Gamers step into a third-person sci-fi survival horror experience that promises to deliver the ultimate in psychological thrills and gruesome action. 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.

During the Electronic Arts Press Conference yesterday, EA showed off some gameplay footage of Dead Space. After the developer guided demo through the upcoming survival horror title was over EA left gamers salivating and frightened with a teaser trailer. Each time we see it Dead Space looks more and more like a contender for the survival horror crown. Could it take Resident Evil and Silent Hill down a notch? Well, we'll have to wait for crappy Hollywood movies based on it to find out for sure. Dead Space lands in stores on October 21, 2008.

The game's plot revolves around 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. His company receives a distress call from the USG Ishimura, a “Planet Cracker” class ship that destroys planets in order to extract valuable ore. Assuming that the ship has had a mechanical failure, Isaac and two other C.E.C employees set out to rendezvous with the Ishimura. They soon discover that the ship has been overrun by a hostile alien race. After boarding the ship, Clarke is separated from his party and must battle his way through various hazardous environments to safety.[6] Based on the three graphic art videos released for the game, it seems that a mysterious "artifact" had been found near one of the colony planets and was brought aboard the Ishimura despite the fact that it seemed to make the miners who extracted it go insane. This artifact seems to not only play a large role in the game's story but also seems to be closely followed by a cult, known as the Unitologists.

WeGame has posted a whooping nine videos about Dead Space from an EA community event they attended. They include interviews with producers, a creature design presentation by the lead concept artist, a lighting presentation by the lead lighting engineer, an environments presentation by the art director, a presentation on scripted events by a producer and two demonstrations of combat and in-game features. The demonstration on in-game features is above, while the rest are after the jump, enjoy

Isn't this the game that is different every time you play a new game?
Or am I thinking about a different game now?

Anyway, the video do look pretty impressive and a friend of mine loves his Resident Evil stuff, so this might be something for him.

I don't think it's different every time you play it. I read that the each and every enemy can be or have to be taken out with a different strategy every time you encounter one but that's it.

Hmm, no thought as much. I think it is called Left For Dead then. It was a game that got quite some media attention at the E3 anyway.

Some video game websites really are fascinating. We've been having a blast with the Resistance 2 ARGs, and now we're keeping an eye on this new Dead Space website. No Known Survivors isn't an ARG, though -- you won't be visiting the websites of fake corporations, nor will you be getting mysterious voicemails from Katee Sackhoff. Instead, No Known Survivors is an episodic, interactive 3D experience that takes you on board the USG Ishimura, to explore the events that happen before the upcoming horror game. If you know anything about the game, we're pretty certain that these weekly episodes won't end with bunnies or rainbows. In fact, we're pretty sure there will be ... well, no survivors.

The release date for the game has been brought forward to October the 24th in Europe - I would guess it's the same for the US too -

http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/08/29/d...ward-in-europe/

EDIT: interestingly enough, gamesmaster magazine has a piece of dead space this month and perhaps has given away some previously unmentioned details by accident. They have a half page hands on article, and pretty much cover what weknow so far.
However, they also have the controls to the game detailed in the corner, and apparently one of buttons is mapped to telekinesis. Now, maybe I've missed something, but I haven't seen or heard of this game having telekinesis in it. In fact, I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the game's direction if they go with the infected/super-powered monster route, but maybe it was just a mistake. Anyway, just a heads up on that info.

Ahhhh, I see, thanks DB ^^ its a piece of tech. I just got horrific flashbacks to 2/3 of the way through condemned 2, when the elad character got the magical ability to blow people's heads off and the whole game went to pot. Good article btw, I hadn't read some of that stuff.

Interestingly enough, I just read the PS3 is the lead platform for this game, as is the case with mirror's edge, also by EA. That may be a trend developing.

Dead Space banning rumors come under fire



We imagine that video game developers and publishers aren't pleased when blockbuster titles receive the banhammer's blow before their release dates -- which is why we're so perplexed by the recent drama surrounding Electronic Arts' upcoming "tactical dismemberment" shooter, Dead Space. Destructoid reported Thursday that the game's community manager, Andrew Green, recently broke the regrettable news that the title had been banned in Germany, Japan, and China-- however, GamePolitics has more than a few qualms with this announcement.

Not only is it peculiar that all three bans happen to emerge at the same time, but GP points out that none of the ratings boards of the three nations mentioned have made any announcements on the matter -- even more notably, neither has EA. Also, as one eagle-eyed GP reader pointed out, it's impossible under German law to ban a product before its release. Further negating the German ban, Videogaming247 reports that the title is apparently still going through the ratings gauntlet of Germany's censorship board, the USK.

Regardless of whether this is a misguided publicity stunt, an unfortunate miscommunication, or proof that Andrew Green has mysterious psychic abilities, we certainly hope EA clears up the confusion with a quickness.

I think tactical dismemberment may have something to do with it

yea Japan and China had no problem with stuff like Ichi the Killer and whatnot, but they have a huge problem with Dead Space video game.

Yes, it's true that we're excited for Dead Space. The survival horror game strikes in October, but we've secured you an early look at the game's PS3 Trophies. For more general unpleasantness in space, visit No Known Survivors.

Bronze Trophies
• Dead on Arrival - Complete Chapter 1 on any setting
• Lab Rat - Complete Chapter 2 on any setting
• All Systems Go - Complete Chapter 3 on any setting
• Cannon Fodder - Complete Chapter 4 on any setting
• True Believer - Complete Chapter 5 on any setting
• Greenhouse Effect - Complete Chapter 6 on any setting
• S.O.S. - Complete Chapter 7 on any setting
• Strange Transmissions - Complete Chapter 8 on any setting
• Wreckage - Complete Chapter 9 on any setting
• Keeper of the Faith - Complete Chapter 10 on any setting
• Betrayed - Complete Chapter 11 on any setting
• Exodus - Complete Chapter 12 on any setting
• Pack Rat - Store 25 items in Safe
• Story Teller - Collect Half of all Logs
• Z-Baller - Complete Level 6 in Zero-G Basketball
• Merchant - Collect 5 schematics
• Armstrong - TK shoot 50 objects
• Marksman - Dismember 5 Limbs
• Surgeon - Dismember 250 Limbs
• Freeze - Use Statis on 50 Enemies
• Crackshot - Achieve a perfect score in the Shooting Gallery
• Air Alert - Zero G jump over 100 times
• Brawler - Kill at least 50 enemies with a melee attack
• Ragdoll Check - Force an enemy into a gravity panel
• Big Spender - Spend 500,000 credits at the store
• Full Contact - Kill 20 enemies with the Contact Beam
• A Cut Above - Kill 20 enemies with the Ripper
• Tool Time - Kill 20 enemies with the Plasma Cutter
• Pusher - Kill 20 enemies with the Force Gun
• Live with the Hot Ones - Kill 20 enemies with the Flamethrower
• Autofire - Kill 20 enemies with the Pulse Rifle
• Eviscerator - Kill 20 enemies with the Line Gun
• There's Always Peng - Find the Peng Treasure

Silver Trophies
• Survivor - Beat the game on any difficulty setting
• Legend Teller - Collect all Logs
• Full Arsenal - Own every Weapon in the game
• Butcher - Dismember 500 Limbs

Gold Trophies
• Epic Tier 3 Engineer - Complete the game on the hardest difficulty setting
• One Gun - Beat the game using only the Plasma Cutter
• Maxed Out - Upgrade all weapons and equipment

Platinum Trophy
• Platinum