Australian Strike Soliders : News

BF BC2 Trailer

Sat, 23 May 2009 13:42:31 +1000

New BF2 Patch enters Beta

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:24:58 +1000

I will be the first to admit I was some what of a skeptic when Dice and EA originally announced they were actually going to bring out another patch for BF2.

Improvements include:

Features
- Additional support for Windows Vista.
- Added Highway Tampa as a required map.
- Added a new map called Operation Blue Pearl.

Gameplay Tweaks
- Changes made to both the J10 and F35B to make them more balanced. Please note that the J10 is a superior dogfighter to the F35B and as such these two aircraft will never be equally matched.
- AA targeting tweaked to make it more effective.
- Added checks to prevent “runway grieving”.
- Various changes made to prevent cheating.
- Tweaked the hit detection, hits will be more accurate to the model.

EA also mentions that a beta of the patch will be available at the end of this month, but they also promised a beta at the end of November. Then it was December. And so on. Although now it seems that there is work being done on the patch.

Link to Article

Tweaked hit detection has my vote if nothing else. The included support for Vista would seem almost pointless as most Vista users without a doubt will be migrating to windows 7 within the year.

There has been talk of Dice including additional DRM protection as well with the new update, so likely there is a possibility of the game being completely rooted. Never the less EA always has their way! Gotta love Copyright protection on 5 year old game :P

Oh well at least they are trying, better late than never!

Lack of news makes greenstuff unhappy

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:37:51 +1000

Lately there hasn't been much news posted on the A$$ site, and this makes greenstuff very unhappy. So without further ranting I would like to inform you that tomorrow, Company of Heroes Tales of Valor is released. Featuring new maps, new multiplayer modes, new bonus vehicles, new campaigns and finally new functionality in coh (yes im talking about direct fire mode).

For those who wont be buying the new expansion Tales of Valor, a nice 1.5gb update will be released tomorrow aswell.

And also a possible A$$ CoH comp is looking to be in the works again :)

Now that I have posted some sort of news, ICE should get jealous and post more. Enjoy!

A$$ come third in Battleracer

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:34:43 +1100

Clan A$$ were invited to participate in the second clan invitational Battleracer series run by Australian Universal Soldiers. Battleracer is a mod for Battlefield 2, made by the Sir. Community. Sponsored by All Needs computers, Wolfy and _antipodean_ were competing for ~$1800 in cash and prizes!

After eight rounds, clan A$$ were standing proudly on the podium in third place!

Support Wolfy in Shave for a cure!

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:38:29 +1100

"Well here's there story lads, I have long hair, very very long hair. Think of your favourite metal band guitarist and maybe add a bit... anyways... it is rather dear to my inner metal heart but, I am thinking of doing shave for a cure this year."

So there you have it, Wolfy is going to be putting his hair on the line for Shave for a cure. So far he has only set the bar at $500 but lets see if we can break that! Don't be a tight ass. Help out!

Spread the word!

To see pictures and donate click here

CoH: Joint Operations

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:11:08 +1100

Getting bored with Company of Heroes Skirmishes?
Tired of waiting for the next expansion to be released?

Well now here's a mod you and your friends can all enjoy. Introduction Joint Operations Mod for Company of Heroes.

Joint Operations is an unofficial mod to the Company of Heroes game that contains different scripted missions similar to single player campaign. All missions can be played alone in Skirmish mode or at Relic Online with your friends (cooperative vs cpu). Most of the mission stories and ideas are purely fictional partly based on war movies, cancelled military projects and some other crazy stuff.

The missions are designed to have a bit more replay value than the SP campaign missions by having some game elements randomized. This can mean that the enemies can be stronger, use different units and tactics every time you play or mission objective locations be randomized so you cant always find the stuff needed from the same place.

http://www.coh-jointoperations.com/

Battlefield 1943 announced!

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:46:23 +1100

Battlefield 1943 will be available on Xbox LIVE Arcade, PlayStation Network and on PC for download. This give players access to the famous action packed Battlefield gameplay quicker and easier than it's ever been. Play as the US Marines or the Imperial Japanese Navy on match-made servers for optimal challenge, as you gain ranks and awards. Battlefield 1943 is your own version of one of the most famous campaigns in the history of the world!

By Land, Sea & Air!
Unleash wide destruction with Bombing Raids, Tanks, or Fighter Planes launched from Aircraft Carriers and enjoy one of the best experiences in any multiplayer game to-date.

Varied Locations & Up to 24 Players
Play with 24 players online in three beautiful and destructible locations from the Pacific theatre. Whether you choose Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima or the classic Wake Island, you'll experience the best balance of infantry combat complemented by land, sea and air vehicles.

Frostbite-Enabled Destruction
Watch the beautiful Pacific Islands quickly turn into scarred battlefields as destruction rains upon you and your fellow soldiers as you fight to win the battle!

Through the Gun Experience
Use classic and iconic World War II infantry weapons with excellent feel to defeat your foes. Hit 'em hard from afar through your sniper scope or use explosives or melee weapons like bayonets to make it really up close and personal.

Follow the discussion HERE.

BF2 Restructure

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:09:02 +1100

It's been a while since a news article was posted so I would just like to take this time to say Happy New year to all those in the gaming / A$$ community.

Lot's has changed here at A$$ in recent months, none more than the BF2 division who has undergone a complete restructure. Previously the BF2 team had one team which competed in 10v10 and before that 16v16. These tired game modes became more boring and ever more onerous to play; quite literally taking the fun out of the game. The BF2 team has entered into the cybergamer ladder for 6v6, which aims to redefine competitive play. These two teams, imaginatively named Team 1 and Team 2 are captained by Invader and Coaching respectively, battle it out weekly and have created quite an inter clan rivalry. The mod itself created by Alpha Order can be obtained at their site alphaorder.net.

Site vamp up

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:19:45 +1100

As you have all be aware by now I've been fairly bored and prefered not to study for my important final exams, because I love the A$$ too much. (see what i did there?)

Updates included

- Quicklinks bar: drop down menus on the front page link to public forums and downloads, whilst the forums drop down includes the medals ranks user control panel etc.
- Login Screen on the left now includes links directly to you profile and usersettings.
- War Info Box: now does statistics for each game, as well as the total if you hover your mouse over the icons.
- Medals Page: now in alphabetical order, yay.
- About Us Page: Links directly to Vanqs History of A$$ The Tale of Some Guys and a Donkey.

New Features

- Youtube Gallery: Now you can add funnies, homevids whatever is hosted on youtube and submit it onto the website.
- Weekly Poll now added, if it gets stale suggest on IRC a good one.
- Game Servers Menus: All empty clan servers will appear at random on the righthand side, whilst any server that has players in it will appear automatically in the middle of the page, so you dont miss out on the ACTION!
Click on the IP to join any server you wish however, non-steam games will require xfire.

And finally to make this update worth while, A$$ Clan userbars are back!

-Click Here to get yours-