'Dead Space Aftermath' and 'Dead Space Salvage' Populate the Fiction
With New Characters, New Secrets
SAN DIEGO, Jul 23, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Today at the International Comic-Con 2010, Visceral Games(TM), an
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) studio, will announce two all-new
products in the Dead Space(TM) franchise; Dead Space Aftermath
and Dead Space Salvage. These two brand extensions will be
revealed during a panel discussion entitled, 'Building a Horror
Entertainment Franchise: Dead Space 2' featuring Dead Space
Producer Rich Briggs, Dead Space Salvage Artist Christopher Shy, Dead
Space Martyr Writer Brian Evenson, Dead Space Aftermath Actor
Christopher Judge and Dead Space 2 Actor Gunner Wright. Dead
Space Aftermath is an animated feature that explains what happened
during the first-responder mission to Aegis VII. Dead Space Salvage
is a graphic novel that tells the story of a rogue group of miners who
come across the dilapidated USG Ishimura. Aftermath and Salvage
will be available in winter 2010, as part of the pre-launch campaign
for Dead Space 2, winner of 17 awards at the Electronic
Entertainment Expo including 'Best Action/Adventure Game' from top media
outlets including Game Informer, GameSpot, GameSpy and
Machinima.com.
"It is tremendously inspiring to see Dead Space continually
expand to more media. It has always been our goal to experience the
universe through multiple lenses and our vision is being realized. The Dead
Space world is living, breathing, and terrifying. We couldn't be
more excited about these new offerings," said Steve Papoutsis, Executive
Producer of the Dead Space franchise.
The animated feature, Dead Space Aftermath centers on the Aegis
VII disaster and explores how the Government sends an unwitting crew of
people to get exposed to Marker shards. The Government is secretly
trying to produce a viable "Marker blueprint" carrier, no matter the
costs. Dead Space Aftermath is being developed by Starz/Film
Roman and will be available in January 2011.
The graphic novel Dead Space Salvage tells the story of the
Magpies, who discover an abandoned mining ship, the USG Ishimura. Their
once-fortunate luck turns into a catastrophe as they realize they're in
the middle of a living nightmare. Not only is the Government racing to
claim the Ishimura, but the necromorphs are also reanimating across the
ship. Dead Space Salvage will feature the unique visual style of
fantasy and sci-fi artist, Christopher Shy. Dead Space Salvage is
being published by IDW and will be available in December 2010.
In Dead Space 2, engineer Isaac Clarke battles his own dementia
while fighting to save himself and dominate the relentless necromorph
onslaughts. Players will see Isaac fight bigger, scarier and more epic
battles that will keep them on the edge of their seats. Dead Space 2 will
be available on January 25th 2011 on the PlayStation(R)3
computer entertainment system, Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment
system and the PC. This product has not yet been rated by ESRB or PEGI.
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About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is
a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in
1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive
software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless
devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under
four brand names: EA SPORTSTM, EATM, EA MobileTM
and POGOTM. In fiscal 2010, EA posted GAAP net revenue of
$3.7 billion and had 27 titles that sold more than one million units.
EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com.
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