User blog:Foreborn/The Cartel: Return of Mendoza

To my surprise, the information I had previously obtained from very reliable sources such as Gamestop, stating the release date for CoJ TC to be June 28th have now changed; The Cartel's release date has been pushed backto July 19th.

A downer for those of us who are really looking forward to the game, but I'm sure there's some money-grabbing Ubisoft reason.

In other Cartel news, after searching on the web I have found Gamestop has an article about an exclusive hands-on they had on June 2nd; which, if one doubted the evidence of the Concentration Mode returning from the Law and Disorder trailer, has now definitely been confirmed as present. In Co-Op Concentration Mode will activate for all players until the meter runs down.

There will also be challenges presented to the players in Co-Op, such as to score six headshots before your teammates do, the winner receives an expierience boost. Also, secret missions will be assigned to each member of the team for them to do alone, without getting caught by their teammates. If they get caught, their bonuses go to the person who caught them.

Nice info, but what's with the title? I'll tell you... The return of Juan Mendoza! I was shocked to read in the article that the leader of the cartel the US is targeting, the Mendoza Cartel has the same name as Juan "Juarez" Mendoza! Did he just carry on the Mendoza name, or are he and Ben McCall distant relatives? I don't know about you but I can't wait to find out!