Game details
- Game:
- Dead Space
- AKA
- Genre:
- Shooter
- Sub Genre:
- Third Person
- Release Date (US):
- October 14th, 2008
- Release Date (UK):
- October 23rd, 2008
- Players:
- 1
- Online Players:
- N/A
- Developers:
- EA Redwood Shores
- Publisher:
- Electronic Arts
- Rating:
- M [Mature]
- PSU Rank:
- 71 of 1184 Games
- PSU Rank on PS3:
- 68 of 536 Games
- Additional Information:
- Also available on PC and Xbox 360
About Dead Space
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.
Review
- PSU Review Score
- 9.0
- Avg. user review score:
- 8.9
Summary
Dead Space is a thrilling scarefest filled with nightmarish creatures, gory detail, and the ability to make any gamer wish it was the daytime. Redwood Shores has delivered a truly must-buy title during a month of standout releases.
We like
- Unique gameplay experience
- Stunning visual design
- Limb by limb dismemberment
We dislike
- Replayability is crippled by inventory loss during difficulty switch
- Overpowered boot stomp
- Backtracking may bother some gamers
See PSU's review on Metacritic & GameRankings
There used to be a time when the survival horror meant solely Silent Hill and Resident Evil. Lately, there are more original properties, like the mind-boggling BioShock or the gruesome Condemned, sprouting up within the genre. Now EA has pushed itself into view with EA Redwood Shores’ inaugural leap into survival horror, Dead Space. Referred to on more than one occasion as “BioShock in space,” Dead Space brin...
- Posted Nov 2nd 2008
- 36 Comments
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Dead Space News
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Dead Space user base stands at 3 million
Visceral Games’ Glen Schofield has revealed that around three million gamers have played survival horror outing Dead Space – that’s double the amount of customers who actually purchased the game brand new. Speaking in an Electronic Arts podcast, Schofield commented, "... we...
- Posted Jul 7th 2009
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EA Redwood Shores is no more
Electronic Arts has confirmed that its longest running games studio, Redwood Shores, has undergone a name change and will now be known as Visceral Games. The Dead Space developer feels that this change will help promote its commitment to 'new development principles and game design values.' Accord...
- Posted May 5th 2009
- 16 Comments
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Dead Space sales top 1.4 million globally
Electronic Arts has announced that critically acclaimed Survival Horror outing Dead Space has sold roughly 1.4 million copies worldwide since its launch in October 2008. Speaking to Gamespot, Glen Schofield, vice president of EA and Visceral Games general manager, commented, "I'm happy with ...
- Posted May 5th 2009
- 29 Comments
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Dead Space, Mirror's Edge surpass one million sales
Speaking during the publisher’s Q3 earnings conference call, Electronic Arts chief financial officer Eric Brown revealed that both Dead Space and Mirror’s Edge sold through one million copies in 2008. The sales figures account for all three platforms, with the exception of the PC iter...
- Posted Feb 4th 2009
- 18 Comments
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Dead Space demo due out this week
Haven’t quite decided whether or not Electronic Arts’ Dead Space is for you? Well, fortunately you’re in luck – the publisher announced today that it will be depositing a free demo of the survival horror outing on PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE Arcade this week. Those o...
- Posted Nov 24th 2008
- 21 Comments
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EA reveals Dead Space DLC
Electronic Arts has unveiled a slew of downloadable content for its popular sci-fi space romp, Dead Space. Available on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Europe from November 13, the Dead Space Premium Upgrade Packs allow users to download all-new skins for the game’s existing supply of Ne...
- Posted Nov 10th 2008
- 15 Comments
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Dead Space prequel comes to Blu-ray
The animated prequel to sci fi scare-em-up, Dead Space, has been released today on Blu-ray and DVD. Dead Space: Downfall is set just before the events of the critically acclaimed horror outing, explaining how the ‘Marker’ was found, and what exactly happened on the ship and the planet...
- Posted Oct 28th 2008
- 13 Comments
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EA hints at plans for Dead Space 2 and more
Electronic Arts’ Frank Gibeau has hinted that the publisher has plans to develop sequels for Army of Two, Battlefield: Bad Company and Dead Space. "Bad Company has come out and done very well. Army of Two sold very well. We've got sequel ideas planned for those. I feel pretty good abou...
- Posted Oct 24th 2008
- 14 Comments
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Dead Space launch trailer unveiled
Electronic Arts has whisked the covers off a brand new launch trailer for its hotly anticipated Survival Horror romp, Dead Space. To view the trailer, see below. Dead Space combines sumptuous visuals with an innovative (and decidedly gory) dismemberment system, allowing playe...
- Posted Oct 15th 2008
- 16 Comments
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Dead Space corpses based on car crash images
In an interview with Edge-Online, Dead Space Executive Producer Glen Schofield has revealed that his team studied photos of car crashes in order to create some of the nastier parts of the game. "In the story of Dead Space, there was a war that happened on the ship before Isaac, the main char...
- Posted Oct 14th 2008
- 38 Comments
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