When done properly downloadable content can add a great deal of value to games, but locked on-disc content and day-one DLC can hurt video game brands. My colleague David Thier has a controversial ...

Yes, including Day 1 DLC on-disc is controversial, but it's just one aspect of the problem. Why do publishers keep using these methods? Because they work -- and the money they bring in can make a ...

Moore says players have mistaken ideas about how games are developed and released. Read the whole story ...

Here’s how it works. One of the most irksome problems in the gaming industry at the moment is the concept of on-disc DLC, oftentimes referred to as disc-locked content. The idea of paying extra ...

Speaking to GameSpot in an interview at PAX East this weekend in Boston, Massachusetts, Bleszinksi said on-disc DLC is often necessary. Bleszinski finds on-disc DLC to be "unfortunate." ...

What do you think about on-disc DLC? A reader sent the site what it claims to be Capcom's response to a Better Business Bureau complaint lodged against the company in regard to Street Fighter X ...

BioShock 2's first batch of DLC, the Sinclair Solutions pack, may have been on the game disc all along. Developer 2K Marin would need something akin to a miracle to squash all of the Sinclair ...

Well, the rabbit hole goes deeper. After sniffing through files on the disc, a pesky hacker found out that the day-one DLC for Mass Effect 3 was already stored on the disc and that the "From Ashes ...

Resident Evil 6's controversial on-disc DLC is free content, with Capcom stating that no premium DLC is included with the retail package. In a post on Capcom Unity, the publisher detailed two free ...

2K Games has seemingly confirmed that the Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack premium downloadable content is stored on the BioShock 2 disc ... creating the DLC package the way we did allowed for ...