Fans of Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer are getting a nice, shiny new DLC pack to download today and the best part is that it is absolutely free.
Mass Effect 3: Reckoning will add new allies, weapons and equipment. Geth Juggernaut, Cabal Vanguard, Talon Mercenary along with others are now playable characters as well as seven new weapons and equipment like the Geth Scanner and Batarian Gauntlet.
Mass Effect 3: Reckoning is up on PSN and XBL. Take a look at the trailer below.
Since it’s initial launch in 2006, the XNA Game Studio developers’ toolkit has seen five iterations, and has been integral to the success of many popular games released under XBL’s “indie” label (I Made a Game With Zombies in It!), as well as a few full-scale Arcade games like Fez, Skulls of the Shogun, and Bastion (pictured above).
Unfortunately, internal communication seems to indicate that Microsoft is discontinuing support for XNA, at least in its current form. This could potentially be devastating to smaller developers who rely on this toolkit to get their games onto Live.
It is worth noting that Microsoft hasn’t officially pulled the plug on XNA or talked about a successor platform, so it’s possible there’s something new coming down the pipes. Also, just because they won’t be updating it doesn’t mean they’re taking the existing version away. One might even wonder if no more support for the current generation of tools hints at something new on the horizon…
Today sees the release of Skyrim’s third DLC pack, Dragonborn. In it you will travel to the island Solstheim (of Morrowind fame) and hunt down a resurrected person who is claiming to be the first of the Dragonborn.
Now you PS3 owners, I know you have probably already given up on your Skyrim experience and really who can blame you? But Bethesda had some good news for you also saying that the Dragonborn DLC WILL be making its way onto the system in early 2013.
It is truly baffling how Bethesda has not figured out a way to get their PS3 technical issues worked out even now over a year after its release. But it looks like better times are on the horizon Playstation fans.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Dragonborn is available on XBL and costs 1600 MS Points.