Dead Space is one of my favorite single player games of the year. The game had the rare ability to keep my attention focused on the story so it was really a no-brainer to give the animated film a shot. Dead Space: Downfall is a prequel to the events that took place during the game. Overall I have to admit I was entertained and that’s the point right?
I am not going to pretend to be a pro when it comes to judging animation in a film. I am not into anime at all and I barely watch regular animated shows but I can say it kind of feels like a crappy Titan A.E.
Isaac Clarke is back in the news once again. Most gamers around the world will be able to download the Dead Space demo tomorrow, November 25th for their Xbox 360 or PS3. Folks who own a PS3 and reside in Europe however will have to wait until November 27th. Suckers!
The demo should give most fans of the survival horror genre at least a taste of the fun that can be had dismembering Necromorphs in space. The critically acclaimed game has become quite a hit and EA has been there whole way throwing content at us like crazy with movies, DLC and comics to flesh out the rest of the story and make the game even more enjoyable. So if you are still on the fence about jumping into the Dead Space universe, give the demo a try, you will enjoy it.
Great news for all of you Dead Space fans out there just dying to read words out of a book. Today marks the release of the hardbook comic conveniently titled Dead Space and it will be available nationwide in comic book stores. If you don’t live near a comic book store or despise the funky smell of them it will release near the end of the month at Amazon.com, Borders and Barnes and Noble book stores.
The comic serves as a prequel to the surprisingly solid story of the Dead Space game. It is a combination of all six Dead Space comics written by Antony Johnson and illustrated by Ben Templesmith. The book also includes an exclusive bonus art section and a background section dedicated to the major characters of Dead Space.
The Dead Space animated film also serves as a prequel to the game. I am curious to know if they tell the same exact story or maybe different versions of the same story?
EA Redwood Shores definitely had their work cut out for them. The survival horror genre has its heavy hitters already set and you had to wonder if Dead Space, being a new original IP, even had a chance. The game was announced in 2007 and had a pretty positive showing at E3. There were still questions about control issues and how well the story would progress. You can set those worries aside because Dead Space delivers and then some.
The story begins with your character Isaac Clarke, an engineer who is called upon to repair a damaged ship called the USG Ishimura, a “planet cracking” vessel used to mine valuable minerals from planets. Of course, it seems like an everyday repair mission, but things take a turn for the worse. Your vessel crashes into the Ishimura leaving your crew stranded with no way home and no explanation for the events that have taken place on the Ishimura. Soon you are thrust into life and death situations with the alien species known as Necromorphs that have taken over. That is just the beginning of your story as you try to figure out why this has all happened and just how to survive.
Dead Space will scare the pants off you when it’s released this Halloween. Decent space-based survival horror games have pretty much been confined to Doom, and Dead Space looks to jump right in to the mix. Can you survive as the lone human on an alien-infested ship?
EA sent out a bunch of new screenshots for their space survival-horror title, Dead Space. In the game, you’re the only surviving crew member on a space station over-run by zombie-like aliens intent on killing you. You’re communications have been cut off and you don’t have much chance of survival. Looks like a combination of Doom and Silent Hill. The game is set to ship in 2008 for the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3.
EA sent out a press release to announce a new franchise, Dead Space. Set to ship in late 2008 for the Xbox 360 and PS3, Dead Space is a third person sci-fi survival horror game that will scare the Be-Jesus out of you.
Set in the cold blackness of deep space, the atmosphere is soaked with a feeling of tension, dread and sheer terror. In Dead Space, players step into the role of engineer Isaac Clarke – an ordinary man on a seemingly routine mission to fix the communications systems aboard a deep space mining ship. It is not long before Isaac awakes to a living nightmare when he learns that the ship’s crew has been ravaged by a vicious alien infestation. He must fight through the dead silence and darkness of deep space to stay alive.
Sounds like a winner to me. Expect more details in the coming months as EA lets us know.
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