Confirming earlier reports that more "Dead Space" games are in development, a job listing has popped up on LinkedIn, calling for a Lead Combat & Controls Designer at Visceral Games. The job description is pretty straight forward:

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After the successful launch of the action/horror title “Dead Space” for the 360 & PS3 last year, Visceral Games (formerly EA Redwood Shores) has been hard at work on their next adventure surrounding the crew of the USG Ishimura and mysterious artifact called “the marker.” This Wii-exclusive entry in the franchise forgoes the 3rd-person action of the first title for a first-person “on rails” approach that may just set the standard for rail shooters to come.

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UPDATE: Screengrabs from Sunday's episode below! Thanks AC!

"True Blood" fans probably know that the main vampire of the show, Bill Compton, owns a Wii. Last night's episode apparently revealed that he's also got an inside man at EA.

In last night's episode, a captive of Bill's, Maxine, was spotted playing "Dead Space Extraction," a game that's not coming out until late September. So either the events of this melo-dramatic blood sucking town are set in the future...or Bill is hardcore enough to nab an EA game a full month before its release.

Can't seem to find a shot of her playing...if anyone has a source, hit @multiplayers up on Twitter!

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Yet another movie-based-on-a-game is well into development, as "Dead Space: The Movie" has a director attached. Why it's D.J. Caruso, who you may know from his work directing the so-so action/thriller, "Eagle Eye."

Unfortunately there are a lot of issues with "Dead Space" becoming a movie. For example, the main character never talks, and you only see his face for like a second. I guess that means they're not limited in casting!

Definitely makes me wonder whether all the anti-scientology stuff from the game will make it into the film. Somehow I doubt it.

I was wondering what you guys think they need to do to make this a half-way decent flick. And you came through, as always:

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Xbox Live is down for the entire day today, so if you're looking to pwn some noobs, you've come to the wrong place. As an alternative, might we suggest these single player-only games to while the hours away? (Note: In the interest of keeping this list manageable, these games have no online components...but a great solo experience!)

Fallout 3

From a bang-for-your-buck perspective, few single-player games offer more value than "Fallout 3." Even without the DLC, you're looking at a good 40-50 hours of gameplay. Chances are by the time you put this one down you'll be just in time to play "Project Natal," let alone Xbox Live.
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