In Real Life

Would You Pay $275 For This Little Isaac Clarke?

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.


December 30, 2011
In Real Life

2011: The Year In Pleasant Surprises

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.


November 30, 2011
News

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

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.


November 23, 2011
Mobile

The Kindle Fire Just Might Be A Kick-Arse Gaming Machine

Amazon’s new $US200 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.


October 13, 2011
Uncategorized

Dead Space, Meet Daft Punk

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


October 4, 2011
Retro

Modern Classics Reborn On NES Cartridges

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?


News

Dead Space 3 – Script Leak Uncovers Some Interesting New Details

Kotaku AU

Silconera apparently has access to a leaked script for Dead Space 3, which has uncovered some interesting details regarding some new mechanics for the as yet unannounced sequel. Beware all ye who enter, this is ‘slight spoiler’ territory…


September 27, 2011
News

Rumour: Dead Space 3 Trades Total Darkness For Blinding Light

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.


September 21, 2011
PC

Is This Our First Fleeting Look At Dead Space 3?

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.


September 19, 2011
News

Dead Space Satellite Studio Goes Belly-Up

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 have already been let go.