Gameplay of Dead Space: Dead Space is a third-person Survival/horror video game, being developed by EA Redwood Shores for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and the PC. It is currently scheduled for release in October 2008.[2] The player takes on the role of an engineer named Isaac Clarke, who battles a polymorphous alien species called the ‘Necromorphs’ on board a stricken interstellar mining ship.[2] The player must fight their way through various levels of a stricken mining ship, which has been infested with an alien species known as the ‘Necromorphs’. The game features an ‘over the shoulder’ third-person perspective,[2] similar to games such as Resident Evil 4 and Gears of War. The interface does not feature a traditional ‘heads up display’. Instead, information is relayed to the player via lights and translucent screens which hover over Isaac’s weapons and armour.[3] The player will encounter weightless and decompressed environments, which Isaac can navigate using a pressurized suit equipped with magnetic boots. Some levels will even lead out onto the surface of the ships hull. Floating debris will present a hazard, and Isaac can lose his footing and simply float off into space.[3] In keeping with Isaac’s profession as an engineer rather than a soldier, weapons in the game are mostly improvised, and consist of an array of bolt cutters, stasis guns and rudimentary energy weapons.[3] Isaac battles a NecromorphCombat in the game is complicated by the fact that Necromorphs are not …