We loved Dead Space, completely out of nowhere and utterly brilliant. Â We don’t, however, love the newly announced download content that EA have just informed us of this afternoon. Â It seems that most of these are just the same weapons with new skins and colours, which seems utterly bizarre in a single-player only game: nobody’s going to see your pimped-up Pulse Rifle, dude.
Sure, we admit to buying the GTR in Need for Speed Carbon – it helped out a lot, but a slightly faster firing pulse rifle?  We’ll pass.  However, if you’re the type that buys virtual t-shirts for £4, here’s the list of goodies coming your way very soon:
- Astronaut Pack: Download the Astronaut Suit and Weapon Skin Pack, featuring an amazing Astronaut Suit and new skins for the Plasma Cutter, Pulse Rifle, and Ripper! $3.00
- Big Gun Pack: Download the Steam Punk Force Gun, the ultimate in Necromorph-killing destruction. $1.00
- Heavy Damage Pack: Download the Heavy Damage Weapon pack featuring a cool new look and massive firepower for the Plasma Cutter, Contact Beam, Pulse Rifle, and Ripper. Â $3.00
- Hot Rod Pack: Download the Hot Rod Weapon Skin Pack, featuring awesome flame graphics for the Flamethrower and Pulse Rifle. $1.00Â
- Military Pack: Download the Military Weapon Pack for a new look and enhanced power for all 7 Dead Space weapons. $4.00 Â
- Pedestrian Pack: Download the Pedestrian Weapon Skin Pack, featuring a fresh new look for the Contact Beam, Plasma Cutter, and Ripper. $1.50
- Scorpion Pack: Download the Scorpion Pack featuring an upgraded Level 5 Suit and powered up Plasma Cutter, Line Gun, and Force Gun, all decorated in an awesome red Scorpion Skin. $4.00
- Scorpion Weapon Pack: Download the Scorpion Weapon Pack featuring a faster death-dealing Plasma Cutter, Line Gun, and Force Gun in awesome red skins. $2.25
- Speed Kills Pack: Download the Speed Kills Weapon Pack! Includes faster-firing Force Gun, Line Gun, and Plasma Cutter. $2.25 Â
- Tank Pack: Download the Tank Pack featuring an upgraded Level 5 Suit and powered up Flamethrower, Force Gun, and Line Gun, all covered in Unitology script. $4.00
- Obsidian Weapon Skin Pack: Download the exclusive Obsidian Weapon Skin Pack now, available only for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. Includes weapon skins in jet-black PLAYSTATION 3 colors for the Line Gun, Plasma Cutter, and Pulse Rifle. $1.50Â
- Obsidian Pack: Download the exclusive Obsidian Suit and Weapon Skin Pack now, available only for the PLAYSTATION®3! Includes an upgraded Level 5 suit, and weapon skins for the Line Gun, Plasma Cutter, and Pulse Rifle, all in jet-black PLAYSTATION®3 colors. $3.00Â
Also, you might have read on other sites today that these downloads are only for the Xbox 360. Â This, categorically, isn’t the case.