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Read More »iOS game Mass Effect: Infiltrator gets £34.99 DLC
Consumers are clearly winning to pay in excess of 40 for a copy of Mass Effect 3, but are they willing to do the same for its companion iOS title? EA certainly hopes so. Mass Effect: Infiltrator was released on iPhone and iPad yesterday. It costs 4.99 to download. However, …
Read More »Capcom responds to Street Fighter X Tekken DLC outcry
The upcoming DLC characters for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC versions of Street Fighter X Tekken are included on the disc, Capcom has confirmed to MCV. However, the publisher has responded to accusations of foul play by saying that the move was necessary to ensure that all players, both …
Read More »Porche licence finally coming to Forza 4
Owners of Forza Motorsport 4 will finally be able to get behind the wheels of a number of Porsche’s most famous vehicles in May. That’s because Microsoft and EA have finally ironed out the differences which previously lead to EA putting a halt to any possible inclusion of the license …
Read More »Capcom accused of hiding DLC on discs
12 characters due to be released as DLC on the console versions of Street Fighter X Tekken are already residing on owners’ discs, it has been claimed. The upcoming PlayStation Vita version of the brawler is due to arrive with 12 additional characters not found on the Xbox 360 and …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Joshua Howard, Microsoft Flight
MCV grills executive producer Joshua Howard about Microsoft Flight’s free-to-play model and why third-party publishers are not allowed to be a part of it, as the game launches today. Previously, publishers like Just Flight and First Class Simulations have produced paid-for expansions for Flight Simulator games, but the new free-to-play …
Read More »Modern Warfare 3 DLC lands on PS3
Activision has at last released the first DLC for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on PS3. Two multiplayer maps, The Liberation and Piazza, are now available to download – but only if you’re a paying subscriber to the Call of Duty: Elite service. The pair were released on Xbox …
Read More »Want every bit of Mass Effect 3’s DLC? It’ll cost you $870
BioWare fans looking for the complete Mass Effect 3 experience face an alarming outlay. Destructoid totted up the added cost of buying every pre-order incentive and every piece of DLC available across the market. And in Mass Effect 3’s case, many DLC offers come only as part of hardware bundles …
Read More »Nintendo sells 3DS DLC for less than £1
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Read More »Blockbuster: ‘We want more exclusive DLC’
Rental giant Blockbuster has called for more publishers to give it exclusive DLC. It comes after the firm secured a deal with EA for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13. Blockbuster customers who pre-order the game will be able to get two additional downloadable packs. One pack contains four playable Premier …
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