Dead Space 3 was seemingly outed last week when B-roll video from Electronic Arts' Redwood Shores campus briefly glimpsed what appeared to be an early logo and concept art from the in-development game. The news was little more than confirmation of something most of us figured was true anyway, but that's not the case with what we're hearing today.
An EA insider has come clean to Siliconera with a rough synopsis of the game's setup, and a smidge of information about a possible new antagonist in the planned sequel. Or, more likely, an evolution of the Necromorphs as we've so far come to know them.
Isaac Clarke's next adventure will apparently unfold on the icy planet of Tau Volantis, bringing the bulk of the game's narrative to a terrestrial environment for the first time (the first Dead Space briefly visited a planet's surface). At some early point, Isaac will crash land on the planet and fight through blizzard-like conditions to a nearby waystation.
He encounters an injured survivor there who informs Isaac that there are others still alive, and that they've left for a nearby facility. One of those characters is Ellie, who you might remember from the first game. Isaac eventually reconnects and then travels with Ellie and Jennifer, a new character, to the top of a mountain for reasons that aren't clear.
Jennifer is described by Siliconera as a "tech type" with plans to reverse engineer the work of the Rosetta research group as she tries to unlock the secrets of a codex. The source also notes that EA is referring to the game's enemies as "the hive mind."
Source: Siliconera
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shorty0785
i don't now i kind hope they do i little change for the game like co op or a survivor mode would be very nice 100 rounds how many necromorphs can u kill be for you die and please bring a big boss this time so i can blow it away bring some prety nice weapons thats all i ask just change it up a little bite but don't change it too much keep it like dead space 2 but better
Nerus_Sentia
Ellie is from DS2
PCGamerz
Hmmmm.... The "hive mind?" kinda like "grave mind" isn't it EA?
Alien_Number_Six
Sounds like a good story. I hope EA keeps the campaign single player. More awesome weapons. More gruesome dismemberment. More hellish plots. More twisted necromorph designs. More marker induced hallucinations. More.......The marker is divine. Convergence is at hand. Altman be praised.
gamerassassin
It all sounds great but i'm worried about the idea of co-op. just saying it could go either way, looking foward to getting the crap scared out of me though!
gamerassassin
It all sounds great but i'm worried about the idea of co-op. just saying it could go either way, looking foward to getting the crap scared out of me though!
DingoEnderZOE2
I swear to god, if E.A. Puts co-op in the story mode of the game I will personally fly down to their studios and bitch slap the person who thought the idea of adding co-op was a good idea. C'mon adding co-op to a game series that was originally single player in the campaign has recently been below average or plain just not as good as the originals. Example:Fear 3 and resident evil 5.
HuskyHogEA
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Silver Back Grip 48
Dead Space 3 is got to be the most colorful game of next year 2012.
ManWhoWasNotThere
hopefully the mp has more maps and is an altogether deeper experience. the fact is that it took WAY too long for them to release more content for it or it really couldve been a contender for best multiplayer.
I still loved it tho... wish ppl still played it...
yankeerob
New characters with Isaac. Could their be co-op play in the main story?
Silver Back Grip 48
I am going to kill ever body in that very same ring on that online game ps3 dead space 3.
littleb242
i dont know. the first dead space was awesome, hell i played it 3 1/2 times. the second one was lackin, so im skeptical about the 3rd one but only time will tell
VII
Ellie's from the second game.
jessvon
icy planet that going to be good now i want to see what the Necromorphs look like
jessvon
love it love it love it
gouki23
cant wait to kill them all
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