28th January 2011 / Dead Space / On Sale / Videogames
Not content to bundle it with DEAD SPACE 2, I’m informed that EA has now also made the PS3 version of DEAD SPACE: EXTRACTION available as a standalone download, from the PlayStation Network. It definitely seems to be getting a better reception this time around, which is nice.
Meanwhile, on the App Store, over 90% of all ratings for DEAD SPACE (iOS) are a full five stars. Also nice!
I’m off to the US for a week (up at 5am for a 12-hour flight! Joy!), so updates here — and the usual messages and replies on email, Twitter, Facebook, etc. — will be slow at best until I return.
25th January 2011 / Dead Space / On Sale / Videogames
DEAD SPACE for iOS is now on sale from the App Store (iPhone & iPod Touch / iPad).
This is another prequel to the main game of DEAD SPACE 2; you take on the role of a mysterious Sprawl engineer known only as ‘Vandal’, who’s on a mission to… well, I don’t want to spoil it for you. Suffice to say, this is DEAD SPACE and things don’t go well.
The iOS edition has been garnering rave reviews all over the place for its graphics and gameplay, which is truly as close as you can get to the original on a touch device. It’s a pretty astounding technical feat, and hey, the story’s not bad either.
Speaking of the main game, DEAD SPACE 2 itself is also on sale today, and if you cough up for the PS3 Collector’s Edition, you get a new HD version of DEAD SPACE: EXTRACTION thrown in. The PS3 version, as you might expect, is compatible with the Move controller (though you don’t need a Move to play it).
ADDENDUM: I’ve just been informed that Visceral devs say EXTRACTION is in fact included with all PS3 versions of DS2, not just the Collector’s Edition. Hurrah!
EXTRACTION was a bit of a lost gem in the DEAD SPACE series. It won awards, got some fantastic reviews praising its story, acting, atmosphere and pacing, from people who actually played it… but frankly, not enough people actually played it. So here’s hoping the game gets a new audience, and a new appreciation, on the PS3.
18th January 2011 / Dead Space / On Sale
DEAD SPACE: SALVAGE goes on sale today… again! The good folks at IDW have released a digital version for the iPad.
So now if you want some scares on the move, or if the thought of holding up a heavy graphic novel simply strikes you as far too much effort, your prayers have been answered.
*Insert joke emoticon here*
Click here to buy SALVAGE from the App Store.
8th December 2010 / Daredevil / On Sale / Shadowland
SHADOWLAND: AFTER THE FALL goes on sale this week, a final epilogue to the Shadowland event, and a coda to last week’s DAREDEVIL #512.
It’s illustrated by Roberto de la Torre and Marco Chechetto, with each artist taking on a separate strand of the story. Lovely stuff.
Here’s the solicit…
Shadowland Ends — but who is the victor? After the senses-shattering conclusion of Shadowland, can the people of Hell’s Kitchen rebuild without a champion to guide them? The future of Marvel’s street heroes begins here!
…Which doesn’t tell you much at all, so listen: AFTER THE FALL is a story about Ben Urich and Detective Kurtz, and the effect of Daredevil’s fall from grace on the city. Both men want to locate Matt Murdock; and both want to know what happened inside Shadowland, though for very different reasons. But the answers they get may not be what they want to hear.
The issue code is OCT100585, and you can read a five-page preview at Comic Book Resources.
20th October 2010 / Daredevil / On Sale / Shadowland
DAREDEVIL #511 goes on sale today. Owing to vacation time and other deadlines, technically speaking I didn’t co-write this issue, so you won’t see my name on the cover. But of course it’s still part of the overall arc which Andy and I plotted together, and we did a joint dialogue pass before the issue went to press, so I doubt most people will notice.
This is the penultimate issue of ‘In The Shadows’, and of course the penultimate issue of DAREDEVIL itself, before everything changes at the start of next year. I’ll be back with Andy for the final issue, #512 — and then I’m writing an epilogue, SHADOWLAND: AFTER THE FALL (which is still under wraps, so no details to announce yet).
Back to this week’s issue, here’s the solicit text:
Hell’s Kitchen has exploded into rioting, looting, and all-out chaos, and Daredevil is responsible for it all. As the leader of the Hand and controller of Hell’s Kitchen, Matt Murdock knows that conquest of New York is within his grasp. But one of his oldest friends goes to Shadowland, to make one last attempt to save the Man Without Fear from walking the path from which there is no turning back.
The order code is AUG100584, and you can read a five-page preview at Comic Book Resources.
13th October 2010 / On Sale / Shadowland
The third issue of SHADOWLAND: BLOOD ON THE STREETS goes on sale today. As you can see from the cover, Misty Knight and Silver Sable feature quite a bit in this one, but never fear — both Paladin and The Shroud get plenty of page-time, too. It’s all thundering to a conclusion…
As Shadowland continues to spread across New York City, the strange bedfellows finally come together — each struggling to solve the mystery of the Hand murders! The killing spree shows no sign of stopping, but the ninja’s latest victim is an unusual choice, and casts doubt among our heroes! Will their differences and mistrust keep them apart? Or can they work together to cut through the mystery before it’s too late… and before one of them becomes the next target?
The order code is AUG100591, and you can read a five-page preview of the issue at Comic Book Resources.
12th October 2010 / Dead Space / On Sale / Videogames
DEAD SPACE IGNITION, the “prequel / prologue / sidequel / whatever you can want to call it” to DEAD SPACE 2, is available today to download on Xbox Live. I’m pretty sure it’s out on PSN today, too, but I don’t have confirmation of that. From the official release when it was announced:
IGNITION will show fans what happens in the hours leading up to the beginning of DEAD SPACE 2 with gameplay that is fast-paced and accessible.
[It] combines an interactive comic-style story with three unique hacking games; Hardware Crack, Trace Route and System Override. Each game offers a fun arcade experience that will challenge players with puzzles and twitch gameplay.
IGNITION features a unique ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ type narrative, allowing players to survive the initial Necromorph outbreak on the Sprawl in multiple ways, with four different endings.
And for the gotta-have-that-edge hardcore players among you, each different ending also rewards the player with an unlockable for use in DEAD SPACE 2. Probably a spare pair of underpants, or something.
DEAD SPACE IGNITION costs 400 points on XBLA, $5 on PSN — or if you’re a smart cookie and pre-ordered DS2 in the US, you should receive a free download token to get it.
29th September 2010 / On Sale / Wasteland
Technically the second WASTELAND hardback went on sale last week, but only a limited number of stores received copies, so this week marks the general release.
It’s another monster, clocking in at 360pp, more than 50 of which are full colour thanks to the inclusion of issue #25, and another gallery of Ben Templesmith’s gorgeous covers. Oh, and we also have an introduction from Warren Ellis, plus brand-new artwork from Declan Shalvey, Leigh Gallagher, Justin Greenwood, Matt Southworth, and series artist Christopher Mitten, to accompany the Walking the Dust text pieces.
If you missed it at your store, the order code is JUN101079, or ISBN 978-1934964231.
We’ll also have copies on sale from the Oni Press booth at New York Comic-Con next week (which I’ll be attending — details of signing times coming soon) and we’ll even have some ultra-rare black cloth editions, like we did for Volume 1. Groovy.
9th September 2010 / Daredevil / On Sale / Shadowland
A day late owing to labor day in the US, and as predicted last week, two of my books are now on sale.
First is DAREDEVIL #510, by Andy Diggle and myself:
As New York City crumbles under the weight of Matt Murdock’s new order, his former friends and allies struggle just to hold their lives and world together. But as the pressure builds, Foggy Nelson will make an alliance no one saw coming — while Black Tarantula takes a stand against Daredevil… and learns the consequences of crossing the Man without Fear.
Order code is JUL100568. You can read a preview here.
And next is the second issue of SHADOWLAND: BLOOD ON THE STREETS, the critically-acclaimed tie-in series.
Silver Sable… Paladin… Misty Knight… The Shroud! Four very different heroes, all ensnared in a mystery spinning out of Shadowland! Is Daredevil using The Hand to kill mobsters untouchable by the law? Or is something even more sinister spreading throughout the city? Each hero approaches the puzzle from a different angle, and now they must race to discover the truth… but The Hand has other ideas, and time is running out! Can this quartet of strange bedfellows put their differences aside and come together before death strikes again?
Order code is JUL100572. You can read a preview here.
And don’t forget that if you missed BOTS #1 (because it sold out), there’s a second printing on its way next week, order code JUL108023.
11th August 2010 / Daredevil / On Sale / Shadowland
No kidding. Today (tomorrow in Europe) sees the release of not one, not two, but three DAREDEVIL and SHADOWLAND-related books.
First up is DAREDEVIL #509, by Andy Diggle and myself:
As Daredevil’s Shadowland stronghold in Hell’s Kitchen grows, more heroes step forward to try to bring The Man Without Fear back to his senses. But any foe of Daredevil knows he is not a man easily stopped. The battle for New York continues!
Order code is JUN100577.
Next is the premiere issue of SHADOWLAND: BLOOD ON THE STREETS, a noir street-level miniseries by me:
Striking from the pages of Shadowland, four cult-favorite heroes rise into the spotlight: Silver Sable… Paladin… Misty Knight… The Shroud! Is a rogue faction of Daredevil’s ninjas secretly targeting the mafia? With DD’s dark castle looming over the city, has The Man Without Fear finally lost his mind? This twisted murder mystery ensnares a quartet of vastly different operatives–but will it unite them, or place them in each other’s crosshairs? Can this controversial crew put aside their differences before a war between The Hand and the mob sets New York ablaze?
Order code is JUN100581.
And finally, we have the latest DAREDEVIL paperback collection, THE DEVIL’S HAND, which contains issues #501-#507 (so all of Diggle’s run thus far, including the ‘Left Hand Path’ arc which I co-wrote) and the DARK REIGN: THE LIST one-shot. Essentially, everything you need to catch up on current Daredevil events, and Shadowland itself.
Order code is JUN100683, or ISBN 978-0785141136.
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