Last call for Marvel Ultimate Alliance DLC

By Fred Dutton Published 1 December, 2010

Activision taking it down this month.

Anyone still playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2? If so, you've only got a few weeks to pick up the Character & Sim Mission Pack DLC.

The DLC, which adds five extra characters and a bunch of new Achievements, will be taken down on 31st December.

The Character & Sim Mission Pack originally launched earlier this year for a limited time only. When the initial deadline came up, late-to-the-party fans got rather upset, so publisher Activision hammered out a deal with Marvel and put it back up. This time however, it's not coming back

Activision's professional friendly face Dam Amrich posted in his OneofSwords blog, "After December 31, it's gone for good. For my sake if not for your own, do not delay, dammit."

Should you wish to get on board, the DLC pack will set you back £7.99 on PlayStation Network or 800 Points on Xbox Live.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 launched last year on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, scoring a rather limp 5/10 from Eurogamer's Dan Whitehead.

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Comments (10) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • darkmorgado #1 1 year ago

    And this is what pisses me off about DLC.

  • afghan_jones #2 1 year ago

    Could at least make it free or discount it if it is popping off for good. Can probably buy the full game for about 8 quid these days.

  • metallicorphan #3 1 year ago

    bah loved the first one but have yet to buy MUA2...not sure whether i would want this,should i buy it now just incase?...i also have to buy Outrun Arcade before that disappears,but at least i have until Dec 2012 for that

  • darkmorgado #4 1 year ago

    @metallicorphan

    Tbh, it's nowhere near as good as the first one. They completely dumbed down the RPG aspects (you no longer choose where to allocate your points), and for all the PR crap about "hundreds of combination attacks!", they actually boil down to the same 4 different combo attacks, just with slightly different visual effects depending on the character pairing.
    The story is pretty weak too.
    A game like MUA lives and dies on its loot and character development. Sadly Activision forgot this and effectively removed both from this game.
    It's also annoying because the removal of this DLC will effectively make it impossible to get the full gamerscore on the title, as the DLC carried an additional 250 points.

  • DFawkes #5 1 year ago

    I'm just glad it came back in the first place - when I first bought MUA2 it was already on it's first break due to licensing issues, meaning there were inaccessible achievements. It also meant some people couldn't play with others online.

    It's worth noting if you ever plan on buying it, there is free versions of the DLC so you can play with the people that bought it, much like the Fable II DLC. So download that just now so you'll be able to play online with everyone. There is one for the character pack and one for Juggernaut.

    As for buying the paid version, I'll leave it up to you whether the characters sound cool enough. I quite liked the opportunity to use Magneto and Carnage, so I like it. You also get Cable, Psylocke and Black Panther, should you decide to pay up.

  • rudedudejude #6 1 year ago

    800 points, yikes, that's about what I paid for the full game!

  • butler` #7 1 year ago

    Maybe reduce the price and you might actually shift double figures.

  • RexRunti #8 1 year ago

    What happens to DLC you pay for and accidently delete, can you still redownload it if it is no longer available? If not I feel a consumer rights complaint coming on.

  • Sunyavadin #9 1 year ago

    This is how ALL DLC and ALL download games services requiring an internet connection will eventually go.
    Financial or licensing issues will lead to the content you paid for being pulled, whether it takes a year, a decade, or a century, none of what you buy, if it's not a hard copy, is guaranteed to continue existing.

  • irve77 #10 1 year ago

    oh dear , what a pity , never mind .

    remind me of this story if they make the DLC free !