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Dead Space

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FORMAT PS5
PRICE £69.99
ETA Out now
PUB EA
DEV Motive
PLAYERS 1
LENGTH 12 hrs
ACCESSIBILITY Colour blind mode (three options); aim assistance (inc. settings for aim assist friction and magnetism); content settings; sprint and aim toggles; HUD options; subtitle options

Fuck this ship,” says graffiti, down on the mining deck where the bulk of a humongous spacecraft’s work takes place, “it’s a shitty capitalist organisation.” Dead Space may be a remake of a game from 2008 set in the future, but its concerns are modern. Through small, cumulative changes, developer Motive has not only revitalised the game, it’s highlighted its humanity.

As in the original you’re Isaac Clarke, an engineer (and a welcomely mundane kind of bloke) sent as part of a search and rescue team to investigate the

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