DC Comics

Getting your comic fix just got easier. In my case, it means catching up on old comics just got easier. Sony has announced that Playstation Network will now carry digital comics for DC titles. Comics will be priced from $0.99 to $2.99 per issue that include Batman: Hush, Green Lantern: Rebirth, Fables: Legends in Exiles and Planetary: All Over the World and Other Stories, as well as comics that are exclusive to PlayStation Network such as Free Realms, God of War, Resistance, and Superman/Batman. Can’t wait to get caught up on Fables!

“Outside of my work as a comic book creator and Co-Publisher, I’m an avid gamer,” said Jim Lee, DC Comics Co-Publisher. “Making our comics available through Sony’s PlayStation Network digital comics offers a perfect opportunity for us to reach a new, different kind of reader.”

Comics can be downloaded using any wi-fi spot with the PSP. All PSP modules should upgrade their firmware to 6.20 to get the Digital Comics icon on the XMB.

What DC comic would you download first?

The Sinclair Solutions Test Pack contains a number of customization features that will allow players to further their character’s development in BioShock 2’s multiplayer modes and provide a deeper multiplayer experience. The pack includes:

• Rank Increase to level 50 with Rank Rewards
• New playable characters: Louie McGraff and Oscar Calraca
• 20 new trials (available at rank 41+)
• A third weapon upgrade for each weapon
• Five additional masks (available at rank 41+)

The single player experience will also be extended to provide additional insight into the world of Rapture. These packages will include more narrative, new tools and new challenges that extend the lore and fiction of the failed Utopia under the sea.

Grandma...is that you?

Treasure Pack 1 is the first downloadable content released for Fairytale Fights, and includes new characters playable in story mode and the PvP arenas. New characters include:
• Bones: a two foot tall calcium lover
• Princess Afia: the mysterious princess from a sparkly land far far away
• Grandma Red: Little Red Riding Hood’s grandma
• Puss in Boots: everyone’s favorite feline

Treasure Pack 1 also features three new PvP arenas:
• Time to Die
• Rooftop Rumble
• Cannon Ball Bay

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Hello Dragon Age fans,

We’re sorry but the planned Return to Ostagar downloadable content scheduled to launch on January 5th has been delayed for all platforms.

We will update you as new information becomes available.

You can follow the conversation on the Bioware forums, here. In the meantime, use this time wisely to get more characters to the end of the game, and ready for the DLC when it does release.

Borderlands fans are going to be happy to hear that the first downloadable content will be out today on Xbox Live Marketplace and Playstation Network for 800 MS Points and $9.99, respectively.

Borderlands: The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned brings zombies into the Borderlands world. Players work alongside Dr. Ned to try and cure the zombies. Curing instead of shooting…interesting.

“We are very excited to present fans of the highly acclaimed Borderlands with the first expansion,” said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. “The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned presents a bold new storyline that entertains and excites, and simultaneously ensures that fans still receive the same great gameplay experience that made the original game a success.”

Dragon Age box art

EA and Bioware have announced details for the first downloadable content available for Dragon Age: Origins. The DLC, Return to Ostagar, will be available this holiday season. It puts players on a quest to revisit Ostagar and learn the secrets of the fallen king.

“We are very proud of the phenomenal launch of Dragon Age: Origins and we’re pleased to announce the next installment of downloadable content that will be available to fans of the game,” said Ray Muzyka, Group General Manager, RPG/MMO Group of EA, and Co-Founder, BioWare. “The Return to Ostagar DLC pack is a prime example of BioWare’s commitment to give fans a game that continuously offers new experiences and further enriches a storyline that has already received critical acclaim and positive feedback from the players.”

Return to Ostagar will be available for 400 Bioware points on the PC, 400 MS Points on the 360.

Dragon Age box art

BioWare have announced the Dragon Age: Origins Collector’s Edition and the pre-order program. The Collector’s Edition will be available in limited quantities and will have a unique steel case, cloth map of the word of Dragon Age, a Making-of documentary DVD, a digital version of the soundtrack, game trailers, wallpapers, strategy tips and a concept art video. Those that pick up the CE will also get three exclusive downloadable items that will give the player an advantage.

The Collector’s Edition price is set for $74.99 (console) and $64.99 (PC).

Any version of Dragon Age: Origins includes two pieces of downloadable content. The Stone Prisoner as well as a suit of Dragon Age themed armor that can be used in not just Dragon Age: Origins but get ready for this….also Mass Effect 2.

For pre-ordering Dragon Age: Origins games will get a Memory Band, an in-game item that can be equipped to add +1% to all gained experience points. Several retailers will also be offering a bonus Dragon Age: Origins item. For example, GameStop is giving away an exclusive Feral Wolf Charm. “With this charm, hunters claim that they are enchanted on moonlit nights by scantily clad witches deep in the heart of the Korcari Wilds. As if that’s not enough, the charm also adds to your armor and increases your health regeneration”

Mothership Zeta Core Fallout 3 DLC

Bethesda has sent the screenshots below and some information about the next downloadable content for Fallout 3 DLC. Mothership Zeta is an alien ship orbiting Earth miles above the Capital Wasteland. Players will meet new characters and try to help them escape the Aliens. There are new weapons for gamers to play with such as the : Alien Atomizer, Alien Disintegrator, and Drone Cannon. There are also new outfits that players can pick up including Samurai Armor.

In the DLC, gamers will explore the Mothership and learn the alien’s secret plan.

Mothership Zeta is scheduled for release on August 3 on Xbox Live and Games for Windows Live for 800 Microsoft Points.

Here are some screens from Mothership Zeta:

Fight Night Round 4

EA has announced plans for downloadable content for Fight Night Round 4. The first DLC pack will be available for free to Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 users by early August. The DLC will include a new training gym, new gameplay sliders and new equipment. Xbox 360 users get an exclusive alternate version of Sugar Ray Leonard.

An update will be coming in September that will allow gamers to use face buttons on the 360 and PS3 game controllers to throw punches, hooks, uppercuts and haymakers.

“The depth and variety of new content we have planned this summer is going to make one of the most critically acclaimed games on the market even better,” said senior producer, Dean Richards. “Among the new content in development, our new button control scheme will give fans a choice for how they want to throw punches in the game. We strongly believe that the refined Total Punch Control is the most intuitive way to throw punches in Fight Night Round 4, but we also want fans of the franchise to have an option.”

Bethesda has announced that Fallout 3 for the Playstation 3 will be getting DLC starting this June. Operation: Anchorage will be released for the PS3 in late June and then The Pitt and Broken Steel will follow 4-6 weeks apart. Which gives you plenty of time to explore.

The announcement also included a tidbit about future downloadable content! Point Lookout and Mothership Zeta will be coming to all three platforms (Xbox 360, PC, and PS3).

· Point Lookout – Explore a massive new swampland area filled with new quests and content.
· Mothership Zeta – The aliens have returned, and they’re pissed. Experience an alien abduction first hand and find out if you’re tough enough to survive.

Point Lookout will be available in late June for Xbox 360 and PC at 800 MS Points or $9.99. Mothership Zeta will be in late July for Xbox 360 and PC with the same cost. Both will be following the current PS3 downloadable content release time schedule.