25-415: Call of Duty: United Offensive is an expansion pack for the first-person shooter video game Call of Duty . It was developed by Gray Matter Studios , with contributions from Pi Studios , and published by Activision . It was released for Microsoft Windows on September 14, 2004, and for Mac OS X on November 22, 2004. The biggest changes made by United Offensive are in the multiplayer aspect of
50-406: A bunker takes enough damage, it is not destroyed, but exposed to infantry attack. To completely destroy a bunker, a player must sneak into the basement of an exposed bunker and plant an explosive. Then they must keep the other team from defusing the explosive so it will explode and destroy the bunker. A team wins either by destroying the most bunkers before time expires, or completely destroying all of
75-451: A core set that is reprinted indefinitely, instead, they are retired and replaced with new expansions on a quarterly or bi-annual basis. Expansions usually introduce new rules, or game mechanics, expanding the game's library of cards and rules set. Computer Games Magazine Computer Games Magazine was a monthly computer and console gaming print magazine , founded in October 1988 as
100-414: A ranking system to multiplayer. As players' scores increase, they gain ranks. Each rank spawns with new perks/benefits. Multiplayer mode features objectives such as planting or defusing explosives, destroying or protecting objectives, capturing or protecting flags, and assisting friendly flag carriers. The ranks are reset each map and are not persistent. United Offensive adds three new multiplayer modes to
125-405: A team captures a control point, they add a point to their overall score. To win, a team must either have the higher score when time runs out, or capture all of the control points on the map. Base Assault requires teams to use heavy weaponry such as tanks and artillery strikes to attack their opponent's bases and destroy them. On each map, both teams have three bases they must defend and attack. Once
150-714: Is shot down over the Netherlands on the RAF's first daylight mission using the Fortresses. The Dutch resistance , with the help of Major Ingram, an S.A.S. operative, rescue him before he is captured by the Germans. Doyle (now an S.A.S. operative) and Ingram are then sent to Sicily with other S.A.S. operatives to knock out several huge cliff mounted cannons, not unlike those in the 1961 film, The Guns of Navarone . Doyle returns in Call of Duty 3 as
175-676: The London media again in order to play. Sonic & Knuckles for the Mega Drive/Genesis was unusual in that it functioned as both a stand-alone cartridge and as an expansion pack for both Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 . Collectible card games, or CCGs for short, are typically released as expansion sets, composed of booster packs . CCGs may be referred to as "living" or "dead", and living CCGs are routinely published with supplementary expansions. CCGs generally do not have
200-596: The United Kingdom publication Games International . During its history, it was known variously as Strategy Plus (October 1990, Issue 1 ) and Computer Games Strategy Plus , but changed its name to Computer Games Magazine after its purchase by theGlobe.com . When it closed down in April 2007, it held the record for the second-longest-running print magazine dedicated exclusively to computer games with 196 issues, behind only Computer Gaming World . In 1998 and 2000, it
225-504: The United States' third-biggest computer game magazine by that date, according to Yale Brozen, and the publication's Ed Mitchell estimated that it was Vermont's largest magazine in any field. Its official website, cdmag.com, averaged one million unique visits per month by early 2000. The magazine experienced major growth during 2000: tracking firm BPA International recorded its average circulation from July-December as 374,576 copies, while
250-453: The concept are module and, in certain games' marketing, adventure . The price of an expansion pack is usually much less than that of the original game. As expansion packs consist solely of additional content, most require the original game in order to play. Games with many expansions often begin selling the original game with prior expansions, such as The Sims Deluxe Edition ( The Sims with The Sims: Livin' Large ). These bundles make
275-526: The crossroads and town of Foy , and capturing Noville. The "Bois Jacques" and "Foy" missions of Riley's campaign are reminiscent of HBO 's Band of Brothers episodes Bastogne and The Breaking Point , respectively. Sgt. James Doyle is the second playable protagonist in United Offensive, serving as the playable character in the British campaign. Doyle is a Royal Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress gunner who
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#1732872842182300-535: The game more accessible to new players. When games reach the end of their lifespan, the publisher often releases a 'complete' or 'gold' collection, which includes the game and all its subsequent expansions. Some expansion packs do not require the original game in order to use the new content, as is the case with Half-Life: Blue Shift , Uncharted: The Lost Legacy , Dishonored: Death of the Outsider or Sonic & Knuckles . Some art, sound, and code are reused from
325-479: The game, Beatmania Append Yebisu Mix, was bundled with the PlayStation version as the game's 2nd disc, with subsequent append discs being released as standalone retail releases. Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 was marketed as the first expansion pack released for the PlayStation. The game required the player to insert the London disc, remove it, insert the original Grand Theft Auto disc, remove it, then insert
350-506: The game. There are new maps which are much larger than the ones in the original game, new weapons from the single player campaign, an in-game rank system which grants additional bonuses with more points, and vehicles such as tanks and jeeps Cpl. Scott Riley is the first playable protagonist of United Offensive in the American campaign. Riley participates throughout the entire Bastogne campaign by defending Bois Jacques, capturing and securing
375-462: The game: Domination, Capture the Flag , and Base Assault. The objective of Domination is to control all of the control points on the map. There are three of these control points scattered around the map, and are usually found in key strategic locations. To capture a control point, a player must stand near it with no enemies nearby. After a certain amount of time, the area is captured by your team. Every time
400-589: The mid-1990s. By 1998, Computer Games Strategy Plus was the United States' third-largest computer game magazine, with a circulation of 184,299. According to editor-in-chief Steve Bauman, this number rose to 220,000 in 1999. Chips & Bits was purchased by theGlobe.com in January 2000, alongside Computer Games Strategy Plus and its publishing division, Strategy Plus, Inc. By March 2000, Computer Games ' circulation had reached 240,000 copies; roughly 300,000 units of each issue were printed per month. It remained
425-461: The opposing flags at the same time, neither team can score until one team retrieves their flag. A team wins either by capturing the flag a certain number of times or capturing the most flags at the end of the game. A limited selection of maps are available for CTF play. Computer Games Magazine presented United Offensive with its 2004 "Expansion of the Year" award. The editors wrote, "Anyone that enjoys
450-452: The opposing team's bunkers. In some modifications of Base Assault games, teams must use only anti tank weaponry and satchel charges instead of tanks to destroy the bases. The most traditional game mode is Capture the Flag. Each side has a flag that they must protect. The objective is to steal the enemy's flag and take it back to their own base to score a point. A team can only score if they have their flag intact. For example, if both teams take
475-716: The original Call of Duty will be hard-pressed to find fault with this—if you want one expansion to serve as a role model for all others, this is the one." It was nominated for GameSpot ' s 2004 "Best Expansion Pack" award, which went to Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots . Expansion pack An expansion pack , expansion set , supplement , or simply expansion , is an addition to an existing role-playing game , tabletop game , video game , collectible card game or miniature wargame . These add-ons usually add new game areas, weapons, objects, characters, adventures or an extended storyline to an already-released game. While board game expansions are typically designed by
500-510: The original creator, video game developers sometimes contract out development of the expansion pack to a third-party company, it may choose to develop the expansion itself, or it may do both. Board games and tabletop RPGs may have been marketing expansions since the 1970s, and video games have been releasing expansion packs since the 1980s, early examples being the Dragon Slayer games Xanadu Scenario II and Sorcerian . Other terms for
525-442: The original game. In some cases, a stand-alone expansion such as Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death , or Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna includes the original game. Expansion packs are most commonly released for PC games , but are becoming increasingly prevalent for video game consoles , particularly due to the popularity of downloadable content . The increasing number of multi-platform games has also led to
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#1732872842182550-620: The player character of the British/French sections of the campaign. Pvt. Yuri Petrenko is the playable Soviet protagonist in United Offensive. Petrenko participates by helping defend the Soviet trenches during the Battle of Kursk , securing Ponyri's streets, destroying German panzer tanks in Prok, and assaulting and defending Kharkov until the arrival of Soviet reinforcements. United Offensive introduces
575-475: The release of more expansion packs on consoles, especially stand-alone expansion packs (as described above). Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath , for example, requires the original Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars to play on the PC, but Xbox 360 versions of both the original Tiberium Wars and Kane's Wrath are available, neither of which require one another. The Japanese version of Konami 's Beatmania
600-505: Was the United States' third-largest magazine in this field. The magazine's original editor-in-chief, Brian Walker, sold Strategy Plus to the United States retail chain Chips & Bits in 1991. Based in Vermont and owned by Tina and Yale Brozen, Chips & Bits retitled Strategy Plus to Computer Games Strategy Plus after the purchase. Its circulation rose to around 130,000 monthly copies by
625-591: Was the first game on the PlayStation to support expansion packs, which were branded as append discs. These discs included additional tracks and required the original Beatmania disc (and later playable Beatmania game discs) to play. The discs required the player to access the Disc Change menu on the Beatmania disc, remove the Beatmania disc, insert an append disc, then press the start button to play. The first append disc for
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