Yeah, we all kinda saw this one coming, especially with the recently released TwitPic teaser above, but today EA made the announcement of Dead Space 2 official with the following press release:
Visceral Games, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio announced today that the award-winning Dead Space franchise will continue to frighten gamers with its stunning sequel, Dead Space 2. Isaac Clarke returns for another heart-pounding adventure, taking the fight to the Necromorphs in this thrilling action-horror experience. New tools to gruesomely slice and dismember the Necromorphs complement Isaac’s signature plasma cutter, empowering him as he meets new characters, explores epic zero-G environments, and fights against a relentless Necromorph onslaught. Survival isn’t the only thing on Isaac’s mind in Dead Space 2 – this time, he calls the shots.
“Like so many gamers worldwide, we love the Dead Space franchise and are very excited to announce a new game in the series,” said Nick Earl, Senior VP and Group General Manager at EA. “Visceral Games is quickly becoming known for delivering high-quality, action-packed games. Dead Space 2 is on target to deliver a jaw-dropping experience gamers won’t soon forget.”
“We’re thrilled to jump back into the series, making the next chapter in Isaac’s journey,” added Steve Papoutsis, Executive Producer of Dead Space 2. “The infection continues to spread throughout space and our hero Isaac Clarke is the only person able to contain it. There are still loads of Necromorphs that need killing. In Dead Space 2, not everything is exactly as it seems. Expect plot twists that will surprise you and a huge cast of twisted, disgusting monsters that are sure to scare the daylights out of you.”
Dead Space 2 is being developed for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and on PC.
We’ll keep you posted as more details, like a target release date, emerge.
spoiler alert for DS1 (and question)
how are they going to explain how Isaac survived the first game? That last scene didn’t look good for him.
Not looking good doesn’t mean he couldn’t have survived it.
Can anybody translate the Unitology script on the bottom? I know there’s a cipher in the original Dead Space, but I’m too lazy to play through the whole thing.
Go to the twitpic link, a few people have deciphered the text. It reads along the lines of “the nightmare has stopped but it will never end”, or words like that.
Am WELL up for this. Dead Space gave the best scares in survival horror since Resi Evil started up. It put real horror and tension into survival horror, which I loved, which is why I’m replaying it now.
Have to agree with press release too, Visceral (ex Redwood) are fast becoming a top quality studio with some great mature content games. Am excited about this, Dante and their future output.
@ breacker – Issac is rock hard, thats how he survived.
Hells to MOFO Issac! TOTALLY hangin out this game, the 1st was epic, the Graphic Novel was SWEET! Im all for this!
Oh man, I loved the first game so much. I can’t wait to get my grubby hands on this one!
I wonder what they mean by “this time, [Isaac] calls the shots”?
I guess we’ll find out…
spoiler
thats because the girl always has been an halussination if you can follow the story. he knows the girl has always been dead in the twist, thats what he finds out (you know the monsters kinda got to his brain) so he kept halusinating the girl he loved and at the end because he found out she’s dead he’s imagening her dead.
so other than shitting his pants, he’ll be fine.
I can tell you an explanation for that. Since Isaac had prolonged exposure to The Marker, I bet you he just hallucinated that Nicole was in the ship with him at the end of the game. Just kind of elaborated off the guy above me. Made it sound better, give a better explanation. No offense