Borderlands 2 Ultimate Vault Hunter DLC and patch out today – full details

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New add-on, plus whole host of gameplay changes and bug fixes in latest update

Big day today for Borderlands 2 players with the arrival of a new software update and Ultimate Vault Hunter expansion pack for PS3 and Xbox 360. While the patch is free, the Ultimate Vault Hunter add-on is priced $4.99 or 400MSP (£3.43/€4.80/$5), although if you’ve purchased the Season Pass, the DLC comes at no extra cost.

First, let’s have a look at what changes developer Gearbox has put into the patch:

New items to the Black Market:

  • One additional ammo upgrade for each ammo type, at 50 Eridium each
  • Two more backpack storage space upgrades, at 50 and 100 Eridium respectively
  • Two more bank storage space upgrades, at 50 and 100 Eridium respectively
  • Increases the maximum amount of Eridium players can hold from 99 to 500
  • Adds a new playthrough balanced for top-tier play: Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode
  • Various bug fixes  

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News round-up: This weekʼs DLC and gaming stories in one place

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All you need to know about DLC and more from the games industry

Here’s a round-up of all the DLC and game stories that have made up the week beginning 25th March.

  • Saints Row 4 will be be bigger than ever, DLC plans pencilled in
  • Borderlands 2 Bunkers and Badasses DLC announced
  • Assassinʼs Creed 4: Black Flag new trailer and special edition DLC here
  • Battlefield 3 End Game DLC releases on Xbox Live, now out for everyone
  • Sony releases list of PS3, PS Vita, and PS4 indie games coming to PSN
  • Primal Carnage: Genesis has dinosaurs, on way to PS4 PSN – trailer
  • Dungeons & Dragons coming to Xbox, PS3, Wii U – release date, trailer
  • Watch Dogs gets a new(ish) trailer
  • Metal Gear Rising Jetstream Sam DLC has a new bunch of screens
  • Xbox Live Spring Sale starts today – hereʼs whatʼs on offer
  • Transformers games and DLC is Xbox Live ʻDeal of the Weekʼ in disguise
  • Terraria arrives
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GTA V: The 5 most exciting cloud formations that will be in GTA 5

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The next Grand Theft Auto V from Rockstar promises to be the best Grand Theft Auto 5 yet thanks to some of the most exciting cloud formations we have ever seen in GTA Five. We have spent a couple of minutes looking at GTA IIIII screenshots and identified the five most exciting in-game configurations of fluffy-looking water vapour. Here they are:

01 Low Stratocumulus

While it’s the clouds of the genus cumulonimbus which are usually associated with thunderstorms, the formations in this image are more consistent with something like a low stratocumulus. However, the origin cloud of the impressive electrostatic discharge isn’t visible, so it’s possible there’s a cumulus congestus, or something similar, beyond the frame of the image that we can’t see. We contacted GTA V developer Rockstar to find out more, but unfortunately were told “Rockstar doesn’t comment on rumour and precipitation.”

02 Altocumulus Stratiformis

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PS4 Networkʼs Primal Carnage: Genesis trailer is sadly carnage free

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Another look at the dinosaur focused next-gen PSN indie game

There might not be any actual carnage in this new trailer for the recently revealed Primal Carnage: Genesis, but it does have dinosaurs (always good), and provides a first look at the outdoor island environment where the game’s set. Have a looky:

Described by developer Lukewarm Media as a ‘story driven, episodic single player adventure’, Primal Carnage: Genesis is one of the first confirmed indie titles heading to PlayStation Network on PS4.

We imagine the menacing dinosaur foot at the end belongs to the angry tyrannosaur introduced in the first Primal Carnage: Genesis trailer. Hopefully the next promo vid will show the angry tyrannosaur going mental and eating dinosaurs. Less foreplay, more carnage.

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Fire Emblem: Awakening Rogues and Redeemers DLC is out now

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Old Fire Emblem fighters return in latest expansion

Although Fire Emblem: Awakening still isn’t out in Europe (April 19th, demo available now) Nintendo has seen fit to release more DLC in the shape of Rogues and Redeemers 1. Siliconera reports the new map has our hero, Chrom, teaming up with several characters from old games, led by Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones hero, Ephraim (the stoic-looking chap above).

Apparently, the enemies in this new DLC are pretty tough, but if you manage to batter the snot out of them you’ll be rewarded with Ephraim as a playable character in Awakening. Sweet. You can grab Rogues and Redeemers 1 from the eShop for $3 or spend $6.50 to get a discount on the other two that are upcoming soon – release date TBA.

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Forza Horizon gets Top Gear car pack DLC and a new trailer

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Next DLC to roll out of the showroom for Forza Horizon is the Top Gear car pack, which arrives on April 2nd. The six new rides haven’t been chosen by Clarkson, the hairy one and the small fella, but rather a combination of the magazine team of the same name and Turn 10 Studios.

It’ll be free for Forza Horizon season pass owners and 400MS for everyone else. You’ll get all these cars and, erm, a transit van…

  • 1998 Mercedes-Benz AMG Mercedes CLK GTR
  • 2002 BMW M3 GTR
  • 2011 Alfa Romeo TZ3 Stradale Zagato
  • 2012 Aston Martin Vanquish
  • 2012 Bowler EXR S
  • 2011 Ford Transit SuperSportVan

… and you can see them all in action here:

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Tomb Raider going for less than half price on PS Store until 31 March

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Get the PS3 Tomb Raider Digital Edition as part of PS Store Spring Sale

With the PS Store Spring Sale now in full swing, the PlayStation Blog has revealed that the recently released Tomb Raider is joining the list of discounted titles for a limited period. For a greatly reduced – and very agreeable – price of £19.99/€29.99 (down from £49.99/€59.99), you can pick up the Tomb Raider Digital Edition bundle, which includes:

  • Full game
  • Tomb of the Lost Adventurer single-player DLC pack
  • 3 pack bundle of weapons used by Agent 47 in Hitman: Absolution
  • Shanty Town multiplayer map

The deal ends at 11.59am on 31 March, when it will be replaced with another 48 hour offer. Check out a complete list of the offers in the PS Store Spring Sale.

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Skullgirls funding stops at $829K, loads of DLC confirmed

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Lab Zero Games get the cash they requested and then some

The $150,000 Indiegogo target for Skullgirls DLC has been smashed to pieces as Lab Zero Games has netted a whopping, and OCD pleasing, $829,829.Rather than get the next flight to a tax-haven in Monaco, the developer has a bloody load of DLC on the way for the 2D beat ‘em-up.

Squigly, the character above, is the fighter Lab Zero Games set out to fund and she will come free of charge for a limited time only. There’s also Big Band, the first male scrapper to step into this lady dominated universe, Robo-Fortune and two mystery fighters that will each get their own unique story arc and stage.

Skullgirls is out now on Xbox 360 (1200MS) and PS3 (£11.99), but you can expect the DLC to arrive later in 2013. Take a look at Squigly being demoed for the first time ever and check out the enthusiasm from the crowd …

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PS Store Spring Sale is a mixed bag with a few highlights – full list

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Some decent PS3 deals, not so many for the Vita though

The PlayStation Store’s seemingly annual Spring Sale is live right now on the European PS Store. As sales go, it’s pretty huge, but a bit of a mixed bag (and only 1 Vita game?). However, there are some decent looking discounts on some decent games – for PS3 Driver: San Francisco, Child of Eden, the PixelJunk series, and Trine 2 are particularly tempting, while the Persona games are definitely worth a look for anyone still rocking the PSP. If you see something you fancy, grab it before 9 April, when the sale ends.

Here’s the complete list. It’s quite long:

PS3

  • Babel Rising: €3.99/£3.19 (Additional 10% off for Plus subscribers)
  • Backbreaker Vengeance: €7.49/£5.99 (Additional 10% off for Plus subscribers)
  • Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood: €7.49/£5.99 (Additional 10% off for Plus subscribers)
  • Child of Eden: €4.99/£3.99 (Additional 10% off for Plus subscribers)
  • Dead Rising 2: Off The Record: €7.49/£5.99
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