Dead Space 2 Demo December 21st December 8, 2010

The original Dead Space was another one of the sleeper hits of EA’s 2008, alongside their other new property Mirror’s Edge.  It was next-generation scary.  It spit in the face of previous space themed horror games.  You were an engineer operating alone, you weren’t a space marine.  Headshots were useless, the monsters had to be dismembered to be killed.  The graphics were beautiful and horrifying at the same time.

EA is giving an early Christmas present to gamers who own Xbox 360s and PS3s.  A demo of the game, which promises to include the Chruch of Unitology level demoed at E3 this year, has been announced to arrive before Christmas, five weeks before the release of the full version of the game.

Dead Space 2’s demo will be released for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 on December 21st in the US and December 22nd in Europe through Xbox Live Marketplace or Playstation Network Store.

Dead Space 2 will be released Jan 25th, 2011 for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.  A Collector’s Edition is coming for the Xbox 360 and PS3.