Dead Space: Extraction Won't Use MotionPlus, After All

Earlier this week, news spread across the Internet (as news has a habit of doing) that Dead Space: Extraction, a prequel to EA’s survival horror title released for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 last year, would incorporate functionality for the upcoming Wii MotionPlus add-on. Well, it turns out that’s not the case, as the report was the product of a misinterpretation.

Here’s what happened: Speaking at the 2009 Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco, Electronic Arts COO John Pleasants touched on the publisher’s plans for the Wii MotionPlus. Evidently he also made mention to Dead Space: Extraction during this same part of his talk, which gave the impression that the game would incorporate functionality with the add-on (whenever it’s actually released). But EA has since confirmed to IGN that the initial reports were in fact a misinterpretation, and Dead Space: Extraction will not use MotionPlus functionality.

As IGN notes, considering Dead Space: Extraction is a "guided FPS" (to use the parlance of its developers) that focuses more on accurate shooting than accurate motion controls, the lack of MotionPlus functionality doesn’t seem like any great loss. The game is currently planned for release in October.