It seems like BioShock 2 only just came out and already its first expansion pack is being announced. Entitled Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack, this DLC pack will be the first of many for BioShock 2 and will hit for the PC, Xbox 360 and PSN on March 11th for 5 bucks or 400 Microsoft Points.

This pack will include a rank cap to 50, 2 new playable characters, 20 new trials, a third weapon upgrade for each of the game’s weapons and 5 additional masks.

Again, this is only the first of many so expect more announcements in the near future.

via kotaku

Considering the original Sims and The Sims 2 had a crapload of expansions it’s no surprise that The Sims 3 is following suit. The latest of such expansions is The Sims3 : Ambitions.

Ambitions lets you follow your Sim through a variety of jobs such as a detective, ghost hunter and many, many more. Additionally, Ambitions will include a “leveraging Build and Buy mode” as an architect and the ability to give your Sims tattoos.

Expect The Sims 3: Ambitions to his store shelves this June.

via joystiq

While we’ve already reviewed Dragon Age: Origins for you, EA has come forth today to announce Dragon Age: Origins Awakening, the first retail expansion for the game.

In Awakening, the player will take control of a new Grey Warden Commander in an area called Amaranthine and be pitted against all new monsters like the Spectral Dragon and Inferno Golem. Additionally, you will be able to surpass the level cap featured in the original game, collect new spells and items and party up with 5 new members.

Again, Dragon Age: Origins Awakening will be out on March 16th for $40.

via joystiq

The eleventh free expansion for CCP Games’ MMORPG EVE Online has been announced today. Titled Dominion, the expansion is currently set for a Winter release this year.

EVE Online: Dominion will focus on primarily endgame content – alliance warfare. A complete overhaul of sovereignty mechanics will occur, and new epic arcs for pirate factions will also be introduced.

The game has been around since 2003, so it’s very surprising that it’s still going strong against giants like World of Warcraft and Lineage II. Blizzard only offers paid expansions for their game, so CCP Games’ approach is a very unique one.

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With only a week away from release, Epic is teasing fans with a handful of new screenshots for the Gears of War 2 expansion, Dark Corners.

Seven new multiplayer maps will be added with the expansion, along with a new single-player campaign chapter known as “Road to Ruin”.

Both single player and multiplayer content is showcased in these beautiful screens. Dark Corner is scheduled to launch in the Xbox Live marketplace on July 28th for 1200 MS Points.

Square Enix has taken time away from sueing French retailers to announce that an upcoming mini-expansion for their MMORPG, Final Fantasy XI, will be made available for pre-purchase on July 5th.

The upcoming expansion is entitled A Moogle Kupo d’Etat – Evil in Small Doses, and reportedly focuses on the Moogles in the game and problems that encompass them.  RandomNPC reports that a job level of at least 10 is required to start this new story line.

Final Fantasy XI‘s upcoming expansion, A Moogle d’Etat will be available for $9.99 when it drops.

Remember Spore? The game that everyone thought was going to change the way we looked at the gaming industry in general? Yeah, well EA has finally taken the time to reveal some details regarding the game’s Galactic Adventures expansion that was first announced back in January.

In Galactic Adventure players will take the rank of Space Captain as they adventure the galaxy (ironic huh?) unlocking and collecting 30 new “game-changing items and accessories”.

And what’s a game without some sort of achievements, right? Players will be given a Creature Card, that showcases their ranking and accomplishments.

Yep, that’s all we have to go by for now, no release date or pricing.

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NCsoft has recently made public a whole slew of information regarding an upcoming expansion for their popular MMORPG Lineage II.

Entitled Gracia Final, this free expansion will include an entire new continent for players to explore. But that’s not all as NCsoft is also adding the ability for players to use new aerial transformation skills such as Aurabird Falcon, Aurabird Owl which will allow players to view Gracia fro an all new angle.

Gracia Final will expand the game’s Olympiad tournament to allow for 3 vs 3 matches along with a new arena that allows players to duke it out against random opponents. Also included is a new PVP mode pitting players against eachother in capture the flag inspired games.

Kotaku is also reporting that the expansion is playable now in a beta form on the game’s public test servers which you can get by swinging by FilePlanet, here.

GSC Game World is reported to be developing a second stand-alone S.T.A.L.K.E.R. expansion as well as a full-fledged sequel.

This comes from Clanbase and TTLG, both of whom cite the same Russian language interview with studio president Sergey Grigorovitch.

The expansion is subtitled “Call of Pripyat” and is due out later this year. While S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 was mentioned, no details were given.

The post-apocalyptic first-person shooter/RPG was released back in 2007, with “Clear Sky”, the expansion prequel, out the next year.

Whip out your bear-blasters, as EA LA’s stand-alone PC expansion for Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 is set for release sometime later today.

Priced at $19.95 and dubbed Uprising, the expansion contains four new mini-campaigns, one of which can be called a dungeon-crawler that explores the origins of psychic Japanese schoolgirl Yuriko Omega.

The expansion also features a new Commander’s Challenge mode with 50 new scenarios and live-action cutscenes featuring the charisma of nature boy Ric Flair and Gemma Atkinson, among others.