This DLC is titled ‘Ryder White’ and it consists of a new playable character and several hours of additional content, we have been promised plenty of twists and turns which will reveal more about the game’s many incidents and chances to see Ryder White as a loving husband and a military man.

Apparently the Ryder White DLC will hit Xbox Live, the PlayStation Network on February 1, it will cost 800 Microsoft points for the 360, which works out to the same as the $9.99 asking price at the PlayStation Store and Steam. To us $10 for several hours of additional content sounds reasonable, also we have been told to expect new weapons and blueprints and we are pretty sure that there will be new Achievements and Trophies to aim for.

Towards the bottom of this post we have embedded a few promotional images which may give away what’s going on in the Ryder White DLC, sadly we have not played Dead Island extensively, therefore we cannot spot anything of major significance – if you do, be sure to leave us a comment.

The comments over at Facebook suggest that people have either lost interest in Dead Island or sold it already, therefore people are suggesting that if Techland release a sequel they need to roll things out a lot quicker, let’s face it by the time February 1 arrives roughly 5 months will have past since the game first hit shelves – do you agree that DLC must be rolled out much sooner next time (if there is one)?

You can see a complete breakdown of the many changes and improvements here, in our article we will tell you about what we regard as the most important changes / fixes.

Firstly if you ever had problems related to running the game on Steam in offline mode you will be glad to hear that this issue has been fixed, also if your game save was ever damaged the dev team has rectified this and will recover corrupted game saves when possible, another thing which you may have noticed is an issue encountered when trying to unlock “There and back again”, people would reach 72 out of 72 in the mission’s progress, but would not receive the achievement – again this has been resolved.

Other things which should notice post update include no-longer seeing zombies levitating once killed, less black screens and freezes (including when playing 4-player co-op), improved trading, fewer items disappearing, more storage for Jin, the option to disable voice chat in-game and the ability to access the quest menu using your Xbox controller – remember to check out the link in the second paragraph for the full list.

As and when we hear of a date where this update will hit Xbox Live / PSN we will keep you posted, for now we would love some feedback from you regarding Dead Island. Firstly, if you have installed the patch via Steam did it go smoothly? Secondly, are there any bugs which Techland’s developers missed out on in this update? Let us know in the comments section below.

Unfortunately nothing more specific has been revealed but at least the Dead Island following now have a period of time to look forward to as opposed to not knowing at all. Some of you will have already obtained it through pre-order exclusives but for those that haven’t it will be the first DLC to release for the game, the cost of which is still a mystery.

The news comes from the Dead Island Facebook page, where it was posted on the wall. The post read: ‘we have news for all who are waiting for the Bloodbath Arena DLC: It will be moved to mid-November.’ Reports suggest the delay was due to the developers, Techland, wanting to continue ironing out the bugs that the main game had been reported to have.

The Bloodbath Arena will feature four new locations for players to roam around in with up to three of their friends too. Together players will take on continuous hordes of zombies, much like in Call of Duty’s zombie maps, each wave getting progressively more challenging. The ‘Brain Wave Bomb’ is another new feature, it’s a new weapon and by the sounds of the name it’s capable of doing a lot of damage. In addition to this, all XP that is earned during the DLC gameplay can be carried over onto the main game which can be used to up player’s stats.

Are you looking forward to the Bloodbath Arena DLC?

The movie is currently development stages and the Entertainment Company that has snapped up the rights for the game come movie is Lionsgate, the company behind hit horror classics like the Saw series and Hostel, as well as the gory action hit, Rambo. In a statement in their press release, the company said that the inspiration for the movie comes directly from the game’s debut trailer which was all CGI.

Lionsgate’s Joe Drake said they were ‘awestruck’ by the debut trailer, which ultimately led to them wanting to present the movie. He suggests that the company were attracted to its edgy genre and potential for franchise. Zombie movies have always provided good entertainment. Check out Digital Trends for a full press release.

Despite successful sales of the game, the reviews have been somewhat mixed. Many of them agree that the game isn’t very well made, but will definitely provide entertainment for a while at least. One review listed the games downfalls as the backgrounds being hard to distinguish and some of the controls but says features a large open world map, good weapon mods and deep leveling system. It also says that the game is more fun when it’s played with friends.

Do you think a Dead Island movie will be a hit?