Dead Space 2 players are discovering a little-known trick that lets you bag a ton of extra loot, and even one of the game's own developers didn't know about it until now.

Of course, Dead Space 2 being a bonafide survival horror game, resources like credits, which you can use to buy gear and weapon upgrades among other things, and stasis, which refills the meter that allows you to slow enemies down, are precious. And so it's with a mix of astonishment and frustration that I've learned about a brand new way to acquire both of those resources quickly and easily.

Over on the Dead Space subreddit, there's a popular post doing the rounds showing a player shooting an ATM until it shows visible damage and produces a whopping 10,000 credits. Appearing somewhat befuddled, the player quickly finds a nearby medical station and fires away in its direction, eventually earning themselves a stasis pack for their trouble.

"13 years and I've only now realized you can destroy the ATMs and get credits and the medical stations and get stasis," the post reads, lightly edited for clarity.

deadspace from r/DeadSpaceCommenters are almost universally surprised to discover the method for the first time.

"I'm so blown away bc of the days I've wasted in those games," writes one Redditor.

"I could have had so many more credits to spend on cool gadgets," writes another, echoing my thoughts exactly.