14 DAY TRIAL // Even if Electronic Arts’ E3 2012 press conference is set to take place later today, quite a lot of details about its upcoming Dead Space 3 shooter have appeared on the web, confirming that a cooperative mode is, in fact, a part of the game.
The Dead Space franchise may have started out life in a not so successful manner, but the second game did much to improve its reputation. The upcoming third title, which was confirmed by EA last week, after plenty of rumors, is looking even more interesting.
After seeing some leaked screenshots, a new series of images have appeared, this time of a higher quality, which depict the protagonist, Isaac Clarke, and his new buddy Carver, who’ll be present in the game’s cooperative mode.
What’s more, a series of details from the latest issue of Game Informer have appeared on the web, via NeoGAF, confirming quite a lot of new things in regards to the game, so check them out below.
•Co-op confirmed •No competitive multiplayer in DS3 •Now has universal ammo pickups •Cover system added •Unitologists pose a threat now, the screens look like they're shooting at Isaac while he’s taking cover •Co-Op will add new cutscenes and interactions between Isaac and Carver, "if you play single player you'll hear everything you need to hear to get the whole story." •"Dead Space 3 will have zero gravity space sections, dark corridors, and all the other things that made the series what it is" •New necromorphs called Fodder, Feeders & something Visceral internally calls 'The snow beast' plus a huge 30 story tall centipede necromorph called the Nexus •Feeders are "what happens when a human isn't actually infected by a Swarm or by a Divider head, but by necessity ends up eating the flesh of a turned necro" •Icy Planet is called Tau Volantis •Fodder transform into two different necromorphs depending on how you kill them •Ammo drops are more plentiful •They want DS3 to be less linear than 2&1;be able to explore large environments and find "unique beta missions" that aren't required to complete the main game •You can slap different guns together like a Plasma cutter/Ripper combo, Visceral didn't say "how exactly these weapon mods work" but GI noticed enemies drop Scrap metal and 'tungsten' now.
Besides these details, Dead Space 3 is apparently scheduled to appear in February, 2013, according to the report.
Expect to hear more about the new horror game from Visceral and EA later today. Until then, check out the new images below.
