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On the eve of Call of Duty: Black Ops' release EA has announced new downloadable content for rival shooter Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

VIP Map Pack 7 includes four maps, two of which are "fan favourites" Oasis and Harvest Day. It's all free for PC and console VIP players.

The maps previously in Bad Company have been reworked for the sequel, and in the process have gained "full Destruction 2.0 (buildings collapsing and micro destruction), enhanced graphics and lighting, and remastered ambient sounds and backgrounds".

The final two maps in the pack are Cold War and Heavy Metal, both originating from the single-player portion of the DICE-developed shooter.

Talking specifically about Oasis, level designer Cristian Pavel said: "The map has not been changed drastically, so returning players will feel right at home the moment they step into this Oasis.

"The revised parts of the levels are minor. For example, the gold crates in BC1 were located on the rooftops, which we can't have now that entire buildings can collapse. So we had to put the crates on the ground in some places. Things like that."

VIP Map Pack 7 is "on its way", according to DICE.

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Codemasters' Formula 1 series will eventually feed times set by real life drivers to the player so they can compete with them in real time.

The beginnings of this will be seen in F1 2011, confirmed for release next year, Codemasters told Eurogamer.

"You're not going to see us on the next one just add a couple more tracks and a couple more drivers because it's the F1 2011 version," CEO Rod Cousens promised.

"We'll put a lot more into the game's design and we'll add more and more to it. They can start to almost really be the driver. They'll have to strategically figure out the pit stops, when to buy the fuel, what tyres to drive on.

"Eventually you'll go down the line where you will feed telemetry data in real time to the consumer to let them adjust their car because they get serious about racing against their hero, who could have posted a time two hours beforehand. And you've got the real track sat in front of you.

"It's our responsibility to keep the consumer engaged."

F1 2010 was a commercial and critical success for Codemasters.

It scored an excellent 8/10 in Eurogamer's review, and debuted in the UK all-formats chart at number one.

Cousens praised the development team for its hard work: "It's a lot more than it all fell in our laps," he said of F1 2010's success.

Cousens also discussed how Codemasters' Birmingham studio, which is responsible for the F1 series, is tackling the difficult challenge of making a new F1 game every year.

"On GRID and DIRT we don't annualise them, we do them every second year," Cousens explained. "But on F1 you have to annualise it, so to an extent you run parallel teams.

"They have that issue on FIFA. You have an overlap. The first six months, as they finish they come on and start the next one and it goes through. So you have a team and a half in many ways to annualise it. Otherwise your development time becomes six to eight months and you compromise the product."

In September Eurogamer exclusively revealed that Codemasters had begin work on the next instalment in the F1 franchise.

"[We have the most work to do on] Live the Life and multiplayer, just because we've had to invest that much time in the first one on the career, the meat and bones, the driving, the pit-stops, the weather," Senior producer Paul Jeal said.

"We had some great ideas which have been fairly well stripped back in development for both Live the Life and multiplayer."

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Football Manager 2011 is top of the UK all-formats chart.

Apparently sales for Sports Interactive's title were stronger than for PES 2011.

"Err - have just been told that our first weekend sales on one format beat Pro Evo's first weekend on multiple formats. Gulp," tweeted SI boss Miles Jacobson.

Football Manager 2011 dumped last week's leader Fable III to third.

Activision's new James Bond games - Blood Stone and GoldenEye - fail to dent the top 10: GoldenEye is 13th and Blood Stone 18th.

FIFA 11 holds second and Just Dance is fourth, with Professor Layton and the Lost Future in fifth.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii busts back into the top 10 in sixth, Fallout: New Vegas is seventh and Medal of Honor eighth. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II and The Sims 3 round out the top 10.

Games that are knocked off the bottom of the all-formats top 40 this week: Rock Band 3, Vanquish, DJ Hero 2, Modernwarfare 2 and Mafia II.

Football Manager 2011.
This Week Last Week Title Platform(s)
1 New entry Football Manager 2011 PC
2 2 FIFA 11 DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
3 1 Fable III Xbox 360
4 4 Just Dance 2 Wii
5 8 Professor Layton and the Lost Future DS
6 13 New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii
7 3 Fallout: New Vegas PC, PS3, Xbox 360
8 2 Medal of Honor PC, PS3, Xbox 360
9 5 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
10 9 The Sims 3 DS, (PC, PS3, Xbox 360
11 7 WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2011 PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
12 11 Wii Party Wii
13 New entry GoldenEye 007 Wii
14 10 Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
15 12 Wii Sports Resort Wii
16 20 Wii Fit Plus Wii
17 23 New Super Mario Bros. DS
18 New entry 007: Blood Stone PC, PS3, Xbox 360
19 21 Just Dance Wii
20 14 F1 2010 PC, PS3, Xbox 360
21 24 Toy Story 3 PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
22 37 The X-Factor PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
23 16 Forza Motorsport 3 Xbox 360
24 19 Halo: Reach Xbox 360
25 17 Red Dead: Redemption PS3, Xbox 360
26 27 Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
27 25 LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
28 30 Mario Kart Wii Wii
29 31 Super Mario Galaxy 2 Wii
30 34 Enslaved: Odyssey to the West PS3, Xbox 360
31 22 Dead Rising 2 PC, PS3, Xbox 360
32 15 The Sims 3: Late Night PC
33 Re-entry LEGO Batman DS, PC, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
34 36 Sports Champions PS3
35 38 Art Academy DS
36 Re-entry Blur PC, PS3, Xbox 360
37 33 Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii
38 Re-entry Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
39 32 UFC 2010: Undisputed PS3, PSP, Xbox 360
40 18 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow PS3, Xbox 360

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Guerilla Games has revealed that it's extending the Killzone 3 multiplayer beta to another wave of gamers eager to join in the fun.

We've decided to expand the beta trial!" said the dev via Twitter earlier. "5,000 additional Plus-subscribers from SCEA and SCEE will automatically receive invites through PSN," they added.

The beta kicked off late last month, giving players a taster of three gorgeous maps - each of which you can see in videos here.

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As you may have seen by now, it looks like the first copies of Gran Turismo 5 are (unbelievably) in the hands of sneaky fans before its proper release, and one of them's leaked the Trophy list. Cheers!

There are a total of 60 trophies to unlock, and all but seven "hidden" trophies have been detailed in the list below.

Some pretty cool ones in there, like getting a time of 7:29.03 or quicker in a GT-R around Nurburgring Nordshleife - the car's record time in real life - or winning the legendary race between FordMark IV Race Car, the Ferrari 330 P4 and the Jaguar XJ-13, the latter of which never got to race in real life.

It's going to be epic.

1 -- Hidden Trophy
2 - Hidden Trophy
3 -- Hidden Trophy
4 -- Penniless -- Spend every last Credit you have -- bronze
5 -- Colorful -- Collect 256 paint colors -- bronze
6 -- The Air of Experience -- Raise a B-Spec driver to the peak of this career -- bronze
7 -- A Star is Born -- Train a B-Spec driver up to Class 30 or above -- bronze
8 -- Human Stopwatch -- Complete three consecutive laps with tomes within 0.2 seconds of the Best Lap Time -- bronze
9 -- GT-R Official Record -- Achieve a time of 729.03 on Nurburgring Nordshleife in a Nissan GT-R 07 -- bronze
10 -- Dream Race -- Win the ultimate three-way showdown between a FordMark IV Race Car, a Ferrari 330 P4 R... -- bronze
11 - Arch Rivals - Achieve a one-two finish in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X and a Subaru IMPREZA WRX STI -- bronze
12 - Within One Hundredth - Win a race by a margin of 0.01 seconds or less -- bronze
13 - 111 Meters a Second - Achieve a speed of 400km/h -- bronze
14 - Speed Demon - Achieve a speed of 300km/h -- bronze
15 - Sky-High Roller - Buy an insanely expensive car -- bronze
16 - High Roller - Bought a serriously expensive car -- bronze
17 - Maximum Mileage - Buy a used car with 300 000km or more travel distance -- bronze
18 - Half a Century of Cars - Own at least one car each from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s, -- bronze
19 - Old-Timer - Acquire a car manufactured in 1959 or earlier -- bronze
20 - Multi-Millionaire - Possess an Ivane amount of money -- bronze
21 - Car Collector - Fill your Garage with 1000 cars -- bronze
22 - Beyond the Autobahn - Drive 12,718km in total - the length of all Germanys Autobahns combined -- bronze
23 - Driving Music - Use the Personal BGM function, and go for a drive while listening to your favorite songs -- bronze
24 - Data Analyst - Analyze yout performance using the Data Logger - bronze
25 - Dream Drifter - Get 10 000 points or more in a Sector Mode Drift Trial - bronze
26 - Race Ready - Perform Racing Modifications on one of your cars - bronze
27 - Loony Tune - Spend an Ivane amount of money on tuning a car - bronze
28 - Course Designer - Create and share a track - bronze
29 - Proud Owner - Take and Share a photo - bronze
30 - The Right Direction - Win yout first B -Spec event race - bronze
31 - Win Number One - Win yout first A-Spec event race - bronze
32 - Gran Turismo Karting Experience - Complete the Gran Turismo Karting Experience Special Event- bronze
33 - Jeff Gordon NASCAR School - Complete the Jeff Gordon NASCAR School Special Event- bronze
34 - Top Gear Test Track - Complete the Top Gear Test Track Special Event- bronze
35 - AMG Driving Academy - Complete the AMG Driving Academy Special Event- bronze
36 - Gran Turismo Rally - Complete the Gran Turismo Rally Special Event- bronze
37 - Grand Tour - Complete the Grand Tour Special Event- bronze
38 - Sebastien Loeb Rally Challenge - Complete the Sebastien Loeb Rally Challenge Special Event - bronze
39 -- Hidden Trophy
40 -- National C License - Complete the C License - bronze
41 -- National B License - Complete the B License - bronze
42 - National A License - Complete the A License - bronze
43 -- International C Licencse - Complete the International C Licencse - bronze
44 -- International B Licencse - Complete the International B Licencse - bronze
45 - International A Licencse - Complete the International A Licencse - bronze
46 - Super License - Complete the S License - bronze
47 -- Begginer Series Complete - Complete the Begginer series of Race Events - bronze
48 -- Profesional Series Complete - Complete the Professional series of Race Events - bronze
49 -- Amateur Series Complete - Complete the Amateur series of Race Events - bronze
50 - Profesional Series Complete - Complete the Professional series of Race Events - bronze
51 - Expert Series Complete - Complete the Expert series of Race Events - bronze
52 - Extreme Series Complete - Complete the Extreme series of Eace Events - bronze
53 -- Hidden Trophy
54 - Hidden Trophy
55 - Finale - Reach the sfing movie - gold
56 - Epert Manager - Reach B-Spec Level 40 - silver
57 - Excellent Driver - Reach A-Spec Level 40 - silver
58 - Gold Standart - Get a gold trophy in every race event, license test and special event - gold
59 - Gran Turismo Platinum Trophy - Earn every single Gran Turismo 5 Trophy - ...

Activision is expecting Call of Duty: Black Ops to sell around 20 per cent less than last year's Modern Warfare 2, according to guidance released as part of the publisher's financial results last week.

That's the conclusion of Cowan & Company's Doug Creutz, who also suggested that the publisher is being conservative with estimates of non-GAAP guidance between 72-74 cents per share for the full financial year

"This includes an assumption that the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops comps negatively against last year's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, despite the fact that on several pre-release metrics cited by management Black Ops is tracking ahead of Modern Warfare 2," Creutz told investors.

"We think management's guidance implies Black Ops units down roughly 20 per cent versus Modern Warfare 2," said Creutz.

Revising Cowan's guidance to 77 cents per share, Cruetz claimed that "our non-GAAP estimate assumes Black Ops is down 10 per cent versus Modern Warfare 2, so we think management is taking a more conservative stance for guidance purposes."

At the very start of the year, Activision's Mike Griffith said that he didn't expect Black Ops to perform as well as Modern Warfare 2, in part due to tough comparisons.

In August, CEO Bobby Kotick revealed that Activision was pumping more money into the launch of Black Ops than any other game the publisher has released, leading some to assume it expected the game to outsell last year's release.

Another analyst, Michael Pachter of Wedbush Morgan, suggested the game will sell around 13 million units this year, held back by competition, a slower market for boxed product and lower review scores.

"We were somewhat relieved that the company quite clearly stated that it did not model Call of Duty: Black Ops to sell more units than last year's blockbuster title, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2," he wrote.

"Press reports saying that the company expected the "biggest launch ever" were consistently misconstrued, and the company was widely credited with claiming that this year's version of the game would outsell last year's. While it is conceivable that the new version could outsell the last one, we think such a result is unlikely, due to significantly steeper competition, likely overall industry sales declines, and the likelihood that Black Ops will receive a lower Metacritic score than its predecessor.

"This year's game faces competition from holiday sales of Medal of Honor and Halo: Reach, both quite competitive in the shooter genre."

He added: "Notwithstanding our concerns about the likely Metacritic score for Black Ops, we fully expect the game to sell in line or above our estimate of 13 million units, or three million below Modern Warfare 2."

Call of Duty: Black Ops is released tomorrow, with multiple retail outlets opening stores at midnight to begin selling the game to eager fans. There has also been something of a price war, with a variety of game stores and supermarkets offering the game at a heavy discount in exchange for traded-in copies of titles such as Fallout: New Vegas and Medal of Honor.

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Microsoft's Kinect has been hacked within a few days of its commercial release, after a company headed up by two MIT graduates offered $2000 prize money to anyone able to prove their success.

Adafruit Industries, which is chaired by Limor Fried and Phillip Torrone, put up the money because its directors believe that the technology used in Kinect is too useful to not be adapted to further uses. Microsoft is understandably keen to prevent that from happening.

"Microsoft does not condone the modification of its products. With Kinect, Microsoft built in numerous hardware and software safeguards designed to reduce the chances of product tampering," Microsoft told CNET in a statement.

"Microsoft will continue to make advances in these types of safeguards and work closely with law enforcement and product safety groups to keep Kinect tamper-resistant."

The prize money, which was doubled last week after Microsoft issued its statement, was awarded after the hackers provided a video which seems to prove that they have bypassed security measures and gained control of the unit's motors. Although the hack has yet to be officially confirmed, Adafruit representatives were satisfied.

"It's amazing hardware that shouldn't just be locked up for Xbox 360," said Phillip Torrone in an email to CNET. "Its 'radar camera' being able to get video and distance as a sensor input from commodity hardware is huge."

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