Motorstorm: Pacific Rift Speed Pack Launches Today
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Article written by nofi in PS3 News, on Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 8:00.
As we mentioned back in May, Motorstorm: Pacific Rift is to get two new download packs. Well, the first one, Speed, has just appeared on the Japanese Store and we assume that the 600MB patch pushed to us recently was to prepare the game for the DLC. We’re 99% sure, then, that the Speed pack will not only appear on the Store later today, but will also be a small unlock file rather than anything substantial. Speed contains three neatly named brand new tracks (Quicksands, Engorged and Dark Fire Swamp) which whilst not leaving much to the imagination will hopefully be a little easier to get around than the ones on the disk. Alongside the raw tracks will be three new track variants (it’s not clear whether these are from the new tracks or not), four new vehicles and a fresh 48 event festival, named, yes, Speed Weekend, which will come with more Trophies and Microbadges.
The DLC is ¥800, but we’re awaiting confirmation of the Euro pricing. We’ve updated our Store post for today to reflect this addition.
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sibbor | 02/07/2009 08:36
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Ok, I thought we were getting it for free. The devs told us we would have weekly DLC for MotorStorm: Pacific Rift if I remember correctly… bullocks!
I’ll probably get this either way… so shame on me
nofi | 02/07/2009 08:44
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We have had weekly DLC, the livery packs, which were free.
rht992 | 02/07/2009 10:58
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yeah but there not that good
tom_lord | 02/07/2009 12:45
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No, they never said that this would be free. What they said was they would release the free livery packs on the run up to the premium DLC release. Therefore, everyone enjoys some free stuff and then if you want some extra tracks and vehicles, you have to pay. Seems reasonable to me!
sibbor | 02/07/2009 13:25
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Yeah, I think so too. That’s why I said I _thought_ it was going to be free, but that I’m buying it either way
AllTheApesEscaped | 02/07/2009 12:58
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as tom_lord said – they have only ever said the livery packs would be free… “Hope you’re having fun ripping it up in the jungle on Pacific Rift because starting this Thursday, May 14th, we’ll be sending a downloadable vehicle livery pack your way every week for the next eight weeks … And to top it off, all these liveries are FREE!”
DarthSharkey | 02/07/2009 09:35
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Nice to know, hopefully some more items will be coming out today and I got my MS:PR disc back yesterday.
Kevling | 02/07/2009 09:42
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The “variants” are Volcanic version of The Rift, Caldera Ridge and Wildfire.
They were featured on a trailer on the store a week or so back (had it sat unwatched on my PS3 for a while and am just watching it now)
It showcases the new vehicles and what looks like a new game mode involving hitting coloured barrels.
Pitcher-T | 02/07/2009 10:41
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I hope it’s nothing more than 4.00, as that was the cost of the old motorstorm DLC. Bit skint at the moment aswell
BadBoyBoogie | 02/07/2009 10:44
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I’m tempted by this one.
Hope it gets released today and is not too expensive!!
Jumping Monks | 02/07/2009 10:49
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I thought it was weird you didn’t list it on the weekly update at first. I figured it’d just be obvious what with the rather hefty update earlier this week, which as I’m sure we all know, actually contains the DLC. It’d just be stupid of them to give us the update then force us to wait a while before they allow us to unlock it. I just hope it’s at a reasonable price.
tom_lord | 02/07/2009 12:46
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Well, I’ll be buying this as soon as it hits.
AllTheApesEscaped | 02/07/2009 12:59
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Will be getting this, I don’t play MS:PR nearly as much as it deserves but have a real blast online with friends so this should be a very nice addition!
ManeoriX | 02/07/2009 13:48
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My trophy completion got bumped down to 75%, looks like I’m going to have to bump that up again! Gonna get this as soon as the update hits!
onelargeprawn | 02/07/2009 18:08
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It seems to be available on the South African Playstation store. It seems to be 572 MB in size.
Bilbo_bobbins | 02/07/2009 11:30
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I am sure they said it was going to be free. WHat a Rip off if it isn’t. Livery packs are not proper DLC, just something to sweeten us up for having to fork out for the LONG AWAITED tracks.