The newly-announced Dead Space 2 will be the cover story for the January issue of Game Informer. Today GI unveiled the issue's cover, which offers the first glimpse at the game.

It's a big picture of Isaac Clarke doing what he does best: shoot Necromorphs 'til they stop flailing. Though the sequel is said to have new weapons, it seems he'll still have his trusty plasma cutter from the first game. His armor has a slightly different look to it, too.

DS2 will appear on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. Over the course of the month, Game Informer will be revealing more and more information. Maybe we'll find out when the game's supposed to be released in the process.