Dead Space 3 launches today alongside Critical Acclaim

Dead Space 3 launches today and Visceral Games reap the satisfaction of critical acclaim regarding their third installment of the Dead Space series and Isaac Clarke’s struggles with the Necromorphs.

The tense, frightening and action-packed fight against the Necromorphs returns today.

Visceral Games™, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio, today announced that Dead Space™ 3, the first big entertainment blockbuster of 2013, is now available at retail stores in North America and on Origin.com.

Heralded by more than thirty press outlets (USA Today, Forbes, NBC News, IGN, etc.) as one of the most anticipated games of 2013, Dead Space 3 introduces an innovative drop-in/drop-out feature, all-new weapon crafting system and takes players on a thrilling ride through the terrors that lie hidden in deep space and the unforgiving ice planet of Tau Volantis.

Dead Space 3 is an International hit having received a 9.0 from Multiplayer.it in Italy, 9.0 from AusGamers in Australia, 8.8 from 3DJuegos.com in Spain and a 9.75 from Game Informer magazine in North America. Game Informer stated that Dead Space 3

“[is] one of the best games of this generation”.

Visceral Games also announced today that gamers can extend the brutal adventure in March with Dead Space™ 3 Awakened, an all-new digital expansion pack. In Awakened, “players will experience the franchise’s darkest chapters as the Necromorph battles become even more gruesome and terrifying than ever before.

” The pack will be available in March (although an exact date is yet to be released) on the PlayStation®Network and PC via Origin.com for $9.99 and Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for 800 MS Points.

“With Dead Space 3 our goal was to evolve the franchise bringing in innovative new features like drop-in/drop-out co-op, weapon crafting, and an engaging atmosphere while still retaining the incredible suspense, horror, action and sound that the series is known for,” said Steve Papoutsis, Vice President/General Manager of Visceral Games and Dead Space 3’s Executive Producer.

“Gamers are going to be thrown in and out of space, taken to a violent new ice planet and allowed to explore several different abandoned spaceships and caves. But we’re not stopping there. In Dead Space 3 Awakened, gamers will experience some of the most disturbing content they have ever seen in a Dead Space game – they are going to love it” he declares confidently.

Dead Space 3’s take on co-op campaign takes players to the edge of the psyche on a suspense-filled expedition to uncover the secret of the Necromorph infestation and unravel the mystery behind the mysterious Markers. In co-op players take on the role of Sergeant John Carver, a merciless soldier who lost his family to the Necromorph infestation. Co-op enables exclusive story details, side missions and gameplay mechanics to be discovered.

Dead Space 3 is now available in North America for the PlayStation®3, Xbox 360® (with Kinect support), and PC. It will be available February 8th in Europe. The game is rated PEGI 18.

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