Dead Space 3 EA.

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What the critics say:

The big news here is EA’s experiment with the added ‘microtransaction’ purchases that are potentially being added to a $60 game.

“a player could easily spend an additional $40 on the game, $50 if they needed an online pass, which hardly seems like a “microtransaction” at all.

Of course it’s not required that the player purchase these items, that would be a huge overreach. As such, it’s not necessary to chastise EA for this decision, but it should be recognized as what it is: an experiment.”

Paul Tassi    www.Forbes.com

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The third installment in the Dead Space series, the game features a new co-op campaign as well as a new playable character that will be named John Carver. Set on a new frost planet of Tau Volantis, the game follows lead protagonists Isaac Clarke and John Carver to end the Necromorph invasion once and for all. Towards that endeavor, the duo must overcome avalanches, treacherous ice-climbs, and the violent wilderness in order to save the earth from an imminent Armageddon. The series has never left us down in the past and we have no reason to think it will this year, either.

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