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Mass Effect Getting Downloadable Content

By Eli Green
February 6, 2008 - 22:30

Mass Effect downloadable content

Mass Effect is certainly a popular title for Xbox 360. To date, over 1.6 millions gamers have explored its universe, according to Microsoft. This March, the game's players will be able to start expanding Mass Effect 's universe, as Microsoft will be releasing the first downloadable content for the game. Titled Bring Down the Sky , this downloadable content pack will include a new, uncharted world which will introduce a new alien species, the Batarians. A Batarian extremist group has hijacked a mobile asteroid station in the Asgard system, setting it on a collision course with the nearby colony world of Terra Nova. Only Commander Shepard can save the millions of innocent civilians before the asteroid completes its deadly descent.

The pack is estimated to contain approximately 90 minutes of action, and comes with a new Achievement worth 50 Gamerscore points. Microsoft will be releasing Bring Down the Sky for download on the Xbox Live Marketplace on Monday, March 10 ^th at 2 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. Bring Down the Sky will be available for 400 Microsoft Points. Mass Effect is rated M for Mature.

Steven Spielberg Wii game revealed

At long last, the first of three games created in collaboration between legendary movie director Steven Spielberg and Electronic Arts was announced today. BOOM BLOX is a high-energy game for Wii that features over 300 levels, a variety of activities, over 30 odd characters and an in-game editor for players to express their creativity. Designed as a game not only for kids, but for families as well, BOOM BLOX has a number of action-filled and creative activities featuring single player, co-operative and versus gameplay. Players can interact with interesting characters, including Blox-laying chickens and baseball throwing monkeys, explore differently themed environments, and even remix any of the game's levels in Create Mode.

Speaking about the BOOM BLOX 's gameplay experience, Louis Castle, the game's executive producer, said, " We developed BOOM BLOX with endless combinations of gameplay in mind. With over three hundred levels, built upon a full real-time physics model, your experience can be as easy or difficult as you want it to be. There really is something for everyone to enjoy.”

“ My inspiration for this game came while I was playing the Wii for the first time,” added Spielberg, speaking about his vision for the game's design and how he envisioned it being played. “From the initial concept to what the game is today, it’s always been built around the innovations the Wii brings to playing games. BOOM BLOX plays on the enjoyment of building and knocking down blocks, something that can appeal innately to kids and adults of all ages.”

BOOM BLOX is currently slated for release this May for Wii.

The Sims Castaway Stories now available

Electronic Arts announced the release of The Sims Castaway Stories for PC today. The game is now available in both North America and Europe. The third game in The Sims Stories franchise, Castaway Stories introduces players to Jessica, a Sim who washes ashore with only a steamer trunk and a hatchet to her name. Lost and alone, Jessica is forced to choose between survival and escape. While on the island, Jessica will meet natives and castaways in hopes of creating a flourishing community. To do this she must accomplish various tasks – from spear fishing and scavenger hunting to fire starting and more. The Sims Castaway Stories is available now for PC for $29.99 USD and CAD and is rated T for Teen.

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