Tag: DLC
The State of Play: 2009
Here we are again, the start of another year and another decade, and so it’s time to look back at the year that’s passed. As with 2008 I’ve decided to do a proper look back at my gaming for the past twelve months: so all the games of 2009 whether they were started, finished or [...]
Posted by Ben: January 1st, 2010 under Discussion, Thoughts.
Tags: 360, DLC, Downloads, DS, Hardware, iPhone, Multiplayer, Online, PS3, PSN, PSP, XBLA, Xbox Live
Comments: 1
Bought our game? Buy it again, please.
So the new trend for a lot of big titles seems to be to re-release the game about a few months to a year after the game’s original release. A few examples of this include Star Wars: The Force Unleashed – Ultimate Sith Edition and LittleBigPlanet: Game of the Year Edition. Both of these games [...]
Posted by Devin: September 10th, 2009 under Discussion, Rant, Thoughts.
Tags: Bad Practice, DLC
Comments: 2
XNA: Groov is a diamond in a VERY rough rough.
Back when the XNA Community Games section was announced, the general reaction that I saw was one of cautious optimism. The idea of independent developers getting a low-cost entry into the downloadable games field and actually have the chance to earn money doing it sounded like a noble endeavor, but the niggling doubt in the [...]
Posted by Jay: March 29th, 2009 under Discussion, Review, Thoughts.
Tags: 360, DLC, Omnidirectional shooter, XNA
Comments: 5
Pay for completion: because time is money
For anyone looking for a quick way to add another ‘beaten’ title to their Backloggery listing, it seems Skate 2 is the game for you. Looking on the PS Store last night I spotted that, in EA’s infinite wisdom, they’ve released some day-one DLC that will unlock everything in the game (named the “Time is [...]
Posted by Ben: January 23rd, 2009 under Discussion, Rant, Thoughts.
Tags: Bad Practice, DLC, Downloads, EA, Namco Bandai, PSN
Comments: 4
Exclusive games, yes; exclusive content, no
So it turns out that EA and Sony have struck up a deal so that Mirror’s Edge, a title I’m really quite excited about, will be getting exclusive downloadable content on the PS3. This sort of thing isn’t new, as platform holders struggle to claim some element of exclusivity, and isn’t too dissimilar to the [...]
Posted by Ben: September 2nd, 2008 under Discussion, Rant, Thoughts.
Tags: 360, DLC, Downloads, EA, Exclusivity, PS3, Sony
Comments: 8


