Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Beta (PS3)

Thanks to the good folks at FilePlanet we have managed to get our hands on a beta code for BF:BC2. While most Battlefield games have omitted any kind of alternate control styles, the efforts of our readers have opened communication between developer DICE and our community. Slowly, more control options have been added into this developer’s games. So it is with great joy that I can report that said efforts have finally resulted in a buffet of control options for Bad Company 2.
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Call of Duty Classic is Missing a Classic Control Style

Codes were offered in both the Hardened and Prestige versions of Modern Warfare 2 that would allow for the downloading of Call of Duty: Classic via Xbox Live or the Playstation Store.

While a Southpaw option is offered, Legacy is not. Read the rest…

Uncharted 2: Southpaw Controls in the Multi-player Demo

The multi-player demo of Uncharted 2 gives the possibility to swap the left with the right stick. You can also swap L1 with R1 and L2 with R2.

Unfortunately full customization is not available - I would have liked to swap for example the jump button. But at least Uncharted 2 does improve from the first edition, which had basically no possibilities to adapt the controls, though the Legacy and Legacy-Southpaw schemes have been left out again.

I’m definitely looking forward to this game coming out on October 13 in the USA and October 16 in Europe. Read the rest…

MAG Beta Offers Southpaw and Legacy

So it seems that I have some good news to report on for a change: the latest beta for Zipper Interactive’s MMOFPS, MAG, has included both Southpaw and Legacy controls.

The game is currently looking at an early 2010 release.

[Thanks, CyrusQ]

inFAMOUS Delivers a Sucker Punch

Soulwarrior recently scoped out a demo of the Playstation 3’s action / sandbox game, inFAMOUS, which was developed by Sucker Punch Productions.

As you were likely able to decipher from the post’s title, inFAMOUS doesn’t offer special consideration for those who prefer to use alternate controls. The left stick is used to run, while the right stick is for looking around.

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KILLZONE 2 SCREEN SHOTS

Many of us like to bend the rules in our personal favor and as you may recall I did just that, two months ago….to the day in fact!

This time it’s the demo for Killzone 2 and my newly created European PSN account has allowed me to gather the screenshots you all know and love…or hate. As is always the case, when a demo is made available in such close proximity to the a retail release you can bet that controls shown represent the the entirety of the final game’s options.

In addition to the pictures below are the options to change X and Y axis sensitivity, and inversion of both X and Y axes. The later of the two I find both hilarious and frustrating. I mean C’mon, we can invert looking left and right but Legacy gets excluded. I know I should be the last person to question the inclusion of ANY control options but seriously, who the heck inverts the X axis?! I want to meet these people and learn how they came to use that option. I’m not judging here, just laughing myself into a straight-jacket. Read the rest…

Killzone 2’s (long) Intro

Kotaku has posted the above video clip of Killzone 2’s introduction and first in-game cinematic. There are a few seconds of gameplay footage towards the end if you can manage to sit through all six minutes. I couldn’t, and skipped ahead.

This game will (finallly) be out the last week of February and the beta supposedly supported Southpaw, but no Legacy option. This will probably reflect the control options of the final build.

SOCOM 1.30 Patch Adds Southpaw & Scout (Legacy)

According to one of our readers, the recently released patch to correct SOCOM: Confrontation’s numerous bugs & issues also added support for alternate controls.

PS3 players will now be able to use the Southpaw, and Scout (Legacy) presets.

Thanks need to go out to Patrick for letting us know. This is definitely a good start for 2009, and here’s hoping that an update to include Legacy in Left 4 Dead is next.

UPDATE: Customizable game controls at the firmware level for PS3

A Happy New Year to the readers of Alt-Controls.com.

We have now reached 100 people who have signed the customizable game controls for the PS3 petition.

I took the opportunity to resend the petition to the support team of the PS3. This time I got a more promising answer from them:

Hello … ,

We sympathize with your situation. And your email will be reviewed.

Regards,
EPM C.

Killzone 2 Demo Offer from Gamestop

Courtesy of Joystiq:

Want to play the Killzone 2 demo? Gamestop is offering a pass to both in-store and online customers who pre-order the game. Those who drop the $5 in store will receive a card that gives access to the demo, while those reserving via the website are promised an email with the code sometime on or after February 3. No details on what the demo will feature. We’ve poked our Sony contacts to see if there will be other ways to try out the game before its February 27 launch.

Now that the release of the PS3’s long-awaited killer app. is approaching, you can’t help but wonder if it will live up to the hype and deliver the goods, or flop.

And if any of you fine folks happen to give the demo a shot, please drop us some info regarding the available control options.