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Check Out Our First Dead Space 3 Trailer

Watch the thrilling return of Isaac and the mysterious reappearance of Ellie’s missing eye hereabouts.

Oh, Dead Space, I’m so goddamn glad you’re back.  And you came back with that co-op I asked for!  Okay, yes, I agree having another breathing, thinking player huffing into a headset as your partner musses the horror atmosphere in games like RE5.  But there’s compromises that can made.  Visceral tried its damnedest to counter your Rambo-like arsenal of firepower and the upped ratio of action over scares in Dead Space 2 by overwhelming you with the amount of rotting freaks you had to dispatch (the results were mixed, but fear factor aside, the game was sensational).

I don’t think they should simply multiply the amount of things to shoot at in DS3, though.  The trick to maintaining tension is finding weaknesses in players’ safety nets, even while in co-op.  If Visceral can somehow find a method of making two quick-to-react, intelligent human partners still feel vulnerable mere virtual feet away from each other, it doesn’t matter if the game takes place entirely in broad daylight – it’ll be scary.

Expect Dead Space 3 for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 in February alongside the mad rush of games suddenly releasing in early 2013.

Here’s Those Leaked Dead Space 3 Screens You Asked For

First rumors, then a motion comic, then a logo, and now beautiful, grimy screens of what appears to be the next horrific iteration of Dead Space.  Our newly introduced boy, John Carver, seems to be cozying up with veteran cosmic corpse fighter, Isaac Clarke.  Oh, yes, I am quite ready to team up with a friend and dissect some uglies in co-op.

Peep the full batch here.

‘A New Chapter in the Dead Space Saga’ Springs Out of a Vent to Attack You

With no fanfare and no warning, the official Dead Space siteupdated their page with a preview of…something. The video plays out like a motion comic (sort of like the original game’s prequel series but with better art) depicting the planet Uxor. Earthgov Sergeant John Carver is on patrol having a video feed spat with his...

Dead Space 3: Co-op, Weapons, and More Detailed in Possible Info Leak

IGN has cracked open a planet’s worth of potential details regarding Visceral Games’ next Dead Space (which, for posterity’s sake, we’ll assume is Dead Space 3).  Citing a dependable source, the following list of deets further reinforces the rumors of a deserted tundra planet as a setting and the implementation of co-op throughout the story.

The original article goes in depth on the leaked information, but feel free to peruse the narrowed down list of notables below:

• Isaac Clarke returns to tangle with the vicious necromorphs, crash landing on an icy wasteland of a world where he discovers a mysterious facility.  This time he’s joined by a fellow RIG wearing man who serves as a sort of guide in single-player and is controllable in co-op.
• Speaking of, the game features drop-in, drop out co-op.
• You and your co-op partner can share inventory items as well as heal one another – though there is no revive system, meaning dead is dead.
• The story changes slightly to accommodate two players (usually plugging in your partner in moments where there would just be Isaac if you play solo).
• Work benches from previous games have been reconfigured to an unknown extent, but their effect will give you drastically different alt. fire modes for even once familiar weapons like the infamous Plasma Cutter.
• Isaac is still afflicted by those bug-shit crazy hallucinations.
• Your maneuverability sees new additions including the ability to crouch in order to harness cover and a new dodge mechanic that allows you to roll out of harm’s way.
• Isaac is “more nimble in the cold”…for whatever the hell reason.
• In a series first, you’ll fight humans as well as necromorphs.  Be wary, as the very same humans can still become necromorhps.  You’ll also want to throw some concern over to the skyscraper-tall beasts (like giant sandworms) roaming about.

I’ve got to say, it all sounds pretty darned feasible.  And what with the way rumors nowadays seem to blossom into beautiful, shiny facts, I’d be none too surprised to see all of this confirmed at the E3 reveal for the game.  Hell, I want all this to be real.  Co-op Dead Space where Isaac gets to roll around in the snow fighting necrotic thresher maws?  I’m insulted this hasn’t been pitched to me already.