MechAssault Debuts Paid Xbox Live Content

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday November 26, 2003 @10:33AM from the money-for-something dept.

Thanks to GameSpot for pointing out that Xbox action title MechAssault has debuted new downloadable Xbox Live content, in the form of "two new multiplayer game types and three new multiplayer maps", but "the new game content and maps will set you back $4.99... the first time that Microsoft has charged... for new, downloadable [MechAssault] content." Elsewhere, EuroGamer has debuted an editorial on this move, suggesting that "if you think about it, premium content could pose a serious threat", seeing many good facets to this kind of add-on, but also worrying that "greedy corporations" might "lock up certain elements of a game and open them up 'for free!' at a later date in an act of faux-generosity", and arguing Microsoft could make it "...an absolute that downloadable content should only ever be content developed post-release."

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DDR Ultramix has *only* payaddons so far by DJ+Wipeout · 2003-11-26 11:06 · Score: 2, Informative

DDR Ultramix just came out, which promised additional downloadable content at release. It's there, three new songs, but you have to pay 5 bucks for them.