IGN - Dirt 3's gotten some downloadable attention in the form of car packs since its release, but Codemasters finally released a new location to race. For 800 Microsoft Points on Xbox 360 and Games for Windows or $9.99 on PSN, players can now take a trip to the mountains of Monte Carlo. This location, set in the Southern Alps, is broken into eight different Rally locations.
Other rally titles have come and gone, with SEGA Rally presenting a fantastic current-generation rally experience but failing to achieve the commercial success of its predecessors, and the recent WRC 2 – the Official Game being overshadowed somewhat by Codemasters’ success with the original DiRT 3 release. Electronic Theatre Image That success was benefit to an extended marketing plan with a cleverly devised selection of downloadable content (DLC) packs intended to extend the life of the videogame.
DGP: "It’s a shame, because the Monte Carlo DLC is undeniably great fun and offers genuine challenge that captures DiRT 3 at its most irresistibly pulsating and downright dangerous. This alone makes it an essential purchase, but the preposterous pricing is hard to ignore."
It's sad how many "essential" parts of games aren't there when you buy them initially these days.
Not in my opinion. I just think it's amusing that there's all this content that they for some reason aren't able to get into the game... and so... DLC YAY... : /
Totally agree with you, and if Gymkhana is so popular, why no gymkhana DLC?
Answer - because Codemasters know nobody would pay for it.
So instead of putting a decent amount of rally content in the game from the start, they instead try to rip fans off by putting filler like Gymkhana into the retail game, then charging for rally DLC.
As such, I'm not buying this game new. May get it second hand at some point.
Codemasters has today launched a new Title Update for DiRT 3. The latest patch is available now for Xbox 360 via Xbox LIVE and PC via download, and is currently undergoing the approval process for launch on PlayStation 3.
"The full patch notes are available now at the official DiRT 3 forums. Xbox 360 can be found here (hyperlink), while PC gamers should click here (hyperlink)."
And PS3-specific notes can be found where?
Forget that - misread the article intro. Friday afternoon, what can I say?
Apologies :)
