Earlier this month EA's CEO briefly mentioned a Wii version of Dead Space during a conference call, but no details were given. Now EA has officially announced the game and says that it is built ground-up for the Wii.

Dead Space: Extraction is a prequel to last year's Dead Space and will follow a story that leads up to the events of the original game. It's also an on-rails first person shooter rather than a third person survival horror game. The game will not only feature a new story, weapons and enemies, but it will also have co-op multiplayer.


"We could not be more excited to extend Dead Space into an experience exclusive to the Wii. Nintendo has a wonderful history in the horror genre and we are thrilled to build on that tradition with Dead Space Extraction," said Glen Schofield, VP and General Manager of EA Redwood Shores studio. "As we were developing Dead Space, we realized that there was so much of the story going untold. Dead Space Extraction tells that story with all of the intensity, blood and gore that fans would expect."