Celebrity Gamer Profile: Cheryl Cole
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Okami HD free with PlayStation Plus in April – all release dates
The European PlayStation blog has updated with new PlayStation Plus exclusive content coming to PSN in April, here’s what PS Plus subscribers will be able to download free as part of the Instant Game Collection:
- 3 April: Okami HD
- 3 April: Lord of the Rings: War in the North
- 3 April: The Cave
- 10 April: Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward (PS Vita)
- 24 April: Thomas Was Alone (PS Vita)
If you’re not a PS Plus subscriber and would like to give it a whirl, then take advantage of a free 30 day trial.…
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Darkstalker Resurrection arcade themes DLC coming soon – pics
New cabinet artwork, game room and study themes on offer
CapcomUnity has revealed some new DLC coming for its recently released Darkstalkers Resurrection on XBLA and PSN. The content brings a series of new room and arcade cabinet character themes and is scheduled to arrive 26/27 March.
The cabinet character themes are priced $0.99 on PSN and 80MSP (£0.69/€0.96/$1.00) on XBL per character pack and they look like this:
The room themes offer a choice of either a game room or study setting for your arcade cabinets. Each of these is priced $1.99 on PSN and 160MSP (£1.37/€1.92/$2.00). Check them out:
Fancy something completely different? Try one of our original features like, ‘Thingsin games that are sort of Dorito shaped’ or ‘Game characters that could be dogs’.…
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Battlefield 4 teaser trailer, gameplay footage drops on March 27th
Blink and you’ll miss it
A teaser site and trailer (below) have popped up to announce that Battlefield 4 is on the way. DICE’s lap dance reveals only the tiniest of glimpse of the good stuff, with rain, tanks, a submarine, city setting and running all confirmed for their next shooter. However, a note on the site says that gameplay footage will be revealed on March 27th.
EA suit, Blake Jorgenen has already announced that Battlefield 4 is heading to PS4, so expect it to crop up on the next Xbox too. Here’s the latest clip that seems to say that propellers will also feature in the game.
As part of the marketing drive for the game, Battlefield.com says they’ll reveal new stuff if more folk register. You also get a shiny new ‘I Was There’ Dog Tag for use in Battlefield 3 just for signing up.
If you’re still not ready to give up on Battlefield 3, then why …
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Sick as a XBLIG: Donʼt Die Pluto is about steering a sad planet in space
‘Sick as a XBLIG’ is potentially a regular feature in which we play an Xbox Live Indie Game and then write about it. Today we are writing about Don’t Die Pluto.
At its most basic Don’t Die Pluto from developer AJspartan is about steering a thing while trying to avoid some things and deliberately trying to hit some other things. But scratch below the surface and Don’t Die Pluto reveals an emotionally complex story of disenfranchisement, empowerment, revenge, and also steering a thing while trying to avoid some things and deliberately trying to hit some other things.
The main character in Don’t Die Pluto is Pluto – a planet bullied by other planets, of which Earth appears to be the ringleader, for being small. This is based on a true story, because the actual real Pluto used to be a proper planet but then got kicked out of the planet club for being too small and got downgraded to the …
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Battlefield 3 End Game DLC Review
DICE go out with a bang with their final DLC drop
The fifth and final installment of Battlefield 3 DLC comes in the form of End Game. As finales go, DICE pull out all the stops to deliver an action-packed expansion that shakes up the multiplayer with new vehicles and modes. It’s almost enough to make you forget about the awful single-player and co-op modes they tacked on.
First up is Air Superiority, a mode that originally appeared in Battlefield 1943 and plays out like airborne Conquest. Two teams of twelve take to the skies and battle to capture and control areas until opponents ticket bleed out.
Although skilled pilots usually dominate the skies, Air Superiority works well for rookies looking to cut their teeth. It allows players to get to grips with the controls, learn the nuances and tactics for air-combat and rapidly unlock new weapons and special abilities for the jets that they can use across all game …
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Amaze-O-Tron Podcast: Episode 3 – New name, same old madness
Fans of last week’s ukulele interludes will be sad to hear that the instrument didn’t make the cut in this episode. But fear not, as Cundy has brought the largest keyboard this side of a Jean Michel Jarre concert and it’s packed with various noises.
As the men find their feet with this indie podcast thing, they decide to trial a few new things in this third episode, which are mostly ‘excellent’. But <cough> you’ll be the judge of that, right? When you get to the bit where they play a game, click to check out Shoot The Barrel’s new regular, Sick as a XBLIG, to see what they’re talking about. It’s like an interactive adventure.
Most importantly, there’s a new name for the podcast as you can see above. Give yourselves a pat on the back, and maybe a little arse pinch, for helping us come up with it. And don’t forget to hit the link below the podcast …
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Skyrim Dragonborn DLC Review (PS3)
Yes, you can now ride dragons. No, itʼs not as fun as it sounds
Like all the best things in a Bethesda game, especially for oft neglected PS3 owners, Dragonborn makes you work for its love. We spent a while wandering around Windhelm with anticipation, waiting for some sign that ‘new things’ would happen. Thankfully, it wasn’t long before we were set upon by a gang of priests in spiky masks, angry at our supposedly false claim of lineage to the great fire breathing monsters of the sky.
A quick fight and a brief rummage for clues inside their clothes later and we had our destination: a boat to take us across the sea to the new land of Soltsheim. Our quest? To seek out Miraak who has plotted our demise.
The boat takes you to Raven Rock, a town located on the south-west coast of the island of Soltsheim. Upon arrival you’ll notice enough visual modifications to feel like …
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Resident Evil 6 multiplayer DLC bundle on PS3, includes four add-ons
Siege, Predators, Survivor, and Onslaught available now as a single download
If you’ve held off buying any of the Resident Evil 6 multiplayer add-ons, then you might be interested in this handy ‘Mode Bundle Pack’, which is available to download now (file size 449.9MB) on the PlayStation Store,priced £7.99/ €9.99/$9.99.
The pack, which includes Resident Evil 6’s four multiplayer mode add-ons – Predators, Survivor, Onslaught, and the recently released Siege, arrives as part of the latest PS Store update. You can find full details of the update at the PlayStation Blog.
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Mark of the Ninja Special Edition DLC coming to Xbox Live – trailer
Extra content planned in response to fan demands for more
Mark of the Ninja developer Klei Entertainment has announced it’s putting together a Special Edition DLC for the stylishly super-honed ninja stealth side-scroller, which will be downloadable from Xbox Live Arcade this summer (price TBA). Details of what new stuff we can expect in the SE are below, but first the trailer:
And here’s what Klei says it’s putting in the Special Edition:
- A new level, set in a flashback to the early life of Dosan (the ninja’s tattoo artist) that will set the stage for the events that transpire in Mark of the Ninja
- A new style of play, which includes a nonlethal takedown ability, and provides a hybrid of lethal and nonlethal approaches to the game
- Two new items, one more geared to stealth and concealment and one a bit more direct. Both the items and the new play style will be available in the main game as