Dead Space 3 Limited Edition Gives Players Advanced Spacesuits and
Weapons to Help Overcome Deadly Necromorphs and the Icy, Harsh Alien
Terrain
COLOGNE, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Surviving violent, subzero conditions while fighting gigantic creatures,
human enemies and blood-thirsty Necromorphs won't be as easy as it
sounds! Gamers can go it alone, or fortunately for fans everywhere, they
will have the chance to face these terrors with a friend when Visceral
Games, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) studio launches Dead
Space 3 in North America on February 5, 2013 (8 February 2013 in
Europe). From the lonely depths of space, to a graveyard of derelict
spaceships, to a frozen planet with brutal conditions, Dead Space 3
takes action and terror to incredible new heights. In Dead Space 3, the
fate of mankind rests in the hands of engineer Isaac Clarke and his new
merciless co-op partner, John Carver. Survival is more difficult than
ever before, but Visceral Games announced today that fans who pre-order
the Dead Space 3 Limited Edition at participating
retailers will have the advantage of using two bonus* suits and weapons,
right when they start the game.
The Dead Space 3 Limited Edition provides gamers with first
access to two game bundles: "First Contact" and "Witness the Truth" —
each of which contains an advanced suit and devastating new weapon.
These hand-crafted weapon combinations act as initial blueprints for the
millions of permutations players will be able to create using the
all-new weapon crafting system in the game.
"First Contact" Bundle
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First Contact Suit: This unique EVA (Extra-Vehicular Activity)
suit was built by the SCAF (Sovereign Colonies Armed Forces) for
encounters with "foreign entities." It sports a flamboyant golden
finish to provide protection from long-term space exposure and thick
armor for… unspecified reasons. The suit was given the nickname "First
Contact" by the scientists who made it.
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Negotiator Weapon: While technically classified by the SCAF as
a "scientific instrument," the gold-plated "Negotiator" is loaded with
some surprisingly aggressive hardware. The overclocked, top-mounted
Tesla Beam is capable of bursting a man-sized organism into several
pieces with a single shot. The bottom-mounted Linegun appears to have
been built with the sole purpose of cleanly dismembering organic
tissue from a distance.
"Witness the Truth" Bundle
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Witness Suit: These insulated suits were worn by a SCAF deep
dig team assigned to exhume the darkest secrets of Tau Volantis.
Whatever they found locked deep in the ice changed them forever. When
they emerged weeks later, they were covered head to toe in strange
graffiti and claimed to be "Witnesses to the Truth."
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Evangelizer Weapon: A modification of the standard AL-2 used by
the Sovereign Colonies Legionaries, this version sports a souped-up
AL-2g assault rifle on the top with an Emerson 2100 "Big Boy" tactical
shotgun on the bottom. The surviving "Witnesses" of the SCAF deep dig
team dubbed it the Evangelizer and decorated them top to bottom with
strange symbols.
Winner of more than 15 critic awards at E3 2012 including Best of Show
from Game Informer Magazine (third largest consumer magazine in
the U.S.**), Dead Space 3 cuts to the heart of deep space terror.
The game is recognized by game critics worldwide for its incredible
craftsmanship in horror, action, suspense and sound design. Players will
embark on a thrilling ride through space that takes them to a hostile
new planet, Tau Volantis. Fortunately, they are not alone this time
around. The fully integrated drop-in/drop-out co-op feature gives
players the option to play alone or team-up with a friend anytime.
Players that choose to take down the terror together will experience
additional story details, side missions and gameplay mechanics only
found when playing as John Carver.
Dead Space 3 is being developed for the PlayStation®3 computer
entertainment system, the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system
and on PC. This product has not yet been rated by ESRB or PEGI. Follow
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* Conditions and restrictions apply. See http://www.deadspace.com/buy
for details.
** December 2011, Audit Bureau of Circulations.
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