Riccitello: Dead Space 2's online will be "innovative"

Worried that your online experience of killing necromorphs in Dead Space 2 will be s**t? Worry no more: EA CEO John Riccitello has said the horror's online experience will be "innovative".

"It’s got some really innovative online gameplay," he told Industry Gamers.

He also revealed how much of a fan he is of the Visceral series.

"I’m personally a nut about Dead Space. Rare is it for me to finish a game on more than one platform, but I did in the case of Dead Space, and Dead Space 2 is more than a worthy sequel; it’s going to be a monster. So I’m really, really pleased with that.

"What Dead Space does is it’s a thinking man’s game in addition to being a great action adventure title. So, we get the action in the game, lot of shooting, really different weapons…I love the puzzles. I love that to conquer this game you have to use your brain."

Last year, before the official announcement of the game, a job listing popped up which indicated that it would have online, a first for the series.

Never the less, it's still awesome s**t. This will be ome of EA's big hitters next week in LA, as well as EA's press conference. Get the skinny on that here.

Dead Space 2 releases in 2011 for PS3, 360 and PC.