



A prototype of the game was developed for the original Xbox console and lasted 18 months.

Isaac wields engineering equipment as weapons.ĭead Space was pitched in early 2006 and fit Electronic Arts' priority of creating new intellectual properties. The player explores areas on the station through a chapter-based narrative, solving environmental puzzles while finding ammunition and equipment to survive. Set on a mining spaceship overrun by monsters called Necromorphs, the player controls engineer Isaac Clarke from the third-person perspective as he navigates the spaceship, fights Necromorphs, and struggles with increasing psychosis. Released in October 2008, the title was the first in the Dead Space franchise and drew inspiration from other works of horror, notably Resident Evil 4 and the Silent Hill series. That will change however as the first of 30 Unity-developed games come to the tablet courtesy of the ongoing deal between RIM and the middleware company's Union program.Īt GDC Europe, Unity's Brian Bruning revealed the first five Union games - including Angry Mob Studios' Guerilla Bob - would be out for the PlayBook during the next couple of weeks.ĭead Space for BlackBerry PlayBook is out now and costs $9.99 or £9.99.Dead Space is a 2008 survival horror video game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. To-date, EA has been the only mobile publisher supporting the PlayBook, which comes with Tetris and Need for Speed Undercover pre-loaded. Weighing in at 402 MB compared to 427 MB for the iPad version, games appear to be the same ( minus the iOS update content), with you taking on the Necromorph horde with your Plasma Saw, historically as set inbetween the action of the original console game and its sequel.Īs with the iOS and Android games, development has been carried out by EA's Australian team at IronMonkey Studios. It's just come exclusively to Android via Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play, but a version of EA's thrilling shooter Dead Space (a Pocket Gamer Silver awardee) has also sneaked out for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.
