Well folks, the wait is now over — Gameloft has finally released their highly anticipated first person shooter, Modern Combat 5: Blackout, onto the App Store for all iOS devices for only $6.99. Better yet if you continue reading on, you can win a copy of the game entirely for free. Ever since April of this year, we’ve closely followed the development process of the game and been really eager to get our hands on it. Despite the game being leaked by a group of contest winners to get early access, it has turned out better than we expected and is a ton of fun to play. In Modern Combat 5: Blackout, there’s a grand total of four different classes, online multiplayer with five gameplay modes, as well as a huge single-player campaign. Unlike previous iterations of Modern Combat, experienced earned in single-player also applies to your character class in the online multiplayer, therefore allowing you to level up without you having to face other players. In addition, the game has had huge graphical improvements and looks really amazing on any support device. Want to win a free copy? Be sure to click the following link. Continue reading this post ->

Continuing on with the development of Modern Combat 5: Blackout, it appears to be moving pretty rapidly, especially here in the last couple weeks. With that being said, Gameloft has revealed some special details on their latest and greatest graphical technology that they will be implementing into the game. What is apparently called “Screen Space Ambient Occlusion“, or SSAO for short, is a rendering technique that results in more realistic shadows in occluded areas, therefore making the game look better overall. To see this in action, check out the GIF above as well as our gallery by clicking here. Just before you thought that was all, there’s a lot more you can look forward to. As listed below, it’s a full list of other graphical enhancements Modern Combat 5: Blackout will feature once it becomes available to download. If things continue at the rate they are going, we hope to see the game out sometime late Summer or early Fall.

• Eye adaptation and bloom — exposure adjusts in a more realistic manner when moving between light and dark areas.
• Soft particles — improved interactions of particles with surrounding geometry.
• Underwater distort and caustics — reproduces realistic water effects.
• Read-time character shadows — characters cast shadows on geometry in real time.
• Heat-haze — air distortion due to muzzle heating after shooting.
• Depth of Field — cinematic effect that makes the background appear out of focus so that certain characters or objects in the foreground step more into focus.
• More: Reflection ground, Color correction, Specular effects and so on.

Just as always, we’ll be sure to keep you updated as time progresses and be sure to check out the other articles in relation to Modern Combat 5: Blackout. Continue reading this post ->

With the Electronic Entertainment Expo (better known as E3) just around the corner next week, Gameloft has released the teaser trailer for their upcoming game Modern Combat 5. Juding by the trailer Modern Combat 5 is nearing completion or is already completed, so hopefully we won’t have to work no more than a few weeks from now until it’s released onto the App Store. If you haven’t seen or heard already, just a couple days ago we got word on the new multiplayer details which we highly recommend checking out. Right now our guess is that Gameloft will announce the release date sometime next week at E3, however, we’ll keep you updated regardless of what happens. Continue reading this post ->

After a week or so of no updates from Gameloft on Modern Combat 5, we’ve recently gotten new information including two screenshots showing off some multiplayer action as well as some details on the Squad vs. Squad mode that’s coming to the game when it is released for later this Summer. In addition to the Squad vs. Squad mode, there will be four other core modes that can be played — Capture The Flag, VIP, Free For All, and lastly Team Battle — each with a maximum of twelve players all at once. Apart from these five different multiplayer options, there will also be limited-time events and leaderboard to see how you and your squad rank amongst everyone else. For more information, be sure to check out what we were provided from Gameloft.

Squad vs. Squad

MC5 will bring competitive team battles to the next level, with persistent squads formed by players. You can join squads with your friends or any other player you meet online, then take your squad online against other squads from around the world. Strategy and team balancing will be key, and players within a squad will have their own dedicated squad chat to talk to each other and plan their tactics. There is also a global chat function which allows you to talk to anyone.

Limited-Time Events

Like most Gameloft games, there will be special Limited Time Events (LTE’s) for both the individual player and their squad that allow you to win special prizes across several tiers, depending on the LTE’s objectives.

Leaderboards

There will be global and local leaderboards for individual players, and a global squad leaderboard. LTE’s will also have their own leaderboards which will help define winners of those events.

Just like we mentioned before, there will be unified progression between the multiplayer and single player modes, so any weapons and items unlocked or levels achieved in single player will be reflected in multiplayer and vice versa. Controller support will also be implemented in the game, but not immediately at launch this Summer. Overall Modern Combat 5 appears to be progressing really well so far and we’re really excited to see it land on the App Store. Continue reading this post ->

In what seems to an odd turn of events, Crescent Moon Games will be publishing their very first cyberpunk FPS — Neon Shadow — from Tasty Poison Games in South Africa. Neon Shadow will also feature same device multiplayer as well as Online Coop and Death Match modes. The game is set to land later this summer or in Quarter 3 of this year, which isn’t too far around the corner. Here’s a quick gameplay trailer:

As of now these are all the details we have, so we’ll keep you updated as we get more information. Continue reading this post ->