Kotaku: Dead Space

Would You Pay $275 for This Little Isaac Clarke?

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:00:00 EST

Sideshow is bringing out a limited edition statue of Dead Space hero Isaac Clarke, dressed in his workman's duds from the first game, not his space policeman outfit from the sequel. More »

2011: The Year in Pleasant Surprises

Kirk Hamilton — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:00:00 EST

2011 saw its share of disappointments, but it was also a year that contained a good number of nice surprises. Some were games we just didn't see coming—they snuck up on us and grabbed us with their excellence. Others were games that we thought were going to be terrible or at best so-so, but which would up being terrific. More »

EA Wants To Make a Dead Space First-Person-Shooter (And More!)

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:00:00 EST

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With 2008 survival horror third-person shooter Dead Space, EA created a hit title. Dead Space went on to spawn a sequel, a rail-shooter spin-off and a puzzle game, animated films, comic books, and a novel. But according to one insider, EA is just getting started. More »

The Kindle Fire Just Might be a Kick-Ass Gaming Machine

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:00:00 EST

Amazon's new $200 Kindle, the Kindle Fire, isn't just a book-reader that happens to run Scrabble and Sudoku. It runs lots of Android-compatible games: the usual suspects like Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja, but also... the $7, high-end sci-fi horror game Dead Space. More »

Dead Space, Meet Daft Punk

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:30:00 EDT

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Because Lord only knows Isaac Clarke could do with some more colour and music from time to time. More »

Modern Classics Reborn on NES Cartridges

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:00:00 EDT

Cult classic PlayStation 2 game Okami got a Wii port. It never got a NES version, because that system was well before the game's time. But what if it did? More »

Rumor: Dead Space 3 Trades Total Darkness for Blinding Light on a Frozen Planet

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:20:00 EDT

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If EA is making another Dead Space—and it's starting to appear that it is—it may be a radical rethink of the sci-fi horror series. Gone may be the dark corridors of space ships and far-flung planetary settlements, replaced by an icy wasteland inhabited by an all-new strain of monster. More »

Is This Our First Fleeting Look At Dead Space 3?

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:20:00 EDT

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EA hasn't made it official yet, but odds are pretty damn good that there's going to be a Dead Space 3. And the above video may represent our first scant look what the next Dead Space will be. More »

Dead Space Satellite Studio Goes Belly Up

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:04:00 EDT

Visceral Games, the team behind the Dead Space series, had a small studio based in Melbourne, Australia. That studio is now no more, its 21 employees let go earlier today. More »

Halo, BioShock, Dead Space as 16-bit Heroes

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 23:00:00 EDT

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Artist Michael Myers was brought in by t-shirt team High Score Society to design a range of gear in which modern video game heroes were rendered in a stylised 16-bit-ish form. The results? Wonderful. More »

Dead Space? It's For Kids!

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:30:00 EDT

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Dead Space's Isaac is normally running around in the dark scared out of his mind. Here, he's just a kid. Kickin' it on the playground. Maybe with an imaginary friend. Note I said imaginary friend, which is good times. Not imaginary dead girlfriend. Which is bad times. More »

Shiver Back Into Dead Space 2 With New Multiplayer Maps

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 24 May 2011 02:30:00 EDT

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With Dead Space 2's multiplayer component suffering the same fate most of its peers—namely, being entirely forgotten shortly after release—EA reckons a couple of new maps might be enough to tempt you back into the game. More »

Build Your Own Dead Space Laser (That Can Actually Burn Stuff)

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 05 May 2011 02:00:00 EDT

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If you bought the fancy edition of Dead Space 2, you would have got yourself a little replica plasma cutter, one of the game's more memorable weapons. As is, it's useless, but this guy will show you how to turn it into a laser gun. That can set stuff on fire. More »

Buttload of EA Mobile Games — Including Dead Space — Go On Sale For A Dollar

Owen Good — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:44:57 EDT

Dollar days appear to have just begun for EA Mobile's offerings on the iTunes App Store, where Dead Space, including its HD version on the iPad, is just 99 cents. FIFA 11 is likewise a dollar on both platforms. Dollar apps for iPhone only include NBA Jam, Fight Night Champion, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, and Battlefield: Bad Company 2. [h/t Zinger314] More »

The Universe Is Beautiful When People Aren't Trying To Blow You Up

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 04:40:00 EDT

When a game is set in space, invariably it's set there so you can fly a spaceship and shoot at things. Space Engine does away with all that nonsense, leaving you with just...space. More »

You Know What Dead Space Needs?

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 03:30:00 EDT

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A little stupid, perhaps, but a game as repetitive and oppressively dark as Dead Space 2 could have done with a few lighter moments. Like this one. More »

Nothing Says Dead Space Like Papier-Mâché Knee Pads

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:00:00 EST

Some game character costumes are easy. Link, for example. A pair of tights, a green top and a hat and you're set. Dead Space's Isaac Clarke, however, is about as complex as they come. More »

Does Anyone Want To Dress Like Isaac Clarke?

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 06:00:00 EST

Isaac Clarke, hero of the Dead Space series of horror shooters from Electronic Arts, isn't the first man you'd turn to for fashion advice. I mean, he spends his days in an engineer suit. Covered in blood. More »

Kinect Can Be Used For Real Games After All

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 04:00:00 EST

The first bunch of games for Microsoft's Kinect were...crude. Resulting in a fear from many gamers that the peripheral may not be cut out for more complex titles. Well, this Dead Space 2 footage might convince you otherwise. More »

This Dog Is Not Afraid Of Dead Space 2 (Or An Xbox 360)

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:00:00 EST

Ashley's dog broke her Xbox 360 while she was in the middle of playing Dead Space 2. That's usually grounds for a sob story, but this one has a happy ending. More »

Don't Let The Movies Kill Dead Space

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:00:00 EST

Dead Space 2 is a crazy good game, and the survival horror series is building up a sizable fan base. Know what that means? More »

In Praise Of The New Game Plus

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:00:00 EST

Last week, I played through Dead Space 2. This week, I'll see it through to the end one more time, perhaps having more fun, feeling less stressed, better appreciating its immense technical and visual artistry. Let's hear it for New Game Plus. More »

Dead Space 2 Designer Made This Awesome Minecraft Trailer

Owen Good — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:00:00 EST

A Visceral Games engineer built this Minecraftized trailer to celebrate Dead Space 2. "I put it up in time for launch but it was too dark," he writes. "Now that the partying has worn off, I remembered to brighten it." More »

Beat Dead Space 2 And It Will Give You The Finger

Luke Plunkett — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:30:00 EST

Like most games, you get some cool stuff for completing Dead Space 2. Complete the game on its "hardcore" difficulty, though, and you'll get something better than cool. More »

Alien Vs. Dead Space — In 3D

Owen Good — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:30:00 EST

Alien vs. Dead Space, by Vitor Zago. Don red/blue glasses to see the 3D effect. (Click it for big size). Or see the original work in standard color. Seen on DeviantArt. More »

Is Electronic Arts Really Not Making Games For The Next PSP?

Brian Crecente — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:00:00 EST

There was one glaring omission from the list of developers working on games for Sony's powerful new portable, the NGP. More »

How Dead Space 2 Tuned Its 'Meat Cello'

Owen Good — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:40:00 EST

Nearly a year ago, the Dead Space 2 production team crowdsourced one of the game's signature kill animations, in which the player and a necromorph are locked in combat. "Meat Cello," which you'll see when the game releases, was chosen. More »

iPhone Dead Space Puts Monsters In Your Pants

Owen Good — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:20:00 EST

Dead Space 2 arrives next week. Sometime soon we'll be getting Dead Space on the iPhone, in a game whose story bridges that of the two console versions. Here's how the iPhone's gameplay will look. More »

For Electronic Arts, It Means 'Mothers I'd Like to Frighten'

Owen Good — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 14:00:00 EST

A Dead Space 2 viral campaign launching this weekend took plenty of chutzpah, I'll give it that. Electronic Arts brought in 200 middle-aged mothers under the auspices of a focus group looking at a new game. They were, aptly, horrified. More »

Any Dead Space Gamesave Gives You OG Plasma Cutter in Dead Space 2

Owen Good — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 16:00:00 EST

Whether or not you've completed the original Dead Space, if you have any game save file from it on your hard drive, you'll get Isaac's original plasma cutter free for use in Dead Space 2, which arrives Jan. 25. More »

Dead Space Aftermath Piles On The Cartoon Gore

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:40:00 EST

January offers double the Dead Space, with the sequel to Visceral Games' sci-fi horror hit landing on the 25th and the similarly gory animated spin-off, Dead Space Aftermath, arriving the same day. More »

Dead Space 2 Looks Pretty Rough, Isaac

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:30:00 EST

Aside from the inclusion of multiplayer, probably the biggest addition to Dead Space 2 is "The Sprawl", the confined, segmented sections of the first game's spaceship replaced with the cavernous interior of a space station. More »

Isaac Clarke Vs. the Necromorphs of the Mushroom Kingdom

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:00:00 EST

Artist Sheridan Johns puts Donkey Kong, Yoshi and a flock of Goombas through a warp pipe and onto the USG Ishimura for an unexpected and awesome video game mash-up entry in this deviantArt contest. Even scarier than Dead Space? Maybe. More »

Dead Space, Figure, Doopedy-Do

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:30:00 EST

Toy company NECA has released the first official shot of their upcoming figure based on the upcoming Dead Space 2. Seeing hero Isaac in colour and in such clear detail for the first time makes me realise he looks...familiar. More »

Screens Showcase Dead Space 2's OPFOR

Owen Good — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 15:00:00 EDT

Get your talon-like hands on this batch of 15 multiplayer screens for Dead Space 2 that Electronic Arts sent out out yesterday. In addition to the humans, you can see a couple types of playable necromorphs. More »

Dead Space 2, You Are Creeping The Hell Out Of Me

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:30:00 EDT

Everything I've seen so far of Dead Space 2 has been about making the game bigger, more expansive, more explosive. Not much on whether the game's gotten any creepier. Well, this trailer is pretty freakin' creepy. More »

Command & Conquer Lives On As One Of EA's Visceral Games

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:30:00 EDT

The studio best known for making Dead Space and Dante's Inferno is expanding, welcoming more developers—and more than just action adventure games—into its fold, including EA's venerable Command & Conquer strategy game series. More »

Dead Space Ignition Arrives In One Week

Owen Good — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:30:00 EDT

The downloadable prequel to Dead Space 2 has been booked for an Oct. 13 deployment on Xbox Live. More »

Dead Space 2: It's Like The End Of Point Break, Only, In Space

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

This short sequence from Dead Space 2 was shown at the end of the game's time during EA's GamesCom press conference. That small, blurry footage, however, didn't do the insanity justice. More »

Dead Space: The Backpack Is Finally Here

Michael McWhertor — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:30:00 EDT

Extend the fiction of Dead Space to your shoulders and show the world your current stasis levels with Visceral's new Isaac Clarke backpack. Grab it at the Visceral online store if this is whole Dead Space thing is your bag. More »