The great lineup of recent, current generation games available on Xbox LIVE’s Games on Demand service is growing rapidly, and has been strengthened further by the release of Far Cry 2 and Battlefield 2: Modern Combat onto the network.

Far Cry 2 is an excellent, open-world first-person shooter most unlike any released before, taking you to the wonderfully varied environments of Africa on a mission to stop a dangerous arms dealer, and return the war-torn region to an era of peace, as you “run, swim, drive, fly, shoot, fight and smash your way through over 50km² of open world. Beware though, sometimes the hunter can become the hunted.”

And how!

Check for your region’s pricing for Far Cry 2 over here, read El33tonline’s review of the game, and watch a couple trailers to get you in the mood below:

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If you’re an Xbox LIVE Gold member, you’re now eligible to receive a discount on the purchase of the Far Cry 2 Fortunes Pack add-on, now on sale as the Xbox LIVE ‘Deal of the Week’ for only 240 MS Points (as opposed to the normal 400 MS Points).

What’s in the pack, though? Let’s have a peek:

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A title update for the Xbox 360 version of Far Cry 2 has been announced and released, with a bunch of bug fixes, updates and additions included in answer to the growing concerns that fans of the game have brought up since its release.

An announcement for a similar patch for PS3 and PC versions of Far Cry 2 will be made soon. Read through the list of changes made to Far Cry 2 with the title update below:

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In a post on the Ubisoft forums, community manager Atmon has confirmed to Far Cry 2 fans that a new ‘hardcore’ mode is on the way for the multiplayer portion of the game, which will be available in the next set of patches.

According to Atmon, the new hardcore setting will increase the amount of damage for all weapons, all weapons will have been rebalanced (both in normal and hardcore mode) and enemy names will disappear after the spawning invincibility period is over (while invincibility is shown as a shield over a player’s head).

Additionally, you will be able to tweak spawning time (but not spawning rate) and a new search option will become available in multiplayer to search for games currently playing in hardcore mode.

These changes probably mean a lot more to a hardcore Far Cry 2 multiplayer fan than most, but they seem like good decisions.

We quite enjoyed Far Cry 2, so if you haven’t yet had a look at the game yet, read our review to find out what you’re missing.

Can’t get enough of Far Cry 2? Well, good news for you then, because Ubisoft will soon be releasing a comprehensive content pack for the game, complete with new vehicles, weapons and multiplayer maps.

Entitled The Fortune’s Pack, this downloadable content will be available for PS3 via the PlayStation Network and Xbox 360 via Xbox LIVE. No news on a PC release though, or, for that matter, a release date, except “before the end of November.”

The full list of content follows below (sneak peek: one of the new vehicles is a Quad!):

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Far Cry 2 is a game of massive proportions - an enormous African environment, dozens of weapons, tons of missions, hundreds of secrets, hundreds of enemies and a handful of vehicles to help traverse that vast, vast landscape, all wrapped up in a smattering of ambition for an open-world, free-roaming first person shooter where you are given the truest amount of freedom any game has ever realised… in the top five, at least. There are problems, of course, such as incapable AI and poor story exposition, but do the minor complaints drown out the major praise?

Continue reading El33tonline’s Xbox 360 review of Far Cry 2.

Ubisoft’s latest FPS Far Cry 2 has passed the one million sales mark in less than three weeks.

“The holiday quarter is off to a solid start with the successful launch of Far Cry 2,” said Yves Guillemot, chief executive officer at Ubisoft. “The game is well on track to achieve our expectations for the year.”

Set in the African savannah, Far Cry 2 promises to impress with its open world environment, non-scripted enemy AI, destructible environments, dynamic weather effects and multiplayer game play.

Far Cry 2 is available in stores now on the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC

Ubisoft has announced that Far Cry 2 will be released across Europe on the 24th of October. The game will be available on the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

Ubisoft also revealed a Far Cry 2 Collector’s Edition for the EMEA territories that will come packed in a wooden box. It will include a copy of the game, a limited edition Far Cry 2 T-shirt as well as an art book, map and making-of DVD. You can pre-order the collector’s edition at Game.

Head over to our previous coverage for screens of the game.

Far Cry 2, the not-sequel to the island-traversing adventure, starts with a clean slate, allowing players to take control of an all new hero, somewhere in Africa.

Big features include the ability to take on challenges however you feel, as well as a dynamic story where key characters are able to be killed, while the story trundles on. The environments are pretty dynamic as well, letting players take advantage of the wind to spread fire through dry brush and using the vast terrain to outsmart enemies.

Here are some screenshots to give you an idea of how good it looks on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3, releasing either late this year or early next year.

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