http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:18:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/28/cartoon-shootout-with-battlefield-heroes/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/28/cartoon-shootout-with-battlefield-heroes/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:40:09 +0000 Daniel Pataki http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/28/cartoon-shootout-with-battlefield-heroes/ A new chapter in the Battlefield series is coming out soon, and there are free beta keys being handed out, so go over there this instant and get one for yourself!

The new game brings a huge change, instead of going for realism, they went for a cartoon look, which looks pretty stunning I think. Many will be deterred by this, I suspect especially hardcore gamers, but if I want realism I’ll jump down to a war zone and take a look myself. I think it’s quite unique and it makes the game more accessible to other ages and our friends of the female persuasion (I might be able to get my girlfriend to play a round with me!).

I haven’t played a lot with this series, I spent an hour or two with a newer one, and from what I can tell, the experience is much the same, but obviously very different due to the environment. I’m actually still waiting for my beta key, but to me the screenshots radiate much more of a fun factor than I’ve seen in games for a while.

Let us know if you’ve tried the game, I’ll add a comment as an update as soon as I give it a go, I can’t wait to shoot every one’s cartoon bum out of the sky, woohoo!

Tags: battlefield, battlefield heroes, ea, gaming

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/28/cartoon-shootout-with-battlefield-heroes/feed/ 10 http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/25/remove-the-advertising-in-games-like-battlefield-2142/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/25/remove-the-advertising-in-games-like-battlefield-2142/#comments Sat, 25 Nov 2006 08:02:31 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/25/remove-the-advertising-in-games-like-battlefield-2142/ Ingame advertising will become more common in the next years. One of the first games that makes extensive use of ingame advertisement is EA Games Battlefield 2142. Once connected to the server it displays ads in the game that are displayed by a calculation of variables like your geolocation or time you did spend looking at an ad.

Gamers do not receive anything from this. All the money earned goes right into the pockets of EA. This kinda sucks and I thought it would be nice to share a way to get rid of those ads. The easiest solution would be to block the network that streams the ads from being able to connect to your computer. All you need to do is block (reject traffic from) the subnets 72.3.184.144/28 and 72.32.5.0/28.

Another method that looks more complicated would be to change the ad files in the cache by using a tool called IGA Ad Cache Editor. The readme explains the functionality: “This application imports and exports DDS image files from the ad cache of Battlefield 2142.  You can also import and export groups/sets of images (adpacks).”

Once exported you can modify the images using tools like GIMP and import them after you have changed the contents.

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