Wed, Feb 18, 2009 | 12:39 GMT
Dead Space Extraction announced for Wii, to include co-op [Update]
Update: Get the first movie here.
EA’s just confirmed its Dead Space Wii game is called Extraction, and is to include a new protagonist and “co-operative multiplayer gameplay”.
“We could not be more excited to extend Dead Space into an experience exclusive to the Wii. Nintendo has a wonderful history in the horror genre and we are thrilled to build on that tradition with Dead Space Extraction,” said EA Redwood Shores boss Glen Schofield.
“As we were developing Dead Space, we realized that there was so much of the story going untold. Dead Space Extraction tells that story with all of the intensity, blood and gore that fans would expect.”
The lead character’s a woman this time, with the story being set on a mining colony as opposed to a ship.
It’s out at the end of this year. Press release after the break.
EA Announces Dead Space Extraction Exclusive for the Wii
Wednesday February 18, 7:00 am ET
All-New Hero, Story and Characters Extend the Dead Space Universe
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS – News) today revealed Dead Space™ Extraction, an all-new chapter from the studio that delivered the award-winning action-horror Dead Space game. Built from the ground up and developed exclusively for the Wii™, Dead Space Extraction is a prequel that reveals the events leading up to Isaac Clarke’s mission on the USG Ishimura in the original Dead Space game released in 2008. Dead Space Extraction will marry the innovative motion controls of the Wii Remote with a frenetic first person perspective to create a new action-packed horror experience.
Dead Space Extraction tells the story of a handful of space colonists desperately struggling to escape from a horrific infection on the Aegis VII mining colony deep in the furthest regions of space. The game introduces a new heroine to the fiction and as the crew fall victim to a mysterious contagion aboard the ship, it becomes clear that protecting her may be their only hope for survival. Dead Space Extraction introduces all new characters, weapons, enemies, puzzles and co-operative multiplayer gameplay.
“We could not be more excited to extend Dead Space into an experience exclusive to the Wii. Nintendo has a wonderful history in the horror genre and we are thrilled to build on that tradition with Dead Space Extraction,” said Glen Schofield, VP and General Manager of EA Redwood Shores studio. “As we were developing Dead Space, we realized that there was so much of the story going untold. Dead Space Extraction tells that story with all of the intensity, blood and gore that fans would expect.”
Dead Space Extraction is an EA Redwood Shores title and is scheduled to ship in Fall 2009. This product has not yet rated by ESRB or PEGI.
7 comments
#1
Blerk
18/02/09, 12:13 pm
Interesting. I’m glad it’s not just a cheap port – a spin-off was definitely the way to go.
#2
JesteR
18/02/09, 12:18 pm
Yes although i dont understand why they dont make it for ps3 and 360 too.
#3
Blerk
18/02/09, 12:20 pm
They’re probably working on a proper Dead Space 2 for those two.
#4
JesteR
18/02/09, 12:24 pm
Im sure they will but then they could just made a port of Dead Space for the Wii instead of a new game.
#5
Blerk
18/02/09, 12:55 pm
But then they’d have to squeeze absolutely everything that was in the “grown-up” versions into the Wii, and everyone would compare it to the original.
Better to start from scratch and work to the platform’s strengths.
#6
Len
18/02/09, 1:52 pm
Surely this is not set on ‘a’ mining colony but the mining colony on the planet beneathh the ship yr on that you finally get down to at the end of Dead Space…?
Absolutley can’t wait to fin dout, dead space was my goty by a country mile last year.
Excited!
#7
Len
18/02/09, 1:53 pm
Pls hurry back edit button…my speed typing can not live without you!