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The Belmonts arrive at V Rising with a DLC

Castlevania makes a grand entrance into V Rising with a DLC that brings us the Belmonts, Dracula, and some spectacular battles.

Some games maintain great popularity without us knowing. With a lower profile, they continue to maintain a loyal audience that never abandons them, showing themselves as a true success for their fans. That’s the case with V Rising. A game that may not make the same noise as when it was released in early access, next month will be two years, but it has remained in good health all this time.

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That’s why it shouldn’t surprise us that yesterday at Triple-I, a new indie game event, a DLC for V Rising was announced. Specifically, a collaboration with the most famous vampire franchise in history: Castlevania.

Both a DLC and free content, this collaboration, named Legacy of Castlevania, will require us to face Simon Belmont, the vampire hunter. With new combat abilities and weapons, it promises to be a tough battle, with many nods to the original series. Even if most of them are behind a paywall, in the form of DLC.

Because along with the collaboration, for free, a DLC named Legacy of Castlevania Premium Pack will be released. For 19.99 euros, the pack will include costumes inspired by the franchise, two new versions of Simon’s Theme and Bloody Tears, as well as the possibility of designing your own castle in the classic gothic style of Castlevania. Something that will delight fans of the franchise, as they will be able to, for the first time, live the dream of being the rightful heir of Dracula. Or at least one who doesn’t have the sole purpose of killing him.

Both Legacy of Castlevania and Legacy of Castlevania Premium Pack will be available on PC on May 8th, coinciding with the official release of V Rising from early access. A version of the game for PlayStation 5 is planned for release in the future.

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The new expansion of Final Fantasy XIV has a release date, and narrowly avoids its biggest rival

Final Fantasy is having an excellent year in 2024, and it seems that it will only get better with the imminent release of the new expansion for FFXIV.

Few years have been as good for Final Fantasy fans as this 2024. Not only did we receive a new iteration of the main franchise last year, but also Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has just been released, being an absolute success both critically and commercially. But Square Enix doesn’t plan to stop there. Because it seems that their goal, even beyond Rebirth, is to make 2024 the year of Final Fantasy.

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There are few expansions more anticipated than the new one for Final Fantasy XIV. The previous one, Endwalker, was released over a year ago, and fans of this popular MMORPG are eager for more. Fortunately, the game director, Naoki Yoshida, has announced the release date: July 2nd.

Named Dawntrail, this expansion will include everything you can expect. This implies a new story, two completely new classes with mechanics very different from anything seen before, and more dungeons in which to demonstrate our skills. In addition, to address all the challenges it will present, the maximum level will be increased to three digits, setting it at level 100. All this in an expansion that will cost $40 and will include all the content from the previous expansions, Shadowbringers and Endwalker.

About the release date, Yoshida wanted to clarify something important. Because as no one will miss, it comes out a week after the Elden Ring DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree. Something that Yoshida joked about giving us a week to play Shadow of the Erdtree and then immerse ourselves in Dawntrailer. Something he finished by saying that there was also another reason for that date: he also wants to play the DLC of the From Software game.

Meanwhile, if you don’t want to wait for the two most anticipated expansions of the year, you should know that Square Enix has you covered. Because the second DLC of Final Fantasy XVI, The Rising Tides, will be released on April 18th and will include new stories, a new Eikon, and a new mode called Kairos Gate, more focused on action. So, if you are a fan of Final Fantasy, you have no excuse not to fully enjoy this 2024. Not when the remake of Final Fantasy IX seems to be on the way.

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The GTA V DLC you will never see (but has been leaked)

Christmas is a day of joy for everyone. Seeing family, sharing nougat, watching ‘Love Actually,’ and putting Mariah Carey on loop. Well, for everyone except Rockstar, whose thwarted plans for ‘GTA V’ have been leaked. And with them, the wildest ideas from fans have gone through the roof. Because there could have been much, much more story if they hadn’t focused on ‘GTA Online’.

Christmas is a day of joy for everyone. To see family, share nougat, watch ‘Love Actually’ and put Mariah Carey on loop. Well, for everyone except Rockstar, whose frustrated plans for ‘GTA V’ have been leaked. And with them, the craziest ideas from fans have gone through the roof. Because there could have been much, much more story if they hadn’t focused on ‘GTA Online’.

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Return to Vice City

We must try to understand Rockstar. And it is that, at a certain point, what was the point of continuing to release DLC for a single player of ‘GTA V’? The company decided to focus on the next generation console versions and then on ‘Red Dead Redemption 2′. When it was time to work on the DLC, it was already too late for people not to complain while waiting for the sixth installment.

Among the leaked content, there are some DLCs that seem obvious. For example, the ‘Relationship Pack’ would probably bring a relationship system to Los Santos. But there are others whose revelation has certainly been surprising: for example, ‘LibertyV’, which apparently was going to mean a return to Liberty City from ‘GTA IV‘. For what? Well, who knows, of course.

In addition, we have ‘Prologue’, which would presumably be a prequel that would set things in order and take us to North Yankton, a state that we have only seen in a cinematic and a subsequent mission and about which we don’t know much. As for ‘Agent Trevor’, we know it because it ended up becoming the update for ‘GTA Online‘ called ‘The Doomsday Heist’.

Obviously, these two DLCs, especially the one that would recreate Liberty City, are potentially huge that, when it comes to eliminating something to focus on what really makes money (online gaming), it is normal that they decided not to fully program a complete city. In any case, it’s a shame. They would have ended up swimming in money, of course, but slightly less by taking the shortest path. This is video games in 2023. That’s how it is.

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Fallout London could be released very soon

According to its developers, Fallout London could come out very soon—so soon that we wouldn’t have to wait for more than a few months.

Very few franchises have such a loyal fanbase as Fallout. It doesn’t matter how many years pass between releases or how disastrous they may be at launch, they are always there. That’s why it’s so gratifying to produce them. There will always be an audience eager to immerse themselves in them. And when they are fixed through enough patches or mods, an enthusiastic audience will follow them.

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The problem is that the series is not at its best moment in terms of releases. Fallout 4, the latest numbered title in the franchise, was released in 2015, and Fallout 5 has no release date yet. They first have to release The Elder Scrolls VI to start developing it, so it’s difficult to see it before 2030. And with the television series almost here, it seems like this was a good time to release a new installment of the franchise.

That’s what the fans have thought. That’s why they have made a mod for Fallout 4 called Fallout London. About the size of a DLC, it will continue the story of the base game and allow you to explore a post-apocalyptic version of the capital of England. Although we still have to wait a little for that.

While the developers of Fallout London have explained that all the content is already complete, but their testing system is not as robust as they would like. This is because part of their scripting team lives in a region affected by an ongoing conflict, which has led them to delay the release of this mod. Although they wanted to launch it to coincide with the series premiere, it will have to be a little later.

Fallout, the series, will premiere on April 12th. And Fallout London will follow shortly after. Because its release is scheduled for April 23rd. A date that we recommend marking on the calendar because, from what we have seen of the series, it seems like it will make us want to return to the wasteland universe of Fallout.

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Pokémon Scarlet and Purple will have one last surprise content after their DLCs

Even though it seemed they had exhausted all possibilities, Pokémon Scarlet and Purple will have new content following their DLCs in the form of an epilogue for their story.

If there’s one thing we know, it’s that Pokémon Company always has an ace up its sleeve. It’s not the kind of company that you can expect to finish a video game without already having planned and in production not only the next one, but everything that should follow. That’s why we’re not surprised when they announce expansions, DLCs or epilogues that seem to come out of nowhere. Because that’s precisely what Pokémon Company does.

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We said epilogue not just to say something, but because that’s what The Pokémon Company has just announced. An epilogue for the Pokémon Scarlet and Purple DLC, which will close its story with an adventure that will take us to Noroteo, a region where we will reunite with some of our adventure companions.

All of this, moreover, happens when we have relatively recent DLCs. With The Turquoise Mask having been released on September 13th and The Indigo Disc on December 14th, many people haven’t even completed them yet. Or maybe they haven’t even acquired them.

In addition, this announcement comes not without controversy. The Indigo Disk comes with an error that can block our game, forcing us to restart. This happens if we capture a particular Pokémon, Inkay, and level it up to level 30 using candies. An error that The Pokémon Company has acknowledged, but will not fix until the end of January.

This epilogue of the two DLCs, The Turquoise Mask and The Indigo Disc, will arrive on January 11th. While there is at least one game-breaking bug in these DLCs that The Pokémon Company is aware of and will not fix until two weeks after releasing this epilogue. A questionable decision that certainly does not make them look good in front of their audience. Even if it doesn’t seem to matter to them.

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Would you pay 100 euros for for DLC? Blizzard is very interested to know

Would you pay 100 euros for a DLC? Blizzard is very interested in knowing this, because it has raised the possibility that this will cost future expansions.

That monetization in video games is not at its best is not new to anyone. Although it is true that video games are becoming more and more expensive and their price is not adjusted to the cost they entail, that does not mean that everything is worth it. The economy of gamers is also not adjusted to the work they do, or to the inflation we have suffered in recent years. Which is something that studios should also take into account, especially the larger ones.

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That doesn’t seem to be the case. Not when it has been leaked that Blizzard has done a survey asking about possible pricing for a future Diablo IV expansion. One of those potential packs being in the $100 range.

According to information from VG247, youtuber Bellular News has leaked a confidential survey sent by Blizzard about Diablo IV DLC prices. In this survey, Blizzard offered four possible DLC packs, with prices at $50, $70, $80 and $100. All of these packs include the expansion, but they all come with different benefits. For example, the $100 pack would include a hero skin for all classes, a unique non-horse mount, premium in-game currency, and a pair of cosmetic wings.

All this, of course, does not imply that they will go ahead with these plans. What this survey implies is that they are interested in finding out what players value when it comes to buying DLC. Whether they would spend more money for a higher perceived value, and to what extent, in order to know where to put the total cost of these packs in the future. And how to set them up.

This does not detract from the fact that prices are exorbitant. But it’s also nothing new. Blizzard hasn’t exactly been known for taking pro-consumer measures for a long time now, and all of this only cements this impression. And while we’ll still have to wait and see what materializes, it doesn’t take away from the fact that something is fishy at Activision Blizzard’s headquarters.

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The best soulslike will have a sequel: Lies of P will have a continuation, and is it possible that there will also be DLC?

The best soulslike of the year has confirmed that it will have a sequel, DLC and a new balancing patch, thus securing its throne

For years, it seemed impossible to create a soulslike game capable of rivaling From Software’s titles. Not without reason. The excellence achieved by the Japanese studio in defining and shaping the genre made all its imitators appear to be just that: imitators. It didn’t feel like anyone was bringing something new to the table or doing their own thing. At least, until Neowiz Games came along to shake things up.

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Lies of P has been a sales success, receiving notable acclaim from critics, and it doesn’t seem like the buzz will die down anytime soon. This is according to the game’s director, Ji Won Choi, in a video where he discussed the franchise’s future.

The most important points revealed are that, due to its success, we can expect Lies of P to have a sequel at some point in the future. Although no specific release date was given, he mentioned that they are already working on it. Additionally, he confirmed that they are simultaneously working on a new balance patch and a DLC for Lies of P, about which he could provide a bit more information.

Regarding the balance patch, he has mentioned that it is expected to arrive during this month of November, and they have focused on listening to player feedback. They will continue refining the difficulty of the early moments of the game, adjusting the difficulty of some enemies, and unlocking certain abilities for players to start with. As for the DLC, Choi has shared two images, featuring a large water turbine and two stranded ships, which will be part of the DLC content.

Lies of P was released on September 14th and has sold around one million copies in just a month. It is available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, and Game Pass.

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One of the most beloved movie franchises of the 80s arrives in Powerwash Simulator

One of the most famous 80s movie trilogies in history, with which many of us grew up and traveled far, comes to Powerwash Simulator.

DLCs have a bad reputation, probably because they often don’t add much value. Whether they’re cosmetics, cut content, or a way to monetize game progression, they can be a means to get players to open their wallets multiple times unnecessarily. That’s why it’s not surprising that they are viewed with skepticism. Every time a studio announces a DLC, many eyebrows are raised. However, it’s also possible to create good DLCs that are interesting and provide something different for the player.

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Powerwash Simulator has consistently demonstrated this to us. This pressure washer cleaning simulator is not only tremendously satisfying, but it also allows us to make everything around us shine like new. At least within the game. And now, Futurlab has announced their new DLC, this time based on Back to the Future.

This DLC will include several scenarios, as well as many elements from this iconic 80s movie trilogy that more than one generation has grown up with. Allowing us to clean the DeLorean, Doc’s van, the Hill Valley clock tower, the Holomax theater, and the time machine in a Back to the Future III locomotive, it lets us immerse ourselves in the three legendary films by Robert Zemeckis. Maybe not to take a trip to the Old West or unknowingly meet and unfortunately seduce our mothers, but certainly to perform necessary cleaning tasks.

This DLC will be priced at €7.99 and will be available for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Additionally, at the recent Microsoft Partner Preview event, the folks at Futurlabs announced their upcoming game, Ikaro: Will Not Die. A curious futuristic-themed action roguelite that, while having little to do with pressure washer cleaning, we will look forward to as we clean our DeLorean.

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Voice actor from Mortal Kombat 1 leaks that the new character in the game will be Terminator, but not the one you’re thinking of

It has been leaked which could be one of the next characters to arrive in Mortal Kombat 1 thanks to the fact that one of its voice actors has blurred out

It seems that voice actors have officially become the main source of leaks in the video game industry. Not a week goes by without us having to tell you that one of them has unintentionally or unknowingly revealed something that has not been announced yet. This time, the game affected is Mortal Kombat 1, which has had one of its DLC characters leaked, although it won’t happen anytime soon.

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Andrew Morgado, the actor who voices Reptile in Mortal Kombat 1, has leaked the identity of the next character appearing in the game. During a podcast, he mentioned that he coincided with other actors in the recording studio, naming some of them, such as Ronda Rousey and Robert Patrick. Morgado stated that Patrick was there to record his dialogue lines for the T-1000 character, the iconic liquid metal villain from Terminator 2. This information was not confirmed by anyone, and Morgado himself seemed unaware that it was not public knowledge.

In any case, this shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. In Mortal Kombat 11, the previous installment of the franchise, the T-800 already appeared as one of the fighters released as DLC. Given that the franchise had Arnold Schwarzenegger portraying one of the most charismatic and memorable robots in cinema history, it was expected that they might double down on their efforts by bringing in his most famous rival.

While it’s true that Netherrealm, the developers of the game, have neither confirmed nor denied the information at the time of this news publication, the leak appears very credible. In the meantime, they continue to work on the characters already confirmed as DLC. These include familiar faces like Quan Chi and Ermac, as well as cameos from characters like Homelander, Peacemaker, or Omni-Man, for whom we have even seen a trailer. Therefore, it seems to be a matter of time before this slimy villain in Mortal Kombat is confirmed, and we learn more about it.

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Cyberpunk 2077 had to be a success at all costs, even if it meant costing CD Projekt hundreds of millions

Cyberpunk 2077 is now playable thanks to patch 2.0 and Phantom Liberty, but how much did it cost CD Projekt Red? More than one hundred million dollars.

Money doesn’t solve everything, but it does solve an impressive amount of things. Game studios know this well. There are problems that can’t be solved, no matter how much money is thrown at them, but others just need that: more funds, a larger budget. With that, along with all the creative muscle and personnel that come with it, it’s possible to push forward things that previously seemed impossible. Or that had been an absolute disaster.

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Cyberpunk 2077 was an absolute disaster. However, Phantom Liberty feels like its own game. Probably because it is. After all, CD Projekt Red has spent 60 million dollars on its development and another 21 million on marketing for this DLC. That’s approximately half of what it cost to develop Cyberpunk 2077 in the first place, considering the game had a development cost of 174 million dollars. Although not as much if we consider the 142 million dollars they spent on marketing.

This paints a pretty crazy picture of the numbers at CD Projekt Red. Moreover, we have to take into account that the DLC isn’t the only change they’ve made in the game. Since its launch in 2020, they have been working on various updates to fix bugs and add content to get as close as possible to a stable version. This includes their ambitious Patch 2.0, released on September 26 alongside Phantom Liberty for free, which has polished many aspects of the game.

All of this information comes from CD Projekt’s investor presentation, available on YouTube, where they broke down all these numbers. This also gives us other figures, such as the Patch 2.0 costing a staggering 40 million dollars, bringing the total to 121 million dollars to fix Cyberpunk 2077. An absolutely insane figure, even for a game that was already incredibly expensive to develop. But it has turned out this way because, somehow, at CD Projekt, they must believe it’s worth it.

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