EA officially announces Dead Space Extraction

We already knew through means of a Q3 2009 earnings call, but now it's official. Electronic Arts has officially announced Dead Space Extraction for Wii.

Electronic Arts today officially announced 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."

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  You guys seen the trailer for this? Looks great. And it's good to see that Redwood Studios are working on it as it means that all the expertise they built up making the PS3/360 title will be brought over. Oh, and it's an On-rails shooter, like House of the Dead. Not what many were expecting but it'll greatly increase the tension and atmosphere of a title where those two things are incredibly important. Looking forward to see how it turns out as it's looking great so far.

  ganepark32, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  I was just uploading that trailer to YouTube. It'll be up in a few minutes...

  Dennis, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  It's a good trailer. Looks great. Hopefully it's running off of the in game engine (which as far as I'm aware it is). Lot off people annoyed that it's not a 3rd person shooter with Resi Evil 4 Wii controls.

  ganepark32, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  not really my type of game, but seems promisable for fans of the genre.

  Dennis, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  one word - wow!

  LesThom, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  The xbox 360 version was really good, but I have to say that they might have had a bit of difficulty adapting it for the Wii. This is probably the better approach.

  Hells Zargon, 30-11--0001 at 00:00