Dead Rising 3 Info Revealed?

After the zombie apocalypse apparently things don't get terrible. The military stays together in some way, there are new sports born, and there are even medications to take to avoid becoming a zombie. If you played the Dead Rising 2 downloadable episode "Case West" than you noticed that a new villain was introduced to the series. Marian Mallon, the director of Phenotrans, who created zombrex which is what keeps you from having a hankering for human flesh.

When Mallon makes the remark in Case West that there needs to be another harvest for what you've done, it makes sense for another game in the series. The main character in Dead Rising 3 is Rick. He's an orphaned mechanic who is not anywhere close to Chuck and Frank West in that all he wants is to get out of the city. The city this time around is called "Los Perdidos" which means "the lost". His main goal of the game is to restore a plane and escape the city before it's destroyed by a bomb.

Supposedly an underlying theme of the game is illegal immigration. A character in the game "Red" leads a group of infected civilians called "illegals" who aren't registered by the government. At the center of the plot is Phenotrans who are connected to the outbreak in Los Perdidos. Marian Mallon returns along with a new antagonist called General Hemlock.

More information and/or a trailer may possibly be seen at the VGA's.

First Look: Call of Duty: Black Ops' - "Call of the Dead" Escalation DLC Map

We all know that Escalation, the next DLC Map Pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops, is coming within a few weeks. With 4 maps already showcased to us in a trailer, we have yet to see what the 5th map in the DLC entailed, besides knowing the fact that it's for the zombies mode in the game. Well, we didn't know until now.

Opening up, much like and old grindhouse films, we are shown an abandoned boat swarmed with the living dead. Not too long after that, the action kicks in, including the 4 characters that we'll all be all be playing as, unexpectedly too! Pictured above and as seen in the trailer, Danny Trejo, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Robert Englund, and Michael Rooker are kicking some zombie ass. Of course, the father of zombie horror himself, George Romero makes an appearance as well as one of the undead.

"This is Treyarch's tribute to the legendary George Romero, who truly defined the zombie genre and whose incredible work has been such an inspiration to our team. It was an absolute honor to work with such an amazing and talented cast whose passion and energy brought their characters instantly to life.  Fans are going to love this," says Dave Anthony of Treyarch Studios.

With pop culture stepping in with the already awesome zombies mode that Treyarch is known for, since their last Call of Duty game, World at War, it's hard not to pass this off if you're willing to spend 1200 Microsoft Points ($15). I might have to pick up Black Ops again, heh!

Escalation, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2nd DLC Map Pack is set to release on May 3rd for the Xbox 360, as a timed exclusive. No release date has been set for PC or Playstation 3.

First Look: Call of Duty: Black Ops "First Strike" DLC

With Call of Duty: Black Ops having been released only 2 months ago, the first DLC pack will be released in only just 1 more month; on February 1, 2011.

Just today, Treyarch has released the first preview on what's in store for us in the new "First Strike" DLC.

We'll be seeing 5 different maps; Kowloon, Discovery, Berlin Wall, Stadium and Ascension. Ascension will be the only map that will only be used for Nazi Zombies. Although details are almost nowhere mentioned in the video, but it's good to hear that Treyarch will most definitely support Zombies again, just like they did with World at War, since that mode became a multiplayer hit.

Here's some details on these new maps from Treyarch themselves:

Kowloon - "Is inspired by the single-player campaign level...The only map that has ziplines, which will allow players to quickly get Point A to Point B. The trade-off ito that is that you're completely exposed while you're on the zipline...there's also the risk that you're going to get shot..."

Discovery - "An Antarctic research outpost that was a German outpost leftover from World War II...the 2 sides of the map are divided...You might be on a snowbridge and somebody throws a grenade, which collapses the floor around you.

Berlin Wall - "This focuses on the checkpoint Charlie area of Berlin that puts you fighting on the 2 different sides of the wall. So you got East Berlin Vs. West Berlin kind of thing going...if you use [the map] right, you're going to have the competitive edge over your opponent....it's a really great map for snipers."

Stadium - "It's going to provide those close quarters players tight, adrenaline action packed experiences...always be checking your corners and realize these engaging distances are going to be really small, so use that to your advantage"

That's all the details on Black Ops' first DLC that, as mentioned, will be available on February 1, 2011. As far as pricing goes, it'll cost 1200 Microsoft Points ($15). "First Strike" will release first on Xbox 360. As far as we know, there's no date on when it will be released on PSN for Playstation 3, or PC owners of the game.

Call of Duty: Black Ops was developed by Treyach and Published by Activision. The game launched on November 9, 2010

Dead Rising 2: Case West Priced and Dated. Woo!

Today Capcom announced the release date and price for the next downloadable adventure in the Dead Rising series. Dead Rising 2: Case West the epilogue for Dead Rising 2 lets players join forces with everyone's favorite zombie killing photo journalist Frank West. Case West will be out on the 27th and will be priced at 800 microsoft points. Case West will be an exclusive to 360 like Case 0 and there is no word on if the game will later be made available for the Playstation 3.

Like most of you I am excited for this but the downside is that you will only be playing as Frank if you are doing coop. But if you are going it alone Chuck will magically have learned to take fancy pictures. Also, according to the picture you can go mad scientist on the zombies which I am certainly open to.