Many know of EA, many know of the games EA releases every so often. Every knows EA isn't exactly the most fascinating of game developers but from the deep recesses of EA Redwood comes a fascinating game called Dead Space. A strange twist in the train of creative ideas coming from the same studio responsible for making previous games like the recent Simpsons game and the Godfather game.

Set in the deep confines of space, players will be playing as Isaac Clarke, a space engineer who works for the Concordance Extraction Corporation (C.E.C), a company that operates "giant mining ships" throughout the galaxy. After receiving a distress call from the USG Ishimura, he heads in with two partners to investigate and remedy what they initially thought was a mechanical failure. It doesn't take long for them to realize there's a lot more going on in the Ishimura than a mechanical failure. A foreign alien species called the ' Necromorph' has infected and killed the entire crew, typically this new threat seperates Isaac from his friends and he must battle his way through the legions of infected hybrids to re-unite with them again.

In this game, it will not be possible to defeat an enemy by shooting a certain number of rounds into their bodies as the enemies will just adapt and develop new tactics. The key feature to this game is that of 'dismemberment', instead of shooting the enemies in the head and waiting for them you will need to find means of shooting off limbs and appendages to cripple then exterminate your enemy. As this is being directed as a pure horror game, expect no audio cues or visual hints of the threats which lay next. Also as it is set in space, there will be a few weightless and decompressed environments. For example, one area in the game is walking along the ship's hull, one wrong jump or one piece of debris hitting you will knock you flying off silently into the emptiness of space.


The game certainly sounds and looks interesting but are you impressed? Will you skip this out because it doesn't look good and it's made by EA? Please discuss. =P

Lullaby Trailer
Loved Ones Trailer; directed by James Wan (creator and director of Saw I)
Gameplay Example

Sources of information collected from Wikipedia and links thanks to Gametrailers.com.

EDIT: The game is slated for release on October 21st for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and the PC.