![]() ![]() ![]() The third, and most ambitious expansion, called Broken Steel, will be available May 5, and we sat down with Bethesda recently for a preview to find out what we can expect. To augment the game's 50-plus hours of content, Bethesda has previously released two downloadable expansions, called Operation: Anchorage and The Pitt, both of which add several hours of new storylines and characters to the game (both are available for around $10 on Xbox Live or the Games for Windows marketplace). One of the games to best take advantage of this is Bethesda's Fallout 3, a post-apocalyptic role-playing game that topped many best-of-2008 lists. With publishers able to reach consumers directly through Xbox Live, Nintendo's Virtual Console shop, and the PlayStation Network Store, there's a growing trend toward offering small, variably priced, incremental content to expand existing games, rather than focusing on a handful of expensive tent-pole projects that can take years to develop. The near universal penetration of broadband Internet connections on home video game consoles is giving rise to a new business model for games. ![]()
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