Games
Dead Space Extraction Comic Releasing At Comic-Con
By Eli Green July 22, 2009 - 14:00
Electronic
Arts studio Visceral Games and Image
Comics
announced today the release of a brand new comic based on Visceral
Games' upcoming prequel to its hit sci-fi horror first-person
shooter, Dead
Space,
the
Wii-exclusive Dead
Space Extraction,
which is slated for release this fall. The Dead
Space Extraction comic
will see the reunification of illustrator Ben Templesmith and writer
Anthony Johnston, who created the comics which accompanied the
original Dead
Space.
In fact, this comic owes its creation to the success of the original
Dead
Space comic
mini-series.
The
Dead
Space Extraction comic
will be hit the shelves of comic book shops this September for a
suggested retail price of $3, but visitors to the 2009
San Diego Comic-Con
will have the opportunity to pick up a special limited edition
version of the comic at EA's booth (#5123) for only $2. Even better
though, the limited edition version
2009 San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive Cover
available at Comic-Con will
feature exclusive cover art, and Templesmith and Johnston will be on
hand at the booth, signing the special issues, tomorrow, Thursday,
July 23rd,
from 3pm to 4pm and on Friday through Sunday from 1pm to 2pm. EA is
also getting the merchandise out in full force for Comic-Con, giving
Dead
Space fans
the opportunity to purchase things like an Isaac
Clarke Unitology figurine, branded iPhone skins, and Dead
Space
art books. Dead
Space Extraction will
also be one of the games featured at the playable
kiosks
at EA's booth.
The
comic picks up the narrative of Dead
Space Extraction somewhere
around the midway point of the game, at “a critical juncture in the
storyline”. That juncture gave Johnston the chance to take the
comic in a bit of a different direction from the game, allowing him
to present an alternate perspective on the game's storyline. In
the comic, a group of colonists fight through hordes of horrific
necromorphs while searching for a cure to stop a raging noxious
infection in space. At the comic’s climax, the colonists encounter
the desperate survivors from the videogame, only to realize that the
only thing that can save them is right in front of them.
"There
is so much more to the Dead
Space
universe than we could ever fit into one game and we’re excited to
be working with Image Comics again to extend the story in Dead
Space Extraction,”
said Steve Papoutsis, Executive Producer of Dead
Space Extraction.
“Ben and Antony did such a tremendous job with the original comic,
we can’t wait for fans to get their hands on this special issue.”
Want
more? The Dead
Space Extraction development
team will be at Comic-Con this Friday, July 24th,
to participate in the “Art of Making a Horror Video Game” panel
at 6pm in Room 2.
Again,
the comic will be available at comic book retailers this September
for a suggested price of $3. Dead
Space Extraction is
still in development at Visceral Games and is currently slated to
ship to North American retailers on September 29th
and European retailers on October 2nd.
Dead
Space Extraction is
rated M for Mature or 18+.