DEAD SPACE!
Wow dead space is getting a lot of attention, first the game story/comic then the animated comic and now a animated movie that is due before the game release in October. I hope it’s better then the animated comic, the voice over actors are utterly horrible.
I suggest to pick up the comic and don’t watch the animated comic on youtube.
Anyway, the game looks awesome. I’m picking it up for PS3.
Here is information about Dead Space quoted from Wikipedia.
“Dead Space is a third-person shooter video game, being developed by EA Redwood Shores for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and the PC. It is currently scheduled for release in October 2008. The player takes on the role of an engineer named Isaac Clarke, who battles a polymorphous alien species called the ‘Necromorphs’ on board a stricken interstellar mining ship called the Ishimura.
Gameplay The player must fight their way through various levels of a stricken mining ship, which has been infested with an alien species known as the ‘Necromorphs’. The game features an ‘over the shoulder’ third-person perspective, similar to games such as Resident Evil 4 and Gears of War. The interface does not feature a traditional ‘heads up display’. Instead, information is relayed to the player via lights and translucent screens which hover over Isaac’s weapons and armour.
The player will encounter weightless and decompressed environments, which Isaac can navigate using a pressurized suit, dubbed The Rig by EA (revealed in Official Xbox Magazine, April 2008) equipped with magnetic boots. Some levels will even lead out onto the surface of the ships hull. Floating debris will present a hazard, and Isaac can lose his footing and simply float off into space. In keeping with Isaac’s profession as an engineer rather than a soldier, weapons in the game are mostly improvised, and consist of an array of bolt cutters, stasis guns and rudimentary energy weapons.
Synopsis 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 Isimura. 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.
Development
The title was first announced in the October 2007 Issue of Game Informer Magazine. The game is being developed on a proprietary engine developed by EA.
The developers drew inspiration from films such as Event Horizon, Alien, and The Thing, as well as videogames like the Resident Evil- and Silent Hill-series. David Fincher’s visual style was also mentioned as a source of inspiration.
Comic On February 22, 2008, Electronic Arts and Image Comics announced a new comic book series based upon the game. This new six book series set in the Dead Space universe will be written and illustrated by Ben Templesmith and written by Antony Johnston.
The Dead Space comic is the prequel story for the game. This series tells the gut-wrenching tale of a deep space mining colony that unexpectedly pulls an ancient and vicious alien life force from the dark rock which they call a marker.
The first issue will be on comic store shelves starting March 3rd for the price of $2.99 each. However, a limited edition version of issue #1 with exclusive cover art will be available at WonderCon.
The First Two Issues are now available to view for free on gametrailers On March 21, 2008, Electronic Arts and Starz announced that an animated movie would be made about Dead Space. The movie, being developed by Film Roman, is expected to be released before the game comes out on Halloween.”
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