<s>
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2008	O
survival	O
horror	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
EA	O
Redwood	O
Shores	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
as	O
the	O
debut	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
was	O
pitched	O
in	O
early	O
2006	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
early	O
prototype	O
running	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creator	O
Glen	O
Schofield	O
wanted	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
most	O
frightening	O
horror	O
game	O
he	O
could	O
imagine	O
,	O
drawing	O
inspiration	O
from	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
4	I-Application
and	O
films	O
including	O
Event	O
Horizon	O
and	O
Solaris	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
debuted	O
to	O
slow	O
sales	O
but	O
eventually	O
sold	O
over	O
a	O
million	O
copies	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
series	O
spawned	O
two	O
numbered	O
sequels	O
(	O
Dead	B-Device
Space	I-Device
2	I-Device
in	O
2011	O
and	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
3	I-Application
in	O
2013	O
)	O
,	O
several	O
spin-off	O
titles	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
related	O
media	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
comic	O
book	O
prequel	O
and	O
an	O
animated	O
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remake	B-Algorithm
developed	O
by	O
EA	O
's	O
Motive	O
Studios	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
January	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
is	O
a	O
science	O
fiction	O
survival	O
horror	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
gameplay	O
displays	O
are	O
diegetic	O
,	O
appearing	O
in-world	O
as	O
holographic	B-Algorithm
projections	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
information	O
displays	O
—	O
control	O
prompts	O
,	O
pick-ups	O
,	O
video	O
calls	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
map	O
,	O
inventory	O
,	O
store	O
fronts	O
—	O
appear	O
as	O
holographic	B-Algorithm
displays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2508	O
,	O
a	O
time	O
when	O
humanity	O
has	O
spread	O
throughout	O
the	O
universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
key	O
factions	O
in	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
are	O
the	O
Earth	O
Government	O
,	O
which	O
created	O
and	O
then	O
hid	O
the	O
Red	O
Markers	O
,	O
and	O
Unitology	O
,	O
a	O
religious	O
movement	O
that	O
worships	O
the	O
Markers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
events	O
leading	O
up	O
to	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
,	O
the	O
colony	O
on	O
Aegis	O
VII	O
discovers	O
the	O
Red	O
Marker	O
hidden	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
was	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Glen	O
Schofield	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
working	O
at	O
EA	O
Redwood	O
Shores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
concept	O
drew	O
influence	O
from	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
4	I-Application
(	O
2005	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
was	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
project	O
that	O
multiple	O
staff	O
at	O
Redwood	O
Shores	O
wanted	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
get	O
a	O
playable	O
concept	O
ready	O
within	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
prototype	O
was	O
developed	O
on	O
the	B-Application
original	I-Application
Xbox	I-Application
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
reused	O
the	O
game	O
engine	O
they	O
had	O
designed	O
for	O
The	B-Application
Godfather	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
chosen	O
because	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
tailored	O
to	O
their	O
development	O
style	O
,	O
supported	O
the	O
necessary	O
environmental	O
effects	O
,	O
and	O
implemented	O
the	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
physics	I-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
help	O
guide	O
the	O
team	O
,	O
Schofield	O
often	O
described	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
as	O
"	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
in	O
space	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
different	O
accounts	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
relationship	O
with	O
the	O
System	B-Application
Shock	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Condrey	O
said	O
that	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
was	O
influenced	O
only	O
by	O
System	B-Application
Shock	I-Application
and	O
System	B-Application
Shock	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Co-designer	O
Ben	O
Wanat	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
team	O
were	O
originally	O
planning	O
a	O
third	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
System	B-Application
Shock	I-Application
series	O
,	O
and	O
played	O
through	O
the	O
originals	O
for	O
reference	O
,	O
but	O
when	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
4	I-Application
was	O
released	O
,	O
they	O
decided	O
to	O
make	O
their	O
own	O
intellectual	O
property	O
based	O
around	O
its	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
greatly	O
influenced	O
by	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
4	I-Application
,	O
Schofield	O
wanted	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
game	O
more	O
active	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
necessity	O
to	O
stop	O
and	O
shoot	O
in	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
4	I-Application
often	O
broke	O
his	O
immersion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
control	O
scheme	O
went	O
through	O
several	O
different	O
configurations	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
team	O
wanting	O
the	O
best	O
possible	O
configuration	O
for	O
mouse	O
and	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
distinguished	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
from	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
shooters	O
,	O
which	O
instead	O
placed	O
focus	O
on	O
headshots	O
,	O
or	O
allowed	O
volleys	O
of	O
weapons	O
fire	O
against	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
technically	O
easy	O
to	O
achieve	O
by	O
switching	O
off	O
gravity	O
values	O
in	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
,	O
reprogramming	O
sections	O
to	O
be	O
convincing	O
and	O
fun	O
to	O
play	O
presented	O
different	O
challenges	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Isaac	O
needed	O
a	O
separate	O
series	O
of	O
animations	O
for	O
zero-G	O
environments	O
,	O
with	O
his	O
sluggish	O
movement	O
achieved	O
by	O
animation	O
director	O
Chris	B-Application
Stone	I-Application
doing	O
an	O
exaggerated	O
stomping	O
walk	O
with	O
bungee	O
cables	O
strapped	O
to	O
his	O
legs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sound	O
work	O
was	O
led	O
by	O
Don	O
Veca	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
team	O
included	O
Andrew	O
Lackey	O
,	O
Dave	B-Application
Feise	I-Application
and	O
Dave	O
Swenson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
watched	O
their	O
favorite	O
horror	O
films	O
,	O
noting	O
their	O
use	O
of	O
sound	O
effects	O
and	O
music	O
,	O
and	O
implementing	O
them	O
into	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
approach	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
portrayal	O
of	O
Gordon	O
Freeman	O
in	O
Half-Life	B-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
sound	O
tools	O
included	O
"	O
Creepy	O
Ambi	O
Patch	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
acted	O
as	O
a	O
multitrack	O
organiser	O
for	O
the	O
various	O
sound	O
layers	O
and	O
added	O
randomised	O
internal	O
sounds	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
greater	O
sense	O
of	O
dread	O
;	O
"	O
Visual	O
Effects	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
incorporated	O
sound	O
effects	O
naturally	O
into	O
the	O
environment	O
and	O
to	O
specific	O
areas	O
;	O
and	O
"	O
Deadscript	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
scripting	O
language	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
replacement	O
for	O
a	O
sound	O
language	O
later	O
used	O
for	O
Spore	B-Application
that	O
was	O
taking	O
up	O
too	O
much	O
space	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
of	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
was	O
composed	O
by	O
Jason	O
Graves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
in-game	O
score	O
for	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
was	O
three	O
hours	O
long	O
and	O
recorded	O
over	O
five	O
months	O
,	O
several	O
times	O
more	O
than	O
Graves	O
had	O
composed	O
for	O
previous	O
video	O
game	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
in	O
September	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
formed	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
strategy	O
formed	O
under	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
's	O
new	O
management	O
to	O
push	O
new	O
original	O
intellectual	O
properties	O
over	O
their	O
previous	O
licensed	O
properties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
Community	O
Manager	O
Andrew	O
Green	O
stated	O
that	O
Germany	O
,	O
China	O
and	O
Japan	O
banned	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
confirmed	O
that	O
this	O
was	O
a	O
marketing	O
ploy	O
and	O
that	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
was	O
not	O
banned	O
in	O
any	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
versions	O
of	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
released	O
on	O
October	O
13	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
releasing	O
on	O
October	O
20	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
version	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
releases	O
protected	O
by	O
the	O
controversial	O
digital	O
rights	O
management	O
product	O
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
package	O
includes	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
:	O
Downfall	O
,	O
a	O
bonus	O
content	O
DVD	O
,	O
the	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
art	O
book	O
,	O
a	O
lithograph	O
and	O
the	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
comic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
people	O
who	O
bought	O
the	O
game	O
within	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
weeks	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
could	O
download	O
the	O
exclusive	O
suits	O
for	O
free	O
:	O
the	O
Obsidian	O
Suit	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
and	O
the	O
Elite	O
Suit	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
release	O
,	O
additional	O
gameplay	O
perks	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
suits	O
and	O
weapons	O
were	O
released	O
as	O
paid	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alongside	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
team	O
and	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
created	O
a	O
multimedia	O
universe	O
around	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
both	O
promote	O
it	O
and	O
show	O
off	O
different	O
elements	O
of	O
its	O
lore	O
and	O
story	O
referenced	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
was	O
an	O
animated	O
film	O
,	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
:	O
Downfall	O
,	O
produced	O
by	O
Film	O
Roman	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Creative	O
Director	O
Nick	O
Braccia	O
,	O
the	O
aim	O
was	O
to	O
take	O
pieces	O
of	O
the	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
lore	O
and	O
"	O
blow	O
 [ them ] 	O
up	O
"	O
in	O
ways	O
that	O
could	O
only	O
work	O
in	O
this	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
review	O
aggregate	O
website	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
the	O
360	B-Operating_System
version	O
scored	O
89	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
based	O
on	O
79	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
PS3	I-Operating_System
version	O
scored	O
88	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
based	O
on	O
67	O
reviews	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
scored	O
86	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
based	O
on	O
28	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
release	O
,	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
earned	O
critical	O
acclaim	O
from	O
many	O
journalists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
second	O
opinion	O
,	O
Joe	O
Juba	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
the	O
premiere	O
accomplishment	O
in	O
survival	O
horror	O
since	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
4	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meghan	O
Watt	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
Official	O
Xbox	B-Device
Magazine	O
,	O
was	O
less	O
positive	O
due	O
to	O
several	O
mechanical	O
frustrations	O
and	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
scary	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
retrospective	O
journalistic	O
and	O
website	O
articles	O
have	O
ranked	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
greatest	O
video	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
,	O
pointing	O
out	O
its	O
innovations	O
in	O
the	O
survival	O
horror	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magazine	O
Play	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
2015	O
feature	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
production	O
,	O
said	O
that	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
distinguished	O
itself	O
by	O
incorporating	O
more	O
action	O
elements	O
into	O
established	O
genre	O
elements	O
,	O
and	O
positively	O
compared	O
its	O
atmosphere	O
to	O
BioShock	B-Application
from	O
2007	O
and	O
Metro	B-Application
:	I-Application
Last	I-Application
Light	I-Application
from	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
release	O
,	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
reached	O
tenth	O
place	O
in	O
North	O
American	O
game	O
sales	O
,	O
compiled	O
in	O
November	O
by	O
the	O
NPD	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Mirror	B-Application
's	I-Application
Edge	I-Application
,	O
was	O
considered	O
a	O
commercial	O
disappointment	O
following	O
its	O
extensive	O
marketing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Arts	O
CEO	O
John	O
Riccitiello	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
would	O
have	O
to	O
lower	O
its	O
expected	O
income	O
for	O
the	O
fiscal	O
year	O
due	O
to	O
multiple	O
commercial	O
disappointments	O
including	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2009	O
,	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
CFO	O
Eric	O
Brown	O
confirmed	O
that	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
had	O
sold	O
one	O
million	O
copies	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
,	O
EA	O
Redwood	O
Shores	O
was	O
restructured	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
genre	O
studio	O
"	O
called	O
Visceral	O
Games	O
,	O
going	O
on	O
to	O
develop	O
several	O
titles	O
alongside	O
their	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
franchise	O
,	O
which	O
spawned	O
both	O
further	O
additional	O
media	O
and	O
spin-off	O
titles	O
on	O
several	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
direct	O
sequel	O
,	O
Dead	B-Device
Space	I-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
third	O
title	O
,	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
launched	O
in	O
March	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EA	O
announced	O
a	O
remake	B-Algorithm
of	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
in	O
July	O
2021	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
by	O
EA	O
's	O
Motive	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remake	B-Algorithm
is	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
PC	O
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
lead	O
staff	O
include	O
senior	O
producer	O
Philippe	O
Ducharme	O
,	O
creative	O
director	O
Roman	O
Campos-Oriola	O
,	O
and	O
art	O
director	O
Mike	O
Yazijian	O
,	O
all	O
whom	O
had	O
worked	O
on	O
titles	O
within	O
the	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
no	O
plans	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
story	O
or	O
the	O
characters	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
team	O
will	O
consider	O
the	O
other	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
games	O
and	O
may	O
include	O
references	O
to	O
these	O
prior	O
works	O
as	O
to	O
incorporate	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
better	O
into	O
the	O
series	O
canon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
said	O
they	O
will	O
remove	O
some	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
that	O
"	O
did	O
n't	O
work	O
"	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
consultation	O
with	O
players	O
and	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remake	B-Algorithm
will	O
be	O
built	O
in	O
the	O
Frostbite	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
,	O
rebuilding	O
all	O
the	O
systems	O
from	O
scratch	O
for	O
it	O
and	O
introducing	O
new	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
volumetric	B-General_Concept
and	O
dynamic	O
lighting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
will	O
also	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
newer	O
consoles	O
 '	O
solid-state	B-Device
drive	I-Device
systems	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
seamless	O
experience	O
between	O
levels	O
without	O
any	O
loading	O
screens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
no	O
plans	O
to	O
introduce	O
microtransactions	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
a	O
similar	O
move	O
following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
Jedi	I-Application
:	I-Application
Fallen	I-Application
Order	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	O
1-style	O
fan	O
remake	B-Algorithm
of	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
,	O
titled	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
Demake	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
playable	O
demo	O
in	O
April	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
