DLC Ups and Downs

Downloadable Content is one of the best features of the Next Gen consoles¹. This is especially true on my platform of choice the Xbox 360, with new content released daily, although PS3 is slowly catching up.



EA have announced two FREE DLCs for their recent and knockout game FIGHT NIGHT Round 4. The first will be a standard content style update featuring: a new gym, sliders, equipment and a Pizza Hut version of Sugar Ray Leonard. No, I'm not sure what that means either.

The second in more intriguing. They are releasing a game patch that will allow players to use the face buttons to punch, as in previous versions of the game. The analogue stick punch control seemed to be a main selling point for the new version so this add on seems both a boon for those players who prefer the old controls and back-pedaling for the games evolution.



Of course, the news can't always be good. It seems that there will be no DLC updates for MK vs DC. Ed Boon, Mortal Kombat co-creator, has announced on his Twitter page that the additional characters will now not be released. Mr Mxyzptlx, Harley Quinn and Quan Qui (above). MK vs DC is one of those average games that is slightly raised above the thrall by the history of the subject material, and in the Geek world few rank higher than MK and DC, so it's a shame that the book has been closed on that little crossing of the Realms.

¹ I am a little tired of the GH3 and Rock Band songs taking up all my screen space though.

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FreakAngels

Review | FREE | Writer: Warren Ellis | Artist: Paul Duffield | Avatar Press

Like the poster says, a group of twenty-somethings with psychic-powers living in a flooded London and looking after their fellow survivors; both from the elements and other rival communities.

Post-apocalyptic Britain, psychic powers, steampunk, swearing, shagging and violence. Everything you expect from the forward-thinking Mr Ellis. Here he mixes his realistic vision of a world post-environmantaly desaster with a little psy-fi and tech-magic. Teamed with Paul Duffield's clean and details art, he creates a world which, despite its futuristic powers and technology, takes a step back so the enigmatic FreakAngels and tale of human survival can take center stage.

FreakAngels is now 69 issues in but this week is a skip week, were Mr Duffield take the opportunity to describe how the comic is created, and start from the beginning.

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30% off Operation Anchorage

Irony.

That is what they call it when one day you say that the first expansion for Fallout 3 is at the bottom of your to get list and the next day you discover there is a 30% discount on that very same title.

Each week Microsoft offer a discount to Xbox Live Gold Members, but this is the first that meshes with my game collection. Keep an eye on the official page for future offers.

P.S. The official Fallout 3 fan page on Facebook has also been known to post download codes their status updates! The first one to use it will get a FREE download!

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