Bioware has announced a couple of new Mass Effect 2 DLCs which are slated for release on 10 February (Singapore time).

The DLCs will be made available through the in-game Cerberus Network. Owners of either the PC or 360 versions of Mass Effect 2 will be able to download the DLCs for free.

An update for the PC version of Borderlands has been released by Gearbox. The patch (finally) improves multiplayer connectivity and adds some graphical tweaks to the game engine.

Sony has released a patch for the PS3 version of Bayonetta, enabling a hard drive installation option for the game to improve loading times.

The patch itself is about 100MB in size, while the actual install uses up 4.5GB of hard drive space.

This update is available for all regional versions of Bayonetta: the original Japanese NTSC-J version, and the English version that was just out in stores this January.

Update: BioShock is no longer region-locked for Singapore.

Original: The solution to get BioShock 1 unlocked from the Steam BioShock 2 pre-order is so easy, it makes me wonder if we are all idiots for missing out a simple, additional step during the gifting process:

Gearbox has announced on its message forums that more Borderlands DLC is currently under development and it will raise the game's Level 50 character cap.

  • Official launch trailer for Mass Effect 2
  • Out in stores 26 January for PC and Xbox 360

Update: It has come to our attention that the original BioShock will still remain region-locked for Singapore, even if you pre-purchase BioShock 2 and receive the original game as a gift.

For those of you who are thinking of pre-ordering, you might want to hold off on your purchase for now until a solution is found.

Original: Here's another Steam offer that's hard to resist: if you pre-order the Steam version of BioShock 2 before 9 February, you will receive the original BioShock absolutely free.

Good news, PSP owners. Arc System Works' popular arcade fighting game, BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, is slated for a PSP release in March.

Sony has confirmed the release date for Heavy Rain, one of the biggest PS3 titles of 2010. The game will be out in North America and Europe on 23 February on 24 February respectively.

The second DLC for Borderlands, Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot, has been released for PC. Currently, the only way to purchase the DLC is through Valve's Steam store page.

A new trailer for Super Street Fighter IV has been released on YouTube, which you can view embedded above. The video highlights some of the new features of SSFIV, such as insanely over-the-top alternate attires (Colossus Zangief!) and new (selectable?) Ultra combos for the cast.

A couple of months ago, we reported on Pixel Force: Left 4 Dead, a fan-made freeware that attempts to remake Left 4 Dead into a top-down shooter with NES-style graphics and audio. The game was due to be released in early January.

It's already January, and version 1.1 of the game is available for download at EricRuthGames. The download is 22MB in size and allows for 2-player local hotseat play.

Chances are, you succumbed to the Steam holiday sale daily offer about six days ago and bought Torchlight when it was on discount for 75% off at SG$7.50. By now, you also would have known that Torchlight has built-in support for modifications and custom user-created content.

Here is a quick list of some essential utilities and mods to enhance your Torchlight experience:

Happy New Year to all of you! May you gain more frags, more ranks, more levels, more experience, more pew pew and less Q Q in 2010.

For those wondering where the Starhub Mumble voicechat server went to, it has been relocated to a new IP address beginning yesterday. Here are the steps required to join the new Mumble server:

  1. Download Mumble 1.2 from http://mumble.sourceforge.net/
  2. Create an authentication certificate when asked to during the install process. Enter your nickname during this step as well.
  3. Connect to the new server at 202.156.3.185 port 64738 and accept the server certificate even though it does not validate.

More details are available at Gaming420.com.

Update: It seems the game has come out earlier in Singapore than expected. You can find the North American version of Bayonetta at video game stores everywhere.

Original: Sega has released a short TV commercial trailer for the North American version of Bayonetta, due for release 8 January on Xbox 360 and PS3.

Left 4 Dead 2's resident southern rock band, the Midnight Riders, have released a new Christmas song on YouTube titled "All I want for Christmas (is to kick your ass)". You can read the fiction of how the Riders managed to compose the song at their YouTube profile page.

A couple of days ago the Team Fortress 2 developers pushed an update that included experimental bot support, allowing you (and your friends) to play against the AI on selected maps.

Valve has announced the release of the Left 4 Dead 2 SDK and Left 4 Dead 2 Add-On Support on their official Left 4 Dead blog. If you own a copy of L4D2, just go to the Tools tab of your expanded Steam window and you should see them available for download.

Good news PSP fans. A major milestone for PC-to-PSP emulation has been reached, with the release of the PCSP emulator. The first version of the emulator, v0.1, was released a few hours ago.