Activision has announced that the official website of Soldier of Fortune: Payback is now live, offering details about this FPS sequel scheduled to ship this November, for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. The story continues with the organization known as “The Shop”, where players take on the role of a hired mercenary blasting through brutal do-or-die battle scenes in the world’s most dangerous criminal and terrorist hotspots. Boasting more weapons options than any previous Soldier of Fortune installment, Soldier of Fortune Payback’s arsenal includes an array of more than 30 weapons including sub-machine guns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, projectile explosives, weapon attachments and cutting-edge tactical weapons.
How many bullets does it take to get to the center of a terrorist?
Soldier of Fortune: Payback may be the funniest game released this year. The original Soldier of Fortune was known for its excessive brutality and developer Cauldron has spared no expense to put as much blood and dismemberment on the screen as humanly possible. The violence is so ludicrously extreme, that it’s almost impossible not to laugh with glee. It’s as if Cauldron used the over-the-top trailer for John Rambo as basis for Payback’s gameplay. In other words, it’s pretty awesome.
Read the Entire Hands-On by Hilary Goldstein @ IGN RIGHT HERE.
The limbs are still flying in Activision’s new follow-up to this ultraviolent first-person shooter series.
If you’ve been fiending for a new Soldier of Fortune game since the release of 2002’s disturbingly violent Double Helix, Activision is finally here with more gore. The company just recently announced the next Soldier of Fortune, Pay Back, and surprisingly, the game is already planned for release in November. Veterans of the previous two games may also be surprised that franchise creator Raven Software isn’t making Pay Back, at least not directly; that duty has fallen to an Activision Value studio located in Slovakia. But Raven and a number of other internal Activision studios, including Treyarch and Call of Duty maker Infinity Ward, are said to be contributing some technology and input to the game’s development.
Read the Entire Article By Brad Shoemaker @ GameSpot, RIGHT HERE.
Activision FPS refused classification down under for “high impact” violence.
Australia’s restrictive ratings-classification system for games has struck again. This time, Activision’s upcoming first-person shooter Soldier of Fortune: Pay Back has been hit, with Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) effectively banning the game from sale down under.
The OFLC has refused classification for Soldier of Fortune: Pay Back for the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3, which makes it illegal to sell in Australia. Under Australian law, the highest rating that can be slapped on a game is MA15+. On the other hand, films and DVDs can carry up to an R18+ rating, which prohibits sales to anyone under the age of 18. Any video games that do not fit under the OFLC’s definition of MA15+ are refused classification. (Thanks! Gamespot!)
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