Expect More Horrific Head-Ripping In Dead Space 2.

One of the best things about the original Dead Space were the moments when you died. Usually, it’s extremely frustrating when you die in a video game because it’s a condition of failure. But in Dead Space, you actually got a grotesque reward for your failure – a clever little cut-scene that varied depending on the enemy showing Isaac get dismembered and pulled to pieces. One for the sadists.

With Dead Space 2, Visceral Games are looking towards you, the dear public, to come up with some particularly gross dismemberments as part of a contest.

You can submit your entry in three ways: a written description, a photograph, or a video (note: we suggest you don’t actually dismember anyone as part of your entry as the police might come knocking at your door). You’ve got until March 26th to submit your entry. Winners will get their face mapped into the game, and will subsequently enjoy watching their digital-self be ripped to pieces by a Necromorph. Cool prize, bro.

Head over to the Dead Space 2 Facebook page for more.

Visceral Are To Focus On One "Big" Game Per Year. Are Looking Into PSN.

Perhaps corroborating rumours we heard earlier this month, Visceral Games has announced they are working on PSN titles alongside their big-box release Dead Space 2.

“Just like the packaged goods space and the big AAA space, [the download PSN market] comes down to quality and innovation and being able to bring something that’s interesting to the gamer,” Visceral Games’ Nick Earl told GamaSutra.

“But yes, absolutely. I think we’ll have some interesting offerings over this year and next that show our confidence in the space.”

Nick went onto confirm that Visceral will focus on one big game per-year, rather than multiple projects.

“What I’ve learned being general manager of the studio for the past nine years is you can overload a studio, and conversely, you can do extremely well financially, and at the end of the day, we need to be able to do that to continue to attract investment and be able to do the sort of creative endeavors we want.

“I know it sounds kind of trite, but we really believe that. We’ve really taken that on board here. What we put out, we want to put out at the absolute highest quality mark. We don’t need to do three of those a year. One is plenty, if we continue to drive that kind of quality here.”

That Dead Space Extraction port is seeming more and more likely at this point though. Let’s hope it gets announced with Playstation Motion Controller support to boot.

Eeee, Dead Space: Extraction Could Be Coming To The PSN.

Kotaku are reporting this morning that two more entries in the Dead Space franchise are headed to the Playstation Network. Most interestingly so, one rumoured title is Dead Space: Extraction, last year’s Wii shooter that sold all of five copies worldwide.

A survey forwarded to the video games blog hints at the same “guided first-person experience” that hit the Wii, but in “full HD”, with a tentative price of $15. The survey received by Kotaku seems to be aimed at gauging interest for the products, so allow us to be the first to respond: YES PLEASE.

A second Dead Space product is hinted by the survey too. Entitled Planet Cracker, it’s described as a “resource strategy game where players will manage a CEC Mining operation”. Apparently, in-game achievements will allow you to fatten up your resources in the full version of Dead Space 2 when it launches.

Awesome. Properly awesome.

Dante's Inferno on Playstation 3 Review.

For a game that so consciously borrows from the God Of War franchise, Dante’s Inferno has its pacing all wrong. It simply lacks the variety that makes Sony Santa Monica’s franchise such a hit. The adequate mechanics and solid art direction may tide you over until March; but Dante sure ain’t stealing Kratos’ crown anytime soon.

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No Dante's Inferno For You Middle Eastern Folk.

Who would have thought? Visceral Games’ Dante’s Inferno will not be released in the Middle East. Probably the biggest shocker of the year, right?

“Electronic Arts has decided not to release Dante’s Inferno in the Middle East after an evaluation process which is based on consumer tastes, preferences, platform mix and other factors,” said a statement from EA.

How about that then?

We’ve no idea who came up with the idea of mixing Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine” with a video game adaptation of Dante’s Inferno, but bloody hell does it work. This is EA’s much touted trailer for Dante’s Inferno that will air during the Super Bowl. It’s a stroke of marketing genius.

Seriously, if anyone reading this came up with the advert, give yourself a pat on the back.

Australian gamers who already have their copies of Dante’s Inferno have uncovered a trailer for an upcoming DLC pack for the game. The DLC, entitled “The Trials Of St. Lucia”, will allow players to create there own player-based combat challenges and share them with friends — think LittleBigPlanet.

The DLC will also add online co-op aswell as a new character. It’ll be available on April 29th.

As absolutely cool as these features sound, it’s a bit weird that they’re not on the actual retail disc. After all, these features give Dante’s Inferno a selling-point over God Of War III.

Still, the premise is cool and we’re looking forward to trying it out.