Microsoft today announced five new entries to their Platinum Hits collection, and revealed a 3-for-2 sale at most retailers.
BLPGaming reports that the PS3 slim is once again the bestseller on amazon. Will it stay on top, or be dethroned once the Fall gaming season hits?
A new single-player level for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is available now for Xbox 360 owners through Xbox LIVE Marketplace and for PlayStation 3 owners through the PlayStation Network today. The level features The "Secret Apprentice" in a mission that continues the story of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed taking the Star Wars Saga in an entirely new and unexpected direction.
Xbox LifeStyle writes:
The Tatooine Mission Pack for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is now available for download on the Xbox Marketplace for 800 Microsoft Points. Playing as Starkiller, you will fight Jawas, Tusken Raiders, Boba Fett and run into Jabba the Hutt's minions. The new mission will be included in The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition of the game as well as the previous DLC and a mission that is currently not available for DLC where you must fight Obi-Wan Kenobi. The Ultimate Sith Edition of the Force Unleashed will be released November 4th.
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Ultimate Sith Edition is due out this holiday season and will feature new content, which is non-canonical. The first episode will look at how the first Star Wars film, A New Hope, was affected by the death of Darth Vader, whereas the second episode will look at events in the Empire Strikes Back.
LucasArts today announced that their hit videogame Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will see further expansion this Fall through a new downloadable level
From PS3 Attitude: "LucasArts have announced that Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will see further expansion this Autumn through a new downloadable level that promises to take the story in a new direction.
Xbox LIVE Gold Members can now grab the Jedi Temple Mission Game Add for The Force Unleashed for 50% off. Normally 800 points, this Deal of the Week is now 400 points for Xbox LIVE Gold members.
Alan Pettit of Xbox360Achievements.com writes:
Gamasutra writes: "LucasArts's Star Wars: The Force Unleashed sold 5.7 units worldwide across all platforms since releasing in September, making it the fastest-selling Star Wars game in history.
LucasArts' Star Wars: The Force Unleashed has won the Videogame Writing Award at this year's Writers Guild of America Awards.
NG Writes:
If you're hungry for more Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, LucasArts has your back. Available now on the Xbox Live Marketplace are the Jedi Temple Mission Pack and the Character Pack 2.
Console Monster writes: "If you've been kept in the house because of the 'poor' weather conditions and are looking for new content to download then look no further as the Xbox Live Marketplace update for Thursday 4th December 2008 is here:
LucasArts has released a new costume pack for The Force Unleashed on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi are among the several new costumes you can download.
GameDaily writes:
PopSci.com.au writes: "Games are beginning to exploit the computational muscle of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 to generate characters and environments that follow the rules of reality, not just preset sequences. Developers have finally figured out how to write software that takes better advantage of the multiple processing cores in the Cell chip that runs the PS3 and the Xenon CPU that powers the Xbox 360. By performing several tasks at once, the chips can execute billions more instructions per second than their predecessors."
MTV Multiplayer's Stephen Totilo reports: