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I've been on a shit-your-pants-scary-game binge lately and now that Silent Hill Homecoming has come and gone, I'm really looking forward to EA's upcoming survival horror game, Dead Space, to fill that void. If the first few gameplay videos have piqued your interest, check out this short clip from their NoKnownSurvivors hub which has been slowly adding content in preparation of the game's release tomorrow on the PS3 and 360 and on the 20th for the PC. We'll have a full review later this week, but for now, enjoy the video and check the jump for more info on what exactly these pixelated maniacs are doing.
 

From Dead Space PR:

Chapter 2 – "13 (A Friend is a Present You Give Yourself)"

Summary: Users are taken to the TUB and assume the POV of deranged TUB worker Gavin who has violently murdered his co-worker and good friend Dennis.  Another one of his good friends and co-workers, Stefan, is hiding in fear, but will eventually be killed as well.  The users discovers clues and takes cues from control terminals, the bulletin board and Gavin himself to find out the relationship between the three men, the manipulation of Gavin by Commander Chang and Gavin’s eventual suicide.

2.1: The gruesome, murdered body of Dennis is viewable as he sits in his swivel chair.  A bulletin board is accessible where users see pictures and other artifacts that help illustrate the close relationship shared by the three workers.  The closeness Gavin has with his family is implied through an etcha-sketch drawing of the three workers that his daughter made, a video message from his wife and a planned vacation that is viewable at the ‘travel axis.’

2.2: Stefan’s shadow is cast from the port below as he frantically tries to hide.  The etcha-sketch drawing is completely altered with the Gavin character looking like the real-life Gavin as he slips deeper into his mental breakdown.  Users gain insight on the background of Aegis 7 by looking through information Gavin has ordered.

2.3 (The Video Above): Stefan pleads with Gavin from the port.  The etcha-sketch drawing continues to evolve as it shows the Gavin character has now murdered the Dennis character.  The cause of Gavin’s breakdown can be seen by viewing a binder that contains a video transmission from commander Chang that manipulates Gavin and demands that he “finishes the job.”

About The Hub:
NoKnownSurvivors.com is an evocative, experiential site that allows visitors to explore the narrative world of EA's new survival horror game, DEAD SPACE. Over nine weeks, the site employs interactive components, 3D animations, voice acting, original video and Papervision 3D technology to tell two equally tragic four chapter stories. The first, "Misplaced Affection", tells the story of an organ replacement technician who falls hard for a capable female security officer.  The second, "13", brings us tale of a sleeper agent who makes the wrong decisions for the right reasons.

It all goes down at "The Hub". With two stories, eight chapters and an intermission unfolding over nine weeks, NoKnownSurvivors.com has a multitude of exciting, immersive content. The "hub" manages all of it. A vast cosmic deathscape, the hub features 9 severed body parts, with each one representing a content release. How will visitors know which content is live? The week before a content piece goes live, its assigned body part begins to mutate, finally evolving in to a mature necromorph part (necromorphs are re-animated, mutated corpses of fallen crew members). Each Monday (it started August 25th) a new necromorph part will be live and clickable, ready for visitors to dive deep into the content featured on NoKnownSurvivors.