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There's good news this morning for Mirror's Edge fans of all platform persuasions. PC users, you'll actually get to play the game when it finally appears on store shelves this week. For the 360 or PS3 people, DICE has nailed down the nebulous "January" release date for the Time Trial DLC to the 29th.

For $10, you'll get nine races spanning seven brand new maps. Comparing the screens we've seen in the gallery below to the maps in the retail version, the DLC looks a little less "realistic" and a little more, "Hey, we didn't have to pay for textures," but we'll hold off on judging until we lay our own eyes on them.


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There's good news this morning for Mirror's Edge fans of all platform persuasions. PC users, you'll actually get to play the game when it finally appears on store shelves this week. For the 360 or PS3 people, DICE has nailed down the nebulous "January" release date for the Time Trial DLC to the 29th.

For $10, you'll get nine races spanning seven brand new maps. Comparing the screens we've seen in the gallery below to the maps in the retail version, the DLC looks a little less "realistic" and a little more, "Hey, we didn't have to pay for textures," but we'll hold off on judging until we lay our own eyes on them.


Screenshots ...

via Computer and Video Games


Just in this morning is a brand new Killzone 2 trailer that will show you why Guerrilla's shooter will be giving your PS3's microchips a thorough workout when it lands on February 25.

It'll also give you a sneak peek at some of the game's later environments and enemies - the one's game director Mathijs de Jonge was talking about when he responded to the 'grey' criticisms in a statement to CVG.

But if you're looking forward to the game this'll only make you want it more. It's going to be a long six weeks (...for you. We've finished it).


Trailer at CVG, here ...

via Eurogamer


Twisted Pixel Games will be offering The Maw on Xbox Live Arcade from Wednesday 21st January.

This action-adventure outing costs 800 Microsoft Points (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.60) and puts players in charge of alien Frank, who happens to be best friends with Maw, a leashed blob that eats and grows.

Guiding the hungry beast around forms the central theme of the game, which also boasts plenty of puzzles plus a full and pretty 3D world to solve them in.

As a mark of quality, The Maw was picked out as a Penny Arcade Expo (PAX 10) Audience Choice Award winner, and also an Independent Games Festival (IGF) 2009 finalist. Can't be too rubbish, then.

We'll offer our thoughts soon. Until then, head over to The Maw gallery for the latest screenshots, here. ...

via Eurogamer


Twisted Pixel Games will be offering The Maw on Xbox Live Arcade from Wednesday 21st January.

This action-adventure outing costs 800 Microsoft Points (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.60) and puts players in charge of alien Frank, who happens to be best friends with Maw, a leashed blob that eats and grows.

Guiding the hungry beast around forms the central theme of the game, which also boasts plenty of puzzles plus a full and pretty 3D world to solve them in.

As a mark of quality, The Maw was picked out as a Penny Arcade Expo (PAX 10) Audience Choice Award winner, and also an Independent Games Festival (IGF) 2009 finalist. Can't be too rubbish, then.

We'll offer our thoughts soon. Until then, head over to The Maw gallery for the latest screenshots, here. ...

via Eurogamer


Bethesda has said Operation: Anchorage will be available for Fallout 3 from 27th January.

This, the first of three chunky DLC packs, will cost 800 Microsoft Points (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.60) from Xbox Live Marketplace and Games for Windows Live.

There's no extra content for PS3 owners, sadly, due to an exclusivity agreement with Microsoft.

The date arrives as Bethesda releases a long-awaited patch addressing numerous bugs in all three versions of the post apocalyptic role-playing game.

You can find a full list of updates over on the official Fallout 3 site, plus a download link for those playing on PC.

Operation: Anchorage adds a military simulation mission that whisks players back to a very different pre-nuclear wasteland world where Chinese invaders need repelling. Adventurers will fit into a tightly run special ops team and have to survive within the rules of the training program. We'd rather fit into tight Spandex, but beggars can't be choosers.

There's around five hours of content on offer, plus a new perk and plenty of unique items and weapons to collect.

Operation: Anchorage will be followed by The Pitt in February and Broken Steel in March. The former adds an industrial raider town to investigate, while the latter recruits players into the Brotherhood of Steel and bumps the level cap up to 30. Broken Steel can be played after finishing the main Fallout 3 campaign. ...

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Bethesda has said Operation: Anchorage will be available for Fallout 3 from 27th January.

This, the first of three chunky DLC packs, will cost 800 Microsoft Points (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.60) from Xbox Live Marketplace and Games for Windows Live.

There's no extra content for PS3 owners, sadly, due to an exclusivity agreement with Microsoft.

The date arrives as Bethesda releases a long-awaited patch addressing numerous bugs in all three versions of the post apocalyptic role-playing game.

You can find a full list of updates over on the official Fallout 3 site, plus a download link for those playing on PC.

Operation: Anchorage adds a military simulation mission that whisks players back to a very different pre-nuclear wasteland world where Chinese invaders need repelling. Adventurers will fit into a tightly run special ops team and have to survive within the rules of the training program. We'd rather fit into tight Spandex, but beggars can't be choosers.

There's around five hours of content on offer, plus a new perk and plenty of unique items and weapons to collect.

Operation: Anchorage will be followed by The Pitt in February and Broken Steel in March. The former adds an industrial raider town to investigate, while the latter recruits players into the Brotherhood of Steel and bumps the level cap up to 30. Broken Steel can be played after finishing the main Fallout 3 campaign. ...

via Games Industry


The latest generation of home consoles - the Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 - have a total installed base of 10 million units in the UK and Ireland.

That's according to data from GfK Chart Track, revealed today in a public trading update from retailer GAME, which shows that as of January 3 2009 the addition of 12 million PSP and DS consoles brings the total of all five machines to 22 million units in the region.

The PlayStation 3 sold 1 million units in 2008, putting the installed base at 1.9 million, while Microsoft's Xbox 360 now sits in 3.2 million homes in the UK, compared to 1.8 million in January 2008.

Nintendo's Wii is still the strongest of all home consoles, with an installed base of 4.9 million units by January 3, compared to 2 million last year.

The DS and DS Lite leads the handheld market, with an installed base of 8.8 million units, up from 5.4 million at the start of 2008, while Sony's PSP has hit 3.2 million units, compared to 2.6 million in 2008

GfK Chart Track has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz the data is correct. ...

via Games Industry


The latest generation of home consoles - the Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 - have a total installed base of 10 million units in the UK and Ireland.

That's according to data from GfK Chart Track, revealed today in a public trading update from retailer GAME, which shows that as of January 3 2009 the addition of 12 million PSP and DS consoles brings the total of all five machines to 22 million units in the region.

The PlayStation 3 sold 1 million units in 2008, putting the installed base at 1.9 million, while Microsoft's Xbox 360 now sits in 3.2 million homes in the UK, compared to 1.8 million in January 2008.

Nintendo's Wii is still the strongest of all home consoles, with an installed base of 4.9 million units by January 3, compared to 2 million last year.

The DS and DS Lite leads the handheld market, with an installed base of 8.8 million units, up from 5.4 million at the start of 2008, while Sony's PSP has hit 3.2 million units, compared to 2.6 million in 2008

GfK Chart Track has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz the data is correct. ...