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Currently 'no plans' to bring Resident Evil 5's DLC to PC

In recent years, Capcom has made some great progress in terms of becoming invested in PC gaming. The developer's last couple of major releases have seen solid ports, and in many cases, their excl...
'The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned' gets its own site

November 24? Why, that's next week! In the rush of recent releases, I had almost forgotten about my beloved Borderlands and its premier downloadable content pack, "The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned." ...
Dragon Age expansion 'Return to Ostagar' announced

The Dragon Age: Origins Twitter account doesn’t spread lies like your standard, filthy Elf commoner. Something “cool” was announced this afternoon relating to Bioware’s la...
Forza 3 gets new DLC packs: Free and not so free

Developer Turn 10 has just announced two new content packs for Forza Motorsport 3, the first being a free Hyundai Genesis Coupe car pack. This one is available on XBL now to Gold members, free of...
Shattered Horizon getting a freebie map pack

It sounds like Futuremark Games Studio, the folks behind the newish zero gravity PC FPS Shattered Horizon, have plans to give back to all of the guys and gals who downloaded the game. The first d...
What Sgt. Pepper's looks like in The Beatles: Rock Band

In case you own The Beatles: Rock Band and for some reason don't know what Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band sounds like, Harmonix, MTV Games, and Apple Corp. would like to remind you. That'...
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 DLC costume pack on the way

Got $3.99 to waste on digital clothing? Good, because you'll get your chance to do so on November 19 as four new costumes are coming to Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 for the PlayStation 3. Ayane...
Rock Band DLC: AFI and The Bangles (Update)

If you thought that The Beatles: Rock Band downloadable content that was announced earlier today was the only time I'd be writing about Rock Band DLC today, you're wrong. Thank god, because serio...
Sgt. Pepper's to hit The Beatles: Rock Band next week

Next week, the second full album by The Beatles will be available for download for The Beatles: Rock Band, Harmonix/MTV Games/Apple Corp. announced today.  The Beatles' 1967 record, Sgt. Pep...
$1 million and counting: Dragon Age DLC selling well

Despite offering several boxed sets and a single pre-order edition of Dragon Age: Origins that all included most of the game’s day-one DLC, Bioware and EA still made a good bit of coin thro...
Pitchford talks Borderlands' level cap, DLC, and more

There's an interview with Gearbox's Randy Pitchford up on Game Informer an--actually, it's not so much an interview as it is him telling us everything we want to hear and so much more. Seriously....
GameStop wants to sell you DLC in their stores

Whether you like it or not, the push towards a mostly-digital game industry is ahead of us. It may not be next year, it may not be in the next five years... but it's coming.  Brick and morta...
You can decide the fate of Modern Warfare 2's DLC (maybe)

Similar to previous statements made by Activision, Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling told MTV Multiplayer that beyond the two planned DLC packs, the studio will be looking for player feedback to dic...
Tropico 3 will feature user-generated content on Xbox 360

The Tropico series is known for touching heavily on the subject of Communism, so it's highly fitting that Tropico 3's downloadable content will be made by the people, for the people. The biggest ...
Will GTA: The Lost and Damned come to PC? Looks like it

A new update (noticed by GTA4.Net) for Grand Theft Auto IV on PC all but confirms "The Lost and Damned" add-on will one day be heading beyond the Xbox 360's exclusivity. The patch added Achieveme...
Saints Row 2 DLC is on sale, go make Gary Busey proud

You know what, I don't even need to sell you on the "Ultor Exposed" add-on for Saints Row 2. Volition somehow managed to capture Gary Busey's antics on tape just long enough to create an adverti...
Resident Evil 5's Alternate Edition missions will be DLC

Not too long ago, Capcom asked you to decide between having the Resident Evil 5 Alternate Edition content as a new retail package, or getting it as a downloadable add-on. You voted, and more impo...
Borderlands 'Zombie Island' DLC launches November 24

Played Borderlands to your heart's content? Scavenged all the guns and killed all the Skags? Gearbox Software has you covered. Zombie Island is ready to be unlocked in just a matter of days, as t...
Rock Band DLC: White Stripes, Kasabian, The Damned

With the release of LEGO Rock Band, this week marks the first Rock Band DLC announcement where Harmonix/MTV has to go out of its way to specify what and what is not going to be available for the ...
Scamco strikes again: Ludicrous Vesperia DLC hits PSN

Oh Namco Bandai, is there any type of DLC that you won't be ashamed to sell us? Tales of Vesperia is rocking the PS3 in Japan, and that means it's time for Namco to do what Namco does best -- try...
Tim Schafer walks us through the Brutal Legend DLC

The new Brutal Legend DLC, "Tears of the Hextadon", is out this week and is bringing two new maps to multiplayer. To prepare players for the new content, Double Fine's Tim Schafer hosted a multi...
Modern Warfare's 'Variety Map Pack' half price this week

Today on through Sunday, the "Variety Map Pack" for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has been marked down to $5 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. While chances are if you actively play(ed) the game, ...
Guitar Hero DLC to bring Kravitz, Kiss, more in November

Guitar Hero 5 downloadable content for November has been announced... are you ready? GO! This November, Activision and Neversoft are celebrating the 20th anniversary of Lenny Kravitz's album Let ...
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 DLC pack hits next week

If you've already seen Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 inside and out, Activision has announced that there's more content on the way.  On November 3, a new DLC pack will be made available that wi...
DJ Hero gets its first DLC: Gorillaz, Queen, and more

DJ Hero may have a high amount of mixes on the disc -- 93, to be exact -- but there's always room for more. Especially if you find yourself getting tired of the same songs appearing in multiple m...
One last trailer for GTA: The Ballad of Gay Tony

Only one more day until Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony. Can you feel it? Rockstar sent out a last-minute trailer, dedicated to Tony's main man Luis Lopez.Swearing, guys being thrown off...
Rock Band DLC: Kinda, sorta Halloween-themed week

Just yesterday I said to my wife, "Harmonix and MTV had better put out some Halloween-themed songs next week for Rock Band, or I'm going to riot." While it's not what I had in mind, I c...
God of Pokemon DLC coming next month to Toys R Us

No, its not Bidoof, though I could see why some may worship that cute/ugly little mongrel. It's the other guy, Arceus; he's the God of all Pokemon. I still think he looks more like a bad cross be...
I played the Queen and Beatles RB DLC, and it was great

In case you weren’t aware, this is, unequivocally, the greatest week in the nearly two-year history of Rock Band downloadable content. Yes, I said it, and here’s why. Available today ...
First Borderlands DLC bringing the undead to Pandora

In what's sure to get everyone up in arms, the first batch of downloadable content that will be made available for Borderlands has been announced... before the game has even hit store shelves.&nb...
Scamco strikes again: Magnacarta 2 DLC is already out

That's right, folks. RPG sequel Magnacarta 2 has only just released, and Namco Bandai has made sure to "support" it with meaningless downloadable content, as is the publisher's modus op...
Dragon Age: Origins DLC planned for the next two years

So yes, BioWare loves downloadable content. Not only will Dragon Age: Origins DLC be available on the game's launch date, the developer is also planning to further drain our bank accounts with co...
Luc Bernard: DLC is like 'raping the customer'

With digital distribution taking over this generation, we've all gotten used to the idea of paying for extra content. However, iPhone developer and controversial figure Luc Bernard has railed aga...
Family-friendly Rock Band DLC playable in LEGO Rock Band

You know what’s awesome about Harmonix? They’re truly committed to the idea of Rock Band as a music platform. (Of course, that doesn’t include The Beatles: Rock Band, but I thin...
LEGO Rock Band export won't be as cheap as RB1 (Update)

As we reported earlier, owners of the PS3 or 360 versions of LEGO Rock Band will be able to export most all of the game’s forty-plus songs to their hard drives so the tracks can be played i...
LEGO Rock Band 100% exportable, track list exposed

LEGO Rock Band (check out our comprehensive preview), due out this holiday season, will offer over 40 songs. In keeping with Harmonix’s music platform ethos (and confirming an earlier rumor...
Carnage coming to Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2

I can't say that Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 was really my thing. Tried it, didn't get along with it. However, what I can say is that Carnage is badass, so it's pretty awesome that he's bringing ...
LittleBigPlanet gets its very first music pack DLC today

Bored of the same old music in LittleBigPlanet? Heard that French guy's warbling just one too many times? Today is a good day for you! Media Molecule has revealed that today will see the launch o...
Dragon Age gets 'Warden Keep' DLC at launch

Everybody loves launch-day DLC, right? It reminds them that content has been included and withheld from the disc, which means is a good thing because of reasons. Anyway, what I really need to tel...
And the mysterious new Zen Pinball table is ...

The week's biggest mystery, by far, was what this teaser image had to do with the PlayStation Network title Zen Pinball. Ninjas and pinball, together? Not in my lifetime, buddy.Or so I thought. A...
Resident Evil 5: AE content: DLC or a new disc? Vote!

Got an account at Capcom-Unity? Good. You can use it to vote on whether the upcoming Resident Evil 5: Alternate Edition content should be available as a digital download, or if Capcom should inst...
Have some GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony Achievements

The release of Rockstar's much-discussed Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony is coming up this month, and naturally there are achievements for it, as one would expect. If you'd like to se...
Dust 514 jumps in bed with micro-transactions

Dust 514, CCP's first-person shooter outlet through which the EVE Online universe will reach consoles, won't require an actual subscription in order to play. Instead, the game will use real money...
SH*T JUST GOT REAL: Nintendogs invade Animal Crossing

Long time readers of Destructoid know that I live in a sort of alternate reality, a reality where a "hardcore" game is isn't determined by how "mature" or "bad-ass" ...
Modern Warfare 2 DLC not being made until game is ready

One of the major issues concerning the subject of downloadable content is the "It should have been on the disc argument," a common complaint for DLC that has been developed at the same ...
Left 4 Dead's survivors evidently visit 4chan a lot

You should admire "Crash Course," the new versus-focused bit of Left 4 Dead DLC, for several reasons. A few of those are obvious -- it's free, it's well-paced, etcetera -- but I was awf...
PSPgo will launch with 225 games & 16,000 DLC pieces

We might not be getting any free games for the PSPgo in North America, but Sony's making sure there will be plenty of stuff to spend our money on. It's been revealed that 16,000 pieces of DLC wil...
A free LBP Norse pack from your favoritist weekend editor

Dear Destructoid Community,I want to thank you for being awesome so I'm going to give you free LittleBigPlanet stuff. It's a Norse Mythology pack and it comes with viking costumes and "creat...
Rock Band DLC: Alice in Chains, Breaking Benjamin, more

Harmonix has sent over the list of what songs we can expect to hit the Rock Band Music Store next week. Breaking Benjamin will have a three-track pack to coincide with the release of their new al...
Next Red Faction DLC bringing Walkers to multiplayer

The next batch of downloadable content for Red Faction: Guerrilla, titled the "Smasher Pack," is arriving on October 1 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Priced at $4.99, the add-on adds e...
Arkham Asylum 'Prey in the Darkness' DLC out tomorrow

Following last week's "Insane Night Map Pack" for Batman: Arkham Asylum is the "Prey in the Darkness Map Pack." Similar to the previous free content, this bundle will contain ...
Left 4 Dead Crash Course DLC coming September 29

The second downloadable content pack for Left 4 Dead, Crash Course, is coming out on September 29. It's later than what we originally heard, but not by much. The new DLC will have a new single-pl...
'Warpath' add-on for Empire: Total War revealed

As announced today, Empire: Total War is getting an expansion of sorts in October. The new Steam-exclusive downloadable campaign, "Warpath," brings Native American factions into the fra...
World at War PC patch 1.6 with more (free) maps out now

Another patch for the PC version of Call of Duty: World at War, another round of free maps. This time, it's the three maps from Map Pack 3: "Battery," "Breach," and "Revo...
AFI track pack now available for Guitar Hero 5

Three songs from AFI are now available for Guitar Hero 5 on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii. The three songs are:“Beautiful Thieves”“Girl’s Not Grey”“The M...
A special report from Weazel News on Liberty City

Liberty City’s Weazel News has brought us a special report on all the dangerous things going on in Liberty City. Terrorism, helicopter rampages, rape riots and more are all plaguing the poo...
Preview: The Warriors: Street Brawl

If you would so kindly remember, a few years back Rockstar released a brawler based off the 1979 film, The Warriors. Widely well received, the game offered a fresh appreciation for the violent fi...
Free Batman: Arkham Asylum maps arriving on Thursday

Remember that free Batman: Arkham Asylum downloadable content we've been hearing about for quite a while now? We finally know what the content actually is! 'Bout time, right?Coming to PlayStation...
Left 4 Dead Crash Course coming September 23?

Left 4 Dead is a game that is not being supported with new DLC which is why people are angry. With that in mind, Left 4 Dead's new DLC support appears to be heading our way a little later this mo...
Platinum Games talks DLC and motion control

One problem interviewing developers who don't speak the same language as you is that you tend to end up with very curt replies. I had asked Bayonetta producer Yusuke Hashimoto about DLC, since Ba...


 
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