The return of the king of survival-horror games is in a few days. We tell you everything about the next-gen Remake of Dead Space.
[Mis à jour le 10 janvier 2023 à 11h44] 2008 was for many the golden age of the survival-horror genre, especially due to the release of a small UFO known as Dead Space. A creation of the Visceral Games studios then directed by Glen Schofield (now creator of The Callisto Protocol) which knew how to take the players by the guts with its claustrophobic sound and visual atmospheres and its uncompromising horror. Enough to mark the minds of many young gamers, and forge a solid license that has convinced with three quality episodes, but also animated films and an extended universe that has made its mark in pop culture. Now Dead Space returns in a next-gen remake led by Motive Studios and EA, an experience on PS5, PC and Xbox Series that will thrill even the most seasoned gamers.
Flickering lights, vibrating violin strings and creaky hallways, no doubt Dead Space is back. EA Motive brought us the first gameplay trailer for the remake of Dead Space on Tuesday, giving us the first “modern” images of the 2008 title. Based on the Frostbite Engine, this new game aims to fully restore the masterpiece of Visceral Games, with new lines of dialogue and above all new graphics. A good opportunity for fans and laymen to experience the horrors of the ISG-Ishimura planet breaker again or for the first time.
Confirming some rumors about a possible delay of the release of Dead Space to 2023, EA Motive has fixed the release at January 27, 2023. We will then celebrate the return of this great classic more than 14 years after its initial release, before quickly erasing the smile from our faces, once confronted with the horrors that await us in the great void of space. The game is slated for release on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series, and no mention has yet been made of it possibly coming to Xbox Game Pass, although EA and Xbox are known to be close to both of them. catalogs.
To answer this question fairly quickly, no, this new release will in no way be likened to Dead Space 4. ‘Isaac Clarke and John Carver after the events of Dead Space 3. For that, we’ll have to wait a little longer.
If you don’t know the story of Dead Space, we will try to present it to you without spoiling you too much. The action takes place in 2508. The Earth can no longer meet the needs of its inhabitants, Humanity sets out in search of resources in the vastness of space, aboard immense mining vessels, the surface breakers. One of them, ISG Ishimura, suddenly stops responding to communications. A small team of engineers is then sent on board to try to restore contact, and among them, Isaac Clarke, the character you play.
A little throwback to the past, we are in 2008, and a promising game is starting to make a little noise. This is Dead Space, created by Glenn Schofield and the teams at Visceral Games, an ultra-violent futuristic thriller that transports you to the 26th century in the freezing and silent vacuum of space. Except Dead Space is one of a kind, albeit picking up on some horrifying elements from the awesome Alien by Ridley Scott. The game plunges the player into an unpredictable hell by confiscating his usual feeling of impunity, of deus ex machina in power, and offering him in exchange a permanent danger carried by a sinister sound and visual atmosphere and, one can say it, agressive. An influence and scope quite similar to the Silent Hill games, while trading psychological violence for uncompromising gore. Which will make the first two Dead Space legendary games, propelling the license to the pantheon of the best horror games of all time. Well this franchise is back! Recovered by EA Motive studios, Dead Space first of the name is fully restored in a future remake. A modern interpretation of the 2008 game that we recently discovered in a first gameplay trailer.
Non Dead Space will not be released on PS4 or Xbox One. The remake reserves for next-gen consoles as well as the PC, wanting to take full advantage of the technical capabilities of the new consoles. Indeed, this remake of Dead Space remains quite ambitious visually and sonically, an ambition that places it above the power of PS4 and Xbox One. The good news is that the game will undoubtedly look extremely beautiful, taking full advantage of the Frostbite graphics engine.