Ubisoft is to add a 'Hardcore' mode to its Africa-based FPS, Far Cry 2, according to postings on its own forum. The mode was announced by 'Community Developer' 'Atmon' as follows:

"Today we are happy to confirm that you will be able to enjoy this new mode on all platforms with our next wave of patches."

The - undated patch - will include:

- A new damage model will be applied with increased damage for all weapons.

- All weapons have been rebalanced on normal mode, and on hardcore mode.

- Enemy names will disappear after the spawning invincibility period is over (A shield is displayed above a player’s head for a few second to show that he is invincible).

- A new option will allow you to tweak spawning time (but not spawning rate).

- A new search option will be available in multiplayer to allow you to find games that are playing on hardcore mode.

^{Source: Ubisoft}