Dead Space Wii coming soon

05.02.2009
reports that ' hyper-grisly horror shooter has just been confirmed to be coming to the . EA CEO John Riccitiello made the announcement about the Wii edition of Dead Space to investors yesterday. Dead Space was previously released for , , and last October, a few weeks prior to Halloween.

During the conference call to investors, the CEO mentioned that will retain all of the gruesome scares of the existing versions.

Riccitiello didn't elaborate on any further details about the new Dead Space game, so at this time it's unclear whether this will be an enhanced edition with extra modes, bonus features, and different controls that take advantage of the Wii's motion sensing technology like (which is strikingly similar to Dead Space in its controls, camera, and atmosphere) or if it'll be a straight port.

Based on other games that have been ported to the Wii like and the upcoming , chances are that at the very least motion controls specific to the Wii version will be added.

It should be noted that the company has also just announced that , as a significant chunk of EA's 2009 lineup will be headed to the Wii.

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