News

49% Of Gamers Don’t Buy Downloadable Content

Kotaku AU

An Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR) report has released figures showing that 49% of gamers in the marketplace still aren’t purchasing downloadable content for HD consoles. The report cites that privacy concerns, along with issues of cost and a lack of an ability to return the content are among the major reasons for the slow uptake of paid for DLC.


July 9, 2011
In Real Life

Yoshi Armour And Other Products Of A Downloadable Content-Plagued Past

Who’d pass up a chance to own a full set of Yoshi armour in Super Mario World for a mere 200 SNES points?


June 1, 2011
PlayStation

Skarlet Is Mortal Kombat’s Bloodiest Kombatant Ever

Mortal Kombat fans love women. Mortal Kombat fans love blood. So here’s a woman made of blood.


May 4, 2011
PC

Bethesda Details Three More Doses Of DLC For Fallout: New Vegas

With names already outed via a series of trademark applications, Bethesda Softworks finally pulls back the curtain on Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, and Lonesome Road, three new packs of downloadable content coming to Fallout: New Vegas starting on May 17.


March 31, 2011
PC

Ridiculously Short Arrival Staples Mass Effect 2 To Mass Effect 3

The Arrive downloadable content pack for BioWare’s award-winning Mass Effect 2 has been unleashed, giving players one last chance to spend some quiet time with Commander Shepard before the trilogy’s Earth-shattering conclusion. An hour and a half just doesn’t seem like enough time.


March 30, 2011
In Real Life

Console And Retailer Exclusive DLC Hasn’t Gotten This Bad… Yet

How much would you pay to add the mighty Rook to your chess arsenal? Is there a collector’s edition that comes with everything included? How long will the PS3 exclusive remain exclusive? A glimpse of things to come?


March 26, 2011
PC

Call Of Duty: Black Ops First Strike Map Pack Now Available For PC

PC Black Ops players can finally purchase the First Strike map pack today, adding “Berlin Wall”, “Stadium”, “Discovery”, “Kowloon” and Zombie level “Ascension” to their arsenal for $US14.99.


March 5, 2011
PlayStation

A Role-Playing Game That Makes You Pay For Your Party Members

During my playthrough of role-playing game Hyperdimension Neptunia I am delighted to welcome a new character into my party, but the NIS America-inspired Nisa won’t fight with me or gain experience. She just sits there, until I pay.


February 24, 2011
PlayStation

Dead Space 2′s Haunting New Chapter Arrives In March

Gabriel and Lexine from Dead Space: Extraction make their Dead Space 2 debut on March 1 as the central cast for the chilling new single-player digital download pack Severed. Here’s a scream that will haunt you all day long.


January 8, 2011
Xbox

If You Act Now, Dragon Age II’s Exiled Prince Is Free

Today BioWare dishes out details on The Exiled Prince, the first instalment of downloadable content for Dragon Age II that players get for free – as long as they preorder the game within the next four days.