Interesting day in gaming news
There seems to be a lot of interesting news coming out of the gaming industry today so I'll recap the choice tidbits:
Star Trek Online's February 2nd release date is rapidly approaching and Cryptic has released another trailer promoting their MMO. In case anyone is interested they will be running an open beta from January 12th to the 26th.
Bioware has come out of nowhere and announced that they will be releasing a $40 downloadable expansion for Dragon Age. The new expansion will be titled "Awakening" and will feature new lands to explore, new skills/abilities/specializations, the ability to respec your character (getting your skill/stat/ability points back and redistribute them), as well as 5 new potential party members. At this point I'm not really sure what I think of this move since it seems way to early to release a DLC of this scope. If this content was ready so close to the release of Dragon Age then it should have been included in the original game. Bioware has already been criticized for the optional DLC they had available at the launch of the game, but this may be the straw that breaks the camel's back for some. I think I'll probably be one of the suckers buying into it though......
An 8-bit remake of the original Left 4 Dead has been released and it seems that the poor chap's site has already been suspended for exceeding bandwidth o_O If you are interested in trying it out check FileShack for the file.
One final piece of news is that we will probably be seeing our first official looks at Fallout: New Vegas here in the coming month.
Star Trek Online's February 2nd release date is rapidly approaching and Cryptic has released another trailer promoting their MMO. In case anyone is interested they will be running an open beta from January 12th to the 26th.
Bioware has come out of nowhere and announced that they will be releasing a $40 downloadable expansion for Dragon Age. The new expansion will be titled "Awakening" and will feature new lands to explore, new skills/abilities/specializations, the ability to respec your character (getting your skill/stat/ability points back and redistribute them), as well as 5 new potential party members. At this point I'm not really sure what I think of this move since it seems way to early to release a DLC of this scope. If this content was ready so close to the release of Dragon Age then it should have been included in the original game. Bioware has already been criticized for the optional DLC they had available at the launch of the game, but this may be the straw that breaks the camel's back for some. I think I'll probably be one of the suckers buying into it though......
An 8-bit remake of the original Left 4 Dead has been released and it seems that the poor chap's site has already been suspended for exceeding bandwidth o_O If you are interested in trying it out check FileShack for the file.
One final piece of news is that we will probably be seeing our first official looks at Fallout: New Vegas here in the coming month.
