Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Forza Horizon gets a Season Pass, $50 for access to all DLC]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/25/forza-horizon-gets-a-season-pass-49-99-for-access-to-all-dlc/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/25/forza-horizon-gets-a-season-pass-49-99-for-access-to-all-dlc/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/25/forza-horizon-gets-a-season-pass-49-99-for-access-to-all-dlc/#comments Forza Horizon gets a Season Pass, $4999 for access to all of the game's DLCMicrosoft has announced a Season Pass DLC plan for the upcoming Forza Horizon, the latest entry in the racing series that is set in a virtual representation of the state of Colorado. The Season Pass will cost $50 USD (or 4,000 Microsoft Points), and grant access to the game's Expansion Pack set to arrive in December.

Season Pass holders will also nab each of the six car packs as they're released over the next year, as well as five exclusive Season Pass vehicles and a batch of launch day rides. Turn 10 will reveal all of these cars gradually on its Twitter feed. The Season Pass (which represents a 17 percent saving on all of this content) will be available for purchase on October 23, right when the game turns the key for launch.

In addition, we've got tracklists for each of the game's three radio stations, all churning out tunes during the in-game "Horizon Festival." Have a look at the songs, after the break.

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JoystiqForza Horizon gets a Season Pass, $50 for access to all DLC originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>car-packscontentdlcexpansion-packforzaforza-horizonmicrosoftplayground-gamesseason-passturn-10-studiosxboxxbox-liveTue, 25 Sep 2012 21:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 summons first DLC decks]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/20/duels-of-the-planeswalkers-2013-summons-first-dlc-decks/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/20/duels-of-the-planeswalkers-2013-summons-first-dlc-decks/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/20/duels-of-the-planeswalkers-2013-summons-first-dlc-decks/#comments Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013's first DLC decks now availableThe first supplementary decks have been added to Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013, with five new packs in total. This first expansion is available for 400 MS Points ($5) on Xbox 360, and $4.99 on PS3 and iOS.

In addition to the new decks, this expansion adds 10 new campaign levels, five new puzzle challenges, five foil conversions and five deck key add-ons for the expansion decks. There are also some more specific tweaks to individual cards that address certain balance issues, like Serra Ascendant - the card essentially broke Two-Headed Giant games and has had its lifelink ability removed in the mode.

JoystiqDuels of the Planeswalkers 2013 summons first DLC decks originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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"What we're really excited about is some expansion packs we have coming, the first of which will launch on December 18th and that will really extend the experience you can have in Forza Horizon," Fulton told Gamerzines. He also confirmed a demo would eventually come to Xbox Live, which seems fitting since it's a Microsoft-published game and also cars.

JoystiqForza Horizon post-launch plan includes monthly car packs, first 'expansion pack' on Dec. 18 originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Siliconera spotted the listing and dated it to less than a week ago. For its part, Bethesda hasn't offered a comment, though we've reached out for more info. Thus far, Rage has zero DLC beyond a day-one "Anarchy Edition" bonus. Ahead of the game's launch last year, id Software's Tim Willits told GamesIndustry.biz, "Our immediate plans, of course, are some DLC for Rage," so it stands to reason that DLC of some form for the game is still planned.

Joystiq'Rage: The Scorchers' pops up on PEGI, smells like DLC to us originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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There's still no timetable for when the DLC will be available on consoles, though we've contacted both Wizards of the Coast and Stainless Games for comment. In the meanwhile, feel free to tap our gallery below for some magical screens.

Gallery: Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers (Expansion Three)

JoystiqMagic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers summons third DLC pack on Steam originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 04 Nov 2010 04:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post: It would seem the recent injection of fresh cards into Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalker has had an unintended effect for some players, with the new DLC apparently crashing the game and displaying only a black screen. Users on both the GameFAQs and Wizards of the Coast forums have reported the same issues.

Downloading the Title Update gave us some hiccups -- specifically, we were booted back to the dashboard after downloading it and then were forced to download the entire Magic: The Gathering - Duel of the Planeswalkers game again. But the actual DLC pack itself didn't give us any problems. We even played a game online and tried restarting the title multiple times to repeat the effect to no avail.

Eric Sorensen from Wizards of the Coast's community team is aware of the issue, and WOTC is working with Microsoft to resolve it. We'll let you know when we're all in the clear.

Source - Wizards of the Coast forums
Source - GameFAQs forums

JoystiqUsers report Magic: The Gathering 'Expansion Pack 2' DLC breaks the game [update] originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 14 May 2010 01:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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BioWare recently released a handful of videos promoting the upcoming expansion to its humongous RPG Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening. In the first, posted above, we meet dwarven legionnaire Sigrun, tasked with returning to the old fortress of Kal'hirol. There's talking Darkspawn, those merry band of adventurers known as the "Legion of the Dead," and even a cameo from our old friend Oghren.

The additional two videos (which come to us via IGN) are simply B-roll, but that means gameplay footage. You'll get a look at some of the new characters in action and even some vistas of the new environments. We get it, it's not much, but you've got less than a month until this old-school expansion pack (remember those?) slays its way to retailers.

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JoystiqDragon Age Awakening videos: meet Sigrun, ogle B-roll originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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BioWare revealed one of the new venues being added for the Dragon Age: Origins expansion Awakening. Kal'hirol was once a dwarven keep, a center of learning and culture for dwarf society. At some point, however, the dwarves were driven out.

BioWare won't say what horror resulted in "the fortress's elite one day [showing] up at Orzammar's great doors, exhausted and in despair over the loss of their home," but we have a theory: a Subway opened up next door, and the dwarves couldn't stand its constant weird baking-bread smell. Either that or some kind of monsters. You can scour our new gallery for any evidence of $5 footlongs.

Gallery: Dragon Age Origins: Awakening - Kal'hirol

JoystiqKal'hirol: Explore this mysterious dwarven fortress in Dragon Age: Awakening originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>biowareDLCdragon-age-originsdragon-age-origins-awakeningeaElectronic-Artsexpansion-packMicrosoftrpgXbox-360Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:17:00 EST<![CDATA[BioWare: Mass Effect 2 DLC could include 'full expansion packs']]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/18/bioware-mass-effect-2-dlc-could-include-full-expansion-packs/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/18/bioware-mass-effect-2-dlc-could-include-full-expansion-packs/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/18/bioware-mass-effect-2-dlc-could-include-full-expansion-packs/#comments In a recent interview with CVG, BioWare producer Adrien Cho assured that the plan isn't to jettison Mass Effect 2 into the deep, dark retail space without some form of continued support. According to Cho, some of the core development team has already moved on to creating DLC for the game, which could range from new items, including weapons and armor, to side quests that might even build "up to full expansion packs." Cho added that the team has more flexibility to create DLC for the sequel than it did for the first game, explaining that add-on content "was always on our radar from day one."

It sounds like BioWare has big plans for Mass Effect 2 DLC. That is, it sounds like the plans are a bit more sophisticated than the original Mass Effect's DLC strategy: "release completely broken, partially inaccessible DLC without telling anybody about its existence."

JoystiqBioWare: Mass Effect 2 DLC could include 'full expansion packs' originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The subject of ODST becoming an "expansion pack," however, was never an arguable point to executive producer Curtis Creamer. "Though ODST was built from the Halo 3 engine, there were enough changes made to the engine that we could not have released it as an expansion in the way that you might equate with a PC game expansion pack ... the ODST executable is not compatible with Halo 3."

The crew of Bungie devs also reconfirmed that "there are currently no plans for any ODST DLC," with all of the studio's resources tied up with Halo: Reach. Hopefully, our thirst for more Firefight maps will be quenched by the inclusion of the mode in future Halo games -- a prospect to which the developers responded, "Only time will tell." Do it for us, Bungie! Please?

Gallery: Halo 3: ODST Campaign

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JoystiqBungie explains 'series of stumbles' in ODST marketing originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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BioWare is planning DLC for Dragon Age Origins to stretch out over the next two years. TheGameReviews spoke with executive producer Mark Darrah, who said the DLC will include small things like "item packs," as well as "larger quests that might last an hour or two, up to even fully fledged expansion packs."

Darrah expects that the DLC will make it onto all platforms, except for the mods toolset, which will likely be PC-only. We'll maintain cautious optimism about Dragon Age DLC until BioWare brings the goods to market. The developer is lucky that Mass Effect took place in space, because the lack of DLC (support and testing) certainly made us want to scream.

JoystiqTwo years of Dragon Age DLC planned; expansion packs considered originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you've been looking for an excuse to tend to your long-neglected digital pipe-weed garden, you'll have it on Nov. 18 when Lord of the Rings Online expansion The Mines of Moria arrives on shelves or on your hard drive. In addition to the titular mines, the pack also includes two new classes, ten more levels and a swan boat full of new quests.

Just how the $39.99 expansion will make its way to your computer is up to you. There's an early digital upgrade and two different retail SKUs, each with their own perks and bonuses, all of which you can read about right here.

JoystiqLotRO expansion Mines of Moria coming Nov. 18 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Yesterday we revealed the, interestingly named, expansion pack Rocketmen: It Came from Uranus for the Xbox Live Arcade shoot-em-up Rocketmen: Axis of Evil.

Today we have five screenshots of the game which are ironically safe-for-work. While we didn't get past the demo of the XBLA title, Capcom decided it was popular enough to warrant an expansion pack. The pack will add new weapons and levels to the game and will run gamers 400 MS Points when it releases on May 14.

JoystiqRocketmen: It Came from Uranus - New screens and concept art we hope came from the studio originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 05 May 2008 18:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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