Just Cause 3 DLC lets you capture a fighter jet and then toss it.
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How Just Cause 3 added goofy mechs to a silly, explosive game

Just Cause 3 debuted last fall as a kind of Grand Theft Auto for tropical island warfare. It was perhaps the goofiest of shooters, where you play Rico in the open world island nation of Medici. You try to free it from its evil dictator by any means necessary, using an assortment of grappling hooks, parachutes, and wingsuits.

Now Square Enix and Avanlanche Studios have announced a new downloadable content installment that will be out in early June. Just Cause 3: Mech Land Assault features a mech vehicle with a gravity-defying mechanical arm. You can use that arm to pick up other vehicles and soldiers and then toss them. It makes for some great destruction and a lot of laughs.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.