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GameInformer have the first details on EA’s second entry to their Dead Space series and here’s what the magazine have to say about the title.

organic, haphazardly constructed, long-term place that’s built around the remaining shards of one of Saturn’s moon-The first planet-crack ever. Like any real city it is not all built by one person. Some stuff was built up, and some areas, corporate areas, government areas, and public areas

The second game is set 3 years after the first game.

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Horror title Dead Space will be turned into a movie directed by D.J. Caruso. Game creators Electronic Arts will produce the movie with Temple Hill partners Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey.

The producers, EA and Caruso have been listening to takes from prospective screenwriters, and once they set a writer and EA signs off on a creative direction, they will auction the property to studios. That will likely happen in early September.

Let’s hope this one isn’t a flop like most games that turn into movies.

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For all those Dead Space fans out there, did you know that EA actually had a co-op mode running in for their horror title, Dead Space?

Glen Schofield, the General Manager for Visceral Games said:

We actually had co-op for about three/four months in Dead Space. In the original one, we had it running and we’re playing it and we had a little team developing it and it was actually pretty cool.

But what we realized is that we were sort of detracting from the single-player game at that point. We could use those guys who were on that team to make our game better and it was hard, you know, there was just technical challenges that were just getting in the way of making the single-player game.

How cool would co-op on Dead Space be? Maybe we could see something in Dead Space 2.

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Dead Space, quite possibly the best horror title we’ve played in a very long time was originally planned for the first Xbox.

There is a video on YouTube that shows the game in action, i wonder why they moved it to next generation?

This video was shown during a presentation called “Creating Horror and Immersion with the Art of Dead Space” by Art Director of the game Ian Milham at the Animex, games and animation festival in 2009

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The latest game i’ve been playing through is Dead Space, a game that will make you crap yourself! I’ve been looking for a game that will scare, i’ve tried other horror titles such as Resident Evil and Silent Hill, although scary but not as scary as Dead Space.

I didn’t think much of Dead Space when it was first announced and thought it would be just another horror game. I did some research to see what the reviewers gave the game and found that alot of sites were rating it very well. For example, on TestFreaks (who analyses most reviews) Dead Space has scored 8.4 out of 10 with great reviews coming from IGN (8.7 out of 10) and Gamespot (9.0 out of 10).

If you haven’t tried or played Dead Space, download the demo from the Playstation Store and see if you like it.

I’m already looking forwards to Dead Space 2.

Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello has been speaking to gamasutra.com about next year, what games to expect. There could be more Dead Space sequels in the works as John said:

Dead Space looks like a long-term big winner for us…

Does this mean that Dead Space did well and that they are thinking of making this into a big franchise? Could well be!

So you have Dead Space? Completed it yet? When you complete the game you will unlock the following:-

1. You get the level 6 Military Suit
2. All of the back story logs are unlocked
3. 50,000 credits (which get you half-way to being able to buy the Military Suit)
4. 10 Power Nodes
5. Impossible Mode is unlocked

Another reason to play through the game again? We think so.

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A lot of parents have let their underage children play video games that are rated 18. Dead Space is rated 18 for a reason and this is what Keith Ramsdale, Vice President and General Manager of EA UK, Ireland and Nordics said.

Dead Space is a bold and often bloody gaming experience filled with tension and terror – this one isn’t for kids

We recognize the need to help British parents better understand the age rating system for video games, and 18 means a game is not appropriate for minors. But for adult gamers who crave gruesome action in a survival horror fiction, Dead Space promises to be a big hit!

Either way, parents will most likely ignore what is said just like they did with Grand Theft Auto IV.

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If you bought Dead Space you will see that you have a couple of extras. These extras are indeed two demos you can access via the XMB. You get the games icon and then another icon called EA Demos.

The two demos are Battlefield: Bad Company and Burnout: Paradise. You can install the demos off the Blu-ray disc onto your hard drive so you don’t have to have the Dead Space disc in to play them.

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On the official EU Playstation site it appears that EA is offering an exclusive to PS3 users who pre-order Dead Space.

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Dead Space has now hit gold phase, and ready to ship nationwide. EA has also announced that there are going to be an exclusive Suit exclusive for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. 

The PlayStation 3 will get a black suit with the blue eyes. It will only be available for download within the first two weeks of the games release. So if you’d like to get the console exclusive suit, then you might want to plan on picking the game within the first two weeks. 

 

EA Announces That Dead Space Has Gone Gold
The Award-Winning Sci-Fi Survival Horror Game Ships to Retailers on Oct. 14

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS), announced today that Dead Space™, the highly anticipated new survival horror game, has gone gold and will ship in North America on October 14 for the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. The PC version will ship on October 20. Dead Space will be in stores in Europe on October 24 for the Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 system and the PC.

Players who buy the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 versions of the game within the first two weeks of the game’s release will have the opportunity to download a platform exclusive suit. Xbox 360 fans can download the Xbox-themed Elite Suit* on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace and PLAYSTATION 3 fans can download the PlayStation-themed Obsidian Suit* on the PLAYSTATION®Network. Both of these suits will feature new looks and increased toughness and inventory slots, to help players fight for survival in the Dead Space universe.

In addition, for Xbox 360 owners in North America, the EA Store™ is offering a very limited run of 1000 copies of the Dead Space Ultra Limited Edition. This package contains a copy of the game, Dead Space Downfall Animated Movie on DVD, bonus content DVD, 97-page art book, the 160-page graphic novel (which combines all six issues of the Dead Space comics), exclusive lithograph illustrated and individually signed by Ben Templesmith, and an Ishimura crew patch, all sealed in a limited edition Dead Space packaging. The Dead Space Ultra Limited Edition can be ordered through the EA Store and will ship on October 14.

The bold and often bloody Dead Space promises to deliver the ultimate in psychological terror and gruesome cinematic action. Set in the cold blackness of deep space, the atmosphere in Dead Space is soaked with a feeling of tension, dread and sheer terror. In Dead Space, players step into the role of mining engineer Isaac Clarke, an ordinary man on a seemingly routine mission to fix the communications systems aboard a deep space mining ship. It’s not long before Isaac awakes to a living nightmare filled with vicious genetic mutations inside a dead, claustrophobic silence. Now Isaac is cut off, trapped, and engaged in a desperate fight for survival.

Under development at EA Redwood Shores, Dead Space has been rated M for Mature with descriptors of Blood and Gore, Intense Violence and Strong Language by the ESRB and 18+ for PEGI. Dead Space will be available for MSRP $59.99 on the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 system and MSRP $49.99 for the PC. The Dead Space Ultra Limited Edition will be available on the Xbox 360 for MSRP $149.95. For more information about the game, go to the website at http://www.deadspacegame.com or http://info.ea.com.

 

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In a news letter from EA Games, they let know that by pre-ordering Dead Space you’ll be able to get your hands on one of the limited and exclusive Art books. It is written by the Development Team and also includes some illustrations.

The book contains details on the creation from concept through production. You will also get 3D glasses for the special 3D art only viewable with the glasses.

Though it seems you will only be able to get this special edition when you pre-order it from the EA Store.

There is nothing on this on the official blog. But on the forum they are talking about it and it’s being priced a steep $150 . It will probably include:

• The Dead Space game
• Special Ultra Limited Edition packaging
• Dead Space Downfall Animated Movie (DVD)
• Bonus content DVD
• Exclusive lithograph art
• 97-pg Dead Space art book written and illustrated by the development team (What we where talking about)
• 160-pg Graphic novel
• Ishimura crew patch

And is named the Dead Space Ultra Limited Edition.

Can somebody confirm this as I keep getting redirected to the Dutch EA Store which doesn’t have it.

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PS3 Fanboy just listed down the listed for trophies on EA’s upcoming survival horror game, Dead Space. Here’s the list:

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

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Another good video of Dead Space. Just watch a lot of killing in space happen. The melee attacks look awesome and to be honest the whole game looks much scarier than other survival horrors on the horizon.

Dead Space Corpse Carnage Gameplay

We’ve been posting a lot of Dead Space video lately simply because we feel it deserves the attention. It’s a great looking game.

Engineer Isaac Clarke is sent to repair the Ishimura, an immense mining ship, but he arrives to find a living nightmare—the ship is a floating bloodbath, the crew unspeakably mutilated and infected by an ancient alien scourge.

Dead Space Guillotine Gameplay