Minecraft: XBox 360 Edition has just recently passed 10 million copies sold. It’s happened at an interesting time, as Minecraft: PS3 Edition goes on sale today. Although further development for the PS3 version will be done “in tandem from now on” with other console versions, existing DLC from other consoles may not be fully available at launch. It should be coming soon. Other Sony-themed content is also possible.
Why does Media Molecule love us so much? They’re still supporting Littlebigplanet with new content releases and there’s a great two pack available this week. Announced via Twitter, the developer tells us to “Join Sackboy and the Justice League for a brand new adventure in the @DCComics Premium Level Pack!” This week’s DC Comics Costume Pack has a Kryptonian theme, featuring Superman, Supergirl, Lex Luthor, Brainiac, and Bizarro. The Premium Level Pack contains the Hero Cape power-up (gliding, aerial acrobatics), wall jumping ability (surface material), the Memoriser tool, the usual batch of decorative goods, and two bonus costumes (Cyborg and Cheetah). The level pack adds seven new trophies to earn. As usual, one purchase of these packs will net you the content on Littlebigplanet 2, Vita, and Karting. Four additional packs are coming soon. All will be available for individual purchase, or you can save some cash by buying the DC DLC Season Pass to get everything. No word for sure on what will be included in the next packs, but I’m seeing at least Wonder Woman, Batman, Green Lantern, and Flash. The Joker is also probably based on promotional reveals.
Sunday’s change in the Games with Gold line-up on XBox 360 saw Gears of War get replaced by Shoot Many Robots. We here at Big Shiny Robot! do not condone the shooting of any real robots, let alone many of them. We do, however, fully encourage you to shoot as many of them in this video game as you possibly can – especially when it’s free.
Sony has two big updates this week for the PlayStation Plus members. First, Dyad is now available is the Instant Game Collection (Hotline Miami is on Last Chance). They are also offering a free trial of Killzone Shadow Fall’s multiplayer mode. You can download the file now, but the trial is only live 12/28-12/31. The holiday sale is also continuing with some great prices (God of War Ascension for $10)!
Comic fans should enjoy this week. The Walking Dead Season Two Episode One is kicking off. If you missed one of the best games of last year, Season One is also on sale through XBLA.
That’s exciting enough, but XBLA also has a major sale on tons of Marvel content. Check the store on your console for the full listing, but I’m seeing discounts of 50-90% on everything from the classic X-Men Arcade Game, Deadpool, four Spider-Man titles, four modern X-Men and a load of Marvel vs Capcom games and DLC.
I know Christmas isn’t for another week, and there will be two more VGQH columns before then, but I saw this holiday card from Naughty Dog and it’s just so great I couldn’t pass it up as a closer. Check back Friday for more gaming news.
