GAME Group Plc Financial Status And Mass Effect 3 CE Update
Game Group Plc has been in the news everyday this week. For those not keeping track click here and here to get up to speed.
These days Game Group Plc released a press statement:
Having received support from its stakeholders and lenders, the Board now believes that GAME will meet its covenant tests for the period to 31 January 2012 when tested on 27 February 2012. The Board now expects that the loss just before tax and non recurring items will be about £18m for the year to 31 January 2012.
Financing update:
‘Mass Effect 3′ Offering Extras Through ‘Mission Command’ Facebook App
If you are searching to score some virtual Mass Impact three swag just before the game hits shelves you might want to head over to Facebook. Microsoft and BioWare have developed a new Facebook app to industry the title referred to as Mission Command that will also give you a shot at some in-game extras.
Mission Command will have you completing missions to unlock various rewards like “Xbox Live Avatar items, DLC and Mass Effect 3 gear.” The web site also says “Your decisions determine the rewards” and the a lot more you interact with the app the greater your odds will be at winning a custom Xbox 360 console and Kinect.
Clearly the initial mission will have you log in to the Facebook app and from their you’ll have to do issues like “recruit” your buddies, submit pick-up or lines for Liara or submit a video of yourself acting like one of Mass Impact 3′s in-game characters.
The first prize up for grabs is a Normandy prop for you Xbox Live Avatar, but according to the site if the promotion gets “enough recruits” everybody will be in a position to choose up the Normandy prop. If you want more information you can check out the official rules.
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PS3 MW3 3 owners get DLC this month
There has been a bit of a storm on PS3 forums from Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 owners who have the Elite Premium membership, but no map packs to speak of yet whilst their Xbox owning buddies get noobed on the new maps.
Well PS3 owners fret no more, as the initial MW3 DLC drop for PS3 Elite Premium members has been announced by Activision and it will commence at the finish of this month, with Liberation and Piazza maps coming from the 28th February.
Hopefully Activision will have sorted out the quite poor selection of playlists by then…
Epic Quest RPG Pinball Table Coming This Month
Pinball FX2 and Zen Pinball are two of the very best pinball games you can locate on consoles and mobile devices. Because they released years ago, they have been obtaining extra pinball tables as DLC bringing pinball fans back for a speedy game. Extra DLC such as the Ms Splosion Man’ table have been released that feature some fairly unique and complicated objectives.
This subsequent piece of DLC for the game seems to take what you can do on a pinball table to the subsequent level. Coming this month at some point, the Epic Quest pinball table will be obtainable for download to play in Pinball FX2 on XBLA and PSN, also you will be in a position to play the DLC inside Zen Pinball on Android and iOS. You can expect to be taken on a.. nicely.. an epic quest of course.
An RPG themed table will involve you grabbing extra armor, getting loot, rescuing the princess and defeating evil monsters. I am not an avid virtual pinball player, but I believe it’s fairly impressive that all this can be placed onto a pinball table. Check out the full description of the DLC below and keep your eye out for the DLC at some point this month.
Zen Studios, the definitive leader in videogame pinball, nowadays announced Epic Quest, a brand new, original pinball encounter for Pinball FX2 on Xbox LIVE® Arcade and Zen Pinballon PlayStation®Network, Android Marketplace™ and the Apple App®Store. The table will be available for download in February 2012.
NEWS: Soul Calibur V is in “no way limited in content”, Namco defend DLC plans
Namco Bandai has addressed a point raised by gamers that DLC offers are basically saying ‘buy the parts we decided to leave out.’ Namco say it is “essential to show” post-launch assistance.
The character creation tool will give fans “genuinely distinctive types entering battle.” Assessment scores are “in line” with expectations. Majority are “entirely fair” to the game.
A debate amongst gamers started over at Eurogamer, where 1 user stated DLC is “otherwise known as ‘maybe you need to wait for the total edition to come out when it’ll be less costly.’”
Some valid points had been raised about the nature of DLC. “Is not announcing your DLC content just before the release of the game terrible business?” asked one more gamer. “You’re essentially saying “Appear, our game is completed, we just decided to leave some parts out. You will pay complete value for the game and then extra for the parts we left out!”
Namco director of advertising and PR responded: “No-one ever genuinely knows what goes on in improvement and I feel it is crucial to show that we are supporting the game and will be post-launch.”
Xbox LIVE Weekly Update 2.2.12
Each and every week Microsoft adds new games, demos, DLC and Avatar items to the Xbox Reside Marketplace and we put it all together proper right here so you can stay up to date. This week Rhythm Party dances its way into the arcade, Syndicate gets a a lot talked about demo and our avatars have some new Darkness II gear to try on. Head past the break for a list of all the downloadables hitting Xbox Reside this week.
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Xbox Reside Arcade
Rhythm Party - 800 MP
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Game Add-ons
UFC Individual Trainer Cain Velasquez Workout Pack – 800 MP
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Deal of the Week
Bastion – 600 MP
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Games on Demand
Cabela’s Outdoor Adventures
Section 8
Very first Templar
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Demos
Syndicate
1st Templar
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Avatar Items
Deluxe Collection
The Darkness II Update
Pickings are a little slim this week, as far as new games go, but Microsoft will be throwing a complete new batch of downloadable goodies in the Marketplace next week so come on back for another update!
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Forza 4 Le Mans Series DLC Pack Coming Feb 7th
Far more Forza DLC? I’m struggling to keep up. If you own the Season Pass for Forza 4 like me, all these DLC pack announcements and releases are excellent news. I am absolutely generating great use of my obtain.
Some of the DLC packs have great vehicles, some of them I need to admit don’t have automobiles that I am impressed by. Each car pack that Turn 10 have released so far has had some actually special cars to add to your garage and this months Le Mans Series DLC Vehicle Pack is no various with 10 new automobiles being added to the game. My favourite auto this month is the 2010 Dodge Quinton”Rampage” Jackson Challenger SRT8 pictured above.
As with the other vehicle packs released for Forza four more than the final couple of months, it will price 560 Microsoft Points (or totally free for season pass owners) and will be accessible for download on February 7th.
Check out the automobile list, vehicle screenshots and the trailer for the Le Mans Series Automobile Pack below.
- 2011 #two Audi Sport North America R18 TDI
- 2011 Panoz #050 Panoz Racing Abruzzi
- 2010 Dodge Quinton “Rampage” Jackson Challenger SRT8
- 1991 Mazda #55 Team Mazdaspeed 787B
- 2011 Bentley Platinum Motorsports Continental GT
- 1986 #2 Audi Sport quattro S1
- 1992 Alfa Romeo 155 Q4
- 1995 Ford Mustang Cobra R
- 2011 Holden HSV GTS
- 2011 Volkswagen Polo GTI
