EA’s Dead Space Dismembers The Competition This Halloween

February 26, 2008

EA’s
Dead Space Dismembers The Competition This Halloween

The New Survival Horror IP Will
Be Available on October 31st in North America and Europe

Electronic Arts Inc. today announced
that the new sci-fi survival horror game, Dead Space™ will be in stores in North
America and Europe on October 31st for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment
system and the Xbox 360™ videogame and entertainment system. Dead Space will
ensure that gamers have a spine-tingling Halloween.

Set in the far future, Earth’s
appetite for natural resources has become a major motivator for deep space
exploration. Immense, privately-owned and operated mining ships called
“planetcrackers” orbit planets and use sophisticated equipment to carve out
entire city-sized chunks of rock, reducing them to component elements and raw
ore. When communications go dead onboard the USG Ishimura, a famous
planetcracker, systems engineer Isaac Clarke is sent in to fix the problem. Once
onboard the vessel, Isaac discovers that the crew has unearthed an ancient and
malevolent alien presence far beneath the planet’s surface and brought it
onboard. Weaponless, alone and terrified, this lone engineer is burdened with
much more than simple survival – he must seal the alien horror back into the
dark rock.

“Survival horror is about
experiencing a terrifying, and deeply personal fiction,” said Executive Producer
Glen Schofield. “Dead Space is being developed as a single-player thriller that
delivers the chilling, claustrophobic feeling of being isolated in a dark
environment, while being stalked by some truly horrific enemies. Halloween is
the perfect time for EA to deliver the fear and anxiety that will keep survival
horror fans up playing all night.”

Gamers can check out and get all the
latest dev team news at the newly redesigned and relaunched Dead Space website
at www.deadspacegame.com
Under development at EA Redwood Shores, Dead Space is not yet rated by PEGI or
ESRB.

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Space
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