EA Officially Announces Dead Space 2

We all knew it was coming but it's always nice to have the official press release staring us in the face.

Today, Visceral Games and Electronic Arts have announced Dead Space 2, the highly anticipated sequel to one of the most impressive and accomplished survival/horror titles to date. Protagonist Isaac Clarke is back for another intense and terrifying adventure and this time, he'll have the benefit of "new tools to gruesomely slice and dismember the Necromorphs." Of course, his default Plasma Cutter will return, as will those innovative zero-gravity environments and those horrid and freakish creatures that really only die when their limbs are severed from their bodies. Oh, and it seems the team is interested in providing an even better story (which we always appreciate); here's what Dead Space 2 Executive Producer, Steve Papoutsis, had to say:

"We’re thrilled to jump back into the series, making the next chapter in Isaac’s journey. The infection continues to spread throughout space and our hero Isaac Clarke is the only person able to contain it. There are still loads of Necromorphs that need killing. In Dead Space 2, not everything is exactly as it seems. Expect plot twists that will surprise you and a huge cast of twisted, disgusting monsters that are sure to scare the daylights out of you."

The press release further reminds us of the original's success; it received nearly 100 industry awards and holds an average critical review score of 89. It's certainly one of our favorite games of the generation thus far and we just can't wait to learn more about the sequel. In the meantime, feel free to peruse any info they have available over at the game's official website.

Related Game(s): Dead Space 2

12/7/2009 10:16:07 AM Ben Dutka

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BTNwarrior
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 11:06:37 AM
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awesome, loved the first game and am sure that I will love this one as well unless they try to pull a RE5 on us.

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OtisFeelgood
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 11:12:52 AM

What was wrong with RE5? I enjoyed that game. =\

5 up, 1 down

BTNwarrior
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 11:33:38 AM

I mean make a super easy co-op game out of it, I enjoyed RE5 don't get me wrong its just that it wasn't scarry and it wasn't that challenging

2 up, 0 down

godsman
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 11:43:10 AM

RE5 was an excellent game, though Co-op should've been optional. Having a second shooter along with you, makes you feel more secure. Thinking that you got your back covered. It's a lot less scary than Dead Space.

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Jawknee
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 12:26:20 PM

RE5 was easily the biggest dissapointment for me this gen. It wasnt scary, was short as hell, had a bad story and was too action based. It had pretty graphics. That's it. I can't help and compare them to previous titles. It will never get better then RE2 or 4 if they dont get Mikami back. The co op took away any feeling of isolation and fright that has been so commen and the reason RE titles have been scary in the past. I still think they added Sheva and the co op because of the racial over tones Capcom was being wrongly accused of.

I did have my fun with RE5 it just didn't feel like a true Resident Evil and Dead Space did almost everything right that Capcom got wrong.

Last edited by Jawknee on 12/7/2009 12:33:08 PM

2 up, 3 down

godsman
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 3:42:10 PM

I remember there was ONE scene in RE5 where I actually felt scared. That was when your partner has to hold the flashlight for you in the cave.

1 up, 0 down

LimitedVertigo
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 7:41:13 PM

RE5 is easily in my top 5 biggest disappointments in gaming EVER. Someone please explain to me how exactly it's a Resident Evil game? Thankfully ResidentEvil2 was recently released on the PSN to get the bad taste out of my mouth.

I'm looking forward to DS2, that game was what survival horror should be.

2 up, 0 down

___________
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 @ 12:07:00 AM

for once something i agree with.
resi is suppose to be a survival horror game.
resi 5 IS NOT! a survival horror game, its a action game plain and simple.
its the asian version of L4D.

3 up, 0 down

javon_27
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 @ 12:15:38 PM

Hey Otis, are you a CyanogenMod user? If you are, don't you just love it?

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slim
Wednesday, December 09, 2009 @ 7:50:51 AM

have to aggree dead space was way better than resi5 and i was a big resi4 fan!

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OtisFeelgood
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 11:12:26 AM
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I haven't had the chance to play the first one(been without a PS3 for over a year). I'll probably rent it.

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Oxvial
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 11:19:51 AM

overall a much better game than RE5..buy it! its like 19.99 on amazon.

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OtisFeelgood
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 1:06:57 PM

$19.99?? You just convinced me. ;o

Edit: $14.99 on Amazon, buying it today.

Last edited by OtisFeelgood on 12/7/2009 1:27:02 PM

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Geobaldi
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 5:25:14 PM

And get the movie prequel as well. It sets up the game rather nicely.

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Jawknee
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 6:02:10 PM

Otis, rent or barrow the movie prequel. It's not worth the purchase. It's like watching saterday morning cartoons for adults. It did set up the story nicely though as the gentlemen said above the animation is just crap though.

0 up, 1 down

LimitedVertigo
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 7:41:44 PM

Or DL the movie.

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Geobaldi
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 7:50:54 PM

Or if you have a Netflix subscription, you can stream it from there.

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Jawknee
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 @ 1:22:42 AM

Torrents? Right Limited? Ha

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Geobaldi
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 @ 1:25:54 AM

Torrents? What's that? ;)

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LimitedVertigo
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 @ 4:46:02 PM

I meant legally download it...like I did with MW2

::giggle::

Last edited by LimitedVertigo on 12/8/2009 4:46:39 PM

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Phoelix
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 11:44:13 AM
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How are they going to pull this off? Didn't the story of the first one kind of, you know, end? I thought that everything was wrapped up.

Dead Space was spectacular, but I'd almost rather them just leave it be.

Seriously, I can tell you what the next one's plot will be: Isaac Clarke somehow gets stuck on yet another abandoned spaceship and cuts the arms off of a bunch of necromorphs. Just like the first one, I guess.

1 up, 1 down

GuernicaReborn
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 11:47:50 AM
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When you beat the original game

spoilers

The ending left the fate of Isaac up in the air. Did he survive, or was he killed by his Necro-girl? I guess we would have known by the time the trailers came out anyway, but this is a very anti-climatic way to find out he survived. Maybe he's batshit insane now or something. Or maybe it's one of the plot twists they mentioned.

2 up, 0 down

I_defenestrate
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 2:14:00 PM

Wouldn't it be crazy if the twist was that Isaac is in the game, but as one of the necromorphs and not the main protagonist?

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englishgolfer
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 11:54:25 AM
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just a shame that the first game has only shifted 1.4m units. more people need to discover this game.

3 up, 0 down

Alienange
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 6:48:06 PM

More than inFamous you say?

0 up, 1 down

Jawknee
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 12:28:18 PM
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Awesome. One of the few multiplats that was actually worth the 60 bucks. EA's decision to use the PS3 as the lead platform paid off. Great game, not perfect but well done. Can't wait for the sequel.

2 up, 0 down

maxpontiac
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 1:16:36 PM
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Looking forward to this game.

If it wasn't due to Fallout 3, Dead Space would have been my game of the year.

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Diggity Dan
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 1:21:40 PM
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Have they indicated whether it'll be out 2010 or 2011?

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Geobaldi
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 5:27:41 PM

2010 as of right now.

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Mista
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 1:23:21 PM
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I finished it loved it. Traded it toward Infamous and will defintely rebuy a new copy. Still got some trophies to unlock for that Platinum.

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fuk u
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 1:38:52 PM
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i just picked this game up at GS for free, (buy 2 used games get 1 free....) and just started it and by far it is more freaky than RE5, i played the first chapter and havent played it for a week cuz ive been working on GOWc. I can say it is a pretty cool game and if your into the horror/thriller then this one is just right for ya.. i guess i should get crackn at this game considering now comes a sequel.

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BikerSaint
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 1:45:56 PM
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Just recently got this on a Gamestop buy2, get1 free deal too.

Hmmmm, looks like I'll have a lot of Dead Space to cover now.

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I_defenestrate
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 2:15:59 PM

teehee

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tlpn99
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 1:55:41 PM
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Dead Space was great fun. I will probably buy this back now it is quite cheap. I am glad the sequel has been announced.

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frostface
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 2:36:10 PM
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This is fantastic news. The first is my most played game I've got. Think I've completed it 6 or 7 times just so I can node up all my weapons to the max and then just walk through the game with ease killing necromorphs at an alarming rate. Would be nice if in the new one Isaac was infected by the necromorphs and had now a connection with another hive mind. He'd have only a few hours to save the world before he himself became an all out freak. Or something along them lines.

4 up, 0 down

calculator
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 3:35:26 PM

That sounds alot like the story from RESISTANCE 2.

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Kowhoho
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 2:51:25 PM
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YES!!!!!

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Banky A
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 10:46:34 PM

Isaac!?

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Kowhoho
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 @ 3:03:32 PM

I used to have the Isaac Clarke avatar....should I change it back? People probably don't recognize me anymore.

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fuk u
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 3:02:03 PM
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http://www.gamespot.com/news/6242324.html its said to release in 2010.

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shaydey77
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 4:34:42 PM
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Woohoo!! I thought this game was awesome too.
Not a chance of platinum for me though..the hard mode was just too much for me....kept dying and dying and dying...yet still found it one kickasss game!!

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lionfire
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 6:05:41 PM
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i loved the first, so im gonna get this one for sure.

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Alienange
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 6:51:03 PM
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The first DS was fantastic if a little simplistic.

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LimitedVertigo
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 7:42:22 PM

Better than Fallout3 :)

0 up, 2 down

Jawknee
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 @ 1:23:17 AM

0 up, 0 down

Alienange
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 @ 8:28:14 AM

LOL. Uh ... No.

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Nasty80
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 7:27:42 PM
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DS is one of my favorite ps3 games. almost have the platinum trophy. playing through it on the hardest level,with only the plasma cutter.

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Jamaican_Heat
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 8:27:25 PM
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1st one was amazing! I have my platinum for that game and loved it even after beating it 10 times. The 2nd is definitly one of my most anticipated games. If you havent played the first go play it damnit!

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Banky A
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 10:46:54 PM
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Sweet, one more game to give me vivid nightmares? ;)

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just2skillf00l
Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 11:08:26 PM
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Dead Space is one of my favorite games of all time. Loved the weapons, the environment, and the gameplay.

Knowing sequels, the creator always wants to add more in terms of weapons and advantages for the main character. I'm guessing somewhere in the story Isaac will get some kind of alien power without turning completely into a Necromorph. Maybe one of his arms might transform making his melee attacks more powerful or something along those lines. When you look at a lot of different sequels for games, the character always makes use of his enemies strength by obtaining that strength and using it as his own. I can almost guarantee it.

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___________
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 @ 12:10:16 AM
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O FU** YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hopefully this one is actually scary though.
the first was far to predictable.
like you get into a elevator the camera turns to face the door and i say ooo here comes a necromorph to pry the doors open.
and what happens?
it was just far, far, far to predictable.
last game to actually scare me was doom 3, but if you really want a scary game go find the suffering.
thats not only scary as in shocks but scary as in its twisted and plays with your mind.
sort of like torture porn but actually scary.
the suffering is the only game i have been unable to finish because it scared me that much, i was to scared to go back and complete it.
BRILLIANT! thats what horror games are suppose to be like.

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Banky A
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 @ 3:30:54 AM

You should finish it.
It would suck if we couldn't beat a game for emotional reasons =]

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___________
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 @ 7:12:21 AM

yea i would love to, but i cant find it.
even on ebay :(
PS1 games are so hard to find now since EB and all game stores have stopped selling them.
thats why im always saying i wished sony payed more attention to the PS1 classics because its the only way i get to play some of my favorite games.

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Geobaldi
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 @ 2:40:48 PM

There's 14 of them on Ebay right now averaging around $10. 15 of them on Amazon. And various other places.

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___________
Wednesday, December 09, 2009 @ 7:07:16 AM

yea but arent PS1 games region locked?

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BikerSaint
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 @ 1:33:58 AM
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Then go back & finish it in the daytime, and with all the lights on, LOL

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tanner1
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 @ 6:37:15 AM
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Thats great news, i loved Dead Space with a passion and it was my 1st platinum. I just hope the Ps3 will be the lead platform again otherwise it might put me off a purchase.

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fuk u
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 @ 12:30:40 PM
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if the games hard on hard mode, then its got to be insane on the unlockable mode.. i think its called immortal mode or somthing.. it would take hours just to get threw first few chapters how did u get platinum tanner1?

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Jamaican_Heat
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 @ 8:35:33 PM
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Its actually pretty easy, I beat it on the hardest difficulty using only the plasma cutter. 2 golds and 1 platimum in one shot :)

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MCsephiroth1313
Wednesday, December 09, 2009 @ 6:37:56 PM
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Sweet! I knew a sequel would be coming because the first one was such an amazing game. I almost got all the trophies for it too, I just need to beat the game on Elite.

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