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Dead Space 2 "Severed" DLC Hitting Next Week

On March 1, you'll be able to rock out on Titan Station as Gabe Weller.

That Dead Space 2 DLC, “Dead Space 2: Severed,” now has a date and a price. The content will land on PSN and XBLM on March 1, 2011 at an agreeable seven bucks (or 560 Microsoft bones). No PC date is planned.

As previously noted, Severed adds two stand-alone chapters to the core game that star Dead Space: Extraction’s Gabe Weller and Lexine Murdoch. You’ll play as Gabe in both, and as a press release reveals this morning, Gabe’ll have access to a unique security suit and a supercharged Plasma Rifle. 
 
  
Both chapters take place on an infested Sprawl around the same time as the events of the core storyline, so expect the typical monster fare you saw in Dead Space 2. But don’t be surprised when you also bump into the Twitcher, the original Dead Space’s marine-and-necromorph hybrid. You’ll catch your first glimpse of this guy in the embedded trailer, which just hit today.

Shoemaker got his hands on this DLC earlier this week, and we’ll be running a video preview of it a little later this Friday. Make sure to check it out!    

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That Dead Space 2 DLC, “Dead Space 2: Severed,” now has a date and a price. The content will land on PSN and XBLM on March 1, 2011 at an agreeable seven bucks (or 560 Microsoft bones). No PC date is planned.

As previously noted, Severed adds two stand-alone chapters to the core game that star Dead Space: Extraction’s Gabe Weller and Lexine Murdoch. You’ll play as Gabe in both, and as a press release reveals this morning, Gabe’ll have access to a unique security suit and a supercharged Plasma Rifle. 
 
  
Both chapters take place on an infested Sprawl around the same time as the events of the core storyline, so expect the typical monster fare you saw in Dead Space 2. But don’t be surprised when you also bump into the Twitcher, the original Dead Space’s marine-and-necromorph hybrid. You’ll catch your first glimpse of this guy in the embedded trailer, which just hit today.

Shoemaker got his hands on this DLC earlier this week, and we’ll be running a video preview of it a little later this Friday. Make sure to check it out!    
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Edited By PhatSeeJay

Have to admit I'm more interested in singleplayer campaign DLC than multiplayer and gear addons. This is something I can get behind on.

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Oh, sweet! Completely forget about this. Mostly due to me trying to forget Dead Space 2 in general, after my failed attempts at hardcore mode >_>

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Sweet, want to see Brad's preview.

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OH MY GOD MORE DEAD SPACE. 
 
I'm definitely buying it.

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Is it just me or does Gabe look a lot like Issac?

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@Bocam said:
" Is it just me or does Gabe look a lot like Issac? "
He definitely shares the same scream sound clips, though from the glimpses I saw, I think he does look like a graphically improved Gabe.
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I was about to get pissed about no PC release date being announced, but then I remembered I have it for Xbox. Hooray!

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Just out of curiosity, I wanted to ask this... but spoiler alerts ahead.
 

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This looks better than the main story in Dead Space 2. I wish this was stand alone dlc that we could pick up and play without owning a copy.

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This is what Visceral should be concentrating on exclusively, more single player chapters.  I have zero interest in the MP part of the game and haven't even fired it up yet, but I will suck up more single player Dead Space content like a vacuum.

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Looks really good, and a nice surprise that it's only $6.99, would've thought that $9.99 was the standard for this kind of thing.

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I'm on my second run picking up two chapter 7 achievements and vacuum cleaner. If I power through zealot I'll be able to buy this the day it comes out to get my DS fix.

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Oh god yes, this looks awesome. Here's hoping there will be more single player DLC from other people's perspectives on the Sprawl in the future.

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I am sold on this. Now give me a couple of chapters that portray Ellie's story before meeting Isaac and I'll be very happy.

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That's definitely tempting.

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i just started dead space 2 , so this is welcome news, especially the price

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Yeah ... no PC date ... awesome ... fu EA.

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Im stoked!!!!  I requested the day off for this.  March 1st baby!

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I will get my Move delivered next Monday I guess. Just in time to play Extraction before the DLC.

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Can't wait for this, good to see the single player focus of DLC for Dead Space 2, as i am yet to even enter multiplayer mode, and to be honest, i have no interest to do so. 2 chapters also? Awesome.

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So us PC gamers can spend as much as xbox and ps3 user but we dont get DLC. Fuckin bullshit.
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dead space 2 = mass effect 2 for 2011

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I would be down, but no PC release squashes that idea.     I know PC sales dwarf consoles but I have a hard time with the thought that this DLC on steam couldn't turn a profit.    Especially with all the Mass Effect 2 DLC last year, wasn't that a success?   Damn pirates screw it up for everyone.

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I need to ingest more Dead Space by any means necessary. I think I'm detoxing after my second post-Hardcore run.

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@Funzzo said:
" So us PC gamers can spend as much as xbox and ps3 user but we dont get DLC. Fuckin bullshit. "
So true.  It's funny cause EA thinks they are cutting out pirates (and I guess they are) but the way I see it they are cutting out some of their most die hard fans.  From my perspective (as a big video game fan) I want to play games with the best performance/highest quality.  The consoles are spitting out some sub 720p resolution while my PC is blasting dead space out at 1080p 100fps to the same HDTV.    Why on earth would I ever buy it on 360 or PS3?  It's not a pirate thing, it's not a fan boy thing, it's a "it's clearly better on this system so I am gonna play it here" thing.   So brilliant EA, cut out everyone who looked forward to dead space 2 so much that they specifically sought out the best version of it.   done ranting...
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I am excited for more Dead Space.  I love the setting and gameplay of the series. 

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Might actually buy it :)

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Very excited to extend my Dead Space 2 experience.  I think Dead Space may be one of my favourite franchises of all time. Excellent games.

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no pc date is planned?? what what what?

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dead space 2 = mass effect 2 of 2011? who said that bullshit, huh? as long as they don't support PC, it won't happen. do you think that Visceral is crazy to make lots of DLC? they are not Bioware which have very passionate people who work with. plus, Visceral doesn't even know how to make PC patch properly. well, they never did for dead space original. suck my ball. 

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Thats very tempting but im really all dead space'd out right now plus I got a lot more shit to play, I guess ill have to see just how good it is.
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@Edwardryu said:
"suck my ball.  "
I'm sorry for your loss.