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Building on the ability to upgrade existing weapons in past Dead Space games, you can now create custom ones from scratch, although you'll have to scavenge for resources to do so.

"We always wanted to show Isaac as a true engineer," says Dino Ignacio, user interface lead at developer Visceral. "He's resourceful, he's smart and he's good at building things."

Earlier this week EA confirmed a Dead Space 3 release date of February 5, 2013.