With Crysis 3 recently announced, you need to hone those skills for the Urban Jungle. Now is the time to go back and check out the original two games in the series in case you missed them the first time around. GameFly Digital is discounting them this weekend

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Splash Damage, developer of Brink, is now at work on a licensed game that will apparently reuse Brink's engine with a recognizable cast of characters. However, the company in charge of the IP has reportedly stepped away from console publishing.

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The packs of Brink weapons, gear and clobber offered as retailer-exclusive bonuses can now be bought in $2 downloadable content double-packs. If you want to dress as a Doom marine, Fallout fanatic, spec ops soldier, or mentalist, here's your chance.

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Valve wants the share the QuakeCon love with Team Fortress 2 players. As part of the QuakeCon sale on Steam, each of the classes--soldier, engineer, heavy, and sniper--gets a new toy inspired by Bethesda-related titles.

These items are all bonuses, awarded for either owning or pre-ordering the specific they're drawn from. If any of them sound like things you'd like to add to your Team Fortress 2 player, act quick. QuakeCon ends this Sunday, and the promotion cuts off Monday morning, August 8 at 10am PDT. Sorry, no hats; however, there is an "Anger hood" from Brink and an "Iron helmet" from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. I guess that sort of counts.

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The response to Bethesda's Brink has been mixed, with passionate reactions for and against the game. Starting right now, you'll be able to decide for yourself, as Brink will be free to play this weekend on Steam. The entire game will be available free to play until Sunday, August 7th, at 1PM Pacific.

Now is a particularly good time to jump on the bandwagon, if you decide you like the game. Not only is the game on sale, but the first DLC pack-- --is available for free, for a limited time only.

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Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features new slow motion trailer for Supremacy MMA, an accolades trailer for FIFA Soccer 12, super-powered trailers for Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet and uDraw Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat, gory new screenshots for Rise of Nightmares, screens for the upcoming downloadable map pack for Brink, and book-deal screenshots for Battlefield 3. Read more »

The temporarily free "Agents of Change" downloadable content for Brink is due out on August 3, the company announced today. It will hit Steam, PlayStation Network, and Xbox Live simultaneously, and you can grab it at no-cost for the first two weeks. Pricing after that point hasn't been disclosed.

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Splash Damage has outlined the first planned downloadable content for Brink, titled "Agents of Change." The content will be free for the first two weeks across all platforms: Steam, PlayStation Network, and Xbox Live. It's expected to hit sometime in early July, after it clears certification at Sony and Microsoft. It includes two environments, five abilities, two outfits, and two weapon attachments. Read more »

An intrusion by hackers has led publisher Bethesda to issue a warning to users. Though the company says that no financial or credit card information was obtained, user names, e-mails, and passwords may have been compromised. The company advises changing passwords on Bethesda sites and forums, as well as any other sites that may use the same username or password.

Bethesda says the hack took place over the weekend while LulzSec, the group claiming responsibility for the hack, says it took place "over two months ago." A statement from the group suggests the hack started with Brink and moved on to other Bethesda property. It claims to have released everything from the compromised server except the user data because "we actually like this company." Read more »

"Wow, you've been busy!" the Bethesda Blog exclaimed today, revealing the official site for the Splash Damage-developed shooter, Brink, has been updated to include stat tracking. According to the blog, more than "a million matches" have been completed, over "10 billion XP points" have been earned, and "more than 80 years" of playtime have been recorded since the game launched on the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3 on May 10. Read more »

When Brink publisher Bethesda promised to release its first downloadable content for free to apologise for issues Splash Damage's shooter suffered at launch, we weren't expecting it to be anything substantial. However, the 'Agents of Change' pack, as it turns out to be called, has been revealed as a tasty little freebie indeed.

Slated to arrive some time in June, Agents of Change will bring two new maps, five new player abilities, two new weapon attachments and two new character outfits to the class-based shooter. It'll also boost the level cap by 4 to 24, which should let players equip more perks. Read more »

PC owners have gotten a new Brink patch, to fix some of annoyances like the sound bug which leaves multiplayer games silent. Splash Damage detailed the changes in a blog post, which mostly seems focused around bug fixes and interface tweaks.

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Brink's design draws from both sides of the established mold for shooters, melding together a single-player campaign with a multiplayer game built around developing unique player characters. The result creates a hybrid team-based shooter with a story to tell that maintains a fast but purposeful pace whether or not it's being played online with others. That is, when it works.

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Last week, Brink developer Splash Damage issued a patch for the Xbox 360 version, which changed some configuration settings. Namely, it set Campaign and Freeplay modes to 8 players, but still allows 8v8 maps with the "Big Teams" option. Now the company has updated its patch post, saying that the same fixes have come to PS3 thanks to the PSN restoration.

If you want to know if your system has gotten the update, look for a "Big Teams" option in the public match settings. If it's there, you're covered. Read more »

It's been a tough launch week for Brink. A number of issues have plagued the newest team-based shooter across all platforms--PC, 360, and PS3. As a token of appreciation to fans for sticking with the game, publisher Bethesda announced it plans to give the first Brink DLC pack away for free. Set to be available in June, it will include new maps and content for players. No pricing had been previously announced for the pack.

In the meantime, work continues in earnest to improve the game. A configuration change for 360 players has been put in place that sets Campaign and Freeplay modes to eight total human players in matchmaking. This should lessen the load on hosts and result in more reliable, consistent matches. The change is already in place and will take effect the next time you login to play. Those with ample bandwidth will still be able to play full 8v8 maps with a new "Big Teams" option in Freeplay or through setting up Private matches. Read more »