Dead Space: Downfall

Dead Space: Downfall is an animated film, a prequel to the game Dead Space and takes place during the events of Dead Space: Extraction, while the Necromorphs invade the USG Ishimura after it receives the Red Marker. The film, developed by Film Roman and EA, was released on DVD October 28, 2008 and broadcast on the Syfy Channel on December 2, 2008. The film revolves around an alien artifact discovered by colonists on the planet Aegis VII. The artifact is identified as a possible "second Marker" and the colony asks for advice via radio, which prompts the arrival of the mining ship Ishimura. While the ship approaches, the colony already reports (via radio) "unexplained violence" among colonists. The Marker is brought aboard by order of...