Dragon Age DLC in Dec.

Most of us haven’t even scratched the surface of BioWare’s Dragon Age: Origins, and yet BioWare seems overly anxious to gives us more content to play. The company is kind of like an overly excited parent rushing their child through presents on Christmas morning. Meanwhile, we’re still trying to enjoy the original game’s various nuances and secrets.

But despite that, BioWare is moving forward with downloadable content in Dec. The first bit of DLC, Return to Ostagar, allows players to go on a quest to collect the mighty arms and armor of the once great King Cailan in Ostagar, the site of the Grey Wardens’ darkest hour. Besides these mythical arms and weapons, players will learn the secrets of Ferelden’s fallen king. Players will discover King Cailan’s secret political agenda and go behind enemy lines to revisit a place that many believed was forever lost to history. This location is particularly forboding because it was here that the Grey Wardens were almost wiped out.

Return to Ostagar will be available for $4.99 on the PlayStation Store, for 400 BioWare Points on the PC (yeah, BioWare points. Really) and 400 Microsoft Points on the Xbox 360 in North America. Return to Ostagar will be released this Holiday season worldwide.  Figure out what BioWare Points are by visiting dragonage.com.

Playing dress-up in Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2

There will be some sassy new costumes for Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, according to Tecmo. The Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 costume pack will be available for download only on PlayStation Network beginning November 19th and it will retail for $3.99 in North America. The pack will also be released in Japan on the 19th, in addition to Europe at a later date.

The PlayStation Blog will have some details on this pack next week - provided by Team NINJA producer Yosuke Hayashi, but you can take a look at the art below to get an idea of what they look like. We can tell you that Ayane will get a Venice Festival costume, Momiji will get a Matsuri Festival costume, Rachel will get some spiffy New York Working Woman’s apparel, and Ryu will get a special white costume.

GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony now available

Rockstar Games has released Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony for download from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace and at retail stores everywhere as part of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City for the Xbox 360. The retail package contains The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony on a single disc and does not require a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV.

In The Ballad of Gay Tony, players assume the role of Luis Lopez – right-hand man, bodyguard, and confidant to Tony Prince, the nightlife impresario of Liberty City. Luis’ story explores Liberty City’s nightlife as he struggles to balance the temptations of money and vice with family loyalties. In addition to new story missions, The Ballad of Gay Tony introduces new vehicles, weapons, music, television content, multiplayer features, and side activities such as base jumping and managing Tony’s various clubs.

Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony, rated M for Mature by the ESRB, is available for download now via Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 1600 MS points, and as part of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City at retail stores everywhere for $39.99 / £34.99 / €45.

Find out more at www.rockstargames.com/episodesfromlibertycity.

Brütal Legend map pack in Nov.

Electronic Arts and Double Fine Productions announced plans to release new downloadable content for Brütal Legend in Nov. Tears of the Hextadon , a new double map pack, will be available on Xbox LIVE on November 3rd for 400 MS Points and on PlayStation Network on November 5th, where the two-map pack will be downloadable for free until November 19th, then costing $4.99 after November 19th.

The Brütal Legend Tears of the Hextadon map pack expands the Brütal Legend Stage Battle multiplayer experience with two new multiplayer maps. In the first map, Circle of Tears, vile waters have carved a rough-hewn circular battlefield into a forsaken land that players must circumvent to destroy their opponent. In the second map, Death’s Fjord, players find themselves on an icy mountain pass with a dense cluster of fans that lie below, waiting to be harvested by those brave enough to capture them without cover from enemy attack. All players who download the new map pack will receive a free axe, the Blade of Ormagöden.

Look for the maps in early Nov.

Queen headlines Rock Band DLC next week

Harmonix and MTV Games will bring Queen to the Rock Band platform next week with a 10-pack of songs in the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii.

Tracks from Blink-182 and The Offspring will also be available for download next week for Rock Band Unplugged on PSP

Available on Xbox 360 and Wii (Oct. 20) and PlayStation 3 system (Oct. 22):

- “Another One Bites the Dust”

- “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”

- “Fat Bottomed Girls”

- “I Want It All”

- “I Want to Break Free”

- “Killer Queen”

- “One Vision”

- “Somebody to Love”

- “Tie Your Mother Down”

- “Under Pressure” (with Davi Bowie)

These tracks will be available for purchase as “Queen Pack” and as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and as individual tracks on Wii. Price: $1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track; $15.99, £9.19 UK, €11.25 EU (1280 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Queen Pack”; $2.00 USD (200 Wii Points) per track

Tracks available for Rock Band Unplugged (Oct. 22):

- Blink-182 – “The Rock Show”

- The Offspring – “All I Want”

Price: $1.99, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU per track on the PSP system

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey DLC now available

505 Games and 1C Company have released new downloadable content for the recently released WWII aerial combat game IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey. This DLC is now available on Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network. The DLC update gives players six more single-player missions across the existing six theatres of war featured in the game and players can also jump into the cockpit of a brand new plane, the American P47D. The pack is set at 400 MS points on Xbox Live and $4.99 on PlayStation Network.

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey is in stores now waiting for your purchase. “Please buy me,” it begs as you walk by its shrink wrapped package. But you never do, because you’re kinda mean. Your little sister told me that you’ve always be mean - for at least as long as she can remember. The game is rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB, and is now available for Xbox 360 and PS3 at an MSRP of $49.99.

Dragon Age: Origins DLC available at launch

BioWare revealed that the first batch of downloadable content for Dragon Age: Origins will be released on the same day the game ships to retail in North America. The first bit of content, the Warden’s Keep, will add supernatural themed quest that unfolds deep in a dungeon and will give players six new abilities, new items, and a headquarters where players can conduct commerce with merchants.

The Warden’s Keep will be available for 560 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live Marketplace and $7 on the PC. The content will be released November 3. A release is planned for later in November on PlayStation Network.

Source: Blue’s News