A tense new story delving into the secrets of the Necromorphs - and the Markers    Face a hostile new environment on a planet of ice    Team up against the Necromorph threat with series-first co-op option    Upgrade your weapons with the new Weapons Bench systemDead Space 3 delves further into the secrets of the Necromorphs and the mysterious Unitologists as you follow Isaac Clarke on his mission to save humanity from the reanimated mutated threat Clarke&39;s quest to discover the source of the Necromorph outbreak takes you to Tau Volantis a key location in the backstory of the Markers the mysterious monoliths worshipped by the Unitologists and which may hold the key to mankind&39;s victoryTau Volantis offers a hostile new environment for Dead Space replacing the  series&39; traditional black of space with the harsh white snowstorms of this ice planet As you travel through the frozen wastes you&39;ll need to overcome everything this environment - and it&39;s many side-missions - throws at you from abandoned encampments and underworld cities to treacherous ice-climbs and the ever-ominous threat of an avalanche On top of this the white void of Tau Volantis is just as deadly and unpredictable as the black void of space with deadly creatures and other shocks awaiting in the blizzard offering familiar gameplay for long-term fans of the seriesThere&39;s new gameplay coming to the series too with the introduction of a new co-op mode Say hello to Sgt John Carver a fellow Necromorph survivor who can join the campaign in optional drop-indrop-out co-op Playing in co-op mode can reveal additional story details and players will each have a slightly different experience as dementia kicks in with one player seeing things the other does not It also enhances the action and combat as part of the game&39;s new cover system as you team-up to face the Necromorphs togetherCombat gets a further boost as the series&39; traditional Bench weapon upgrade system is itself upgraded to the new Weapons Bench Scavenge the harse environments for raw materials and scraps and the Weapons Bench can be used to construct them into makeshift weapons You can also build new weapons out of existing ones to create new tools of war to take out your enemies The RIG (Resource Intergration Gear) suit also returns to display your health and weapon count via a holographic display - particularly handy in the vacuum of space as it tells you how much oxygen you have left