There area few types of microtransactions in games out there these days, but really, there are two that stand out.  The first kind is cosmetic, where for a buck or two you can get yourself some new skins or some awesome avatar for your profile. The other kind, sadly, is the game altering type, where for a...

Well folks, it’s finally here. The last bit of DLC for EA’s Battlefield 3, End Game, will be coming out starting this week. Of course, like every other bit of BF3 DLC it’s release is being staggered. If you’re a PS3 owner and you have the Premium membership, you’ll get the...

2K Games announced yesterday that it would be releasing a “Season Pass” alongside its newest title, Bioshock Infinite, to allow players to save money on upcoming DLC for the Xbox 360 and PS3.  Irrational Games will be developing three DLC packs following Infinite’s release for the first...

Over the last several years DLC has really grown and matured, and in fact the act of developing and releasing DLC has become routine. A game is released, sometimes with some sort of Day One DLC, and for the next year, maybe 2, the developer of the game will release some DLC every few months. That’s...

Level caps are always temporary, it seems like. World of Warcraft had a level 60 cap when it first came out, but nowadays the cap is all the way up to level 90! Now Borderlands 2 is getting a level cap boost, according to a tweet by Gearbox Software president Randy Pitchford. However, just adding an extra 5...

The idea of the “Tyranny of King Washington” DLC is pretty exciting. It takes the idea of “what if George Washington went mad with power” and explores it. We’ll get to see the impact of it first-hand when the first DLC pack of the “Tyranny” alternate universe is...

When free-to-play games started to rise, we saw a new form of DLC rise up. Due to their low cost, they were dubbed “microtransactions.” When you see these in games that you’ve paid little to nothing for, it’s not surprising. After all, the developer/publisher needs to be able to make money...

DLC, everyone’s favorite thing on earth. Who doesn’t love the idea of buying a game for 60 bucks, only to find out that when you get home, you’ve got part of the game you not only get to download, but pay another 10 bucks for! Okay, this is tiring. Let me drop the sarcastic enthusiasm. DLC...