Metro: Last Light pre-order DLC isnʼt for lightweights – full details

Pre-order for the chance to play an extra hard version

Pre-order bonus details for upcoming nuclear shooter Metro: Last Light have been announced by the game’s new publisher, Deep Silver (who picked up the title during the THQ clear-out sale). Anyone who sticks their name down for a copy at a participating retailer will get free access to Ranger Mode DLC, which removes the HUD (depriving the player of visual assistance, offers a greatly diminished supply of ammo through the course of the game, and is described as being ‘Hardcore – The way it was meant to be played’.

But it’s not all take, take, take – Ranger Mode gives players access to a special AKSU Russian assault rifle, and also 100 in-game military grade bullets, which can be used as bullets to shoot enemy, or as currency to buy stuff.

If you’re not the pre-ordering type, don’t panic – the Ranger Mode DLC will be available at launch, but …

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Battlefield 4: 42 things you mightʼve missed in the new trailer

DICE get the next-gen rolling in impressive fashion

So DICE has finally given us a glimpse of the next-gen with their sexy looking shooter, Battlefield 4. The 17 minutes of in-game action named Fishing in Baku depicts the same rough and tumble action you’d expect from an FPS. But the bombs and bullets whizzing all over the place are jazzed up by the new Frostbite 3 engine that adds even more real life physics to the play.

The intense footage can be seen below, but check out the list below as there are probably some hints and facts about Battlefield 4 that you may miss in the clip.

Looks great, but did you manage to pick out all these bits?

  1. (00:05) Bonnie Tyler is in. Well, her track Total Eclipse of the Heart is anyway. Check out Bonnie’s Gamer Profile
  2. (00:43) Irish – the first character you see – is played by The Wire’s Michael K. Williams. Omar’s here? SHEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIT
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Metal Gear Rising Jetstream Sam DLC has a new bunch of screens

As the title of this post suggests, a new batch of screens for Metal Gear Rising’s Jetstream Sam DLC have appeared on the mysterious All Games Beta site. The DLC arrives next month (April), but rather than blab on about the shots why not lay your eyes on them right… now

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Saints Row 4 will be be bigger than ever, DLC plans pencilled in

PAX East interview reveals the lofty plans in place at Volition

During a couple of interviews with Destructoid at PAX East, Volition has confirmed that Saints Row 4 will have ‘a fuckton more content’ than the previous game and a ‘robust DLC plan‘ is already in the works.

Saints Row 4′s creative director, Steve Jaros says the main campaign is about the same as Saints Row 3 – which is a good 15 hours, if our memories serve us correct. But in terms of open world stuff to do, Jaros says “There’s a fuckton more. Way more. It’s absurd”. He also claims that ‘fans aren’t ready‘ for the amount of stuff they’re putting in and that one side mission he started lasted a whopping four hours, because it sucked him in that much. Big words.

Jaros’ comments arrived after a tiny storm in an espresso cup was created when senior producer, Jim Boone confirmed ‘a very

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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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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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The Last of Us DLC will be multiplayer only – no plans for story add-ons

Naughty Dog not looking at expanding single-player mode post release

Developer Naughty Dog is only going to be offering multiplayer DLC for its upcoming PS3 exclusive, The Last of Us, and doesn’t currently have any plans for expanding the single-player story.

In an interview with EvolveEnt, Naughty Dog’s community strategist, Arne Meyer, said “DLC for The Last of Us is only going to be multi-player focused. We’re not looking at single-player DLC. It’s really simple – we wanted to make sure that we could throw everything that we wanted to into the game and that everything was really at the level of quality that we always want to put in.?

You can watch the full interview here:

Two Special Edition bundles for The Last of Us were announced earlier this year and each includes a different DLC pack. The Last of Us is currently scheduled for release 14 June, exclusively on PS3.…

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Saints Row 3 DLC morphs into Saints Row 4, hereʼs a launch trailer

From expensive expansion to fully fledged sequel

Hey, remember when former THQ president, Jason Rubin said that the next Saints Row should ditch the gags and become as serious as Red Dead Redemption and Skyrim? We do. We also remember thinking that without the humour Saints Row would be a load of old bum, and it seems new publisher Deep Silver thinks the same. Enter Saints Row 4 – out August 23rd – and a launch trailer that laughs in the face of seriousness.

Surprisingly, this fourth installment started life as a big-budget cut of DLC for Saints Row 3 called Enter The Dominatrix, but it’s been fleshed out to provide a brand-new game full of super powers, Tron-cycles and men in combat gear doing ‘the robot’. Take a look at this…

To our eyes it appears rather samey to Saints Row 3. We just hope there’s enough new stuff to warrant another splurge of cash. After all, with …

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MG Rising DLC packs ʻJetstreamʼ and ʻBlade Wolfʼ confirmed for April

More Revengeance add-ons incoming

We’ve known about the two Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance DLC packs ‘Jetstream’ and ‘Blade Wolf’ for some time, and Konami has now announced that both of these story expansions will release sometime in April for PS3 and Xbox 360 (although in the US they’re PS3 exclusive, so Xbox gamers go without). The only confirmed price so far is $6.99.

If you’re looking for some Metal Gear Rising to keep you busy in the meantime, the VR Mission Expansion for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is already out on the EU PS Store, priced £1.99 or for completely free until 3 April in the US, and is also available on Xbox Live in Europe, priced 240MSP.…

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