Well coming up pretty soon is the first DLC for the smash hit Dead Island. There is some fun new multiplayer options on the cheap for you to enjoy and will be out by the end of the week. If you did get the pre-order edition you’ll be getting this for free but if not it won’t be too painful on your wallet! Full details below.

“BLOODBATH ARENA” DLC FOR DEAD ISLANDâ„¢ DATED

DLC will be released on November 22, 2011

14th November 2011 / Hampshire, UK… Deep Silver today announced the release date of the “Bloodbath Arena” DLC pack for the award winning game Dead Island. The DLC will be available on November 22, 2011 for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC.

In the “Bloodbath Arena” DLC four different arenas offer new challenges that can be played alone or in coop mode. It’s a desperate fight for survival where waves after waves of unrelenting zombies attack, one more gruesome than the next! In this DLC characters can loot experience points and items and bring them over to the campaign mode. Players can show off their skills in zombie fighting with the newly implemented leaderboards. The brain wave bomb, a new exclusive weapon, tops this DLC package off.

The DLC package is free for all customers who bought the Pre-order Edition. For the others it will have a price of EUR 9,99 or 800 Microsoft points.

Dead Island was released worldwide for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC.