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News Dante's Inferno Super Bowl Commercial Is Actually Very Good
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...
News Dante's Inferno DLC Brings Online Co-Op, User Generated Content
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...
News EA Release Screenshots Of Their Dante's Inferno Super Bowl Advertisement
EA are on assault with Dante's Inferno
In fact, they're about to promote their product on the Super Bowl, one of the US' biggest sporting events. Because this is such a big deal (an estimated $2.5million is being spent on each spot) EA's decided to release some screens from the advert. They're CGI. Interestingly, according to Kotaku the CBS are not...
News EA Blow Dante's Inferno Advertising Budget On Super Bowl Blowout
As much as we think Dante's Inferno looks to be a decent hack and slash title, we've always wondered why they're putting a God Of War inspired title up against well, the real thing
With Dante's Inferno due this week in Europe (next week in the US) and the real deal God Of War III coming just a month after that - it seems like commercial suicide...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 1st-7th February 2010
It's a new month again, and that means more video game releases
In fact, February brings a whole host of anticipated Playstation 3 content, including Heavy Rain. But if you need something to tide you over until then, fear not, there's a decent amount of content to pick from this week. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Dante's Inferno So,...
News EA Want Ideas For A Hypothetical Dead Space 2 Collector's Edition
You know what's big in retail these days? Collector's editions
Of bloody course. What else? So obviously, just post its announcement, EA are already considering options for a Dead Space 2 collector's edition. In fact, they've been on Facebook to purposely ask what you want. "I will have our Executive Producer Steve Papoutsis comment on some of...
News Check Out A 3D Screenshot Of Dead Space 2
GameInformer has the first ever screenshot of Dead Space 2
And it's in 3D. Sorta. Head over to the GameInformer website to see what we mean. The image shows an angry Isaac Clarke moments away from punching a small, child-like, thing. Awesome.
News Playstation 3 Gets Exclusive Version Of Dante's Inferno, "Divine Edition"
We were reading on a forum recently one posters opinion that EA have the most to prove to the Playstation crowd with Dante's Inferno
We kinda shrugged it off at the time, but the more we think about it, the more it makes sense. Dante's Inferno is a character action game with its formula largely borrowed from God Of War — arguably one of Sony's...
News Confirmed: Dead Space 2 Has Multiplayer, Set Three Years After The Original
RelyOnHorror's posted up an absolute wealth of information regarding EA's upcoming Dead Space 2 from an early subscriber's issue of GameInformer
We don't want to delve into too much detail (buy the magazine!), but we'll tell you a few tid-bits. Firstly, the game is set three years after the original on a massive space station named Sprawl. According...
News Look, It's More Dead Space 2 Artwork
We really are scraping the barrel for Dead Space news these days
It's just, we want to see Dead Space 2 now. Like, right now. But, we can't. So we'll have to make do with these little teaser images that are floating about the net. You saw the image of a new Isaac yesterday; how about a look at the franchise's mystical "marker."...
News First Dead Space 2 Image Reveals A More Badass Isaac
A teaser for the next issue of GameInformer magazine has shown off a more badass looking Isaac Clarke
The magazine will be among the first to detail EA's upcoming horror sequel, Dead Space 2, and it certainly looks like the game's protagonist has come a long way since his wary everyman persona in the original game. Remember, if you want to know more...
News Don't Groan Just Yet: Dead Space 2 Is Probably To Have Multiplayer
The best thing about Dead Space was the wrought feeling of isolation
We're sure EA and Visceral Games are totally aware of that. Still, the EA studio are hiring a Senior Online Level Designer for the Dead Space franchise on Xbox 360 and PS3. So, what happens when you take the isolated corridors of Dead Space and put them online with other loud...
News Hello! Dead Space 2 Is As Officially Official As A Necromorph Is Dead
Savour this moment fellow PushSquarians (for which you will be henceforth known): EA has just confirmed that Dead Space 2 is coming
Like, it's a real thing. We've kinda known that it may exist for a long, long time. But you can't beat those consoling words of confirmation. According to EA, Isaac's going to be "taking the fight to the...
News First Dead Space 2 Teaser Image Revealed, We Start Shivering With Excitement
This quaint little image sent out on the official Dead Space Twitter may just look like a jumble of ink-blots but it is in fact a collage of Necromorph silhouettes, presumably teasing the announcement of Dead Space 2
The eagle-eyed amongst you will spot a leaper, lurker, slasher and, the marker. Fans of the first game will know exactly what we're on...
News Playstation 3 Gets The Dante's Inferno Demo Two Weeks Earlier Than XBOX For Some Reason
Rejoice Playstation 3 fans - you're totally going to get the Dante's Inferno demo on December 10th, a whole 14 days (or two weeks) earlier than your XBOX 360 owning brethren
The demo is entitled "Gates Of Hell" and probably involves gates made of fire or something. If you're curious about the game, may we suggest trying God Of War checking...
News Official Playstation Magazine Teases A Dead Space 2 Reveal Next Issue
The latest issue of Official Playstation Magazine (UK) seems to hint at a big Dead Space 2 reveal
The tease page for the next issue teases a "big sequel" with some original Dead Space concept artwork hidden on the page. It doesn't really take a genius now does it? Of course, it's likely Geoff Keighley's VGA awards might beat OPM to the...
News Dante's Inferno Demo Hitting The Playstation 3 As Soon As Next Month
Visceral Games' God Of War inspired Dante's Inferno will not see the light of day until February
It will however, get a demo as soon as next month. The demo, entitled "The Gates Of Hell", will allow players to traverse an entire level, taking them from the Earth's surface to a showdown with Death himself. Gam'es hardcore, yo.
News Reuters: Dead Space 2 In Development For 2010
Word coming out of Reuters is that EA's Dead Space 2 is deep in development for release in 2010
The news confirms original suspicions we posted about earlier in the year. The publication also noted that Resident Evil 5 has sold over 1.94 copies to date in the US since its release earlier in the year.
News Dante's Inferno Rewards The Brutal Slaughter Of Hellish Minors
Do you ever find yourself holding a baby and then recalling that passage from Macbeth where the Lady states strongly, "I have given suck, and know // How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, // Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, // And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this
" Thank God we're not the only ones. If you, like us, are a bit bonkers, you might find chalice in one of Dante's Inferno's trophies, which seeks solace from the murder of unbaptized children. Our Lady Macbeth complex returns on...
News Monster's Ball Man Penning Dante's Inferno's Script
A recent press release from Visceral Games has revealed that the Academy Award nominated Will Rokos - who achieved the accolade for penning Monster's Ball - is writing the script behind their upcoming retelling of 14th century literature, Dante's Inferno
Dante's Inferno will take the player through the nine circles of Hell in a God Of War-esque...
News Dead Space 2 Going Into Production In The "Next Few Months"
It's in
It's not quite official. But we've no reason to not believe it. Joystiq have discovered via a Linked.In job listing that, "The previous installment in the Dead Space franchise received numerous awards ... and the same core team is in place to create an even better follow up." According to the job listing, Dead Space 2 is "in...
News GamesCom 09: Dante's Inferno Dated February 12th For Europe, 9th For USA
EA announced at their press conference today that their retelling of the classic Dante's Inferno would release on February 12th in Europe and the 9th in the USA
We still can't shake that feeling that it looks too much like God Of War mind.
News Dead Space Will Become A Movie, D.J. Caruso To Direct
A live action Dead Space movie is on the horizon according to Variety
They claim that D.J. Caruso (Eagle Eye, Y: The Last Man) has been signed up for directing duties while EA and Temple Hill producers (Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey) search for a writer. It'll be a while before cameras start rolling but it certainly seems like the cogs are in some...
News EA Aren't Just Working On One Dead Space Sequel, Two More Games Are In The Pipeline
According to a report conducted by Variety, there is not just one more Dead Space game on the way, but two
They claim that, "EA launched [Dead Space] in 2008 and is working on the second and third installments". Given the source we suspect that there's a possibility of some inaccuracy in this quote but given EA's insistence towards making...
News Comic-Con 2009: Haven't We Seen You Before Dante's Inferno?
Here's some footage from a bossfight with King Minos in EA's upcoming Dante's Inferno
Despite looking like a genuinely excellent boss fight (the animation on that big thing is exquisite), we couldn't shake off numerous references to God Of War. Firstly the whole premise of the giant boss fight setup is straight out of Sony's epic, but we'll let EA...
News Dante's Inferno Looks Extremely God Of War In This Gameplay Trailer
Visceral Games have released via GameTrailers this exclusive gameplay trailer of their upcoming horror-action romp Dante's Inferno
We know it's just a trailer - and there was no age gate on it for that matter - but we expected something much more twisted from the game. At the moment it just seems like a God Of War clone. Hopefully the fiction...
News Visceral "Not Ready" To Reveal Dead Space 2 Just Yet
Visceral Games - formerly known as EA Redwood Shores - have confirmed they are "not ready" to talk about Dead Space 2 at the moment, and are instead focusing their energy on the Wii's Dead Space Extraction and upcoming PS3 action-adventure title Dante's Inferno
These two games are the games were really focusing on. One of the reasons we changed...
