Dead Space 2 multiplayer details emerge

By Ellie Gibson Published 3 September, 2010

Necromorphs vs. soldiers, apparently.

New information regarding the online multiplayer mode in Dead Space 2 is flying about the internet.

According to Gamernode, it emerged during a GameStop conference in San Antonio, Texas.

Apparently EA revealed you'll be able to control the Necromorphs in deathmatch-style battles against regular "soldiers" - and vice versa. More multiplayer characters will be announced in the future.

Anyone pre-ordering the game will get downloadable add-on Dead Space: Ignition into the bargain. Those pre-ordering from GameStop will also get a free rivet gun.

Dead Space 2 will arrive on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on 28th January. Read our recent preview for the full lowdown.

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Comments (23) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • HermitArcader #1 1 year ago

    Post deleted at 09:17:39 22-12-2011

  • richarddavies #2 1 year ago

    ^ Well my wife was killed by Necromorph scum. I say KILL EM ALL!

  • bostec #3 1 year ago

    Does this really need multiplayer? Did Bioshock 2 need multiplayer? NO!

  • bad09 #4 1 year ago

    Deathmatch in Dead Space.... *sigh*

    I just hope the don't balls up the SP, I'll be honest though I'm having to suppress doubts on this sequel.
    Edited by 1 at 03/09/10 @ 09:42

  • menage #5 1 year ago

    @Bostec

    Did Uncharted 2 need it? No,

    Was it awesome? Yes.

  • AphoticCosmos #6 1 year ago

    That actually sounds, dare I say . . . good.

    Marines Vs. Aliens, anyone? Sci-fi survival horror could make for great multiplayer.

  • ziggy_played_guitar #7 1 year ago

    It sounds silly to me.

  • edhe #8 1 year ago

    Ok.. this sounds much much more interesting that a dozen isaacs running around chopping eachother's legs off and hopping to get to a medkit.

  • MaFlippinHeadHurts #9 1 year ago

    ‘Does this really need multiplayer? NO’

    Well, if it does turn out pants and doesn’t interfere with the SP game, then it’s a free addition and no harm done

    …if it turns out great, then awesome!

  • Master09 #10 1 year ago

    Why not just stick to SP for godsake!

    Like many tacked on MPs this will get boring quickly and people will go back to their CODs and Battlefield.

    Another sad trend in modern day gaming that shooters should have MP.

  • sugarbaron #11 1 year ago

    Why does every game have to have multiplayer/online function these days? This is a survival horror game, a single player experience, not a fragfest.

  • Restart #12 1 year ago

    A Left 4 Dead Versus style mode would be better for this, if they REALLY have to add multiplayer at all.

  • Markitron #13 1 year ago

    This is probably just taking up resources that should have been spent on the single player. Obviously I haven't played it but its more than likely a novelty feature that is only there to pad out the back of the box. I could be wrong tho, I thought the exact same thing about Uncharted 2's multiplayer when that was announced

  • Shakey_Jake33 #14 1 year ago

    I don't remember sitting there playing Dead Space thinking 'wow, this really need a multiplayer'. Ah well, as long as they keep it entirely separate from the single player, I can pretend it doesn't exist.

  • makeamazing #15 1 year ago

    Problem is that they will probably add "Racked up a gazzillion hours in multiplayer" for a trophy :(... i hate it when designers do that.

  • legendarytomuk #16 1 year ago

    I find that most multiplayer servers are just dead space nowadays.

    Edit: Before anyone else -1s me I'm referring to stuff like B2 that really doesn't need multiplayer, aka just a bad joke
    Edited by 2 at 04/09/10 @ 20:31

  • bloodflowers #17 1 year ago

    I really hope they haven't compromised the quality of the single player game to put time into a multiplayer nobody really cares about. People who liked Dead Space, liked it because it was a good single player game. Just another 'Xbox Live Multiplayer' menu entry to never click on.

  • Galathorn #18 1 year ago

    New feature, I won't complain!

  • Osmond #19 1 year ago

    why didnt they just leave it alone? theres no need for a multiplayer, but at least they didnt force a co-op on us,( like capcom do). please listen devs , no one is playing the vast majority of your multiplayers after a few weeks , so why bother?.
    Edited by 1 at 03/09/10 @ 13:32

  • Kaminari #20 1 year ago

    Standard boring MP stuff...

    I was expecting something ambitious, along the lines of the still-unrivaled co-op mode in Project Eden -- four players can play the full campaign, but each one has to follow a specific path and do his co-op part of the job in order for the others to advance.

  • sneetch #21 1 year ago

    @Restart
    A Left 4 Dead Versus style mode would be better for this

    I heard they were adding multiplayer and I instantly just assumed it would be like L4D versus and moved on, I'm disappointed to hear it won't be like that. Balancing shambling necromorphs vs soldiers will be damn tricky but it could still be fun.

  • GiarcYekrub #22 1 year ago

    I hope they don't include any multiplayer acheivments

  • mcreddie #23 1 year ago

    Ugh...This sounds worrying...

    Just focus on an awesome campaign like the last one, surely no-one wants multiplayer on EVERY single new game. It just gets abandoned after about 2-3 weeks.