Mirror's Edge DLC announced

BlimBlim
Thursday, December 4, 2008 | 1:31 PM
26 comments

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Electronic Arts and DiCE released this trailer announcing the upcoming DLC for Mirror's Edge, to be released in January. As expected it's time trial levels, but the graphical style is interesting.

EA press release:
Guildford, UK. – Dec 4, 2008 – Leave the city behind! DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced that the highly acclaimed first-person action adventure title, Mirror’s Edge™ will release downloadable content (DLC) for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system and the PC in late January. DICE also confirmed today that the PC version of the game will ship to retailers in North America on January 13th and worldwide on January 16th, 2009.

Players will be challenged to achieve the fastest times possible on nine races across seven all-new and totally redesigned Time Trial maps. No guns, no cops, and no city: this is true aesthetics, agility and flow that will challenge any runner. This special DLC pack will be available for $10 USD or 800 Microsoft points. As an added bonus, all PLAYSTATION 3 Mirror’s Edge fans will be able to download an additional map for free.

“The freedom of movement and control in first person has been the most popular aspect of Mirror’s Edge so we decided to distil these down to their purest form for this map pack,” says Owen O’Brien, Senior Producer, DICE. “We deliberately chose a more abstract aesthetic that is still within our distinctive art style and then focused on flow and gameplay to create an experience and challenge very different from the main game.” Time Trial is a popular mode in Mirror’s Edge that challenges players to find the fastest route across various maps. Players can upload their best time to the Mirror’s Edge leaderboards for their friends to download and compete against. Players can see their friend’s ‘ghost’ run as they race their way through the course to the top of the leaderboards.

Mirror’s Edge was awarded “Best Xbox 360 Game” at the recent GC Developers Conference in Leipzig, Germany. It also received the “Best Action Game” of Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) by IGN and the Game Critics Award for “Best Original Game” at E3 in July. Mirror’s Edge delivers players straight into the shoes of Faith, a modern day heroine who traverses the vertigo-inducing cityscape, engaging in intense combat, fast-paced chases and challenging puzzles. With a never-before-seen sense of movement and perspective, players are drawn into Faith’s dangerous world.

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HQ DLC Trailer

ACEfromRussia

Commented on 2008-12-04 13:47:47

wow
design looks really interesting. Reminds me Super Mario Sunshine hidden levels

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callmekymbo

Commented on 2008-12-04 14:00:59

is the dlc coming out on both platforms or just the PS3 ( seem to remember something about the PS3 having exclusivity? ).

bleachedsmiles

Commented on 2008-12-04 14:08:17

Just completed this game last night.. was a pleasant surprise. Reminded me alot of portal.. in that it feels fresh, and you have to work out how to progress in the levels. Its good to see that for the dlc they've taken that puzzle element further..rather than just adding to the story of the game.

mt_sabao

Commented on 2008-12-04 14:38:29

beautiful!!

digi_matrix

Commented on 2008-12-04 14:41:41

WOW WTF is that?! Frickin insane. I'll definitely get this DLC, more puzzles just like Portal Still Alive.

TheBeagle

Commented on 2008-12-04 14:43:54

This is absolutely the right direction they should take things in now. Pulling the pure awesome parts of maps and putting them in this crazy abstract style. This looks like a lot of fun and I will definately be downloading it.

FireWire

Commented on 2008-12-04 14:51:38

Looks awesome! reminds me a bit of that Marble Ultra Blast game :)

FlatuS

Commented on 2008-12-04 15:03:47

time trial is fun accept for that damn woody guy who keeps taking those best times ... :)
Where i have 1minute15seconds he has like 42 seconds .?!?!!

Zeuxis

Commented on 2008-12-04 15:23:17

Great game, I just found it to be a bit too complicated with too many buttons to press..

pythxvii

Commented on 2008-12-04 15:26:02 In reply to Zeuxis

Posted by Zeuxis

What? You don't press much except in combat lol. Timing is the complicated part, and figuring out where to go.

This looks effing epic, I love it. I can't wait to get this, hopefully I'll have the game by then =D

sebasrd24

Commented on 2008-12-04 15:35:52

Wow, simple but just beautiful

UrbanRats

Commented on 2008-12-04 15:39:28

Isn't "Teddybears" the one who made the main menu song from Driv3r?

KORNdog

Commented on 2008-12-04 15:55:17

i was going through the artwork you unlock when you complete the game, and there are a few that have this very minimalist, abstract, broken styling. very cool looking, wonder if they where planning on doing the whole game like this at one point?

broman

Commented on 2008-12-04 17:16:20

Game's barely been out and they're charging $10 for a tiny bit of extra content. And I thought EA was changing.

donkeyman

Commented on 2008-12-04 17:22:40 In reply to broman

Posted by broman

See... if its so tiny it's not even worth the effort, don't pay for it.

So easy.

Commented on 2008-12-04 17:39:48 In reply to donkeyman

Posted by donkeyman

i think he's getting at the fact the game is barely 4 hours long and they're charging for content that really should be free considering the lack of content in the original release.

Commented on 2008-12-04 17:40:17

to echo most views, it looks sublime...haven't picked up the game yet, but if this is how the dlc is gonna be then I think it's time I got onboard!

Baleur

Commented on 2008-12-04 17:49:02 In reply to KORNdog

Posted by KORNdog

Indeed..... Give me a FREE 10 extra singleplayer campaign levels first, then i might consider DLC. Frankly i dont care about the time trials in this game.

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Commented on 2008-12-04 19:17:35

They could make this free, if Valve was behind it instead of EA.

prodygee

Commented on 2008-12-04 21:13:30

Omg.. this.. omg.

Tinks

Commented on 2008-12-05 00:46:26

Also EA just released two excellent titles amongst a bunch of games that aren't really worth it

Dead Space and this game

EA's sales are not doing well despite creating two high profile games

Jato

Commented on 2008-12-05 00:58:04

This is so outrageously cheeky, seriously insulting...

Commented on 2008-12-05 05:23:31 In reply to Tinks

Posted by Tinks

Yeah, but it still gives me hope for EA in the future. Most of their games are absolute hollywood-garbage, but the past 2 years or so they have had quite a number of really GOOD games too.
Including as you mentioned, Dead Space and this.

I mean if you look at 2000-2006, EA had 0 good games lol, at least now they are sloooooooooooooooooooooooooowwly starting to get the picture.
Then again, that may very well depend entirely on the fact that they simply BUY good developers, and dont have anything to do with the games themselves :P

Mirror's Edge DLC announced

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