As the "Pure Time Trial Map Pack" for Mirror's Edge is finally going out to PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners today, publisher Electronic Arts has provided a new trailer.

The $10 download brings seven new maps and nine new races to the time trial mode.

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Electronic Arts has announced that the downloadable "Pure Time Trial Map Pack" for Mirror's Edge will be available for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners today.

Priced at $10, or 800 Microsoft Points, the download adds seven trippy maps and nine new races to DICE's first-person parkour title, promising "no guns, no cops, and no city." The premium-priced downloadable content was originally expected on January 29.

Xbox 360 owners can already purchase and download the pack from the Xbox Live Marketplace, with the PC and PlayStation 3 versions due in the coming hours.

During a conference call today, EA CFO Eric Brown noted that both EA Redwood Shores' Dead Space and DICE's Mirror's Edge sold over one million copies each in 2008.

The figure includes all versions of the games that were released in 2008. The action-horror shooter Dead Space was available on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, while the first-person parkour game Mirror's Edge hit PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2008.

As the PC version of Mirror's Edge followed the console editions in mid-January of 2009, its sales numbers were not reflected in the total 2008 sales.

Brown did not touch on known planned sequels for either game, though EA CEO John Riccitiello noted that "games with a 2 on them sell better" and have lower R&D costs.

Update: Electronic Arts has confirmed the delay with Shacknews, writing that developer DICE deemed it necessary in order to provide "a completely smooth experience."

The $10 Pure Time Trial Map Pack is now expected to hit PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in February, with the free PS3-exclusive "Synethesia" map still coming tomorrow.

Original: Once expected tomorrow, the downloadable content for Mirror's Edge may have suffered a slight delay, according to a PlayStation.Blog post by producer Tom Farrer.

A free PlayStation 3-exclusive map for the parkour game will be released tomorrow, he wrote, noting that the full "Pure Time Trial Map Pack" wouldn't hit until early February.

Publisher Electronic Arts had previously specified a January 29 release for the $10 pack, which adds seven maps and nine races to the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions.

A newly-discovered hack for the PC version of Mirror's Edge allows gamers to play the first-person parkour game from the more traditional third-person perspective.

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The hack first showed up over on the forums of fansite On-Mirror's-Edge. As developer DICE designed the game for the first-person view, the model for Faith isn't properly animated and the camera can't be moved up or down, but the game is playable.

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Electronic Arts has released the first patch for the PC version of Mirror's Edge, available now on FileShack.

Apparently the 1.01 patch addresses a "possible PhysX lockup issue."

The PC version of Mirror's Edge heads off to North American retailers today, and in celebration, publisher EA confirmed the release date for the game's upcoming DLC.

Priced at 800 Microsoft Points ($10), the Time Trial downloadable content will be available for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 gamers on January 29. The download adds seven maps and nine race to the DICE-developed first-person parkour game.

The company had previously promised that PlayStation 3 owners would gain an exclusive free map, though made no mention of that content in today's announcement.

While lowered expectations have caused Electronic Arts to consider axing some games, the company has suggested that the planned sequels for EA Redwood Shores' Dead Space and DICE's Mirror's Edge will not be affected by the upcoming cuts.

"Dead Space looks like a long-term big winner for us," EA CEO John Riccitiello stated during a conference call today. "Mirror's Edge is one that was very strongly reviewed. That one's gonna go forward--we'll be looking at some issues around the design to make sure strong IP is married with strong business."

Riccitiello added: "Many times, what happens with new IP is the first edition doesn't generate the units that subsequent editions could generate."

The CEO also touched on the recent release of Mythic's Warhammer Online, stating his belief that the PC MMO "will continue to perform very very well."

Electronic Arts titles such as Mirror's Edge, Rock Band 2 and Need for Speed Undercover are expected to underperform this holiday season, and could spell more product and personnel cuts for the publisher, according to Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian.

"Specifically, we believe several EA titles are tracking below plan at retail this holiday, including Need for Speed Undercover (with disappointing reviews), new franchise Mirror's Edge, and Rock Band 2," said Sebastian, as relayed by Gamasutra.

Lazard predicts that a sluggish season could mean more layoffs for EA--in addition to the October 30 slashing of 600 jobs--and product cancellations, such as the company's recent termination of EA LA's Tiberium.

"Importantly, we believe EA is continuing to review its cost structure and franchise base, and it is possible that management will announce further cuts in headcount and the development pipeline (including existing franchises) over the coming quarters," added Sebastian.

While hard sales data of holiday titles has not yet been released, Lazard's "tracking" bills the aforementioned games as slower-than-expected sellers. However, Sebastian noted that Dead Space, FIFA 09 and Left 4 Dead have seen strong sales in spite of the overall disappointment.

The minimum system requirements for the PC version of Mirror's Edge have been unwrapped by developer DICE, along with a video of the new PC-only PhysX effects.

"Actual gameplay footage slowed down to emphasize PhysX effects," the video notes.

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Those PhysX effects are purely optional, designer Fredrik Thylander confirmed alongside the minimum system requirements in the On Mirror's Edge forums:

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Memory 1GB RAM
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Sure, the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 editions of Mirror's Edge are already out. But with the PC version due January 13 and some downloadable levels after that, publisher EA is still doing its best to promote the DICE-developed free-running game.

Case in point, the video below, which recreates the game's stunts and levels in real life. That is, except for the part where the video features dudes and the game stars a girl.

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Earlier this morning, Mirror's Edge senior producer Owen O'Brien noted that the upcoming downlodable content would feature a "a more abstract aesthetic."

Now, publisher EA has provided some media. Abstract? Well, that's one way to put it.

Promising "no guns, no cops, and no city," the seven downloadable Time Trial maps will hit PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in late January, priced at 800 Microsoft Points ($10). In addition, PlayStation 3 owners will receive an extra downloadable map for free.

Already out on consoles, the first-person free-running game is due on PC January 13.

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Following up on an earlier promise for more information at a later date, DICE today announced that the first DLC for Mirror's Edge will be a time trial map pack.

The seven maps will be available for PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 for $10 or 800 Microsoft Points. The PlayStation 3 version will also receive an additional map for free.

"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 DICE senior producer Owen O'Brien, adding, "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."

The DLC will ship late January.

DICE also announced that the PC version of the game will ship to North American stores January 13, with the international release following January 16.

A trailer for the PC edition of EA DICE's Mirror's Edge (PC, 360, PS3) has arrived, and even though the parkour-inspired action game is out for consoles, the trailer shows something new. The PC version has picked up Nvidia's PhysX physics acceleration, promising more detailed gameplay and better visuals for Nvidia hardware owners.

The updated PC port is due on store shelves in January.

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In celebration of the pending Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 release of DICE's Mirror's Edge, EA has promised downloadable content for the first-person parkour action game and a January release for the PC port, which was delayed back in September.

"To keep the action coming after launch, DICE is currently developing downloadable content that will be available at the beginning of the year. More details to be announced shortly," reads a press release from the publisher.

The release may be short on details, but Sony has previously flaunted exclusive DLC for the PlayStation 3 version of the game. However, that exclusivity could apply to a specific level or release, not DLC in general, leaving the PC and 360 versions open to DLC.

Meanwhile, a specific date has not been set for the delayed PC version. Rather, only a release window of January is known at this time.

Update: Downloadable content for Mirror's Edge will be released in both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 form, EA DICE confirmed with GameCyte.

Electronic Arts today announced that DICE's first person platform-action title Mirror's Edge has gone gold.

To mark the occasion, EA also passed along the final trailer for the game. The short montage contains a look at a few levels--and color schemes--we haven't seen before.

Mirror's Edge is set to ship next Tuesday, November 11, on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The PC version will hit sometime in the next few months.

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A new trailer for DICE's Mirror's Edge (360, PS3) has popped up, and it's another animated entry explaining the background story in Mirror's Edge. Our narrator tells us up front that he "always lie[s]" when asked about the people called "runners," and the trailer explains why.

A demo for Mirror's Edge is now available on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Store and the full game drops on November 11 with a PC release later this winter.

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With the Mirror's Edge demo available in the PlayStation Store today and the Xbox Live Marketplace tomorrow, Electronic Arts sends along this new trailer showing about a minute of in-game footage.

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The demo features the prologue of the game, a tutorial and a segment of the single-player story mode.

Mirror's Edge ships to stores November 11 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Originally expected November 6, a playable demo of DICE's Mirror's Edge will be released this week instead. The PlayStation Store will have the demo tomorrow, and the Xbox Live Marketplace will have it up on Friday.

The demo will include a tutorial and part of the single-player story mode, and those who have pre-ordered the game will be able to use a code to unlock a Time Trial mode. Mirror's Edge ships for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 November 11, with a PC release following later this winter.

Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello was responsible for the plentiful reflective surfaces in DICE's Mirror's Edge because he "pushed the bejesus" for the game to be third-person, according to a recent interview.

As part of a Gamasutra interview series, Riccitiello revealad he was "a little freaked out" over making a first-person game that wasn't a shooter. Instead, Mirror's Edge is a first-person game inspired by parkour running.

"I was really wrong about the third-person thing," he admitted in the wake of rising hype for the game. But he got what he wanted in the concession of adding mirrors. "I got mirrors so you can see [Faith, the game's protagonist]," he said.

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