GameStop and Amazon both briefly listed an expansion pack for Spore on their systems, before removing them from the online stores. Supposedly shipping November 18th, the Spore Cute & Creepy Parts Pack looks to retail for $19.99.
No word on exactly what cool parts will be available and requests to EA were not returned by press time. You can check out Google Cache of GameStop and Amazon to see what they showed before things got taken down.
Being this close to the game’s release, are you prepared to pay another $20 for Spore content? I’m not.
I’ve enjoyed PAIN since it was first released on the PlayStation Network almost a year ago. The hilarious ways you could inflict pain and destruction made a very fun gameplay experience. But the amount of content that shipped with the game wasn’t huge. Only one environment, Downtown, was available. Now, Sony and Idol Minds have released a new level, the Amusement Park.
Incognito has continued to give amazing support to Warhawk on the PS3, adding to the gameplay experiences in many ways. Free patches with gameplay tweaks and additions, Trophy support, and now a third expansion pack, Operation: Fallen Star. For the cool price of $7.99, you get a new map, Tau Crater, as well as the new Icarus Mk.1 Rocket pack.
It seems that everything for the PS3 is getting delayed these days. The SOCOM beta, the Resistance 2 beta, and now the PAIN Amusement Park expansion and the Trophy patch. Apparently, the Trophies were too damn hard.
While we were testing it became apparent to quite a few people that although the trophies were achievable they began to resemble the tedious level grinds in MMOs and not the spoils for being good (or experienced) at PAIN.
It’s good to see the developers of PAIN listening to the community. The expansion and patch will still be available in September, just not this week as planned. Sit back and relax, because it might be a bumpy ride.
Sony hasn’t made any official announcements yet, but the promo video for the upcoming Warhawk expansion pack, Operation: Fallen Star, was posted up at Joystiq. The new pack, dated for next week (8/28 to be exact), will contain a new map with 10 new layouts as well as a new personal flight device. That’s complicated words for “you get a fucking jetpack”. Hell yeah. I’m all over this one, just like every other Warhawk expansion. Everything Incognito has brought to the game has been terrific, and this looks no different. Watch out for our review of Operation: Fallen Star shortly after it drops.
Some more reason for you to play Battlefield: Bad Company online. Coming August 7th, Conquest mode is finally making it’s debut.
Made famous by Battlefield 1942™, Conquest mode pits players against each other in a fast paced battle to eliminate the opposing team’s tickets. Players deplete their opponent’s tickets by one point per kill and can cause their opponent’s tickets to spiral downwards by capturing control points. Four maps that are currently available for online play in Gold Rush mode will be available to conquer with Conquest mode.
Considering only four maps are available, I’d venture a guess that more are coming. Whether or not they cost money, I couldn’t say. I bet you can guess, though.
Ninja Gaiden 2 is getting it’s first expansion this week with the addition of Mission Mode for 800 MS Points. The pack contains 25 stand-alone stages not found in the story to test your skills.
There are two types of missions for the new stages. Karma Attack is there to see how high you can raise your score. Survival gives you one weapon and throws endless enemies at you until you die. Both are cool additions for $10.
To go along with the Mission Mode pack, there are now 30 videos on the Xbox Live Marketplace that show off the locations of all the crystal skulls. Don’t worry, these videos are free.
If Ninja Gaiden is your thing and the camera didn’t make you almost puke like me, grab the pack and let us know your thoughts.
I’m a big fan of PAIN on the PS3. There’s something about shooting a guy from a slingshot into buildings, trains, and all sorts of explosives that just makes you laugh. One of the biggest criticisms about the game was it’s one level, Downtown. Sure, they added a few new layouts, but it’s still the same level. This summer, we’ll get the Amusement Park.
Along with the cool new level, the game is getting some new modes and online multiplayer (finally). No exact date or price has been set for the add-on, but I’d expect some details coming in the next few weeks. In the meantime, check out what the new Amusement Park will bring.
PixelJunk Monsters is still one of the best games released on the PSN. The terrific tower defense gameplay coupled with the cute 2D artwork and simple controls really makes this title stand out. Gamers who played through the title multiple times have been looking for more, and the team over at Q-Games has delivered with the recent expansion, PixelJunk Monsters Encore.
Encore brings an entire new island to the game, Toki Island. When you load the game after purchasing the expansion, you have to choose whether to play on the original Tiki Island or the new Toki Island. There are 15 new levels to play through in the new expansion and five new music tracks to accompany those stages. All the tracks are still performed by Otograph, so the feel of the original game remains as you go through the new levels.
Incognito has given some amazing support to Warhawk on the PS3, adding to the gameplay experience in many ways. The latest is the Operation: Broken Mirror expansion pack. For the cool price of $7.99, you get a new map, Vaporfield Glacier Battlefield, as well as the new Armored Personnel Carrier.
Vaporfield Glacier has ten layouts to support multiple game types, all of which are extremely well balanced with nice weapon and vehicle placement. Most layouts, with the exception of small Deathmatch layouts, feature the new Armored Personnel Carrier. The APC is quite possibly one of the best vehicles to get introduced to the game. It can hold 7 people (one driver, six passengers) for transport throughout the map. Each passenger can pop out of a hatch to shoot enemies as you drive by, so make sure you get some cool weapons before getting into the APC. Rocket launchers work best, so find them on the layout you’re playing. The APC has a brief turbo feature, allowing the driver to ram through and destroy smaller enemy vehicles in its path. It also has the ability to cast a E-Pod, or Electrostatic Plasma Ordinance Disrupter, which acts as a bubble shield for anyone to go inside to get away from bullets for a little while.
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