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Memorial Day Weekend DLC Funtime

A few digital goodies to play with over the long weekend.


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Heading into the long Memorial Day weekend all you gamers out there need to make sure you've loaded up with stuff to play. Fortunately, this week's Virtual Goods has you covered with our picks for the best new DLC on you platform of choice.

Art Style: light trax
(Wii -  600 Wii Points = $6)

Light Trax is the first Art Style game to be released since for WiiWare since 2008's Orbient, and it's well worth the wait. Building on the minimalist graphics and gameplay of the import-only/friendly Bit Generations GBA game Dotstream, this puzzle-racing game would make any Tron fan happy. The goal is simple: be the first one across the finish line, but it's a lot harder than it looks.

Doom II
(Xbox 360 -  800 MS Points = $10)

The Doom franchise did an amazing job of pushing the envelope of gaming on so many different levels in the 1990s that seeing the classic Doom II appear on Xbox Live Arcade shouldn't be a surprise. In order to protect your Earth, you must descend into the depths of Hell as the game's nameless space marine and kill anything that moves (and then some) in one of the greatest FPS games ever released. As an added bonus, the XBLA version comes with nine all-new levels, so veteran fans of the series have something new to look forward to.

Viral Survival

(Wii -  500 Wii Points = $5)

After sitting through all of those middle school biology classes, it's a safe bet that you never thought that anything having to do with DNA would be fun. Well, Viral Survival proves you wrong. In NIS America's first WiiWare game, you're tasked with connecting as many DNA pieces together as possible to rack up your high score. As long as you don't have to take a test after each level, Viral Survival is a great way to start the summer.

ModNation Racers PSP
(PSP - $29.99)

The portable equivalent of the PS3's ModNation Racers gives you essentially the same awesome kart racing game, just without the ridiculous loading times. It's also the perfect poster child for portable gaming, since all you need a couple of spare minutes to squeeze in a race. Or, if you prefer, forget about the racing and let your inner designer run free, and spend you time creating characters, karts and tracks with ease.

LittleBigPlanet Modnation Racers DLC
(PlayStaion 3 - $1.99)

To celebrate Sony's big kart racing release on the PS3 and PSP, Sackboy is getting all dressed up. Grab the star of ModNation Racers, Tag, and a whole bunch of stickers to help you create the perfect crossover stages in LittleBigPlanet, and then let them loose on the world.

Voodoo Dice
(Xbox 360 -  800 MS Points = $10)

If you're looking for a game that might get you cursed this weekend, then look no further than Voodoo Dice. Roll the dice carefully to solve innovative puzzles and conquer the voodoo universe. What more could you want? Voodoo Dice has it all; voodoo, puzzles, dice, voodoo. Go buy it before Ubisoft puts a curse on you.

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