Today Sony announced the first batch of DLC for Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds. Sony oped out from doing the logical thing and releasing a new course, instead they are offering two new female characters. Gloria returns to the franchise bringing her expert skill level, and newcomer Alex makes her debut at the intermediate level.
Both characters will cost you $.99 a piece, a small amount to pay for some golfing babes. The DLC will be available tomorrow on the PlayStation store.
Like most gamers, the first thing I tried out when I got my hands on Grand Theft Auto IV was the multiplayer. Unsure of how to do pretty much anything, I scoured the manual for some clues. Unfortunately there in no mention of muliplayer.
Today Rockstar Games released a guide containing all the info necessary to get started on GTA IV’s multiplayer.
If you still feel like a noob every time you log on, hit the jump for the full guide. Continued…
Rockstar Games has confirmed that they have released a patch for the PS3 version of Grand Theft Auto IV. Specifically, the patch addresses the issues dealing with online play.
“Rockstar Games has released a GTA IV patch for Playstation 3 today that prevents Gamespy’s servers from being overloaded and therefore reduces the impact on those servers that were causing the game to stutter and lock up. We continue to monitor the performance of the game both on and offline and will provide further updates as necessary. We want to assure everyone that, together with our hardware partners, we continue to strive to give our fans the best possible interactive entertainment experiences possible. This update will ensure that everyone will experience Grand Theft Auto IV the way it was intended. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused.”
Today both Lost Odyssey and Army of Two got some DLC.
For a mere 200 Microsoft Points ($2.50) you can get the “Triple Bonus Pack” for Lost Odyssey. The pack includes ‘Memory Lamp,’ which allows you to view past scenes, ‘Shattered Bond,’ an antique that will bring back memories of a forgotten dream, and a ring called ‘Killer Machine.’ As someone who never played Lost Odyssey, I am assuming that this makes sense to those who are familiar with the game.
For 600 Microsoft Points ($7.50) you can get the “SSC Challenge” pack for Army of Two. The pack includes four co-op maps which should help breath new life into the game.
This is just a reminder, that today the Metal Gear Online beta is now live. If you have a PS3 and a net connection, why are you still reading this? Go download the final patch, create a character and get to gaming.
Today Ubisoft released a patch for the Xbox 360 version Rainbow Six Vegas 2. Most of the changes only affect multiplayer. A similar patch for PS3 and PC are in the work and will be out shortly. The list of changes goes:
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A little while ago I posted a news item about Burnout Paradise getting a big update. Well, today Criterion Games decided they were going to recall the update. “Why?” you might ask. Well according to them, there is an issue in the patch that caused the game to have poor frame rates when driving at high speeds, which is always in Burnout. Criterion promises to reissue the patch next week with all the kinks worked out.
I have to give some respect to the Criterion guys. It takes a lot of balls to admit you screwed up; and because they admitted it, players wont be stuck waiting in the dark for a new patch.
Today, Activision announced that Call of Duty 4’s Variety Map Pack has was downloaded one million times in nine days, setting a new record for Xbox Live Marketplace.
According to Activision, in those nine days, there were more than 30 million games sessions, totaling 32 million hours of gameplay.
What I take from this article is that, if you have a Xbox 360 and Xbox live, pick up Call of Duty 4. You are guaranteed a fantastic multiplayer experience with plenty of people to frag.
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Today, Infinity Ward announced that the PS3 version of Call of Duty 4 will finally be getting the Variety Map Pack.
Arriving Thursday, April 24 in North American and May 1 in Europe, the Variety Map Pack will include the same four maps as the Xbox 360 map pack; “Creek,” “Broadcast,” “Chinatown” and “Killhouse.”
To celebrate the release of the maps, Infinity Ward will be hosting a Double XP weekend, starting at 12:01 AM PDT on Friday, April 25 and lasting until 11:59 PM PDT on Sunday, April 27.
Unfortunately for PC gamers, there is still no word as to when the maps will be heading your way.
Read: CoD4 PS3 DLC DAT(ed).
Today, Criterion Games announced that they are making a massive update to Burnout Paradise. Arriving April 24 on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, the update promises to fix numerous bugs and balancing issues.
For the official list of changes, hit the jump.
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This Tuesday, April 8, brings about some new DLC for Rock Band. This week’s downloadable tracks come from some of Harmonix favorite artists. The songs are:
Today, Epic released a Bonus Pack for Unreal Tournament 3. Arriving on PlayStation 3 and PC, the free map pack brings back two classics and one new creation. The classics are of “Morbias” and “Facing Worlds”, from the original Unreal Tournament. The new map, designed specifically for Capture the Flag, is “Searchlight.”
There has been no word about these maps coming to the Xbox 360 version. I suspect that it has something to do with Microsoft wanting to charge for them; however, that is just speculation.
To get these maps, PlayStation 3 users can pull it off the PlayStation Network. PC gamers can head over to the Unreal Tournament 3 site and download them there.
