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GameStop pre-orders of Shin Megami Tensei 4 will score a bonus downloadable costume. Siliconera reports the offer is valid in North America, and nets you a red-and-gold oriental motif outfit. As detailed in yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, the 3DS exclusive Shin Megami Tensei 4 releases on July 16 as a Limited Edition Box Set including a strategy and art book, soundtrack CD, and deluxe slipcase.

EA has bundled a piece of SimCity DLC with specially-marked Crest and Oral-B products.

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The first digital expansion for Star wars: The Old Republic is finally live to all comers. Grab Rise of the Hutt Cartel now for $20, or $10 if you’re a subscriber, and gain access to new missions, a higher level cap, Elder Game content, Macrobinoculars and Seeker Droids, and the planet Makeb. Not convinced? Check out the launch trailer through the break.

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Forza Horizon’s 100 Club DLC pack, which was outed by leaked achievements last week, is due on April 16. Multiple sites report the free pack includes the Ford F100 1956 and the RUF CTR2 1995; check out a couple of screens below.

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DC Universe Online’s next DLC chapter, Origin Crisis, is coming in May on both PC and PlayStation 3. The pack includes new high-level solo and multiplayer adventures; a time-traveling plaot starring Batman and lex Luthor; and a new power set, Quantum. Full details and screens through the break.

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Ahead of the release of the Knife of Dunwall DLC next week, Arkane Studios has prepared a title update for last year’s top-rated new IP debut, Dishonored. Patch 1.3 corrects a number of bugs in the base game and Dunwall City Trials DLC, most of which are rare but annoying little glitches that interfere with your well-laid stealth plans. See the full change log on the Bethesda Blog, and expect the patch on all platforms over the next few days.

Thanks, Blue’s News.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2′s latest DLC pack, Uprising, has a lot of new content – so in this latest trailer, Activision posits the existence of Replacers, who will take over your day-to-day life while you go play.

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343 Industries is offering an advance preview of the upcoming Castle multiplayer map via a livestream today. The broadcast begins at 5:00PM PDT; check it out on 343 Industries’ Twitch channel or via the embed through the break. The DLC map launches on April 8, US time, and will set you back 800 MS points if you don’t have a season pass. Certain Affinity seemed pretty proud of it when Dave spoke to the DLC developer recently.

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Mac port developer Aspyr has advised that it has released an update for the OS-X version of Borderlands 2. The patch adds leaderboards, achievements and “more importantly, multiplayer co-op with their Game Center friends”. Hopefully that last one means the much-touted cross-platform compatibility with PC is also back, having vanished thanks to a Gearbox update to the Windows version last year. Aspyr has also made DLC available as in-game purchases, and is offering 50% off the shooter RPG sequel on the Mac App Store.

Buying a triple-A game is now a slow drip-feed of your cash into publisher coffers. Brenna worries there may be greater concerns than anti-consumer fleecing.

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Gears of War: Judgment got a couple of updates today, with People Can Fly releasing both a title update and stack of new DLC – all for free.

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If you can stomach looking at the word “Nissan” from time to time, head over to Origin to grab the Leaf Station, a free piece of DLC bearing the car manufacturer’s brand. The charging station gives a one-time boost to business happiness in surrounding areas, boosts happiness for each sim that uses it, requires no water, power or workers, and produces no waste or pollution. The DLC will be available for just six months.

Thanks, games.on.net.

Halo 4′s Castle Map Pack DLC is out April 8, and VG247′s Dave Cook has spoken with 343 Industries and Certain Affinity about what it takes to make the perfect map.

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The next content drop for Forza Horizon is the April Top Gear Car Pack, due on Xbox Live later today. The pack adds six vehicles: the 2012 Aston Martin Vanquish; 2012 Bowler EXR S; 2011 Alfa Romeo TZ3 Stradale Zagato; 2011 Ford Transit SuperSportVan; 1998 Mercedes-Benz AMG Mercedes CLK GTR; and 2002 BMW M3-GTR. None of these are jokes. The full pack goes for 400 MS Points or you can grab each car individually for 240 MS Points, except the M3-GTR, which is free. Hit the break for a trailer.

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Saints Row 4 is going to have oodles and oodles of DLC, but stop gnashing your teeth; the core game itself is larger than Saints Row: The Third and much of the extra content development is being outsourced.

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Gearbox has detailed another piece of Season Pass DLC for Borderlands 2, along with some other upcoming updates, promising a new weapon tier, a second new game plus mode, a level cap increase and even more DLC to come.

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Woah, now here’s a thing – Borderland 2′s sixth vault hunter is a playable version of one of the franchise’s most recognisable enemies, the Psycho Bandit.

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At its PAX East panel, Firaxis put a release date on the Brave New World expansion for Civilization 5, and revealed a cool little crossover.

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Next week’s console network updates deliver two kinds of DLC for the arcade cabinet view in Darkstalkers Resurrection – one which changes how the cabinet looks, and another which changes the room it appears in. The character skins for the cabinet run 80 MS Points ot $1, while the room skins cost 160 MS Points or $1. Check out the new looks through the break.

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As you may have noticed in this week’s PlayStation Store update, Vita-exclusive Silent Hill: Book of Memories has spawned its first DLC offering. The $5 pack includes quite a few goodies, which Konami has kindly detailed.

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