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Superb horror shooter Dead Space 2 has landed squarely atop the UK all-formats top 40 chart.
Sales for the sequel are 70 per cent higher than for Dead Space 1.
Despite an alluring PS3 bundle – with Dead Space: Extraction thrown in for free – it was the Xbox 360 version with the lion’s share of sales: 56 per cent. The PS3 commanded only 40 per cent (the PC filled the remaining 4 per cent).