EA floats Dead Space DLC

EA has already said that it has every intention to continue mining the Dead Space brand with a sequel. However, before blowing the escape pods, the publisher said today that it would be injecting a bit of inertia into the horror shooter's marooned hulk with a bout of downloadable content. The...

EA has already said that it has every intention to continue mining the Dead Space brand with a sequel. However, before blowing the escape pods, the publisher said today that it would be injecting a bit of inertia into the horror shooter's marooned hulk with a bout of downloadable content.

The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions of the game will see both shared and exclusive DLC. Common to both, Dead Space will see a number of suits and weapon packs. For $1 (80 Microsoft points), gamers can pick up The Big Gun Pack, which includes the Steam Punk Force Gun, or the Hot Rock Pack, which adds new visual effects for the flamethrower and pulse rifle.

Priced $.50 higher is the Pedestrian Pack, which includes new skins for the contact beam, plasma cutter, and ripper. The $2.25 (180 Microsoft points) Scorpion and Speed Killer Packs offer gamers faster-firing upgrades for the plasma cutter, line gun, and force gun.

At the $3 (240 Microsoft points) price point, gamers can pick up the Astronaut Pack, which includes an astronaut suit and weapon skins, and the Heavy Damage Pack, equipped with new looks and enhanced power for various weapons. A number of $4 packs are also available, including the Military Pack, Scorpion Pack, and Tank Pack, all of which confer enhanced damage, new space suits, or retextured weapons.

As for the platform-specific DLC, PS3 gamers can pick up the Obsidian Weapon Skin Pack, which casts the game's weapons in a jet-black hue, for $1.50, or go all in with the $3.00 Obsidian Pack that includes the weapon colors as well as a deep-black suit. Gamers on Microsoft's platform will see comparably priced and outfitted packs, save that the new textures will be cast in "Xbox 360 colors."

The new DLC for Dead Space will be available on the Xbox 360 beginning November 13, with the PS3 packs following on November 20. Check out GameSpot's review of Dead Space for more on the game.

130 Comments

  • Fandango_Letho

    Posted Feb 8, 2009 7:45 am GMT

    darkpresence: not everybody is a heavily finished computer geek like you who knows how to texture videogame character.

    if you don't like it, don't buy it. No one's forcing your arm.

  • darkpresence

    Posted Feb 4, 2009 12:11 pm GMT

    to dom456 and rest of your ilk, its not about being cheap its about getting quality content (DLC) that adds new maps, story arcs(mini's). why the hell do i need a scorpion suit or new faster firing gun, when I already beat the game without it?? if was the case, id beat it over again with the saved suit I got when i finished it the first time. costing me no money. your entitled buy whatever you want, your money. but you are sending a message to developers its okay to charge $$ for junk content that can had for free. new reskins, new guns, suits, are nothing more than cheats, and useless crap. thank god I have a PC so i dont get charged for this. I can easily go in and open up photoshop CS4, and reskin a texture and resave it into the game boom! for free! if i wanna go further, I can introduce new models (depending if the game has a editor). point being the biggest beef people have is the quality and usefulness of the charged content.

  • Fullmetal66

    Posted Nov 18, 2008 10:36 pm GMT

    I bought the scorpion suit when the game first came out it helps a lot.

  • Genesis_123

    Posted Nov 18, 2008 2:51 pm GMT

    Wow. We have to pay for something as feeble as a suit. What kind of person would buy that just for fancy new stuff?

  • 100LBSofDogMeat

    Posted Nov 17, 2008 5:45 pm GMT

    JoshBGosh and DLC-fiends alike... please do not buy this crap. Just because you play games on a crippled computer (a.k.a XBox and PS3) doesn't mean you should pay out the a$$ for crappy content. Re-skins? Modders make those for fun on PC. DLC should be more missions, more maps, something of any real substance... not new looks. And I agree with pukmok, buying this junk just feeds developers the idea that this is okay, when it really is not.

  • JoshBGosh

    Posted Nov 16, 2008 3:04 pm GMT

    Most PC'rs should be thankful were still getting some kind of support, as a lot of games have fallen into the curb when it comes to any kind of follow up support. Take an example from Monolith. The company no longer supports the game AVP2(one of their better games I might say). They ended up sticking to their latest creation instead. This only means we should rely on the kindness of those of us who actually know what 'modding' is. So , the xtra 2-3 dollar$ shouldnt break anyones bank account (My change jar just sitting there waiting for another gallon of gas) And I'm sure were going to get more out of this game than your car would any day. I should have waited for the under 20 dollar bin, by then all the mods/gold edition wouldve been included.

  • dom456

    Posted Nov 16, 2008 11:47 am GMT

    u guys are all some cheap bastards. we're talking about 3, 2 even 1 friggn dollar. maybe if u didn't have to ask ur parents for the money. every one of those skins and packs sound cool and i'll buy everyone if i want cause i make money and i spend it on whatever i think is cool. go ask ur grandparents for more money before u idiots write stupid comments on message boards

  • redtone

    Posted Nov 16, 2008 1:18 am GMT

    y it has to be paid for, i donno,a usually supposed to be an unlockable item when finish game???...if it for changing texture n looks, y don't just add, mods ??? crysis got mod for changing it pistol texture, n i don't need to pay it..

  • bobonator3

    Posted Nov 15, 2008 8:26 pm GMT

    Not worth spending a dime for new looks and effects. However i would consider paying up if they put a few more difficulty modes and add things like all blown off limbs grow tentacles and attack you or new enemies altogether or even a downloadable alternate ending. EA just milking more than they need to.

  • CaptainHarley

    Posted Nov 15, 2008 4:14 pm GMT

    anybody who actually pays for this is the reason companies can milk dlc that should be free for money. supporting this kind of thing makes YOU, not the companies, what is wrong with dlc. they'll make crap if we keep eating it.

  • pukmok

    Posted Nov 15, 2008 9:34 am GMT

    WTF EA. Add game content, not skins and colors. Those should be unlockables in the game not $1 downloads. Take a hint from Criterion.

  • remark666

    Posted Nov 15, 2008 7:28 am GMT

    this should be free, u guys are crazy, i will not buy the second instalment in the series if this happens

  • junglist101

    Posted Nov 14, 2008 6:38 pm GMT

    This is one of the dumbest ideas for DLC I have ever heard. Items that directly affect gameplay should be included with the game. Except for maps, and extra levels. Those I can see charging a small amount for.

  • volpexpress

    Posted Nov 14, 2008 6:31 pm GMT

    The only thing that was even worth getting on there was the heavy damage pack...and still the only thing i would ever use that for is on impossible difficulty and then what i wasted money just for that...could have done better with the DLC.

  • Gen007

    Posted Nov 14, 2008 12:55 pm GMT

    wow thats dumb i mean come on paying so you can further upgrade your guns, weapon skins lol thats stuff that should have included as unlockables in the game. At least release all that stuff together as an expansion pack or something at a reasonable price

  • Tebbit

    Posted Nov 13, 2008 3:52 am GMT

    So, I hear EA thinks people are morons. Although the price point IS awfully sweet...

    Seriously, a buck fifty for changing the visual effects of a flamethrower!? Retextured weapons!? Enhanced damage!? JUST PUT THE GAME ON EASY!

    What they've done is taken what could have been a substantial patch, split it up, and hey-presto, insta-cash!

  • thenephariouson

    Posted Nov 13, 2008 12:45 am GMT

    I hate how devs try to flog additional 'minor' content to try to squeeze as much cash out of us gamers as possible, when they could simply have included it in the supplied product. new skins etc "whooooo". Thanks but no thanks!!

  • metalliod

    Posted Nov 12, 2008 9:31 pm GMT

    Well they should think about making it more intense and horrifying like the first one.

  • clarkspark

    Posted Nov 12, 2008 1:15 pm GMT

    While we're at it, anyone know if theres a good ending to buy for Assassins Creed? lmao

  • hannify

    Posted Nov 12, 2008 12:40 pm GMT

    yeah i want more story not more skins

  • clarkspark

    Posted Nov 12, 2008 10:55 am GMT

    Paying for 'skins' is lame. Give me extra content like in Oblivion and Mass Effect then we'll talk shop. Paying for DLC should only be for adding several hours of extras not just weapon/armor upgrades.

  • tudyniuz

    Posted Nov 12, 2008 10:16 am GMT

    I'm so getting Dead Space now

  • chapan17

    Posted Nov 12, 2008 9:59 am GMT

    its a pitty the content is gonna get uploaded so late.. im in mission 11 of impossible mode with 1 weapon to get my last 2 trophies in this last run so i think i wont be getting this

  • BitterMan23

    Posted Nov 12, 2008 8:57 am GMT

    Maybe they can release a patch on gamespot itself, seems glitchy lately. For example, they gave Legendary a low review, partially based on its boring missions that mostly rely on you going somewhere to turn a handle so that a door opens up somewhere else, when Dead Space has you do the same thing for ITS missions (except instead of a handle, its a keypad or maybe a battery lying on the floor). Then they shaved a few points off from Mirrors Edge for a short campaign and only having one path to take to get thru it, when again, the same thing could be said for Dead Space.

  • CureForLiving

    Posted Nov 12, 2008 2:39 am GMT

    Well I think a bit more actual content would have been nice, or at least better then what amounts to a skin pack and a weapon mod.

  • AtlanticRock

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 5:50 pm GMT

    Where's the extra story mode??

  • phudabulah

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 4:52 pm GMT

    Wow this stuff is dog****. And EA is making people shell out money for it?

    Remember when games would have this stuff as UNLOCKABLE? Yeah, wasn't that long ago. Devil May Cry does it. Hell, Burnout Paradise had tons of new stuff as DLC, except for free. Dead Space's DLC total price is about $30... wow. So you're paying $90 to get the FULL game.

    $90 for one game.

  • k_max96

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 2:09 pm GMT

    I'm all for it!

  • DefHalan

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 12:49 pm GMT

    What about PC?

  • Valdir_Imrov

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 11:36 am GMT

    I hate it when publishers just release weapons and skins... so basically, you're giving the character and weapons a facelift. Will it make the game anymore fun to play? No. Not that the game isn't fun, it is.

    I would have liked more playable content tbh. It could have been done, they could have come up with ways.

  • otanikun

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 11:32 am GMT

    Fun fun, sorry gen_warbuff, yes you got name dropped, but there wouldn't be any more missions, the game ending has already decided that there are no more missions to accomplish.
    I've already downloaded the Scorpion suit but if I can get screen shots of the new suits and weapon looks and graphics, I might be persuaded to get them, I'm already playing it a second time, killing Necromorophs is fun ^_^

  • Gen_Warbuff

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 11:20 am GMT

    Yeah, if it would have been more missions then maybe I would get some DLC. But just skins or weapons really gives me no reason to pick up and play the game again.

  • saintsrowCS

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 10:46 am GMT

    Let me think Dead Space no multiplayer on/offline, good sized story so what do the people want more missions nah different color weapons, some upgrades

  • Sins-of-Mosin

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 10:38 am GMT

    All that junk should be $1.

  • mhozzy1

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 9:55 am GMT

    that sounds cool

  • GeneralArrow

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 9:36 am GMT

    This might make a difference...oh wait! Wrong type of game for DLC.

  • Yuck_Too

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 9:28 am GMT

    I still blame Oblivion Horse Armor and the people who bought it for securing the future of DLC.I still blame Oblivion Horse Armor and the people who bought it for securing the future of DLC.

  • VenomRitual

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 9:28 am GMT

    this is lame. this is whay valve is awesome. through achievements we can get better weapons(pyro) on tf2. i remember the days when these added skins, weapons, levels were all unlockables. now we hve to pay for them. ugh

  • zomglolcats

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 9:07 am GMT

    I think THIS is why companies are abandoning the PC. They claim piracy is hurting their profits, but the truth is, they can just charge you more and for everything on a console. You could easily have all of this stuff for free on a PC from a modding community. With the introduction of DLC, the publishers are latching on to the cash cow and trying to abandon the PC market.

  • skullflower

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 8:57 am GMT

    I absolutely loved Dead Space, and went through it 3 times in a row. But I won't be buying these types of DLC - where new suits would look cool, I just think it's abit cheeky.

  • sundown19

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 8:51 am GMT

    Attention EA...this is why people don't like you.

  • moh_sakhaii

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 8:46 am GMT

    are they crazy? DLC for guns and suits. LOL

  • alchemist889

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 8:44 am GMT

    DLC is a joke. Only a true console gamer could tolerate DLC, PC gamers have been getting free content both from the developer and others since the beginning of the platform as a gaming machine. Also, I think it would make a lot more sense to develop an extra level or something that actually adds to the replay value than just visual tweaks...

  • jimbob_1977

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 8:29 am GMT

    Isnt it the idea of the game to upgrade your weapons/suits as you play through the game? So this is kinda cheatin then?!? I was looking forward to new area's not 'enhancements' from the dlc!

  • phlynhy

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 8:28 am GMT

    You know, is it me or does anybody else see this as people buying "cheats"? Seriously, this is no different than entering a code in to have all weapons or more damage, ect...yet rather than make you punch in a series of codes...they are making you punch in your credit card. Seriously, this is the kind of crap EA needs to stop, yet if people go out and buy this, which some will, this will just encourage more companies to start doing the same. It will get to the point you will buy a game for 60 bucks and then have to pay for each level, oh look you found a secret area...."to access secret area, please deposit 480 Live points". I don't think it would get this bad but still, its getting rediculous. Serisouly, we started paying 60, not 50 bucks like in previsous generations. We started seeing companies like EA put ads in our games, now they want to charge you for cheat codes. So when the F*** are we going to start seeing this additional value in games for paying the 60 bucks? We were able to play awesome, quality games in the past for 50 bucks and not deal with adds, or some of these companies selling more things to you, that should be included (Map packs, expansions/add-ons - should not be free, but it is nice when it is). It is sad to say that these companies are getting too Greedy, but EA has always been an industry leader in GREED.

  • spidey223

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 8:28 am GMT

    This game is great. I'm really enjoying playing it. BUT, how about we EARN these extras in-game, instead of paying for them??? Paying for a new suit, or a newly colored gun is just plain silly.

  • Jorlen

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 8:17 am GMT

    Hrm I was excited when I saw DLC for dead space but this... is rather disappointing.

  • Javier

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 8:15 am GMT

    They are selling visual effects for weapons now? I know its just $1, but its ridiculous!
    Whats next? Pay extra to hear the game´s complete dialogue?

  • 96windsor

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 8:00 am GMT

    cower in fear evil space babies! my gun is slightly more powerful and a different color!

  • firehawk998

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 7:51 am GMT

    This is new. DLC for changing the look of the weapon. Just when I thought that DLC couldnt get any worse here it is.

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