Tag: Spec Ops: The Line

Gaming News Wrap [3 June 2014]

Good morning. We trust you are all well. If not, maybe this edition of Gaming News Wrap will help make you feel better. Games Surprise! There’s likely to be DLC for Assassin’s Creed Unity, and it’s taken the usual leak by a retailer of pre-order incentives. Why do some people act surprised these days that DLC for a game is…

Spec Ops: The Line studio licence Unreal Engine 4 for next-gen project that may not be a ‘shooter’

Yager were highly praised for the Spec Ops: The Line singleplayer campaign, which offered a different approach at a shooter campaign. Epic has revealed that Yager has licensed Unreal Engine 4 for an as-yet-unannounced next-gen game, but hinted that it may not be a shooter this time. The studio becomes the first European independent studio to licence Epic’s next-gen engine. “After…

Spec Ops: The Line Dev Says Obligatory Multiplayer Was “Bull****”

It seems game publishers are favouring games nowadays that feature more than just a singleplayer campaign. For this reason we are seeing the inclusion of multiplayer, horde-like and or special-ops-type modes in every other shooter [and other genres] nowadays. This trend is understandable when looking at the cost of a game, so one would assume that publishers are wanting to…

Spec Ops: The Line | Co-op Mode now available

2K Games has announced that the free – yes, you read right, free – co-op multiplayer mode for Spec Ops: The Line is available for download on Xbox LIVE, PSN (US we assume, with Europe tomorrow) and PC. The co-op mode brings new “objective-based cooperative multiplayer scenarios” to Dubai after a “series of cataclysmic sandstorms have wrecked the city.”  The…

Spec Ops: The Line | Zombiegamer Review

Join the army.  See the world.  Take in the sights.  And let no man, woman or sandstorm stand in your way.  And if they do, just shoot them… the army will foot the therapist’s bills.  Or just deny it even happened.  Welcome to Dubai. Developer: Yager Development Publisher: 2K Games S.A. Distributor: Megarom Interactive For fans of: Hot and dry…

Spec Ops: The Line | Free co-op DLC coming

There’s nothing like hearing the words “DLC” and “free” in the same sentence is there?  Well, I’m sure there’s plenty like it, but free DLC is always worth getting excited about.  Especially pretty decent offerings of DLC. 2K Games has announced that Spec Ops: The Line (already available in the US and arriving Friday internationally) will be getting free co-op…

E3 2012: 2K Games Round-up

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is back looking better than ever and crash lands on your Xbox 360, PS3 or PC from 12 October. Spec Ops: The Line has now had two player co-op added to its content.  The co-op will be available to everyone who purchases the game as DLC shortly after the games 26 June release. This co-op content will…