EA and Visceral Games will be stuffing something awesome in your virtual stocking this year - a Dead Space 2 demo for PS3 and Xbox 360, just in time for Xmas.

According to VG247, producer Steve Papoutsis revealed to them in an interview that a demo for the game would arrive on December 21 in the US and December 22 in EU (no word on AU, but it'd be safe to say it's around then, too).

"Releasing the demo five weeks before launch will not only re-connect players with our hero Isaac Clarke, but will also give them the opportunity to experience firsthand various jaw-dropping scenarios," he told the site. "It’s gonna be awesome.”

Dead Space 2 is due to arrive on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 January 25, 2011.