You know how it goes — they always offer the first fix for free. And then, when you need more, you have to pay up. A2M and 505 Games have employed this classic strategy for the release of a new piece of Naughty Bear DLC, dubbed “Chapter 9.” The add-on is out today on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, but unlike the previous DLC release, it’ll cost you: 400 Microsoft Points or $4.99, respectively.

Chapter 9 introduces the Island of Perfection, replete with “exclusive hidden treasures, deadly weapons and brutal buccaneers,” and two boss bears for the cuddly curmudgeon to conquer: Admiral Giggles and The Great Bear Beard. The DLC also includes four new challenges. For avast look (see what we did there?) check out the trailer past the break and the images below.

Ubisoft annonce que de nouveaux contenus pour le jeu Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction seront disponibles gratuitement tous les jeudis, à partir du 15 avril 2010.   

Les joueurs pourront pimenter leur expérience de jeu grâce à de nouvelles armes, des tenues et une map inédite pour le mode Opérations Spéciales : cette semaine, une nouvelle arme, le pistolet mitrailleur MP7A1.  

NB : Il est nécessaire de posséder un exemplaire du jeu pour télécharger ce contenu additionnel. Une connexion internet et un gamertag Xbox 360 sont requis. Sélectionner « EXTRAS » dans le menu principal du jeu pour avoir accès aux contenus téléchargeables.

De plus amples informations sont disponibles sur: splintercell.com.

Apparently, irony escapes EA Montreal, as April Fools’ Day last week saw the release of new DLC for Army of Two: The 40th Day. "Chapters of Deceit" is the equivalent of a deleted scene (or 10) for Army of Two: TFD, ostensibly aimed at filling in some of the gaping story holes in the game proper. Set in the murky area between the hospital level and the final chapter, this isn’t DLC for players who haven’t finished the game yet.

Deceit feels like by the numbers campaign DLC. Buildings are destroyed, hostages are taken, and step-jumps are required. Aside from some very basic mentions of the game’s story (a problem omnipresent in the main game as well), these levels could have been located anywhere in the game’s narrative with little issue. […]

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Have you played the DLC, and if so, how did you like it?

For [Patrice] Desilets, however, 2009 and the making of Assassin’s Creed II was a wild ride, one of nervousness and frustration, some far-flung trips, at least one bout of vertigo, the affirmation of one major addition to the game and the painful decision to make a few — possibly temporary — major subtractions.

Before 2009, when the work to make Assassins Creed II , a sequel to the 2007 hit, began, things were going well. Approaching the new year, though, that couldn’t last. "It went pretty smoothly," he said, "And then six months through, we said, ‘We’re never going to make it.’" The game had to come out in November. But this second Assassin’s Creed, a vast Italian Renaissance expansion of the template established in the geographically smaller and less structurally complex first game, seemed unwieldy. "We were in the middle [of development] and we said, ‘How the hell can we finish that? How can we test that and make sure it works all the way through?’"

 

Read the rest on Kotaku.

A nice preview of the upcoming downloadable content (available in January and February 2010), narrated by Ubisoft Montreal creative director Patrice Désilets.

Celebrate the Holiday season with two downloadable content releases for Assassin’s Creed II, including the Battle of Forli and the Bonfire of the Vanities.

Here is a trailer for the upcoming Prince of Persia downloable content, which should be available on February 26.

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If you enjoyed the PC version of Ubisoft’s recent revamp of Prince of Persia, get ready for some bad news. While the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the action-adventure game will be getting a downloadable expansion pack that will continue the game’s storyline, PC owners won’t get that opportunity.

Big Download emailed Ubisoft last month to inquire if the announced console DLC would also show up on the PC. We never received a response from the publisher. However, In a post on Ubisoft’s message boards their community manager has posted up this message: "Unfortunately for business reasons we won’t be seeing any PoP DLC appear. Sorry guys!" In the meantime, the publisher will release this mini-expansion, which has the Prince and his sidekick Elika face off against a new enemy called the Shapshifter, for the Xbox 360 and PS3 on Feb. 26.

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