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Recent actions from EA, Sony and Codemasters to deter pre-owned sales will not work, says GameStop. All three publishers are offering free DLC to those that buy their titles brand new. Games involved in the scheme includes Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age, Race Driver GRID: Reloaded and SOCOM. If a …
Read More »Multiplayer key to BFBC2s long tail
Post-release digital support titles is very much the trend nowadays and is proving a popular means of monetising new games, but EA sees its ongoing support for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 as serving another purpose – toppling Modern Warfare 2. The game is such a quality package with a best-in-class …
Read More »Fake on-disc DLC is simply unacceptable. Agree?
Should it be ruled that DLC can only be built after a gameâ??s release?
Read More »MW2 DLC priced at £10
Publisher Activision has one again braved the wrath of gamers by announcing that the upcoming Xbox 360 DLC map-pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will cost a considerable 1200 Microsoft Points. That works out at about 10.20 in real money. 1200 MSP is generally (with one or two …
Read More »2K suffers BioShock DLC backlash
Members of the 2K Games forum are up in arms this afternoon following accusations that recently released DLC for popular FPS BioShock 2 is in fact already sitting on the game disc. The claims come after users spotted that the total size of the download for the PC version is …
Read More »BioWare: Cerberus offers great incentive to buy new
In an interview with MCV about the Cerberus Network – which offers free DLC incentives to those who buy new copies of EA’s Mass Effect 2 – acclaimed RPG studio BioWare has stated that the scheme offers a great incentive” to opt for new instead of pre-owned versions of the …
Read More »MW2 DLC dated on Xbox 360
Amidst the huge aura of uncertainty that currently surrounds the Modern Warfare arm of the Call of Duty franchise, Infinity Ward has nailed down a March 30th release date for the first paid DLC for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on Xbox 360. The news comes from the cryptically …
Read More »Take-Two looking at pre-owned crackdown
In what is quickly becoming a very common trend, Take-Two has admitted that it is investigating the possibility of embracing the recent trend for including DLC codes in the boxes of their releases. The scheme offers free digital content to those buy their games brand new, but requires those who …
Read More »EA Sports eyes DLC codes
EA, the current front-runner in the new drive to reward those who buy their games brand new with in-the-box codes for free DLC, is looking to expand its plans by bringing its Sports division into the mix. Much like the model used for Mass Effect 2, those who buy new …
Read More »Now Codies joins the DLC code movement
Codemasters is to become the latest publisher to reward those who buy their games brand new with digital content not available to pre-owned buyers. This will begin with Race Driver: GRID Reloaded, due for release on Thursday, March 11th for PS3. The new SKU will include a copy of the …
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