It has been announced that EA is to take ever more aggressive steps to halt the testosterone fuelled dominance of its main rival, confirming that on the same day Infinity Ward's Stimulus Package will arrive on Xbox Live for a princely sum, their DLC will arrive for free. Providing you've actually bought the game new, of course. Though the situation is not quite like-for-like, EA's offering merely adding gameplay modes to pre-existing maps while Activision's offers bona fide fresh thrills, this ...

Oh, LucasArts you do know how to win us over... We've not tried to hide the fact that pretty much every person on team X360 is a massive fan of the old point and click Monkey Island adventure games. It was a dream come true when LucasArts HD'd up the original and let it loose over Live. It seems most of you agreed with us and now we're happy to report that the sequel, Le Chuck's Revenge will be available later ...

Perhaps the world's most followed developer Robert Bowling (known to Twitter users as fourzerotwo) has just announced that a small title by the name of Modern Warfare two has reached the two million player milestone, presumably across all formats. In addition, it appears we're to expect an announcement on Downloadable Content for everyone's favourite insanely scripted war title some time later on this week. We're on tenterhooks. Not literally, like - we'd be in agony…

Hello, all! The Xbox Live fairies (yes, they exist) have brought news that this week's Live Arcade release will be The Misadventures Of PG Winterbottom…

Exactly what happened to Frank? More news from X10 and Capcom revealed that Xbox 360 owners will be able to play an exclusive DLC prologue that bridges the gap between the original and the impending sequel. Apparently, it will fill in a few blanks and in true zombie fashion set up Capcom's bloody sequel. Called Dead Rising: CASE ZERO it has yet to be given a release date but expect it sometime before Dead Rising 2's release on August 31 2010.

So, it seems that racing titles without some sort of magical and/or bandwagon hopping gimmick can prove to be successful?

EA have today released further details on the upcoming, inevitable expansion for FIFA 10, Ultimate Team.

90% of games bought in America are still purchased by a person at a store…

That's right, more Mass Effect for no more monies! For those of you that  get scared at the sight of DLC prices, Bioware has tweeted some fantastic news for Mass Effect fans. Pick up Mass Effect on day one and download some DLC straight off the bat... for free. "BioWare will not be charging extra for any new Mass Effect 2 content on launch day." Isn't that nice of them, shame they couldn't have done that with the DLC for Dragon Age, that stuffs ...

It's been a better year for DLC than it has in previous years, with the release of the much-anticipated, 360-exclusive GTA IV content and several excellent Fallout 3 add-ons, among others. Whether we're talking style, value for money or impact, however, it's The Lost and Damned that reigned above all other downloadable content in 2009.

It appears the powers that be have performed somewhat of a swerve ball on our hopes and dreams. As it were…

There's a good chance you've never heard of this week's entry, though it's likely to have appeared on just about any console you could name.

After a mere 105 consecutive weeks of DLC releases, the Rock Band series has passed the 1000 song mark…

Fallout 3 joins the ranks of other licensed goods on the Avatar marketplace, this week, as reported by the Bethesda blog.

The latest DLC for The Beatles: Rock Band is out today, for the very reasonable price of 1080 MP, or £7.40.