Jim McLaughlin

We've given a fair amount of coverage to the online first-person shooter Combat Arms, and for good reason: not only is the game completely free to play, but the scope of the game itself is pretty huge. Players are constantly treated to new maps and modes and there are literally hundreds of guns to choose from.

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Nick Puleo

It's a good thing those miners in Chile didn't get stuck in this underground area, because they probably wouldn't have survived 70 days fighting zombies with only a few cans of tuna at their disposal.  Perhaps Nexon's timing is impeccable, or perhaps they just have good luck - but they are jumping all over this new mining fad by launching a new co-op map called Black Lung in Combat Arms.

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Combat Arms has gotten a new content updated called Operation: Dredge, and with it comes the ability to capture video inside the game and upload it seamlessly to YouTube.  For most PC games this process usually requires a third party program to run, some of which actually costs extra money.  Also included with the update is a new versus map as well as a set of weapons from the FS2000 family.

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Multiplayer shooter Combat Arms has hit an important milestone, one we told you about in our preview of the new version of the game.  Right on schedule, Nexon has reached over 200 different firearms available in the game, all usable and purchasable by either in game credit or actual cold hard cash.

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Combat Arms has been pushing out monthly updates to the game, adding content and features like new weapons, kits, and even cooperative modes. Now Nexon is set for the biggest update to the game's user interface. We sat down with Graham Kays, Producer for Combat Arms, for an exclusive first look.

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What could be better than killing zombies?  How about killing zombies... for free?  You'll recall our recent coverage of free online FPS Combat Arms.  Over the holidays, a new map called "Cabin Fever" was released, featuring the survival style of gameplay that has become so popular.  Almost half a million matches later, 278 million zombies have met their doom (for the second time, I suppose).  If your wallet is light after all the holiday spending, you might want to check out Combat Arms for your zombie slaying fix.

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Ahh the Holidays!  Nothing says a miracle flame, birth of Jesus, and a New Year than killing a bunch of zombies in an free online FPS.  This week I decided to see what all the fuss is about in Combat Arms, the aforementioned free online game from Nexon.  With the recent addition of a new Fireteam co-op map that featured infected AI and more than 2 million registered players - I had no idea what I was in for.

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It's been sometime since the free online FPS Combat Arms added it's co-op mode called Fireteam.  The mode was, and is, a lot of fun - but with only one map available to play on things got stale.  Finally Nexon looks to remedy the situation not only adding a new map, but by changing things up a bit with Fireteam.

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Every Friday afternoon from 3:00 until 5:00, the employees of Grinnell Computers shoot the crap out of each other for stress relief. Kevin Grinnell himself even joins the fray, in the hopes that his small company's productivity will stay high. You see, he pays his employees to play video games, and does so in the name of team bonding.

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The above screen grab may not be rather enticing to you, but that's because it's from a rather stylistic trailer for the upcoming Fireteams mode for Combat Arms, a free online FPS from Nexon. 

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