EA has announced Dead Space Ignition, an all new Dead Space game that will “reveal the events leading up to Dead Space 2” in an “interactive comic-style story with three unique hacking mini games; Hardware Crack, Trace Route and System Override.”<\/p>\n
The game will be released exclusively as a download over PSN and Xbox Live in the Northern Hemisphere’s “Fall” this year, so we should expect it sometime around September.<\/p>\n
Ignition will be meant to whet the appetites of gamers, leading up to the release of Dead Space 2 in January 2011. <\/p>\n
“Dead Space Ignition is the first of many exciting game extensions we have planned for the launch of Dead Space 2,” said Steve Papoutsis, executive producer on Dead Space franchise in the press release. “The interactive comic-style game will give Dead Space fans a unique perspective on the events leading up to Dead Space 2, but will also introduce the storyline to a brand-new audience of gamers.”<\/p>\n
Dead Space Ignition is being developed by Dead Space creator Visceral Games (Formerly EA Redwood Shores) in collaboration with Sumo Digitall, a large independent studio operating out of the UK. <\/p>\n
There has been no mention of a PC release, despite the fact that Dead Space did come out on PC, and Dead Space 2 is scheduled to.<\/p>\n