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Sony-sponsored event will feature guest speakers, live-streams and more

Between June 10th and 13th, E3 will be coming to London in the form of an alternative event know as Etoo. The idea is the brainchild of veteran games industry writer, Keith Stuart (The Guardian) and developer Georg Backer who decided to hold an event in the UK for those unable to jet off to the U.S of A.

The sold-out event is taking place at London’s Loading Bar and will live-stream all of the press conferences taking place at E3. There will also be guest speakers on each night including Joe Danger developers, Hello Games, playable demos of Duck Tales HD and Lost Planet 3 from Capcom and event sponsor Sony will have The Last of Us for people to play.

We’ll be going to the show to check it all out. Beats watching the events unfold in the bedroom, alone and in your pants, …

Get a third off the upcoming expansions by committing to a pass

Sony has detailed the Season Pass (€19.99) DLC for upcoming survival horror game, The Last of Us. The announcement made via the PlayStation Blog not only confirms that digital pre-orders of the full game are now available, but also that there will be three DLC packs coming after the launch on 14th June.

Here’s what Season Pass buyers get on day one…

• Increased crafting speed
• Increased healing speed
• 9mm reloading speed upgrade
• Rifle clip capacity upgrade
• Grounded: An exclusive 90 minute documentary on the making of The Last of Us

Fresh selection of weapons, outfits, and battles hits PlayStation Store

Another delivery of Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory DLC hits the PlayStation Store this week, with the European and US Stores both getting a different selection of new content.

Here’s what’s new on the EU PS Store:

• Ghost Fighter (Free): A battle against those turned into ghosts by magic awaits. To access, the Colosseum must be unlocked
• Neptune/Nepgear’s Weapon β (£0.79/€0.99): A weapon set for Neptune and Nepgear. The weapon designs match other content, but the attributes are different
• Rom/Ram’s Weapon β (£0.79/€0.99): A weapon set for Rom and Ram. The weapon designs match other content, but the attributes are different

And here’s what’s new on the US PS Store (which is the DLC released last week in Europe):

• 2nd Level Cap Break ($1.99): Adds 300 more levels to the current level cap
• Blanc School Uniform Set ($1.99)
• Blanc’s ‘W11-U Hammer’ Weapon ($0.99)
• Dangerous Monster Mash (Free): A set of battles

As racer’s release date rolls around, Codemasters commits to six months of DLC

With the release of Grid 2 fast approaching – it’s out for PS3 and Xbox 360 on 28/31 May in US/EU respectively – developer Codemasters has offered the first details on its DLC schedule for the game.

The first Grid 2 add-on content will consist of the previously revealed pre-order DLC, which Codemasters says will be made available for purchase separately after Grid 2 has launched. This will be followed by the first DLC – the Super Modified Car Pack – at the end of June, and then Codemasters is hoping to release new DLC every month until October.

The first three confirmed add-ons are:

• Super Modified Car Pack – June
• Drift Car Pack – July
• Peak Performance Car Pack – July 

Codemasters stresses that these dates are subject to change, as the content is currently in development.

While you’re here, have a looky at the …

Double XP for everyone, PS3 players can level-up before Uprising DLC arrives

Black Ops 2 developer Treyarch has announced that Xbox 360 and PS3 gamers will be able to enjoy a weekend of Double XP, starting today, and running until Monday, 13 May. Here’s Treyarch saying it on Twitter:

Double XP kicks off tomorrow at 10am/PDT (360,PS3/PC/WiiU) and runs through Monday 10am/PDT. What’s that? You feel a sick day coming on?

— Treyarch Studios (@Treyarch) May 9, 2013

The Double XP weekend starts today, 10 May, at 10am PDT (6pm UK time), and finishes at the same time on 13 May.

The Double XP weekend is happening ahead of next week’s release of the Uprising DLC on PS3, so gives PlayStation players a nice opportunity to level-up before taking it to the new maps. The Uprising DLC, which released last month as a timed Xbox 360 exclusive, is out for PS3 on 16 May, priced $14.99. UK price still tbc, …

Four different editions revealed along with selection of bonus digital content

Ubisoft has revealed that there will be four different editions of its upcoming PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii U techno-botherer, Watch Dogs, to choose from when the game launches in the UK on the 22 November (it’s out 19 November in the US), and they all contain various offerings of single-player mission DLC.

Before we detail the separate missions, here are the complete contents of the four editions in picture form, prices still to be announced:

DEDSEC Edition (available from selected UK retailers)

Vigilante Edition (available from GAME in the UK, and GameStop in Ireland)

Uplay Edition (available from Ubisoft’s online store, Uplay)

Special Edition

As you can see, there are three separate single-player missions revealed, and they reportedly add a combined 60 minutes of gameplay. These are the mission descriptions fresh off the press release:

Palace pack
A police raid is planned on the luxury palace of an …

It’s all airplane sailing for Criterion’s beefy expansion

Goliath queues at check-in, overly touchy-feely frisks at security, extortionate duty-free Toblerone; real airports suck. But in console land, we’re head over heels for those glorified shopping centres where jumbo jets occasionally live. And that’s all thanks to Need For Speed: Most Wanted’s Terminal Velocity DLC, the most expansive, well executed add-on Criterion has made for its addictive open-world racer.

Grafting a sizable airport and a GTA San: Andreas-style plane graveyard to the game’s map immediately injects Most Wanted with a whopping dose of personality. One of the main criticisms laid at Criterion is that Fairhaven City feels a tad sterile.

While brilliant fun to power-slide about, Most Wanted’s metropolis lacks the breezy charm of, say, Burnout’s Paradise City. Yet strap some drift tyres to this add-on’s newly tinkered Porsche 918 Spyder and EA’s speedster finds the fun like never before.

Whether smashing a Mustang against the security gates in the departure …

Is this the face of the Epsilon Program’s Cris Formage? Probably

Through the medium of a desktop screensaver, Rockstar Games appear to have introduced a new character for the hotly anticipated, GTA V. The mysterious slideshow – that is downloadable from here –  is brought to you by the Epsilon Program – the Scientology-esque group, which were first spotted in San Andreas.

Among the facts about how ‘everyone is related except people with red hair’ and the ‘world is 157 years old’, that character above slips by too. He’s most likely, cult leader, Cris Formage who was originally voiced by Fred Melamed.

On top of this, Rockstar’s Newswire blog post signs off with the not-so-cryptic ‘directions will be provided in one week’s time’, which hints that more GTA V news is set to drop on April 29th. So put that in your diaries, folks.

Oh, and as the internet is full of clever folk, some genius has managed to …