EA Announces Dead Space 2 Prequel

Hours before engineer Isaac Clarke begins his adventure on “The Sprawl” in Dead Space 2 a Necromorph outbreak occurs – but how did the events unfold? Players will witness the horror first-hand when Visceral Games, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio, releases Dead Space Ignition, a downloadable game that takes place on the Sprawl and challenges players to survive the initial Necromorph outbreak. Dead Space Ignition will be available in Fall 2010 on Xbox LIVE Marketplace and the PlayStation Network.

Dead Space Ignition combines an interactive comic-style story with three hacking mini games; Hardware Crack, Trace Route and System Override. Each game offers an arcade experience that will challenge players with puzzles and twitch gameplay. Dead Space Ignition features a “Choose Your Own Adventure” type narrative, allowing players to survive the horrific Necromorph outbreak in multiple ways. The game offers four endings and upon completion of each one, players will be rewarded with unlocks including an exclusive suit, all of which can be used by Isaac Clarke in Dead Space 2 when the game releases on Jan 25, 2011.

Dead Space Ignition is written by Antony Johnston, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of comics, graphic novels, video games and books including Wasteland, and Daredevil. Antony makes his return to the Dead Space universe after creating the six-book Dead Space comic series in 2008.

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