By John Walker on January 27th, 2009.
Fallout 3 has released its first batch of downloadable newness. The DLC, called Operation Anchorage, is apparently available now. You’re trying to gain access to a shelter, which requires you complete a military simulation of the liberation of Anchorage, Alaska, set between 2076 and 2077. Once it’s installed, it’s announced on the radio, and you can hot-leap to its location. There’s a smattering of new content, including a new perk: Covert Ops. What follows is my attempt to get it.
By Alec Meer on November 29th, 2008.
IGN’s got a remarkably long Q&A up with some anonymous mouthpiece of the Rockstar hivemind, specifically detailing all the various copy protections and mandatory login guff next week’s murder simulator will require to install and run. There will, it seems, be quite a few barriers between you and your hooker-killing; the internet will not be happy.
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By John Walker on July 23rd, 2008.
Well here’s a spot of news. Games For Windows Live Gold accounts are now to be free. According to a 1Up report, Microsoft announced today that PC users will no longer have to pay for a Live Gold account to be able to access the cross-platform shenanigans of their multiplayer gaming. Which can only be delightful news to the 360′s paying suckers.
1Up go on to say that MS are planning a GFW Marketplace, aping the Xbox Live Marketplace, also offering various downloadable bits and pieces from demos to extra gaming content. Which sounds awfully similar to, er, the rest of the internet.
By Kieron Gillen on July 15th, 2008.
Which may be enough to send a shiver down even a Necron’s spine, but this isn’t the traditional you-must-pay-for-full-stuff service. Basically, for Dawn of War II you’ll have full functionality for free. This includes their TrueSkill matching, voice, achievements and the cross-PC/360 friends list and all that. Which is an interesting move, and you have to wonder about how exactly the deal came about. It’s also interesting in that they’ve admitted they’re going to be using its marketplace ability to sell additional content. Blimey.
By Alec Meer on March 3rd, 2008.
I can’t help but feel a successful campaign will need something a little stronger than a single page of dense text – an entirely ineffectual online petition and detailed instructions on exactly where to post jiffy bags full of dog poo, perhaps – but hell, it’s a start. I’m generally a little too resigned to Microsoft despotism to get terribly upset about their damn-fool misfires, but Games For Windows Live is one thing that really does make me want to take the hose to Redmond executives.
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