With the holiday shopping season gearing up, RPG video game makers are beginning to make promises for the future of their games.  After all, gamers love the immersive worlds that RPGs deliver, and the promise of expansions can be tempting.  Three game makers are promising upcoming content for their games, The Last Remnant, Fable II and Fallout 3.

Square Enix is first up to bat.  The Last Remnant has only been out for about a week on the Xbox 360 and already the developer is promising new content within a month.  In fact, there will be four seperate downloadable content packs in December alone.  On December 1, two packs will be released: Purgatory’s Sins and The Key of Ancient Ruins. Both of these initial packs will be free.  On December 15, the next download, March to War Set, will be released for 150 Microsoft points.  Then on December 22, players will be treated to another free download, Price of Lies.

Lionhead has announced a release date for its Knothole Island Pack DLC for Fable II.  The pack will be released on December 22 for 800 Microsoft points over Xbox Live.  A free update will also come for the game, so that co-op won’t be broken when joining players who have the DLC.

Bethesda has also promised downloads for its Fallout 3.  There will be three downloadable content packs released in early 2009.  Operation: Anchorage will be out in January, with The Pitt following in February and Broken Steel out in March.  No prices have been announced.  For PC users, the game’s official editor will be made available in December, allowing the mod community to develop new material for the game.

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