Battlefield 3 double XP weekend on May 12 to 14 – UPDATE.

EA just announced the first ever double XP weekend for a Battlefield game: Battlefield 3 will be getting a double XP weekend from May 12 to 14, where all points scored will be doubled. The double XP weekeend starts at 12:01 AM PST tonight. Double XP weekends have been run by many games over the years, including for many Call of Duty and Halo titles. It’s essentially a way of boosting player numbers for a short period of time by offering incentives. The Battlefield 3 double XP weekend will be live on all platforms.

UPDATE: due to issues, the PC version of double XP weekend has been moved to May 26-27. Apparently, it wasn’t working at all and actually broke the game, where players weren’t receiving points for awards etc. Hopefully it’ll work in two weeks time.

Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative is live.

The Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative DLC is now live, and as promised you can download the first test chamber from the Steam Workshop.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Collection 1 DLC arrives on PC, finally

Aha, the first Modern Warfare 3 DLC pack has landed on Steam! “Well WHAT TIME DO YOU CALL THIS, THEN?” says every Modern Warfare 3 PC fan in the world with a glance at the watch and a tap-tap-tap of a foot. It’s been a bit of a wait, but the four maps and two spec-ops missions within can now be yours for £11.49.

The pack came out on the Xbox 360 back on March 20, which makes this quite a delay. Call of Duty is by no means the only game to do this sort of thing, but nothing says “we value Microsoft’s money more highly than our players on PC and PS3″ more clearly than a fixed exclusivity deal. STILL, it’s here now, which means CoD fans can dig into some new arenas, including one called Liberation, set in a militarised version of Central Park, a map set around the wreckage of Air Force one, and a co-op mission set in a diamond mine packed full of goons.

Reveal Trailer -- Official Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

Black Ops is back. Experience near-future black operations with the next evolution of the legendary Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Portal 2 “Perpetual Testing Initiative” release date announced.

Valve announced today that Portal 2′s in-game puzzle maker will be called “Perpetual Testing Initiative,” and will be available free on May 8 for PC and Mac. The DLC will be capable of publishing puzzles directly to Steam Workshop, where users can browse, install, and vote on the community’s creations, Plans for the puzzle creator were announced last year.