Namco Bandai announced today that the characters Yoda and Darth Vader, previously exclusive to the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 versions respectively, will be added to the competitor’s consoles as downloadable content. The new characters will be made available this Thursday at a price of 400 Microsoft points on Xbox Live and $4.99 on the PSN store.
While this marketing move is hardly a surprise, it’s likely to be a lucrative one for Namco Bandai. Soul Calibur IV performed strongly, shipping over 2 million copies in its first week, and many attribute this success to the cross-promotion with the Star Wars franchise. Will fans be able to resist recreating the original trilogy showdown they never got to see?
The announcement is over on Namco Bandai’s site.
Call of Duty: World at War has gotten a lot of flak before it’s even been released because it’s being developed by Treyarch, the satellite Activision company that developed the lesser Call of Duty 2: Big Red One and Call of Duty 3. Activision (and some of the games press) claimed that Call of Duty: World at War really won’t be the same.
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2K Games has announced that the Playstation 3 version of Bioshock has shipped to retail and will be available for purchase on October 21st. The title is rated M and will retail for $59.99. READ MORE
Microsoft continues expanding its library of Xbox Originals titles this week with the release of GTA: San Andreas. The title will set you back 1200 MS Points and is rated M. This version definitely has no hot coffee. READ MORE
This week’s additions to the Wii Shop Channel include a pair of WiiWare titles as well as 2 new additions for Virtual Console. The new WiiWare titles for this week are Tetris Party and The Incredible Maze.
Tetris Party is a party game centered around the classic game of Tetris. It features 10 variations of Tetris in single player and multi-player varieties. It will be available for 1200 Wii Points. The Incredible Maze is a simple maze title that has you using your Wii Remote to navigate a series of twisted mazes. It will be available for 500 Wii Points. Both titles are rated E.
New Virtual Console titles for this week are both for the TG-16 and include Digital Champ Battle Boxing and Gradius II Gofer No Yabou. DCBB is rated E10+ and will set you back 700 Wii Points while Gradius II is rated E and is priced at 900 Wii Points.
Hit the jump for full descriptions of this week’s titles. READ MORE
