Electronic
Arts announced last week that it will be making fresh downloadable
available for
Mirror's
Edge
in
late January. Available for all versions of the game, including the
PC version which will be releasing in North America on January 13
th
,
the first Time Trail Map Pack for
Mirror's
Edge
will
be available for $10/800 Microsoft Points. Playstation 3 users will
also be able to download one exclusive, free map.
This
Pack will be quite different from what
Mirror's
Edge
players
have grown accustomed to with the game's cityscape, as the new
environments will include no familiar settings. As EA puts it, “
No
guns, no cops, and no city: this is true aesthetics, agility and flow
that will challenge any runner”. The new environments will only be
available in the Time Trial mode.
“
The
freedom of movement and control in first person has been the most
popular aspect of
Mirror’s
Edge
so we decided to distil these down to their purest form for this map
pack,” said Owen O’Brien, Senior Producer at DICE. “We
deliberately chose a more abstract aesthetic that is still within our
distinctive art style and then focused on flow and gameplay to create
an experience and challenge very different from the main game.” In
simple terms, that means the environments are really just empty
spaces with objects in them, free form playgrounds.
Mirror's
Edge
is
available for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and will be available for PC on
January 13
th
in North America, January 16
th
worldwide and is rated T for Teen.