the modules and building the tools

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Modern Warfare 3 will have a 'Colour Blind Assist' option, Sledgehammer has confirmed.

VP of the new COD studio Michael Condrey confirmed the feature in an answer to a reader question on the Sledgehammer blog - but not before laying down some stats:

"Research suggests that as much as 6% of the general population suffers from Color Blindness, or more accurately Color Vision Deficiency. Men (9-12%) are 20x more likely to be afflicted than women (0.25-1%).

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Kotaku's noted that the publisher's invite to the event in San Diego this month teases a "new 007 game" but offers no additional details.

In doesn't take a super spy to work out what the new Bond title could be though.

Only last month, multiple domain names registered by Activision pointed to 'GoldenEye Reloaded', which many have suggested would see either the N64 classic or last year's GoldenEye 007 for the Wii get a remake for Xbox 360 and PS3.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg is supremely confident in the Call of Duty online service the publisher is launching with Modern Warfare 3. In fact he thinks Call of Duty Elite’s mix of community features, content updates and competitions will make it the best free gaming service available.

“At E3 we dispelled the myths around Elite and what we are and aren’t charging for – it will be clear we are building the best free gaming service with the best premium elements

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Dragon Age 2 downloadable add-on Legacy launches on 26th July, EA has announced.

It costs 800 Microsoft Points on Xbox 360, 800 BioWare Points on PC and Mac, and $9.99 on PlayStation 3.

BioWare described Legacy as a "major, story-based DLC".

"Targeted by a vicious criminal cartel that are hunting 'the blood of the Hawke,' you must put an end to their relentless attacks," reads the official blurb.

"Leave Kirkwall,

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