Using the code will also pave the way for more free content in the future, according to MTV Multiplayer. Similar to Mass Effect 2, the offer will act as a deterrent to second-hand purchases but will be available online for a fee. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be released March 5 for PS3, 360 and PC.

Started in 2003, Valve is now arguably the biggest online distributor of games. By last month, Valve revealed that it had more than 25 million active Steam user accounts and, at any given time, about 2 million gamers are using the service. There are more than 1,000 games available on Steam. Not all of them will be immediately available on the Mac platform as this will depend on developers.

The Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack will be offered for PC, Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gaming consoles. It will cost around $4.99. The details were recently confirmed by 2k in an official news release.

With the DLC, gamers will be provided with a level increase to 50, in addition to new trials and more weapon upgrades. Also, the package will introduce two whole new characters: Louie McGraff, a smuggler, and playboy Oscar Calraca. 2K revealed that more DLC will be introduced for multiplayer and the single-player story over the coming few months.

The game has already been receiving some pretty good review scores from publications around the world, and while they aren't quite as high as Modern Warfare 2's, it's still right up there with the best of the best. Feel free to check out the launch-trailer below, and keep your eyes peeled for our review of Bad Company 2, which should arrive on the site in the near future.

The version will also have added information on help regarding things or controls that are important for the game. The company is publicizing the access to the game as an “opt-in beta” and said that the beta version of the games will be instantly accessible to anybody who owns a Steam account.

We are seeing the launch of Aliens vs. Predator for next gen consoles and PC. Developed by Rebellion and published by SEGA there is a considerable force behind the development of the title.

SEGA hasn't exactly been riding a wave of quality titles in recent times, so it was interesting to see how Aliens vs. Predator would play out.

The title focuses on the epic battles between the aliens, the predators, and the colonial marines who are being torn apart somewhere in the middle. The real attraction in the title is that the game can be played from the perspective of any of these three races, each playing entirely differently to the next. The aliens are fast and effective at close range.

The third downloadable add-on for Borderlands will be making it’s way to the Xbox 360 and PS3 this week.  Titled ‘The Secret Armory of General Knoxx,’ it will be the first content pack to increase the level cap.  The increase brings the level ceiling to 61, from the previous cap of 50.  The content will feature new areas, missions, vehicles, a new weapon class, as well as some crazy new enemies outfitted with some serious weaponry. If you haven’t bought the first pack, ‘The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned,’ this would be a good time to it.  Since the new DLC raises the level cap, you can now get XP for doing the Dr. New quests if you were already level 50 when it came out, like I was.

The new ‘online platform’, as the publisher describes it, will be introduced with the release of Assassin’s Creed II and Silent Hunter 5 on March 5th. But it has garnered criticism amongst some PC gamers. Speaking to MCV, UK marketing director Murray Pannell assured Ubisoft customers that the system is necessary in the ongoing battle against illegal copying.

“The impact of piracy on the PC market is enormous and working to thwart it is crucial to our future ability to continue developing for this platform,” he said. “We know requiring a permanent online connection is a controversial decision and has been seen as a disadvantage to several PC gamers.

So not only do they deny anyone who doesn't have a permanent internet connection to even play a game someone bought (effectively decreasing their potential userbase), the company also makes it impossible to sell (or give for that matter) it to someone else after having completed the game.

In order to justify this move, Ubisoft stated that now you can play your game on any computer as your savegames are put on a Ubi server. But how many people will benefit from that? How many people actually DO play the same game on multiple computers?