After a surprise announcement, followed by a shaky launch, Activision has finally released a new update for the current-gen versions of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1 and 2. Namely, the update adds eight new playable characters to the first game. Priced and $40 on its own, or $60 when bundled with the second game, fans of Marvel Ultimate Alliance were upset to find the rerelease of the 10 year old game did not even include the original’s DLC.

Soon after launch in July and alongside a much needed technical patch on PC, Activision offered claiming the DLC was coming, but stopped short of giving an exact release date.

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​ About the DLC: On November 5, 2009, downloadable content was a released for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 which includes new characters, comic missions as well as new achievements. Additionally the once pre-order exclusive character Juggernaut was available to buy for 160MSP. The content was removed on December 31, 2009, with Activision claiming the content was 'a limited time offer'. On July 1, 2010 Activision re-released the DLC on Xbox Live, players could purchase both the five character DLC pack and the Juggernuat pre-order character for the same cost previously mentioned. Activision, however, stipulated that the content would only be available until December 31, 2010. The content has now indeed been delisted from XBLA.

Download: (Might be required for the DLC to work correctly) How to use / play / unlock / additional information: The files / folders for the DLC must be placed in the Content 000000 on the Xbox 360 hard drive, or an Xbox 360 formatted USB memory stick. This content will only work on a Jtagged Xbox 360 and not a normal console. If you have a USB memory stick formatted for use with the Xbox 360 you can copy it to that with using the USB storage explorer: It will go in the Content 000000 folder on the data partition, for example you would copy the 4156082F 00000002 folders along with the 658D0CFEB3EC1B24413F41 file in to there for the Juggernaut Playable Character DLC. When it is on the USB stick it will be picked up by the game, you can also move it to your 360's internal hard drive using the dashboards memory management options, under system settings.