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EA and BioWare planning gratis downloadable goods for latest dark fantasy RPG a la last year’s Origins, Mass Effect 2.
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“Dragon Age II new purchases being armed with free DLC” was posted by Tom Magrino on Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:52:12 -0700 -
Next game will go in “different directions”.
Blizzard believes World of Warcraft can happily co-exist with the unannounced “next-generation MMO” that it is currently developing.
Speaking at Blizzcon last weekend, president Mike Morhaime told GameTrailers, “We are working on a second MMO. We’re thinking of it as sort of a next-generation MMO. It’s not a sequel to World of Warcraft – we want to do something a bit different.
“We’re not trying to replace World of Warcraft. We think that World of Warcraft can continue co-existing with our new MMO and some people might prefer the new one, some people might still prefer to play World of Warcraft.”
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Sony drops details on free tiered “loyalty program”; closed beta invitations going out to PS Plus, GAP members tomorrow; full release coming spring 2011.
This summer, Sony launched the PlayStation Plus service, a subscription plan that offers gamers access to free games, early demos, beta invites, discounts, free themes, and more for $50 a year. Now, the company has announced a second loyalty program, but this one is free.
Today, Sony announced PlayStation Rewards, a free tiered program aimed at rewarding the publisher’s faithful. According to the company, the new program was designed to allow players to “gain exclusive status, recognition, and rewards based on a variety of PlayStation-centric activity they engage in across the PlayStation ecosystem.”
Users enrolled in PlayStation Rewards will be able to earn PlayStation Network avatars, dynamic themes, PlayStation Home content, and an opportunity to participate in sweepstakes and giveaways. They’ll also have a chance to win a trip to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which runs January 6-9 in Las Vegas.
PlayStation Rewards will feature three reward tiers: Select, Pro, and Legendary. Users will climb through the ranks based on their “level of engagement” with the “Sony ecosystem.” These activities include buying content from the PlayStation Store, playing a game for the first time, or taking PlayStation surveys. Further, users will be able to check their PSN profile pages for information on how close they are to reaching the next tier.
The program will begin as an invite-only closed beta and will roll out in full during spring 2011. Sony did not announce the exact criteria needed to earn an invitation to the beta, but it did disclose that being a current PlayStation Plus or Gamer Advisory Panel (GAP) member would help. Beta invitations for those selected will begin being distributed tomorrow, October 28.
Lastly, Sony said that while the closed beta will be focused on PlayStation 3 owners, it hopes to include PSP gamers somewhere “down the road.”
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Charm offensive for Undead DLC launch.
Anyone booting up Red Dead Redemption for some multiplayer this weekend will be privy to double XP, developer Rockstar has announced.
The move is to celebrate the launch of the Undead Nightmare DLC pack, which was released yesterday on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live.
The XP boost applies to the DLC’s new modes Undead Overrun and Land Grab or any of the original competitive modes from Red Dead Redemption.
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PlayStation Store Update: Rockstar Games’ content expansion for Western joined by Blacklight: Tango Down, Superstars V8 Racing; PSP catalog adds Bakugan, WWE 2011, Z.H.P: Unlosing Ranger.
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Tech blog Engadget shows off images of touchpad-equipped, PSP Go-like device purported to be Android-powered and game-focused; cries of “fake!” follow.
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Deal went mysteriously “cold”, says Fries.
Ed Fries, the former Microsoft man instrumental in Rare’s acquisition, has revealed how, from his perspective, the deal was Activision’s to lose.
“They made the best initial offer,” Fries revealed to Develop, “and Rare looked at both of us and, from the way I saw it, was more interested in partnering with Activision. It’s because they wanted to be third-party, independent of all platforms.”
There were rumours in 2002 that Rare had put pen to paper and signed along Bobby Kotick’s dotted line.
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Ex Microsoft VP details Apple’s reaction to the Halo sale and the bidding war for the GoldenEye developer.Ed Fries, former vice president of game publishing for Microsoft, has revealed that when buying UK-based developer Rare, which it acquired in 2002, “There was a bit of a bidding war between us [Microsoft] and Activision – a war which they had won at first.
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NFS! Ken’s Rage! Majin! Time Crisis!
You can try four new games for free on the PlayStation Store today.
These are the new Need for Speed game Hot Pursuit from Criterion; hack-and-slash Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage from Tecmo Koei; strange action adventure starring a big monster as your friend Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom; and on-rails PlayStation Move shooter Time Crisis: Razing Storm.
There are various Halloween celebrations doing the rounds, too. LittleBigPlanet offers a free Halloween mask, Guitar Hero offers three songs from the Rocky Horror Picture Show and Red Dead Redemption gets the Undead Nightmare add-on.
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Third annual game conference shows strong presence from online and mobile game makers.
