Electronic Arts has lifted the lid off its upcoming Wii port of Dead Space. Well, to be fair, calling the game, titled Dead Space Extraction, a port isn't exactly fair. According to EA, the title will be a prequel to last year's survival-horror romp aboard the USG Ishimura.
Extraction will also feature an all-new female lead as players work with a group of colonists to escape the spreading infection on the mining colony, Aegis 7. New "weapons, enemies, puzzles and cooperative multiplayer gameplay" are promised as well. Even more interesting is that EA Redwood Shores is developing the game as a first-person (light gun?) shooter, promising that Wii owners will surely begin to waggle in their space boots when Dead Space Extraction ships this fall.
[Update: Worried this might be an on-rails light gun shooter? According to Steve Papoutsis, the game's executive producer, that's exactly what you're going to get. He told IGN that Extraction "takes advantage of a guided and cinematic camera" – IGN translates, calling it "an on-rails first-person shooter in the style of House of the Dead: Overkill." But Papoutsis is quick to point out that "Extraction is not your typical Rail Shooter. [EA's] goal is to innovate and push the genre forward." We loved Dead Space, but consider us thoroughly skeptical. Thanks, guttertalk.]
EA announces Dead Space Extraction for Wii, coming this fall (on rails)
by Jason Dobson 
on Feb 18th 2009 8:11AM
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Reader Comments (92)
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 10:28AM Vegeta has a ps3 said
I have to say, I'm actually pretty damn impressed with what I see. The game looks to retain alot of the atmosphere that made the original game so damn creepy and the fact that you'll be able to use most of the same abilities from the first game is pretty damn impressive for a rail shooter.
Since Dead Space was one of my favorite games(if not favorite) game of 2008, I have faith that this title, light gun or not, will turn out to be awesome as well.
Since Dead Space was one of my favorite games(if not favorite) game of 2008, I have faith that this title, light gun or not, will turn out to be awesome as well.
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 10:31AM snarfoogle said
On fails = do not want.
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 10:36AM (Unverified) said
House of the Dead... Space
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 10:41AM Nigeria said
No love for the rail shooter over here :(
Well screw you guys, and don't even think about coming over and asking to play. I'm not opening my door, not even if you're holding chocolate chip muffins. No dice.
Well screw you guys, and don't even think about coming over and asking to play. I'm not opening my door, not even if you're holding chocolate chip muffins. No dice.
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 10:53AM (Unverified) said
A horror TPS would work great on the Wii, EA should take a good look at RE4. An on-rail shooter doesn't make ANY sense, I can't believe they would ruin the franchise for the Wii like this. Nobody will buy it, and EA will never release another Dead Space game on Wii after that. Sigh.
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 4:44PM (Unverified) said
just like how CAPCOM ruined the Resident Evil series with Umbrella Chronicles right? That sold what, 2 copies? And look what happened, CAPCOM stopped making Resident Evil games
Oh, wait a second...
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Oh, wait a second...
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 11:18AM (Unverified) said
On rails?
Why??
We have 20 already!
Why??
We have 20 already!
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 11:21AM (Unverified) said
I have many doubts about this. Nintendo is the only system whose games look horrible before it is even made. Dead Rising WII looked like garbage even before it started to show official screens. I never got why every one is trying to shove ports onto the WII when the PS3 could run it so much better. They refused to give Sony Dead is Rising but instead they crammed it on to the WII. But I think I understand. The WII is a "safe" investment. People keep saying that developers are investing in the WII because it has potential and they are taking them seriously. But it is because if these games fail the company didn't put much money into it anyway so they don't lose out that much. The game won't sell 3 million units or anything but will at least sell enough to get a profit, even if it looks like pixalted crap.Also you can depend on reviewers and gamers to say "it looks good for a WII game" and that fixes everything.
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 11:29AM robotoid said
Please fix the picture uploading in the comments! pleaaaaase! and let us reply to replies, yes?
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 11:29AM (Unverified) said
Dead Crisis.
Looks like video with polys overlaid. How very next gen.
Kinda like Microcosm on the Amiga CD32 back in '96.
Looks like video with polys overlaid. How very next gen.
Kinda like Microcosm on the Amiga CD32 back in '96.
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 11:33AM Axcalibur said
Day one purchase for me. Why?
1) Dead Space franchise (Dead Space on 360 was amazing game, would have bought it if I knew it was going to be that good, but instead finished it in a rental...)
2) On rails shooter - works so well with the Wii (ie: Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles).
3) Sounds like it's based on the events that took place during the Dead Space movie, which was pretty sweet.
4) I'm rich
1) Dead Space franchise (Dead Space on 360 was amazing game, would have bought it if I knew it was going to be that good, but instead finished it in a rental...)
2) On rails shooter - works so well with the Wii (ie: Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles).
3) Sounds like it's based on the events that took place during the Dead Space movie, which was pretty sweet.
4) I'm rich
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 11:40AM Mr Khan said
Rails? Eh. Excitement drops somewhat, but it makes me curious to see more.
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 12:05PM (Unverified) said
i haven't bought an on-rails shooter for the wii yet, and i'm not about to start now.
Dead Space was on my day one purchases list before (I love FPS's, but not light-gun games), now it's totally off of my radar. there's enough other games that will keep my money elsewhere.
Dead Space was on my day one purchases list before (I love FPS's, but not light-gun games), now it's totally off of my radar. there's enough other games that will keep my money elsewhere.
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 12:17PM gLitterbug said
So basically we get another not "real" game on the Wii, but instead a light gun rail shooter with Dead Space branding applied to it for improved sales. And a female heroine to make it even better, since everything these days needs a female, preferrably mixed-race protagonist or at least sidekick.
I loved Dead Space and was excited enough when I heard it might not be a port but a spin-off, but a rail-shooter isn't exactly screaming Dead Space mood and atmosphere to me. Also I doubt they can top the no-bullshit Isaac as silent protagonist and instead will go for some vocal cool and hip kind of girl. I already dread the punchlines flying around "eat my sawblade necomorph scum!"
I loved Dead Space and was excited enough when I heard it might not be a port but a spin-off, but a rail-shooter isn't exactly screaming Dead Space mood and atmosphere to me. Also I doubt they can top the no-bullshit Isaac as silent protagonist and instead will go for some vocal cool and hip kind of girl. I already dread the punchlines flying around "eat my sawblade necomorph scum!"
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 3:15PM (Unverified) said
Way to ruin my day, EA. I was psyched after seeing the Xbox1 dev footage.
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 12:38PM jumpshot said
I hope it's not on rails. Nothing to indicate that either way though. I love Dead Space and I hope this one does well on Wii!
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 12:58PM (Unverified) said
On rails? Friggin' make a game EA. We saw what happened with RE: Chronicles. You're better than this.
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 2:23PM TwEE said
I hope this is more fun the RE:UC, am I the only one that found RE:UC a little dull? Its the only on rails shooter I played for the wii so far, so I have nothing to compare it to.
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 3:27PM (Unverified) said
"What's that? The game won't play well when ported to Wii? That's okay, let's make a shooter on rails. Man, I love how we're innovating with the Wiimote."
Glad I sold my Wii.
Glad I sold my Wii.
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 6:12PM (Unverified) said
glad he sold his wii ......SO GIVING IN TO 3RD PARTYS DELIBRATLY TRYING TO DAM WIIS IMAGE IS A GOOD THING....do you accually think before you type/speak
giving in / selling out is not the answer the answer is to DEMAND 3rd partys innovate abnd support core YOU DO THIS BY NOT BUYING THE SHIIT AND BUYING THE GREAT IN HUGE NUMBERS
this is a wash out by EA this is some twat in a suit going oh no oh no dont chance a 3rd person action game on a fami;ly gay casual console (THAT DOESNT ACCUALLY EXIST) AND IGNORE RES EVIL 4S SALES
EA YOUR A JOKE PLAY THE MAN YOUR A BIGGER JOKE
THIS IS A EA ISSUE NOT A WII ISSUE TWAT BOY
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giving in / selling out is not the answer the answer is to DEMAND 3rd partys innovate abnd support core YOU DO THIS BY NOT BUYING THE SHIIT AND BUYING THE GREAT IN HUGE NUMBERS
this is a wash out by EA this is some twat in a suit going oh no oh no dont chance a 3rd person action game on a fami;ly gay casual console (THAT DOESNT ACCUALLY EXIST) AND IGNORE RES EVIL 4S SALES
EA YOUR A JOKE PLAY THE MAN YOUR A BIGGER JOKE
THIS IS A EA ISSUE NOT A WII ISSUE TWAT BOY
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 10:08PM (Unverified) said
Your obnoxious, seemingly random capitalization deterred me from reading your post. Try harder next time.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2009 5:43PM (Unverified) said
Dead Space Overaction.I've seen the footage and it doesn't look half bad, in fact it looks too good.I not only approve EA's decision to make it a rail shooter out of the fact that it is a sound business decision but off the strength of how much fun it would be to share that atmosphere with a second player and ain't that the reason we play games.
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 6:13PM TendoMan said
I'm pretty stoked. I don't know what everyone's bitching about when it comes to ORS. Buy it or Don't. Boohoo.
It looks pretty badass, so I'll probably pick it up.
It looks pretty badass, so I'll probably pick it up.
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 7:29PM Special Agent Steve said
I wonder what they mean by "advancing" it. Rail shooter on steroids?
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 7:38PM Shoyz said
D: Please make it so that we can see the character's arms and gun, so it's like we're seeing from their eyes.
Chronicles had an awful atmosphere because it -felt- like I was shooting at the screen, not shooting zombies. It's fine for shooting Ducks, but not Zombies.
Chronicles had an awful atmosphere because it -felt- like I was shooting at the screen, not shooting zombies. It's fine for shooting Ducks, but not Zombies.
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 8:29PM (Unverified) said
going overly casual is sound bussiness i think wiis terrable all play sales [ROVE EA ARE FAR FROM RIGHT
THERE OVERLY PLAYING THE CASUAL LIKE UBISOFT HAVE DONE
core games with pick up controls do not need to be gimped or retarded out for people to buy ITS AN EA EXCUSE there delibratly doing this to insite a fake wii image
anti Nintendo lies by EA
1..ds is for under 18s psp for everyone else ;;truth ds sells to all psp only sells to chavs ds user base mostly adults psp mostly kids and teens EA you lied
2.. MOH heroes 2 built for wii ;;;TRUTH it was ported from psp
3..fifa wii (the first one) has ps2 engine as wii is weaker than xbox 1 ;;;; truth wii = 2.5 times a xbox one level machine and gamecube was = to xbox also stated no shaders AS THO TERV UNIT DIDN'T EXIST ;;;TRUTH it was ps2 ported on the cheap and the top down cam and crappy motion was just an excuse pro evo wii proved thast by leaving all other football games obsolete in comparison
4;; dead space casualed out on wii to gain casual sales EA ignores res evil 4 true 3rd [person core sales on wii over 1 million
ea your a joke
THERE OVERLY PLAYING THE CASUAL LIKE UBISOFT HAVE DONE
core games with pick up controls do not need to be gimped or retarded out for people to buy ITS AN EA EXCUSE there delibratly doing this to insite a fake wii image
anti Nintendo lies by EA
1..ds is for under 18s psp for everyone else ;;truth ds sells to all psp only sells to chavs ds user base mostly adults psp mostly kids and teens EA you lied
2.. MOH heroes 2 built for wii ;;;TRUTH it was ported from psp
3..fifa wii (the first one) has ps2 engine as wii is weaker than xbox 1 ;;;; truth wii = 2.5 times a xbox one level machine and gamecube was = to xbox also stated no shaders AS THO TERV UNIT DIDN'T EXIST ;;;TRUTH it was ps2 ported on the cheap and the top down cam and crappy motion was just an excuse pro evo wii proved thast by leaving all other football games obsolete in comparison
4;; dead space casualed out on wii to gain casual sales EA ignores res evil 4 true 3rd [person core sales on wii over 1 million
ea your a joke
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 9:00PM (Unverified) said
Sounds like more "me too" halfassery attempting to follow up on the moderate success of UC and HotD. Seriously, the genre is just saturated now. Apparently "casual-core" is quickly becoming the new "casual". Full-featured games like Madworld and the Conduit (among others) can't come out soon enough...
Posted: Feb 18th 2009 9:34PM (Unverified) said
An on-rails shooter? Screw that! There's like, 4 good ones on Wii already! Screw you EA!
Posted: Feb 19th 2009 7:18AM (Unverified) said
I don't think "guided FPS" necessarily means "lightgun game." Obviously we'll need to see more footage, but it looks to me like an FPS where you look and don't move -- more like Umbrella Chronicles with free look, which actually could be pretty interesting.
Posted: Feb 21st 2009 8:51PM (Unverified) said
I just lost all interest [walks off sulking]
Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 5:22AM (Unverified) said
I the Wii can pull that off graphically, I'll eat my hat.
Posted: Mar 10th 2009 1:49PM (Unverified) said
on rails! no thanks i would rather just throw my money in a fire! Why change a perfect thing!
Posted: Apr 7th 2009 12:12AM (Unverified) said
this is absolutley gay why dont they just make the sequel for dead space for the xbox 360 it was the best on that platform now there gonna go fuck it up by putting it on the stupidest system ever made....the wii i wont play the game stuck on fricken rails the whole time not being able to exlplore your sorundings or anything
stupid uber fuckin fail
stupid uber fuckin fail
Posted: May 13th 2009 3:06PM (Unverified) said
I understand their choice in making it an on rails shooter.
It's mainly for the multiplayer feature. Look at all the successful (for lack of a better word) games for the Wii. None of them took advantage of split screening because its difficult to make on the Wii so that its easy to use. Some liberties were taken and personally it has made me skeptical of the single player game play, but I wouldnt rule it out completely.
One of my favorite parts of the first Dead Space was free roaming on a giant abandoned ship. The 3rd person view was (in my personal opinion) better than most FPS and the floating HUD allowed for continuous gameplay which got rid of pesky cut scene boredom. Even advancing the plot was seamlessly laced into the gameplay, providing a very interesting oppurtunity to differently experience the game, as you control the camera.
With that being said i was displeased with the fact that there was no multiplayer, the plot picked up after the fact, and by the end of the game i had almost completely upgraded all my weapons which made combat almost monotonous and dull.
In this PREQUEL (and i capitalize prequel because it is just a prequel) the universe of dead space is expanded upon as we watch the two sides established in the first game battle for control of the marker, the out break of the virus, how it got from planet side to the ship and various other sides to a very advanced and compelling story.
Personally im excited to see how this unfolds in the next few months, though still skeptical of the design. My questions become; Have they sacrificed mood and atmosphere as well the free roaming of the first game to transcend to the Wii?, Will Nicole return, and is that the woman character? Will my favorite unitologist return? How will the on rail shooter effect game play? Should we expect a Dead Space sequel?
It's mainly for the multiplayer feature. Look at all the successful (for lack of a better word) games for the Wii. None of them took advantage of split screening because its difficult to make on the Wii so that its easy to use. Some liberties were taken and personally it has made me skeptical of the single player game play, but I wouldnt rule it out completely.
One of my favorite parts of the first Dead Space was free roaming on a giant abandoned ship. The 3rd person view was (in my personal opinion) better than most FPS and the floating HUD allowed for continuous gameplay which got rid of pesky cut scene boredom. Even advancing the plot was seamlessly laced into the gameplay, providing a very interesting oppurtunity to differently experience the game, as you control the camera.
With that being said i was displeased with the fact that there was no multiplayer, the plot picked up after the fact, and by the end of the game i had almost completely upgraded all my weapons which made combat almost monotonous and dull.
In this PREQUEL (and i capitalize prequel because it is just a prequel) the universe of dead space is expanded upon as we watch the two sides established in the first game battle for control of the marker, the out break of the virus, how it got from planet side to the ship and various other sides to a very advanced and compelling story.
Personally im excited to see how this unfolds in the next few months, though still skeptical of the design. My questions become; Have they sacrificed mood and atmosphere as well the free roaming of the first game to transcend to the Wii?, Will Nicole return, and is that the woman character? Will my favorite unitologist return? How will the on rail shooter effect game play? Should we expect a Dead Space sequel?
