Crackdown 2 is getting some fresh content today, with the Toy Box DLC for free... kind of. The free Toy Box includes Keys to the City, one of my favorite parts of the first Crackdown game. Also, players will recieve a new reward for reaching level 6 on all Agent Skills and a new multiplayer mode called Vehicle Tag. For 560 Microsoft Points,you can buy the Premium Toy Box. Purchasing this DLC rather than the free version will unlock 2 new vehicles, 5 new toys to play with, 2 Avatar Awards, 8 fresh colors to choose from for your armor and 10 new achievements. Hit the jump for all the details.

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If you're like me and stoked for the release of Dead Rising 2, today marks a special day. Today, Capcom has released Dead Rising 2: CASE ZERO onto the masses, exclusively for Xbox 360 owners. This prologue episode follows our new hero, Chuck Greene and will help bridge the gap between Dead Rising and Dead Rising 2.

CASE ZERO costs 400 Microsoft Points and any attributes, character levels (up to level 5), Prestige Points, Combo Cards, money collected and alternate outfits will transfer into Dead Rising 2 when you begin. Dead Rising 2 is set to launch September, 28th, 2010. But until then, expect to spend a lot of time in Vegas..err.. Still Creek, in CASE ZERO.

This week looks like it's going to be good. We are finally getting the new Metroid: Other M for Wii, Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter comes to PC and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Ultimate Edition his the 360 and PS3. Really, the whole week is pretty much saved by Samus, unless you're really looking forward to some Gummy Bears Mini Golf...

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Monday Night Combat is going to be getting a much anticipated title update in the very near future, and Uber Entertainment has released a full list of what they are fixing.  On top of that, they announced that they are working on three sets of DLC, and the first one will be free!  Details on the DLC will be announced closer to its release, but if you want the full details on the Title Update, you can find them after the jump.

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And lo, the internet did explode into a fit of epic rage.  If you buy your Xbox Live Gold as a yearly subscription, which is the best way to do so, you will be paying $10 more starting this November.  This works out to a rounded $0.83 per month increase, and honestly, this isn't a big deal.  

If you don't buy it yearly for whatever reason (not enough money at the time, just don't feel like it, whatever), the increase is a lot more noticeable.  The one month subscription cards are going up from $7.99 to $9.99, and the three month cards will be going from $19.99 to $24.99.  

I gotta say, I am really finding it hard to get upset about this.  Aside from the fact that I won't need to renew at this cost until next September, even someone as broke as me can't find a good argument against what works out to be less than a dollar a month.  Not to mention places like Amazon always has deals on Xbox Live Gold subscriptions.  

Very slim pickings with Nintendo's downloadable releases this week as only four titles are being added to the catalog.  WiiWare gets Elastic Boy, while DSiWare gets some piano learning software, a new color for myNotebook, and Cosmos X2.  Yep, that's it. 

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Have you been holding off on getting your hands on the DSi or DSi XL?  Well, your wait is going to pay off, because in two short weeks, both versions of the system will be getting a little bit cheaper.  Starting on September 12, the DSi will drop to $149.99, and the DSi XL will be going down to $169.99.  That means if you have plans on getting one of these, you should start getting ready to purchase it as close to Sept. 12 as you can.  If working in games retail has taught me one thing, it is that a price drop during this time of the year means more people are going to be buying these for Christmas and they are going to start selling even faster than normal.

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If you are one of the 20 people out there with a PSP Go, I have even more bad news for you: You will not be able to play one of the PSP's most anticipated titles.  That's right, Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep will, for whatever reason, not be made available as a downloadable title.  You would think that Square Enix would want to make this title available to everyone with a PSP, no matter the version, but apparently they just don't care.  Much like most people when it comes to the PSP Go.

This bit of news is a little frustrating for me, because I have been saving some MS Points specifically for this title.  I wake up this morning, and what is one of the first bits of news I see?  Dead Rising 2: Case 0 is going to be delayed.  The official reason?  There were some things in the Free Trial version of the downloadable title that shouldn't be there.  Capcom hasn't said what needs to be fixed, or when it will be actually available, but hopefully it is soon.  

UPDATE - It looks as though this may be a Japan-only delay.  As soon as we hear back from Capcom, we will let you know for sure.

UPDATE #2: Capcom has issued a statement that Case Zero will NOT be delayed in North America, only in Japan.

Recently, Nintendo sent out an updated list of release dates for their big games that are coming out this year.  Missing from the list was Golden Sun: Dark Dawn.  This raised some concerns that the game was getting delayed into next year, and rightly so.  Thankfully, that is not the case, as Nintendo has just announced that the new Golden Sun title will be available on November 29. You can read the press release after the jump.

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