Dead Space 2 DLC on PC via 3.4 Kb save file
Turns out the Dead Space 2 DLC, that was supposedly console specific, is available to unlock in the PC build. EA had previously told The Escapist that the DLC would not make it to the PC version, but users are reporting a save file is all that’s required to unlock the extra suits and weapons.
Visceral hear disabled gamer, have started work on Dead Space 2 patch
Yesterday we mentioned the problems of a disabled gamer with Cerebral Palsy, who couldn’t play Dead Space 2 because of a lack of key mapping features. A petition was launched asking Visceral to add key mapping to the game. It got more than 20,000 signatures. Visceral have responded today to say that a PC patch is on the way to fix the problem.
Dead Space 2: Severed won’t be coming to PC
EA have stated outright that the two-mission DLC pack ‘Severed’ for Dead Space 2 will not be available on PC.
In a simple statement to VG247, EA said: “Dead Space 2: Severed will not be available on the PC”
The pack contains two missions where players take on the roles of the protagonists from Dead Space: Extraction, in a story that runs parallel to the Dead Space 2 narrative.
EA offered no explanation as to why the DLC would be console exclusive.
Dead Space 2 available to pre-load on Steam, Dead Space on sale
Dead Space 2 is now available to pre-purchase on Steam. Once bought, the game can be pre-downloaded to give you instant access when it’s released tomorrow. To celebrate, the original Dead Space is currently on sale with 66% off. If you pre-order Dead Space 2 that discount rises to 75%. Not a bad deal for a sizeable chunk of interstellar horror.
Buy Dead Space 2, get Dragon Age 2 armour. Single tear rolls down dev’s face
EA are offering bonus content for Dragon Age 2 with new purchases of Dead Space 2. Those who pick up Dead Space 2 next Friday will find a code inside to unlock Isaac’s armour rig for their Dragon Age character. Read on for the details and a trailer.
New Dead Space 2 multiplayer footage features evil babies
Dead Space did a great job of throwing its wrong-place-wrong-time hero, Isaac Clark, through a terrifying ordeal in which the silence and isolation of the infested space ship provided as many scares as the monsters themselves. Dead Space 2 is introducing a new kind of fear with its multiplayer mode. It’s less: “it’s quiet … too quiet”, and more: “get this freaking baby thing off my face!” Check out the new footage of the multiplayer mode, embedded below, and you’ll know what I mean.
New Dead Space 2 trailer is creepy as hell
The new Dead Space 2 trailer is bringing the scares. Don’t Visceral Games know that Halloween is over? Judging by the horrible rendition of an old nursery rhyme they’ve used as a soundtrack to this video, evidently not. The trailer is embedded below, prepare to be a little bit creeped out.
