Soldiers of the Wasteland

Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot is the second DLC available for Borderlands and has just been released for the PC. Mad Moxxi introduces a new cooperative arena game mode as well as a stash to store your gear.

Instead of new areas to explore and quests to complete (which is what was offered The Zombie Island of Dr Ned), Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot includes Riot mode – a new gameplay mode that pits your character or team up against 5 waves of enemies in 3 different arena settings.

The new mode is a change of pace compared to the original game and first DLC, and hands on play testing has shown that you do not receive experience for killing enemies in the arena so this gameplay mode may be better suited for max level characters. There are however new weapons you can find in the arena, so if you feel like taking on the challenge there is a reward at the end of it.

Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot costs $9.99 to purchase and can be downloaded from the Gearbox store or from Steam.

The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned is the first DLC for Borderlands and was released a couple of days ago. The DLC can be purchased from the Steam store for $9.99 US (or $12.99 is you live in Aus) and includes new scenery and areas to explore, new missions and new enemies.

The update also includes the highly objected addition of DRM to the game in the form of SecuROM. Listed on the Steam page for the DLC is that the update includes SecuROM and has a 5 machine activation limit.

However on the Gearbox store the DLC is listed as being
limited to 5 concurrent installations. There is a big difference between having a 5 time activation limit and being able to have 5 concurrent installs of the game at one time. At this point in time it’s not clear if the DRM restrictions are the same across all digital delivery services or not.

Feel free to discuss the addition of DRM to Borderlands as well as the recently released DLC, The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, on our Borderlands forums.

The free content pack “Level Up” has been released for Killing Floor today. And in true Steam style, to coincide with this release the game is free to play over the weekend and can also be bought for 25% off.

Along with “Level Up” the new Nightfall Character Pack DLC was also released, which contains 4 more new playable character in similar fashion to the last Character Pack DLC. It can be bought from Steam for $1.99.

For more information about the new additions such as the weapons, maps, perks, Husk specimen and more, as well as a full list of changes included in the “Level Up” content pack, check out the dedicated Tripwire forum thread.

Crash Course, the all-new free DLC for Left 4 Dead was released yesterday. The update includes a new campaign (which can also be played in versus or survival mode), new achievements as well as a streamlined version of the existing versus campaigns.

The events of the Crash Course campaign are set after the finale of No Mercy (where the survivors escape on the helicopter) and leads up to the beginning of the Death Toll campaign.

However, the main feature of Crash Course is its streamlined Versus mode. This update is set to balance Versus campaigns more effectively and allow the completion of a campaign within 30 minutes, making for a much faster play experience.

To coincide with the release of Crash Course, Left 4 Dead can be bought for half price ($14.99) from the Steam store (sale ends October 2).

The previously announced content pack for Killing Floor, ‘Heavy Metal’, has been released today. The update is free and will introduce a couple of new weapons, a new map as well as some other minor features, tweaks and bug fixes.

Some of the major additions include:
- 2 new weapons: the AK-47 and the Katana
- 1 new map: Foundry, set in a Horzine manufacturing facility
- “On Fire” behaviour to all zombies: when they are set on fire they will now go into a panic state
- Flashlight now looks and acts in a more realistic manner

For a full list of additions and changes, check out the thread on our forums.

To coincide with the release of the Heavy Metal content pack, Tripwire has thrown in a 10% discount off the price of the game for the next week. It can now be bought from the Steam store for $17.99.