While the patches for console editions of F1 2010 continue through certification, PC patch 1.01 has been released and can be downloaded now from FileShack.

As detailed below, the patch brings dozens of changes to the racing simulator, from adding DirectX 11 support to fixing many of the reported bugs and AI car issues. Read more »

If you're still racing around the track waiting for some good news about F1 2010's multiple technical problems, Codemasters has good news: a sizable patch is complete and on the way.

Writing on the game's official forum, Codemasters' community manager confirmed that the patch--which was first revealed to be in the works late last month--has been completed, internally tested, and "is now in submission with Microsoft and Sony for all 3 platforms, and once this process has been successfully completed the patch will be released, ready for you to download." Read more »

In a post on the official F1 2010 forums, the game's community representative wrote a lengthy response addressing the numerous issues players have been experiencing. Key members of the development team who worked on the systems in question and are now involved in creating the upcoming patch were consulted. We cut through the "you really have to be a fan" technical talk to get to the following highlights.

Taking on the most serious topic first--the assertion that the racing in the game is scripted--the post reads: Read more »

F1 2010 has performed the impressive feat of bumping Halo: Reach from the top of the UK weekly sales charts after only one week at the top for Bungie's shooter.

Market research firm ChartTrack reports that, after claiming the top spot for the week of its September 14 launch, Reach suffered an 80% drop in sales, allowing the racing sim to beat it to the chequered flag last week. However, it hasn't been a smooth ride. Read more »

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 is short and sweet adding the TGS 2010 trailer for El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, a trailer featuring the "Past, Present and Future" of Michael Jordan for NBA 2K11, our own videos featuring Spider-Man and Wesker in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, the trailer revealing the roster in WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011, early footage from the first-person shooter Nexuiz, a combat trailer for James Bond 007: Blood Stone, a "Sona Champion Spotlight" trailer for League of Legends, the launch trailer for F1 2010, and images for the underwater PC title Depth. Read more »

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.

A lot of the new content added to our database today made it to the front page, as new titles were announced at TGS 2010 media briefings. However, today's Filter has a few new pieces of content you might be interested in. Read more »

Man Down! Brian misses his first episode with a summer cold leaving Jeff and Garnett to do their morning show duo impersonation for this week's show. They don't miss a beat getting right into Whatcha Been Playin? with Shogun 2, Mafia 2, Sonic Riders for kinect, and F1 2010. Last week's topic of shooting as the dominant mechanic in modern videogames struck a chord with the community and gets the Warning off to a flying start. Whether "gamey" elements break serious games and how we feel about game developers becoming movie makers takes the discussion to this week's music break featuring "Over" produced by So Flawless. And yes, Microsoft's decision to raise the price on its Live service gets into the Front Page along with loads of other news like a price drop on Nintendo's handhelds and the end of the ATI era.

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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 the first screenshots and trailer for Red Faction: Battlegrounds, a reveal trailer for Tony Hawk: Shred, gameplay from F1 2010, "Central Station" commentary video for Crysis 2, a new trailer featuring "building and behavior" in LEGO Universe, a "customization" trailer for Worms Reloaded and new videos for Super Scribblenauts, Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 and Deca Sports 3. Read more »

Considering it surely paid a premium price for the F1 license, Codemasters has shown some patience with its development team. While they pushed to get a Wii version out for the 2009 season (with accordingly mixed results), they took the year off on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, setting their sights on 2010 for the debut of what they hope will be a successful new run.

Some of the extra time was naturally required to work on getting all the cars and tracks ready for high definition, but using the EGO Engine that powered GRiD as a base put Codemasters well on the way to making a pretty game. A good bit of the extra time has gone toward recreating the F1 racing lifestyle and experience, and developing the unique handling model of an F1 racer. Read more »

That unpredictable weather is the focus a new F1 2010 developer diary, covering how drastically the driving experience can be changed by just a little rain or sunshine.

Developed and published by Codemasters, F1 2010 is slated for a PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in September--shortly before the 2010 Formula One season ends. Read more »

OnLive, the upcoming cloud-based games-on-demand service that will supposedly allow subscribers to stream and play high-end games on modest PC configurations, was demonstrated at the DICE Summit in Las Vegas today.

According to a report by Dean Takahashi on GamesBeat, OnLive founder Steve Perlman demonstrated the service at DICE with COO Mike McGarvey using a cable modem connection to show how the service handled some unnamed "high-speed shooting games," as well as Unreal Tournament and Burnout Paradise. Takahashi asserts that the demos were glitch-free, and should take the wind out of the sails of skeptics who've claimed that OnLive couldn't possibly work as well as intended. Read more »

Epic kicks off an Unreal Tournament sale on Steam tomorrow, with discounts and a free UT3 weekend to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the original UT's demo release.

For the festivities, Unreal Tournament will be reduced to a mere $1.99. UT3 will be free to play for a long weekend starting tomorrow, coupled with a 66% discount. The bumper Unreal Deal Pack will also be marked down by 66% for the weekend. Read more »

Following the announcement that it had secured the Formula One racing license, Codemasters today revealed its plans for multi-year racing domination, formally announcing both F1 2009 and F1 2010.

F1 2009 will debut only on the Wii and PSP this fall, while F1 2010 will be the proper effort, coming to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC in mid-2010. Read more »

A new study published in the journal Cyberpsychology and Behavior found that red teams triumph over blue teams more than half of the time in online multiplayer shooters, reports the Associated Press.

Researchers studied the outcomes of 1,347 matches in Epic Games' Unreal Tournament 2004 (PC), in which players were allowed to choose between joining the red or blue team. The study found that the red team won 55% of the time. Read more »

You may recall an extensive look at tactical gaming from Shacker dslyecxi, who was sure to note at the end of his first work that despite the document's length there were various subjects left unaddressed. One such subject was apparently an Unreal Tournament mod called Infiltration, which he had yet to play. Dslyecxi has now released a followup article dedicated entirely to that mod, going into its substantial weapons selection and customization options and tactical gameplay features.

The surprising thing is the degree to which the animations have been done. Pick up a 1911, for instance, and you'll find a perfect example of the typically exceptional attention to detail displayed throughout the mod. If you empty the magazine and have the slide lock back, upon holstering it you'll see that your character releases the slide before holstering it - just like anyone would do in reality, since you don't holster a slidelocked pistol. It gets better than that, however - draw the pistol once more and the slide will be forward on an empty chamber and empty magazine. Pull the trigger and the hammer will drop on the empty chamber, after which your character's thumb will cock it back again. Reload at this point and your character will drop the empty magazine, insert a new one, and then manually pull the slide to the rear before releasing it to chamber a new round. That Infiltration has dedicated animations for something like this, when almost as a rule all other games miss such details, is once again testament to the incredible attention to detail displayed by the team.