Electronic Arts Announces Dead Space 3: Awakened

[Andy Chalk]

Electronic Arts Announces Dead Space 3: Awakened

Dead Space 3 came out today and that means it's time to announce some Dead Space 3 DLC!

Mildly psychotic systems engineers who just can't get enough of the chopping and the stomping will be happy to hear that the "brutal" Dead Space 3: Awakened, the first DLC expansion for EA's new third-person shooter, will be out in March. The new material will drop players into the "darkest chapters" of the Dead Space series, with Necromorph-killing action that's "more gruesome and terrifying than ever before."

"In Dead Space 3 Awakened, gamers will experience some of the most disturbing content they have ever seen in a Dead Space game," Dead Space 3 [http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Space-3-Xbox-360/dp/B0050SWVIQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1360097242&sr=8-1&keywords=dead+Space+3] Executive Producer Steve Papoutsis said. "They are going to love it."

And what's it all about? About ten bucks! Ha! No, but seriously, Dead Space 3: Awakened will list for $9.99 on the PlayStation 3 and PC, or 800 Microsoft points on the Xbox 360. As for where the DLC will take you or what you'll do in the guise of intrepid hero Isaac Clark, I have no idea, nor do I have any idea why EA seems to think that the best way to handle gamer upset over the presence of microtransactional DLC in Dead Space 3 is to throw more DLC at them on launch day. It's not as though you have to buy it, but appearance is everything and I can't help thinking that this comes off as just a wee bit tone-deaf.


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[gigastar]

Id think that if the expansion brought in another 3 hours of game at least, then its good value for my regional equivalent of $10.

 

[bandit0802]

Id think that if the expansion brought in another 3 hours of game at least, then its good value for my regional equivalent of $10.

I agree, but these publishers do need to make up their minds: microtransactions or DLC.

I think DLC missions, etc., are gonna win out IMO.

 

[gigastar]

Id think that if the expansion brought in another 3 hours of game at least, then its good value for my regional equivalent of $10.

I agree, but these publishers do need to make up their minds: microtransactions or DLC.

I think DLC missions, etc., are gonna win out IMO.

Yeah, but nothings stopping them from putting in both if they want it.

Fortunately Dead Space is the only series under EA im still comitted to, and if it doesnt survive EA's stupidly high sales expectations then i can finally stop buying from them alltogether.

 

[gigastar]

Id think that if the expansion brought in another 3 hours of game at least, then its good value for my regional equivalent of $10.

I agree, but these publishers do need to make up their minds: microtransactions or DLC.

I think DLC missions, etc., are gonna win out IMO.

Yeah, but nothings stopping them from putting in both if they want it.

What if they made the DLC a requirement for accessing micro transactions?

Assuming theres an executive stupid enough to even propose that?

I, and i suspect alot of other people as well, would go mental.

 

[dagens24]

Fucking ridiculous.

EDIT: I think EA is slowly going to alienate even their most ardent defenders; it's becoming harder and harder to justify their corporate greed.

 

[Slash2x]

*NOTE THIS IS NOT A VALID REASON TO PIRATE THIS GAME!NOR SHOULD YOU DO SO! JUST DO NOT GET IT!!*

EA
"WOW Dead Space 3 is getting the ever living hell pirated out of it.... I wonder why people are not willing to pay $90+ for our game? Must not be enough stuff for sale. Hey did they program any more cheat co.... Errrr unlockable microtransaction items in the game we could sell them.... If we offer to sell more parts of the game that should have been included on day one that will fix it right? Right?"

2 days later
"what do you mean more people are torrenting the game than have purchased it on Origin? But they are missing out on the microtransactions!! Oh so they hack the game and get all of it for free.......poop"

 

[Baresark]

Uh oh, here comes the crowd of upset gamers. Actual DLC instead of microtransaction should be seen as a good thing. It's also, not uncommon for DLC announcements within the first week, and becoming more common for it on the first day. It's not being released for over a month from release. Sometimes, we have announcement of DLC plans before a game is even out.

 

[GAunderrated]

Uh oh, here comes the crowd of upset gamers. Actual DLC instead of microtransaction should be seen as a good thing. It's also, not uncommon for DLC announcements within the first week, and becoming more common for it on the first day. It's not being released for over a month from release. Sometimes, we have announcement of DLC plans before a game is even out.

I'd make a safe bet it is done but they are pushing it back a month so it doesn't look like the dreaded day 1 DLC. Personally I don't care how good this game may be. It is oozing everything wrong with the AAA market right now and I just want them to crash, burn, and go away.

 

[loa]

Guess I'll be waiting for the game of the year complete ultra thingamajik 20 bucks has it all edition then instead of paying 60 with the option to pay 10 later for each of the surely numerous expansions there will be.
Kinda funny how you get punished for being a loyal fan who buys on day 1 nowadays.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

I guess $60 just doesn't cut it for EA anymore. Let's see what they did in the last couple of years. They rushed Dragon Age 2. It was such a failure they had to cancel one of the DLCs for it. Then they rushed and butchered Mass Effect 3, killed Medal of Honor and now they're butchering Dead Space. What's next for EA, I wonder? A yearly Battlefield game? A yearly Mass Effect game? A Mass Effect FPS CoD killer? Or a Mass Effect MMO? Or a Dragon Age MMO? Whatever it is, it's probably a dumb idea.

 

[Sniper Team 4]

Grr...Lexine better show up somewhere in that DLC then. Maybe Isaac and...other dude (Carver, is it?) find her being held prisoner down there. I want to know how that story ends. I'm fine with DLC as long as it adds to the story. DLC where I can just get new weapons, new gear, new goodies, is not appealing to me--unless it's for a Japanese RTS, like Record of Agarest War, because that game I need every advantage I can get on those optional bosses.

 

[Baresark]

Uh oh, here comes the crowd of upset gamers. Actual DLC instead of microtransaction should be seen as a good thing. It's also, not uncommon for DLC announcements within the first week, and becoming more common for it on the first day. It's not being released for over a month from release. Sometimes, we have announcement of DLC plans before a game is even out.

I'd make a safe bet it is done but they are pushing it back a month so it doesn't look like the dreaded day 1 DLC. Personally I don't care how good this game may be. It is oozing everything wrong with the AAA market right now and I just want them to crash, burn, and go away.

It's fine that you don't want to support them. I don't want to support EA, but I do want to support Visceral Games. They have done right by me. I just don't know how Dead Space 3 is an example of everything that is wrong with the Triple-A market. It's the biggest one, it has more of everything that made Dead Space good, a decent weapon crafting and upgrade system, it is as atmospheric as ever. I'm not buying any of their resource packs as there is plenty in the game. Borderlands 2 had the same kind of offerings in release window, we just knew the first expansion was coming before the game was even released.

 

[Notsomuch]

"If we release it in March they won't be able to call it day one DLC and fewer people will catch on to the fact that this stuff was removed from the full game beforehand."

Cha-ching.

 

[ThunderCavalier]

Gee, the studio must be working really fast if they already have bloody DLC announced and nearly ready for the game even before it comes out.

-_-

 

[FoolKiller]

It's fine that you don't want to support them. I don't want to support EA, but I do want to support Visceral Games.

Get the game without buying it new and send a cheque to Visceral. That should work