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)?

In previous news that we brought you concerning Techland, it was revealed the company had applied for the trademark for the title Dead World. Although no official statement was made, reports suggested that this is to be the title to a sequel to Dead Island. Further reports went on to claim that the title suggests the sequel would be set away from the Island of Banoi.

Some of the main issues the fix focuses on and introduces are improved network performance and stability in co-op, interface improvements and gameplay enhancements. It also features bonus content such as blueprints for weapon modifications as the official website states. The patch was released by the developer for the PS3 yesterday and is expected to roll out across the Xbox 360 consoles today.

The patch also brings general changes such as reward and quest implementations, other gameplay improvements such as players re-spawning with more health, lock-pick skill levels indications and Purna ammo capacity increase of 50% and interface improvements such as using medkits from the inventory healing better, a smarter re-spawn selection and players are no longer left unarmed after using a medkit. The breakdown of all the fixes that come with the patch can be found at the official website by clicking the link above.

The Dead Island Bloodbath Arena DLC is expected to be made available at some point this month although a specific date is still to be announced. What problems have you been experiencing? Are there any issues that have not been addressed by the patch?

Although nothing official has been announced about a sequel, according to Siliconera the polish developer Techland has just applied for the trademark of the name Dead World. This not only suggests plans for a sequel but also gives us a clue as to what we can expect from the next game, with the title suggesting the flesh eating zombie outbreak may have spread to beyond the dead island, Banoi.

Dead Island has given Techland their best-selling game ever so a sequel will be no surprise. Whether or not Dead World turns out to be it remains to be seen but the evidence seems pretty conclusive to us. In the meantime Dead Island DLC, Bloodbath Arena will be made available this month as we previously explained to you in an earlier article. It will feature four new locations for players to roam as well as a new weapon.

We also previously brought you news that a Dead Island movie was in the works, with Lionsgate heading the development, having obtained the rights to making the game into a movie. A movie like this has great potential for a franchise so it was inevitably going to be produced by someone, Lionsgate seem the perfect candidate having previously brought us things like the Saw series.

Do you think Dead World will be the Dead Island sequel?

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?