New games: Modern Warfare 2 and League of Legends

[Gareth]

Modern Warfare 2

The most highly-anticipated game of 2009, sequel to the massive Call of Duty 4, is on all our gaming PCs and ready for action! It's gone down well so far - those who've tried it seem to love it. Just a couple of things to be aware of: (1) Because it's been given a legally-binding 18 rating by the BBFC (the British Board of Film Classification), and due to some its content, the single-player mode is available only to members over the age of 18. (2) Your "profile" is your Steam account, so the only way to rank up yourself is to have your own copy of the game and log into your own account when you're here. Your profile is saved online, so the game picks it up wherever you log in. If you don't have your own account, you can log in with one of Crossfire's accounts.

If you're in Crossfire, click the icon to load the game: Modern Warfare 2 Single-Player Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer

League of Legends

If you're in Crossfire, click the icon to load the game: League of Legends

League of Legends is a new DotA-based game that we've been asked to put on the gaming PCs. Yes, another one. There's now Demigod (full of bugs), Heroes of Newerth (looking great but not due to be released for a while yet), Bloodline Champions (again not due to be released for a while, but trying to combine action and RPG elements into DotA), and League of Legends, a new free version that also tries to add elements from MMORPGs into DotA. If you enjoy DotA, you'll soon be spoilt for choice. The League of Legends development team contains Steve "Guinsoo" Feak, who originally created DotA Allstars in 2004, before handing it over to its current developer IceFrog in 2005. DotA Allstars was a heavily expanded version of the original Defense of the Ancients map for Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos, after The Frozen Throne expansion was released. Guinsoo has used his learnings from DotA Allstars to help create this new game, which is free to download and play, and is to have in-game extras that can be bought via micro-transactions.