EA’s sci-fi horror, Dead Space, has shipped to retail. Marking the first title of its kind for the company, EA has big expectations for the title and from what we’ve played of it so far they have good reason to.

Set five hundred years in the future, Dead Space follows the story of Isaac Clarke, a normal systems engineer, who is sent with a small repair team to restore communications aboard an immense mining ship, the USG Ishimura. Once onboard the vessel, Isaac discovers that the crew has unearthed an ancient and malevolent alien presence far beneath the planet’s surface and brought it onboard. It’s a living nightmare onboard the Ishimura, which has turned into a floating bloodbath, as the crew has been unspeakably mutilated and infected by an ancient alien scourge. Clarke’s repair mission becomes one of survival as he fights not just to save himself, but to return the artifact to the planet at any cost.

Dead Space is available now for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Look for more here soon, on PopCultureShock.