EL33TONLINE: News tag archive: deadspace2
EA has revealed a bunch of new screenshots for the upcoming Outbreak Map Pack for Dead Space 2.
The new map pack will be available on Xbox LIVE on the 31st of May and on the PlayStation Network on the 3rd of June. Even better news is that it’s available for free!
I contend that Dead Space 2 is the culmination of decades of game development lessons and learning, benefiting from everything game developers have learned over the past thirty years, and all of the knowledge that these digital wizards have collected and stored in their overarching hive mind.
Dead Space 2 is presented in incredible style and you’re never once given the chance to think that what you’re experiencing is anything but the highest quality. Likewise, the third-person action of Dead Space 2 is tuned to expert degrees, ensuring you’re always comfortable with the challenging in-game scenarios and able to overcome these challenges with your own accumulated skill. The world is wonderfully realised, the story is delivered very well, and you’re kept engaged throughout. And there’s multiplayer!
But there’s something a little off about Dead Space 2. Despite all of the visual splendour, gripping action and extremely memorable events, there’s a blandness that I personally couldn’t shake while playing. The game has one note that it plays exceptionally well, and there are even a couple different, interesting notes included in the melody to mix it up… but considering the intense mood and atmosphere of this horror-themed action game, that melody can become all too familiar and oppressive.
Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Dead Space 2.
EA and Visceral Games have finally slapped a release date on the first set of scheduled story-based downloadable content (DLC) for the horrific action adventure game Dead Space 2, and like the creatures in the game, it’s managed to sneak up on all of us.
Despite the release of Capcom’s mighty fighting game last week, Marvel VS Capcom 3, Activision and Treyarch were able to deftly shut down the Japanese publisher’s efforts at UK game industry domination as Call of Duty: Black Ops claimed another week at No. 1 on Chart Track’s UK Software Sales chart.
Ugh.
The terrible header aside, it’s good news for Atari and Test Drive Unlimited 2 this week as Eden Game’s highly ambitious open-world racing game has claimed No. 1 on Chart Track’s UK Software Sales listing for the past week, usurping previous crown holder Dead Space 2 in the process.
Two weeks ago El33tonline and EA South Africa teamed up to give you a chance to win Dead Space 2, an awesomely horrific action adventure title from the fine (slightly twisted) folks at Visceral Games.
Entry was simple. Answer an easy question and you would be placed into a random draw to stand a chance of winning one of two copies of the title – either on Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3.
We’ve made you wait long enough. It’s time to reveal who amongst you has managed to snag yourself a copy of Dead Space 2:
In this podcycle built for two, Tom and Oliver discuss what makes an addictive open-world game, why Double Fine’s Stacking is so amazing, what we think about the cancellation of major Activision franchises (and the continuation of minor ones), while also chatting about newly announced games Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure, The Darkness II and Call of Juarez: The Cartel.
We’re two members light this week, but the discussion is heavy! Can the podcycle take the weight?
Listen in to the latest El33tonline Podcast to find out! (Hint: Yes)
El33tonline and EA South Africa recently teamed up to give away two copies of the excellent horror-filled action adventure game, Dead Space 2, and your chance to win this title is drawing to a close!
Our Dead Space 2 sweepstakes competition will conclude at the end of February 13th (this Sunday!), so be sure to head on over to the Dead Space 2 competition page and answer a very easy question in the comments section to stand a chance of winning either an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 copy of this blockbuster title!
The winners will be drawn randomly and announced on Monday, February 14th, so don’t forget to check back on El33tonline then to see if you’ve won!
(Please note that this competition is only open to South African residents.)
Are you keen to win Dead Space 2, either for Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3? Are you able to answer a very easy question?
Well then, you’ve met the qualifications necessary to enter El33tonline and EA South Africa’s Dead Space 2 competition, but this is just the first stage of the contest. You’ll actually need to make use of that enthusiasm and skill in order to stand a chance of winning a copy of this excellent and horrific action adventure game!
So. If you’re keen to win and able to provide an accurate response to a simple query, then head on over to El33tonline’s Dead Space 2 competition page to stand a chance of claiming an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 copy of the game for yourself!
(Note: This sweepstakes competition is only open to South African residents… another qualification!)
EA and Visceral Games’ top-notch Dead Space 2 has managed to remain at No. 1 on Chart Track’s UK Software Sales listing for the second week in a row, joining a very elite class of games that have managed to accomplish this feat so far this year… despite a 47% drop in sales compared to the week previous.
Can this action horror game go three weeks in a row at the top?
Apart from Test Drive Unlimited 2 releasing this week, there won’t be much new competition for the top title on the chart, but FIFA 11 (sales up 28%) and Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (sales down 5%) are still looking dangerous at No. 2 and No. 3 respectively, both of which shifted up one spot since the previous listing was released.
On this week’s El33tonline Podcast, Lisa makes it back from London in one piece to tell Pete, Tom and I about the experience of experiencing the PlayStation Experience event, where our fearless Editor-in-Chief got eyes- and hands-on with Uncharted 3, Resistance 3, Killzone 3, Journey, inFamous 2, Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One and more!
We also talk about some videogame news from this past week (including Dark Souls and release date information), as well as our experiences with LittleBigPlanet 2, Dead Space 2 and the Killzone 3 multiplayer beta.
Want to know more about these blockbuster games? Don’t miss this one!
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(PS. While you download the podcast, be sure to get a head-start by reading over Lisa’s previews of Journey and Resistance 3!)
Would you like the chance to win Dead Space 2 for Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3? Of course you would! Why else do you think EA South Africa and El33tonline are giving away two copies of this excellently horrific action game? For funsies?
Think again!
If you haven’t heard by now, Dead Space 2 is a most intense third-person action adventure game created by EA and the original team over at Visceral. The game places you in the combat boots of Isaac Clarke, a veteran destroyer of zombie-aliens called Necromorphs, and over the course of the adventure you’ll have sliced and diced many ghastly nasties, solved awesome environmental puzzles, gone for zero-gravity jaunts in space, and faced-off against enormous, hideous beasts.
From first-hand experience, I can tell you it’s all fantastic, but those of you with weak hearts and/or bowels should secure a playing partner… just in case.
You of course have a chance to win Dead Space 2 with us, and you can find out how (it’s very easy) over on El33tonline’s Dead Space 2 competition page.
(Note: This sweepstakes competition is only open to South African residents.)
Readers in the UK, Europe and North America, please bear with us for a second, because gamers like us here in South Africa find things like this incredibly cool!
El33tonline Editor-in-Chief Lisa is currently in London following her attendance of the PlayStation Experience, an event hosted by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe to give journalists in the EMEA region a chance to go eyes- and hands-on with all kinds of exciting PlayStation 3-exclusive games, including Killzone 3, Resistance 3, inFamous 2, Journey, MotorStorm Apocalypse and Uncharted 3.
During Lisa’s travels she happened upon a heart-warming sight in the sub-zero city – an advertisement for Dead Space 2 on a double-decker bus!
Dead Space 2 was released just last week around the world, finally giving gamers a chance to experience EA and Visceral Games’ new vision of terror!
El33tonline and EA South Africa are giving you a chance to win a copy of Dead Space 2 - one for Xbox 360 and one for PlayStation 3 - so you can also tumble into this amazingly immersive world, and we’re making it incredibly easy for you to stand in line to claim the game for yourself.
All you’ll need to do is answer a simple question!
Head on over to El33tonline’s Dead Space 2 competition page for the details.
El33tonline has amassed an incredible amount of previous coverage on this horror-themed third-person action game, and if you’re a little bit in the dark about what Dead Space 2 is, you’ll be able to find batches of screenshots, collections of gameplay videos and more information on this highly impressive title.
Just don’t stay in the dark for too long…
Unfortunately for the single-platform LittleBigPlanet 2, its stay at the top of Chart Track’s UK Software Sales listing was short-lived, lasting only a single week before having to make way for the multiplatform blockbuster game release of January, Dead Space 2.
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