The Art of Dead Space Hardcover Book Listed January 6, 2013

As I’m sure you guys know, I’m a huge fan of video game art books, and I’m a huge fan of the Dead Space game series.  In anticipation of the release of the original Dead Space game, a small book called Art of Dead Space was circulated among some of the gaming press and was later sold in very small quantities on the official Viceral Games Online Store.  I’ve seen screenshots of a lot of the artwork that went into making the original games and thought they looked completely amazing, and was disappointed that the only time the artwork would be in print would be for a collectible book with such a limited run.  I thought that was probably going to be the last time that EA or Viceral games would put the amazing Dead Space art in print.  Looks like I was wrong.

A full hardcover book has been listed on Amazon.com titled The Art of Dead Space.  It promises to include over three hundred pieces of artwork from four of the Dead Space video games spread over 192 pages.  The book lists the artwork included come from Dead Space, Dead Space 2, Dead Space Ignition and Dead Space Extraction.  Sadly, Dead Space 3 art is not listed.

Right now it looks like the book is being listed for preorder off Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble for a MSRP of $34.99 US, but the sites have the price discounted by a few dollars.  The release date is listed as February 5th, 2013, the same day Dead Space 3 is going to be released.