People who (SSSHHHAAUNN) pre-ordered Heavy Rain already got their hands on the (JASONNNNN) first Heavy Rain DLC, "The Taxidermist." Now the DLC will be made available for (SSHHAAUUUNNN) all starting on April 1. The new content will be going for (JAASSOONNNNN) $4.99.

"The Taxidermist" is a prequel and stars Madison Paige as (SSHHHAUUNNN) she follows a lead looking into (JAASOONNN) the Origami Killer. Check out the (SSSSHHAUN) new trailer above and be sure to check back later today as we have a review going up for "The Taxidermist" DLC.

No April Fool’s Joke – Heavy Rain Taxidermist DLC Available April 1 [PlayStation Blog]

Naughty Bear is about a giant fish wearing a bear suit looking to hunt down Lucky's pot of gold. The gold will allow the fish to purchase the Blades of Chaos which he will then use to wrangle the Moon and bring it closer to the Earth. You saw the movie Bruce Almighty, right? Well, that was really the fish bringing the Moon closer, not Jim Carrey's invisible Wonder Woman lasso.

This entire post was a lie. This is the truth.

Naughty Bear is about a giant fish wearing a bear suit looking to hunt down Lucky's pot of gold. The gold will allow the fish to purchase the Blades of Chaos which he will then use to wrangle the Moon and bring it closer to the Earth. You saw the movie Bruce Almighty, right? Well, that was really the fish bringing the Moon closer, not Jim Carrey's invisible Wonder Woman lasso.

This entire post was a lie. This is the truth.

Seems Electronic Arts has not only joined Ubisoft by forcing gamers to stay online while playing Command & Conquer 4, it's gone one step worse. The folks at PC Gamer have tinkered around with the game's DRM to find out just how insidious it is, and things look grim. Turns out that if you lose your connection for even a moment, you can kiss your game progress goodbye. 

When the connection drops, players will be allowed to continue their game, but they won't be able to save anything. Once the connection comes back online, players will be booted to the main menu, having lost everything since their last save. Apparently, you can quickly save and quit out the very second your connection drops, but you'll have to be on the ball to do it. 

This is what supporting a publisher with your money gets you. I'm so glad EA considers its PC customers as less than pond scum. 

Here's exactly what happens if you're disconnected while playing C&C4 [PC Gamer]

It's amazing how, even though one can talk about videogames and follow the industry seven days a week, some pretty hefty titles can still manage to bypass the personal radar. Namco Bandai's Majin & The Forsaken Kingdom is one such game. No idea it existed until this morning, but now I want it a lot. 

With an atmospheric look not dissimilar to Shadow of the Colossus, but with what seems like a more endearing and heartwarming story as opposed to a bleak and depressing one, Majin has potential to be a terrific game. This new trailer was released very recently. If, like me, you somehow managed to not hear about this game, do check it out!

It's amazing how, even though one can talk about videogames and follow the industry seven days a week, some pretty hefty titles can still manage to bypass the personal radar. Namco Bandai's Majin & The Forsaken Kingdom is one such game. No idea it existed until this morning, but now I want it a lot. 

With an atmospheric look not dissimilar to Shadow of the Colossus, but with what seems like a more endearing and heartwarming story as opposed to a bleak and depressing one, Majin has potential to be a terrific game. This new trailer was released very recently. If, like me, you somehow managed to not hear about this game, do check it out!

Wait, seriously? Yes, seriously. Microsoft's Game Room will have 56 Achievements attached to it when it finally launches next week. Hoping to entice players into its virtual arcade like Gary Glitter with a dirty van full of candy, Microsoft is offering 1,000 Gamerpoints, some of which can be earned simply by being there. 

Game Room is out on March 24 and is definitely one for the Achievement whores to look out for. You get an Achievement for beating your own high score at a game. That's the kind of thing we're looking at here. Check out the full list to see what other easy points you can get.

Stock Up on Quarters For These ‘Game Room’ Achievements! [Inside MGC]

Earning the "Spartans Stand Tall" Platinum Trophy in God of War III will get you a link to this Web site. There's a compass and lots of rain, but not much else is going on. VG247 wagers it's a teaser for some God of War III DLC but I have a JOURNALISTIC hunch that this is something far more sinister.

Would you say the rain on the "Spartans Stand Tall" Web page is quite ... HEAVY?! Could we be seeing some kind of Heavy Rain meets God of War III collaboration?! This could quite possibly be the ultimate crossover, my friends. The combined power of a Spartan and some dude that wears glasses that sends him to Mars or whatever the f*ck that sh*t is all about will finally eradicate the Xbox 360 and Wii from the world!

No, that's not what this is about at all, you idiot. It's just probably DLC.

Secret God of War website pops up – what’s it for? [VG247]

The new Army of Two: The 40th Day DLC has been released early... on the Xbox 360. PlayStation 3 owners still have to wait until April 1 to get the new content. The original plan made it sound like the "Chapters of Deceit" DLC would be released on both consoles at the same time, but Electronic Arts dropped the new content today on the Xbox 360 with no real announcement besides this new trailer.

"Chapters of Deceit" brings with it two new cooperative campaign maps, and gives more story to the main game. The DLC is going for 800 MS Points/$9.99.

Anyone here that still even owns The 40th Day interested in the "Chapters of Deceit"?

The new Army of Two: The 40th Day DLC has been released early... on the Xbox 360. PlayStation 3 owners still have to wait until April 1 to get the new content. The original plan made it sound like the "Chapters of Deceit" DLC would be released on both consoles at the same time, but Electronic Arts dropped the new content today on the Xbox 360 with no real announcement besides this new trailer.

"Chapters of Deceit" brings with it two new cooperative campaign maps, and gives more story to the main game. The DLC is going for 800 MS Points/$9.99.

Anyone here that still even owns The 40th Day interested in the "Chapters of Deceit"?

Free DLC?! UNHEARD OF!!!

Zipper Interactive announced on the PlayStation Blog that MAG will be receiving its first DLC pack next week, and it's going to be free! The "Trooper Gear Pack" will include flashbang grenades, two new uniforms, and new special edition Light Machine Guns for each PMC.

Zipper will also be throwing a Double XP party on top of the new DLC, which comes out on March 25. The Double XP bonus starts on the day the DLC drops and ends on March 28.

Zipper promises to continue to bring more to MAG in the coming months, and it's pretty awesome that the first pack is going for free. Good show, Zipper!

First MAG DLC free, coming next week [PlayStation Blog] [Image]

Alright, let's be frank here -- I'll take any chance I can get to pimp Telltale Games' Sam & Max games. The justification this time is that some new-fangled PlayStation Network pre-order starts today. As in right now.

If you pre-order now, Sam & Max: The Devil's Playground (that's the name of Season 3, by the way) can be yours for the low low price of $29.99. The first two seasons of Sam & Max -- Save the World and Beyond Time and Space -- each had five episodes each, which averages to $6 per game. On the other hand, this deal expires when the first episode is released: if you buy each episode individually, you'll end up paying $34.95 in the long run.

And if you're ever playing Trivial Pursuit and need to know what the very first PSN pre-order campaign was, you'll now know that Sam & Max led the charge. Hopefully the Freelance Police won't go down Light Brigade style.

Oh? What's that? You didn't know that Sam & Max were making their PlayStation 3 debut on April 15th? You must've missed the announcement (and trailer) from GDC.

If you'd rather use a mouse, don't forget that Mac and PC users can also head over to Telltale.com to pre-order The Devil's Playground. Telltale have thrown in a free episode (presumably from an earlier season) to sweeten the pot, but the $35 price tag isn't quite as sexy.

I've been completely hooked watching Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood for the last few months now. A new episode is released every Thursday on Funimation's Web site (it's also on Hulu and YouTube, but a couple of episodes behind the ones on Funimation's site) and every single episode has been awesome.

With every popular anime seems to come a videogame of sorts and Brotherhood is no different. Fullmetal Alchemist: To the Promised Day is coming out on the PSP in Japan on May 20 and follows the events taking place in the series. The Namco Bandai published title is a role playing game and looks like it will be pretty true to the series.

A couple of Fullmetal Alchemist games were released on the PlayStation 2 a while back so I wouldn't be surprised to see the new PSP game hitting American shores down the line. So who else is digging Brotherhood?

Fullmetal Alchemist: To The Promised Day [All Games Beta]

Shacknews got the skinny on some of the new and improved features that will be implemented into Halo: Reach. Everything that was annoying about Halo 3 seems to be getting rectified in Reach. You'll be able to see what your friends are doing a lot easier now and joining a friend in a game won't be a giant pain in the ass anymore.

What I'm really looking forward to is the new Arena Playlists. This is for the hardcore players and thanks to everything Bungie is doing in Reach, you'll want to keep improving your profile as opposed to creating a fresh new account because you're bored, like in Halo 3.

Shacknews has more to say on the new features of Halo: Reach that I won't go into here as that would be a dick move. It goes to show you how much of a Halo fan I am if UI changes like this get me super excited.

In the pants.

The Halo: Reach beta goes live on May 3 to those that own Halo 3: ODST.

Bungie Reveals Halo: Reach Matchmaking and Social Features [Shacknews]

"Trials of St. Lucia" is the second DLC pack for Dante's Inferno and will be introducing online two-player co-op. The second player will play as Dante's Guardian Angel, St. Lucia. St. Lucia is based on the Christian martyr who had her eyes removed because men are assholes. 

The new DLC will also bringing a combat editor where players can create and share with others custom-created Trials. You'll be able to download these levels and rate them.

This is a neat way to expand the single-player experience, but I feel like this should have been included with the game from the start. By now I would think people would have already moved on to new games.

The "Trials of St. Lucia" DLC will be released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on April 29.

"Trials of St. Lucia" is the second DLC pack for Dante's Inferno and will be introducing online two-player co-op. The second player will play as Dante's Guardian Angel, St. Lucia. St. Lucia is based on the Christian martyr who had her eyes removed because men are assholes. 

The new DLC will also bringing a combat editor where players can create and share with others custom-created Trials. You'll be able to download these levels and rate them.

This is a neat way to expand the single-player experience, but I feel like this should have been included with the game from the start. By now I would think people would have already moved on to new games.

The "Trials of St. Lucia" DLC will be released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on April 29.

DLC, Schmee-El-Ce. A recent remark by THQ's Huw Benyon seemed to spell doom for hopefuls that wanted more to purchase more Metro 2033 after purchasing Metro 2033, but a recent Facebook update has put the brakes on that. In a recent official Facebook update, a 4A Games representative confirmed DLC plans.

It's all in that Title Update you may or may not have updated. "There's a couple of reasons for [the Title Update] -- primarily it's to allow the game to accept DLC further down the line -- with the game now finished we have been turning our thoughts to potential DLC."

The rep went into just a wee bit of detail about what to expect. "We've got some ideas," the post reads, "but nothing we can talk about right now other than to say it won't be new SP content, 'missing levels' or anything like that. It's something we're only just starting production on."

No new metro tunnels, no problem -- especially if 4A Games adds in colorful enemies like cannibalistic nuclear-mutated rats. Think about it.

Metro 2033 DLC Production has Begun [Inc Gamers]

As announced on the PlayStation Blog by Dylan Cuthbert of Q-Games, PixelJunk Racers 2nd Lap is getting a spring release on PlayStation Network. To be frank, it's not really my style of game, but I am glad to see it getting made. I'm happy for you guys who are happy about Racers, if that makes any sense.

As for the second part of the headline, Cuthbert also brought word of an impending UMD release for PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe; admittedly, it would have been cooler if "monsters" (Ghoulies, Mothra, It, etc) got together to come out with a UMD. *shakes fist at misleading character limit*

I've probably put more time into Monsters Deluxe than just about anything else released on PSP in the last year or two. You can expect to see it in stores for $19.99 starting April 27. If you haven't downloaded the game from PSN yet, it comes highly recommended.

PixelJunk Racers 2nd Lap Coming to PSN this Spring + PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe on UMD [PS Blog]

DLC, Schmee-El-Ce. A recent remark by THQ's Huw Benyon seemed to spell doom for hopefuls that wanted more to purchase more Metro 2033 after purchasing Metro 2033, but a recent Facebook update has put the brakes on that. In a recent official Facebook update, a 4A Games representative confirmed DLC plans.

It's all in that Title Update you may or may not have updated. "There's a couple of reasons for [the Title Update] -- primarily it's to allow the game to accept DLC further down the line -- with the game now finished we have been turning our thoughts to potential DLC."

The rep went into just a wee bit of detail about what to expect. "We've got some ideas," the post reads, "but nothing we can talk about right now other than to say it won't be new SP content, 'missing levels' or anything like that. It's something we're only just starting production on."

No new metro tunnels, no problem -- especially if 4A Games adds in colorful enemies like cannibalistic nuclear-mutated rats. Think about it.

Metro 2033 DLC Production has Begun [Inc Gamers]

As announced on the PlayStation Blog by Dylan Cuthbert of Q-Games, PixelJunk Racers 2nd Lap is getting a spring release on PlayStation Network. To be frank, it's not really my style of game, but I am glad to see it getting made. I'm happy for you guys who are happy about Racers, if that makes any sense.

As for the second part of the headline, Cuthbert also brought word of an impending UMD release for PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe; admittedly, it would have been cooler if "monsters" (Ghoulies, Mothra, It, etc) got together to come out with a UMD. *shakes fist at misleading character limit*

I've probably put more time into Monsters Deluxe than just about anything else released on PSP in the last year or two. You can expect to see it in stores for $19.99 starting April 27. If you haven't downloaded the game from PSN yet, it comes highly recommended.

PixelJunk Racers 2nd Lap Coming to PSN this Spring + PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe on UMD [PS Blog]