Bioware have announced that new multiplayer DLC for Mass Effect 3 will be available this week, titled “Retaliation”. In the new downloadable content, the fearsome Collectors re-surface, this time as a playable faction across the multiplayer modes. The DLC will be completely free to download after downloading the latest patch for the game.
Sony Europe has revealed that The Unfinished Swan will be released on the PlayStation Network at the end of this month. If you are a PlayStation Plus subscriber, you’ll be able to purchase the game a week earlier than everyone else. In addition to revealing the release date, the first developer diary for the game has been released too.
Ubisoft have revealed the third DLC pack for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier will be releasing next week. Titled “Khyber Strike”, the DLC pack will expand the game with three new multiplayer maps, a new multiplayer mode called “Takeover”, and a new co-op map. The DLC also adds new trophies and increases the level cap.
Square Enix and IO Interactive have released a new trailer for Hitman: Absolution, scheduled for release in late November. The trailer, titled “Introducing the Kill”, focuses on one of the main aspects of the game – assassinations – and demonstrates the various ways you can make your kill and get away with it.
Originally launched in Japan over a year ago, the sequel to Tales of Graces F, Tales of Xillia, will be released exclusively on the PS3 in 2013. In an interview with the PlayStation.Blog, producer Hideo Baba revealed new details about the game. Tales of Xillia is the 13th title in the long-running series, and brings a number of significant new innovations for the much-loved franchise.
Capcom has shipped a “record breaking” 4.5 million copies of horror title Resident Evil 6 worldwide. The figure is a new company record according to Capcom, which shipped 4.4 million copies of Resident Evil 5 back in 2009. The company is expecting the game to sell 7 million copies by the end March 31st, 3012.
Bethesda have released a interactive trailer for Dishonored, letting the viewer choose how the mission will progress by making choices. The interactive trailer contains “minor spoilers” to the game. Check out the interactive trailer below:
SCEE have started to publish a monthly chart of the top downloaded content from the PlayStation Store across PAL regions – similar to the Top 10 chart published by SCEA. In September, the top downloaded PSN title was Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD, while FIFA 13, was the top downloaded PS3 title.
Mass Effect 3 is getting patched today, Producer Michael Gamble has tweeted. The patch, one of the biggest patched by the developers, has been in development for the last few months and sets the game up for future DLC, as well as the usual manner of bug fixes, tweaks and more.
Ubisoft have revealed that Assassin’s Creed III will offer a Season Pass, granting gamers access to all five DLC packs at a discounted price. The five DLC packs will be released over a six month window, with the first pack titled “The Tyranny of King Washington” – a single-player campaign.
