Dead Space 2 Confirmed for PC Version

By Marcus Yam
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The horror action game continues on PC.

Earlier this year when Dead Space 2 was announced, the platform missing from the list that the first game graced was the PC. At the time, EA said that a PC SKU wasn't in the plan.

Then PC gamers spoke out, and EA then changed its tune saying that a PC version was under consideration.

Thankfully, the considering is over and EA confirmed the PC version for release and the official Dead Space Twitter tweeted: "Dead Space PC lovers can relax! Dead Space 2 is officially coming to PC."

Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam served as Tom's Hardware News Director during 2008-2014. He entered tech media in the late 90s and fondly remembers the days when an overclocked Celeron 300A and Voodoo2 SLI comprised a gaming rig with the ultimate street cred.
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19 Comments Comment from the forums
  • house70
    ...and will be so loaded with DRM, you won't even recognize it!...
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  • schmich
    I hope it will be in FPS mode then. Playing third person view with mouse/keyboard is so weird. I haven't enjoyed a game with third person view since maybe the first Max Payne. Resident Evil 5 and Gears of War had such weird movement. Just Cause 2 is the same although I guess it would be a lot harder in FPS mode.

    The best would be like Arma II where you get the option of both.
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  • gamerk316
    EA's actually done OK since the Spore thing went down. Its not like they are using Activision or Ubisofts insane DRM schemes...
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  • Tamz_msc
    That's a relief!They finally realized the worth of PC gaming;BTW the first one was the only horror game that scared me!!!
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  • kelemvor4
    Cool I guess. I hope they spend more time on the pc version than they typically do with ecks box ports.
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  • falchard
    Acti-who? Activision is now only kept on life support by WoW revenues that Vivendi funnels them. All their talent abandoned ship, guitar hero has gotten stale, and their user base is rather unloyal.

    This is going to be the year of ZeniMax. They are releasing simply better products on a different level then shovel ware EA and Activision can pull out. Brink, RAGE, and Fallout New Vegas. I think we all know whats going to sell.

    Even though the first one was designed for PC, if a console game isn't designed for PC it usually sucks when compared to actual PC games. The scrutiny on PC games is alot higher then with consoles and the difference shows in quality and creativity.

    Moving forward we should see more developers opting for the PC first because of the aging consoles that are now pushing 5 years and hardware limitations of yesteryear.
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  • dan117
    I hate consoles!
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  • Kelavarus
    gamerk316EA's actually done OK since the Spore thing went down. Its not like they are using Activision or Ubisofts insane DRM schemes...
    house70...and will be so loaded with DRM, you won't even recognize it!...
    EA already confirmed quite a while ago that they're committed to relaxing DRM.
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  • 7amood
    this game is not fun, it's scary like hell, it uses cheap methods to form the scare factor in the game... however i can't just ignore a weapon that shoots a laser cutting anything in its way... that's FUN!!!!1
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  • megamanx00
    \^_^/ Yay

    The first game was so messed up. This one looks even crazier. I guess we'll see.
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