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Need For Speed Shift Goes Team-Based

2:40AM Mike Fahey | Come December, it isn’t all about you anymore. EA is releasing a Team Racing pack for Need for Speed Shift, a free update that brings team tactics and five legendary vehicles to the game. More »
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Return To Ostagar With New Dragon Age DLC

4:40AM Mike Fahey | Return to the scene of the the Grey Wardens’ darkest hour in Return to Ostagar, a new downloadable content pack for Dragon Age: Origins, due out this Christmas for all three platforms. More »
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Take-Two: Retail Stores Will Be Here For Awhile

9:00AM Brian Crecente | While download games are certainly becoming more popular, Take-Two CEO Ben Feder doesn’t think packaged games are going anywhere anytime soon. More »
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First Brutal Legend DLC Free On PS3

2:20AM Mike Fahey | The age of downloadable content dawns in Brutal Legend next month, when the Tears of the Hextadon map pack goes on sale for 400 Microsoft points — or completely free for PlayStation 3 owners. More »
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Get Fairytale Fights DLC For Free

1:20AM Mike Fahey | Playlogic is so pleased that people are buying Fairytale Fights that they’re giving away free DLC for the first 90 days of release, with even more extra content for the most loyal fans. More »
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Guitar Hero’s October Set List

6:30AM Mike Fahey | Activision has laid out an October filled with filled with rock—a Rocktober, if you will—with tracks coming to Guitar Hero from Queens of the Stone Age, Wolfmother, Billy Squier, and more. More »
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Yes, Roy Orbison Is Coming To Rock Band Next Week

7:00AM Michael McWhertor | Harmonix confirmed today what you may have already had leaked all over you: a Roy Orbison six-pack is hitting the Rock Band series next week. The tracks? More »

Midnight Club L.A. Takes You Straight Into South Central In ‘09

6:40AM Michael McWhertor | Rockstar Games is giving the Midnight Club Los Angeles faithful a chance to run riot in South Central next year with a free expansion to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 street racer. More »

Download stores: what’s your latest poison?

12:37PM Seamus Byrne | While we have umpteen big name titles hitting our consoles right now, I’ve still managed to get myself hooked on a couple of downloadable gems while cleaning up my list of demos I’d pulled down. The most recent release to drag me in is Age of Booty. A lot of fun with its simple RTS gameplay mixed with a tile-based map system that lets you create and share new challenges. The other has been Carcassonne, which I knew would be trouble but I still managed to let myself play ‘just one more game’ too many times of late — board games can get super addictive when there is no setup and no rules management to deal with. What quick and dirty downloadables, particularly the less obvious titles, have been grabbing your attention in the face of the season’s AAA onslaught we discussed yesterday? More »

Yes, Your Sackboy Spaceman Outfit Will Be Available

12:02PM Seamus Byrne | A lot of concern from readers over whether the added delay between US and AU release of LittleBigPlanet could put the week one special content at risk. We asked Sony Computer Entertainment for clarification and received some brief but heartwarming news: Exact details are to be confirmed, but I can confidently say that your readers won’t miss out. So never fear, friends. Your Spaceman Sackboy outfit and the week one special T-shirt will be available for those who get in at the start. More »