The wonderful team over at Kontrol Freek, recently gave us a chance to test out their new products FPS and Speed Freek. While we’ve had a solid month to test out their products we’ve given each of them a solid 25 hours plus for each, so we know how well each of them works. I’m going to take this chance here to thank all of Kontrol Freek now for giving us this chance to review their products. Now on to the review!
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Ubisoft today announced the Fan Pack for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2, a downloadable content update for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions of its tactical shooter.
Slated for free download next month, the Fan Pack offers a total of three new multiplayer maps, which includes the fan favorite Calypso Casino map from the first Rainbow Six Vegas title. Two relit versions of existing maps Murdertown and CQB Training are also planned for the pack.
The video should explain it all but just in case here is the Packs full run down:
New Ranks
An additional 99 Elite Ranks have been added for bragging rights. For those of you who are already Elite, you may have noticed that your XP continued to accumulate while playing. Once you have the update, your XP will automatically be applied towards the new Elite ranks, so it is possible that you have already ranked up multiple times past Elite.
New A.C.E.S.
A total of 100 A.C.E.S. are available for each category: Marksman, CQB and Assault. Each A.C.E.S. level past 20 will reward you with 5000 XP that applies to your rank. For players who have already reached A.C.E.S. 20 and continued to collect A.C.E.S. points, you will be happy to know that the update will automatically advance you to the level you have earned. For example, if you have enough A.C.E.S. points to reach Marksman 25, you will automatically be at Marksman 25 and earn 25000 (5000 x 5) towards your next Rank.
Grenade Indicator
When you are within the damage radius of a Frag or Incendiary grenade, an indicator will appear on-screen telling you which direction it is. The indicator can show multiple grenades at once.
This list is huge so be sure to select read more for the full list and all the awsome add ons this DLC contains.
Ubitsoft has today released a online game update/patch for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 on Xbox 360.
Jump onto Xbox Live to update your console with the latest fixes. There are a huge list of improvements and fixed features in this update and they include the following:
What's Improved
Weapon Switch
Swapping to & from Pistols are now faster in Multiplayer.
Sound Loops
Optimized sound bank to improve weapon firing and helicopter sound clips that loop over and over.
Pings
Servers now update their pings more often so that players have a more accurate value of server performance.
Team Leader Respawn Modification
Spawn Shield is shorter when respawning with the Leader.
XP Modifiers
When there are more people on a team than the other, there is an overall XP modifier applied to all XP gained during the game.
Outfitting
By pressing the start button, players now have access to the outfitting menu in observer mode.
Team Deathmatch Respawn Modification
Respawning in Team Deathmatch now work like regular Deathmatch (random points throughout the map) which intensifies gameplay and minimizes spawn camping/trapping.
Faster Respawns
Faster respawns for Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch. You no longer have to wait a full 10 seconds!
Custom Search
Players who enter a room using custom search then exit will be brought back to an automatic search with the same criteria.
What's Fixed
Rank Reset Glitch
Fixed. Players will be able to use their Xbox guide during the game loading without risk of losing their rank.
Private First Class Achievement
If you are ranked Private First Class or above, you will automatically get the achievement after the title update is complete and you load your gamer profile.
Freedom Shall Prevail - Achievement
If you’ve passed all checkpoints on Story Mode on Realistic and finished the game, you will automatically get the achievement after the title update is complete and you load your gamer profile.
That Wasn’t So Hard - Ribbon
Your ribbon now unlocks when you get the achievement.
Light Machinegun Sound Glitch
When firing continuously with any light machinegun, the sound of the weapon will no longer get cut off.
Civilians & Hostages on Tactical Map
No longer are displayed as terrorists.
Shield Teleport Glitch
Players can no longer teleport when trying to take cover with a shield
Out of Map Glitch
Players can no longer cover-peek into each other to raise a team mate above their heads that allows them to walk into areas outside the designated map.
Friend Invite in Ranked Matches
Inviting friends in Ranked Matches now work correctly.
Custom Face
Previously, Custom faces were sometimes copied over to another player’s face. This is no longer the case. Custom faces will display the proper faces.
Radar Jammer
Radar Jammer now work for clients, not just hosts.
XP Farming - That one famous area in ACT 1 “Ambush” will no longer allow XP Farming.
Observer Mode
Players will no longer be stuck in the respawn screen at 0 seconds while in observer mode.
Weapon Restriction
The weapon restriction configuration is no longer kept in Terrorist Hunt, Story and Co-op Story.
Custom Camo 3 Save
The colour and pattern of Custom Camo 3 now saves correctly.
Well, there we have it.. That's all the info on the latest Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Updates. For all the latest R6V2 news, achievements, cheats and other info keep track via the 360-hq.com games database by visiting the link below.
The latest edition of Australia's hottest Xbox 360 podcast OzBoxLive is now available for your listening pleasure from the official site.
In this weeks Special episode of OzBoxLive Radio…
- News and Announcements with Kane
- Review - Rainbow Six Vegas 2
- Interview - Guests/Winners of Gamerthon 2008
- Xcessory of the Week - Hard Drive (120GB)
- Group Discussion - Gamerthon 2008 and Competitive Gaming
- Competition - Tell us in 25 Words or less…
What Xbox 360 Competitive game would you like to see at GAMERTHON 2009?
You could win a copy of Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and a Face Plate thanks to UBISOFT, along with a copy of The Official Australian Xbox Magazine AND a “Making of - MASS EFFECT DVD“, AND a Halo 3 Bag worth $50 Bucks AND lots more goodies.
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Looks like Rainbow Six Vegas 2 was not as ready for release as you might think.
While the 360 problems are not as bad as the PS3 version I'm sure you will find them to be a pain in the butt anyway.
Just to name a few the stat-tracking and gamerscore wont function properly and your game data from Rainbow Six Vegas 1 will not carry over properly causing players the inability to unlock some of the early achievements.
We have no word on when a patch will be out to fix the new found problems but if you find any glitches you asked to report them here: UBI forum
I guess this shows you cant get all the bugs out all the time and we will do are best to keep you up to date on the subject.
If you got your copy of Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 for the XBOX 360 from best buy then you might already know that you can unlock one of the guns with the code printed on a sticker on the front of the box.
Best Buy didn't even bother to hide the code inside the packaging they just slapped it on the front of the box for any one to see and all the info i could find seems to show that the code works on all copy's.
Lets say you have Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 right now, then i bet you saying to your self whats the code?
Well boys and girls the code is as follows:(Hold RB) Down, Down, Up, Up, X, B, X, B, Y, Up, Up, Y
Lets hope more games turn to this old school style of item unlocking and stop making us pay to unlock every single little thing they can think of.
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