Dead Space to Support Wii Motion Plus
February 26, 2009 at 14:39 PST – Source: GameCyte
Including Grand Slam Tennis and the next Tiger Woods PGA Tour game, EA now has three titles supporting Nintendo's upcoming gyroscopic peripheral.
Dead Space Extraction is slated for release later this year, and when it comes out it will support Nintendo's Wii Motion Plus peripheral.
According to EA Chief Operations Officer John Pleasants, the Wii-exclusive Dead Space spin-off will be "taking advantage of the MotionPlus controller." Announced last year at the Electronics Entertainment Expo, Wii Motion Plus is an attachment for the Wii Remote controller that aids developers in pursuing more accurate motion recognition in their games.
Pleasants also said that Dead Space: Extraction would feature zero-G dismemberment. The original Dead Space featured areas of zero gravity physics, so this announcement hints that the prequel's developers are implementing that feature for the Wii.
Pleasants made these comments at the 2009 Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference, but EA recently announced separately that two other games will support the Wii Motion Plus accessory. Earlier today, an EA press release indicated that Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 and Grand Slam Tennis would both support Nintendo's gyroscopic add-on.
Dead Space Extraction is currently slated for a late 2009 release. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 is scheduled to come out in June, and Grand Slam Tennis is due in the summer.