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Nothing ruins a game of Hardcore Search and Destroy or Hardcore Team Deathmatch faster than an excessive team killer being a douche. So, all this talk of new playlists we’ve been doing around the studio recently (with the help of my raw hatred of team killers) got me to thinking about some Hardcore playlists variations we could possibly introduce when we do the playlist update.

What do you guys think of having the option of playing your favorite Hardcore playlists standard (HC S&D, HC TDM) in addition to Hardcore (Friendly Fire Disabled). Essentailly, standard Hardcore rules with limited hud, increased weapon damage, etc. minus the dread of team killers?

I mention it, because I think it’d be a nice option to have once we introduce Hardcore HQ and give those who love Hardcore but hate team killers a haven for some honest hardcore gameplay. So what’s the verdict? Would you like the option to play Hardcore Standard and Hardcore (No Friendly Fire)?

Note the word, option. Meaning, you can still play the way it is now (with friend fire on) or have an additional option to play without friend fire. I’m not proposing change all of Hardcore. I’m saying give an option for Hardcore lite in addition to the normal hardcore playlists there already are.

Call of Duty 4 top game on xbox live

Once again, Major Nelson has posted the Top Games on Xbox Live stats for the week of 2/4 and as I called it last week (post), Call of Duty 4 is managing to stay at #1 as the most played game on Xbox Live thanks to everyone’s continued support!

We won’t let you guys down in terms of returning the support either as we have already shipped the Xbox 360 feature patch off to certification with a few new features I talked about yesterday (New Quick Mute Option), as well as some increased spawn locations on maps, and general connectivity improvements that I forgot to mention last post. As well as are still working hard on the new DLC maps. I can’t let out details on them just yet, but I can say that I may just have a new favorite map (sorry Crash) within this batch of new maps.

I can tell you that I’ll be heading up to GDC (Game Developers Conference) next week (Tuesday - Friday) attending the 1up Awards and hanging out with some of my friends in the gaming press, so I wouldn’t be surprised if DLC was the subject of the trip. As the maps are already a lot of fun and look amazing, so I’m anxious to finally start talking about them.

Other than that, once I get back from GDC in San Francisco next week, it’ll almost be time for SXSW where I’ll be talking about Pro Gaming and Pro Gamers, which is lines up nicely with the recent MLG announcement.

That’s it for news, for a rant about Team Killing in Hardcore, keep reading.

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