Floating above a frozen planet in 'Dead Space 3'. Photo: AFP
The first game in the series,
released in 2008, was a surprise hit that reinvigorated interest a then-ailing survival horror genre; come 2011, "Dead Space 2" was trading some of that measured, terrifying pacing for more nectomorph-battling action.
"Dead Space 3" swaps space stations for a desolate snow planet and introduces a cooperative, multiplayer mission mode.