Golgothoughts – THQ Needs More Things Like CheapyD DLC

The rumor going around about THQ looking to sell to a Chinese investment company and canceling their 2014 lineup is probably true. I mean, how many years can you get by with WWE and Warhammer games being your flagship franchises? It’s a shame really, as I only came to respect THQ in the last year after finally getting around to Darksiders, and thoroughly enjoying WWE All-Stars and Saints Row: The Third. They’re also publishing the Obsidian-developed South Park game which looks fantastic, so hopefully they hold out as long as they can. I really think if they just focused more on what people like and less on collecting IPs to publish and lose money on, THQ could complete the turnaround they started early last year.

For now, revel is the wonder that is the CheapyD homie in Saints Row: The Third.

Battlefield 3 Goes Back To Karkand Tomorrow on PS3

Dice is not playing around with its first DLC for its big hit Battlefield 3. The promised free expansion that was given to consumers who bought the Special Edition of the game is more than just a map pack. It will give fans of the game 4 new maps, three new vehicles, ten new weapons, five new dog tags, five new achievements/trophies, and lastly a whole new game mode. The game mode while not exactly new, is the return of Conquest Assault which for those not familiar is a hectic version of Conquest. Conquest Assault starts with one team fully in control of every spot immediately putting one team on offensive and the other tasked to defend their territory.

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Gears of War 3: Free Map Pack and Thanksgibbing Event

If you’ve been playing Gears of War 3, you’ve probably noticed that Epic Games has been holding special “Gears Weekend” events for a few months now.  So far, these have been silly limited-time playlists for stuff like “sniper rifles + shotguns only” or “Diggers + shotguns only.” For the most part, they’ve been fun for a few rounds, but a bit too conservative to be worth more than a passing glance.

This changes right goddamn now.  Prepare to have your retinas blown off with sheer awesomeness, because the grown-ass adults who gave us chainsaw-machine guns just woke the hell up.

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Freddy Krueger is Coming To Mortal Kombat

Sorry to interrupt the “serious cartoon character fight analysis”, but I just got some Man-Grade news that your disappointed fathers would probably want you to hear:

Mortal Kombat has announced its newest downloadable character, and it’s God Damned Freddy Krueger.

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Heed the Call of the Dead

You have to see this. We knew that Escalation, the next Call of Duty: Black Ops DLC would have a zombie level… but who could have expected this?

Just watch. We’ll talk after.

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PSA: Escalation Map Pack for Black Ops Available May 3rd

Today, Major Nelson officially confirmed the next Call of Duty: Black Ops map pack. This second piece of DLC is called “Escalation” and features 5 new maps: Convoy, Zoo, Stockpile, Hotel, and another zombie map!

The DLC drops on May 3rd for Xbox 360. As usual, PS3 and PC will get the content a bit later. While we don’t have further details, it’s pretty safe to assume that Escalation will be priced similarly to all the other recent Call of Duty DLC.

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New DLC Available for Dance Central

Harmonix promised they would release downloadable content for Kinect‘s bestselling game Dance Central soon after its release, and they have followed through. Available as of yesterday, players can go to the Xbox LIVE Marketplace and download new tunes. Here is the full list:

• The Black Eyed Peas – “I Gotta Feeling”
• Cameo – “Word Up!”
• Tag Team – “Whoomp! (There It Is)”
• Lady Sovereign – “I Got You Dancing”
• Ne-Yo – “Because of You”
• Sean Paul – “Temperature”

For a mere 240 Microsoft Points per song, players can jam out to a few awesome songs and one horrible song by the worst band in the entire world (burn for eternity, Black Eyed Peas). You know what? Actually, all of these songs suck. We had to wait for DLC to come out for this game and they’re making us pay per song for some of the worst crap to invade our eardrums. You blew it big time, Harmonix.