Dead Space 3 reportedly taking place on a frozen planet

The Thing, John Carpenter’s classic horror film’s the first thing that comes to mind whenever I read/hear about horror games (or films) being set against a snowy backdrop. Just a couple of weeks ago we got rumors stating that none other than Resident Evil 6 would be taking place in a snow covered part of Canada– but that sorta turned out being fake, or real, or fake, or…

But here comes a recent report straight from Siliconera in which they state that the inevitable Dead Space 3 is set to take place on a frozen planet. Somehow, in Dead Space 3, Isaac Clarke will reportedly find himself crashing his ship on Tau Volantis (the frozen planet in question). Moving as far away as possible from the previous entries’ barely-lit corridors (save for some beautiful, colored set-pieces in Dead Space 2) Dead Space 3 will pit Isaac in a brightly-lit blizzard climate, faced with the new enemies introduced in the game, being referred to as the “hive mind.” Here’s a good chunk of what the source site reported:

Early in Dead Space 3, Isaac crash lands on the planet. He believes he may be the only survivor and makes his way to an abandoned waystation, which he uses for shelter from the snowstorm. There he finds a survivor who is severely injured. Isaac speaks to the near dead comrade who reveals there are other survivors that trekked off to another facility. One of them is Ellie, a key character from the original Dead Space game. Isaac grabs a snowsuit and heads into the blizzard.

Later in the game, Isaac reunites with Ellie and a new character named Jennifer. The trio scale a mountain, but Jennifer is reluctant to do so. She’s a tech type excited over finding a codex and plans to reverse engineer research by a group called Rosetta to gain access to it. As they climb up the mountain, they hear a howl from below, but cannot spot what kind of creature made the sound.

So, how does this all sound to you? If you were to ask me, I’d tell you that I’m already highly anticipating this threequel, regardless of setting, but reading this is truly icing on the cake (ha).

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