The team aimed for realism and innovation in design. A prototype of the game was developed for the original Xbox console and lasted 18 months. Dead Space was pitched in early 2006 and fit Electronic Arts' priority of creating new intellectual properties. Isaac wields engineering equipment as weapons.

The player explores areas on the station through the narrative, solving environmental puzzles while finding ammunition and equipment to survive. Set on a mining spaceship overrun by monsters called Necromorphs, the player controls engineer Isaac Clarke from the third-person perspective as he navigates the spaceship, fights Necromorphs, and struggles with increasing psychosis.

Released in October 2008, the title was the first in the Dead Space franchise and drew inspiration from other works of horror, notably Resident Evil 4 and the Silent Hill series. Dead Space is a 2008 survival horror video game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows.

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