Dead Space Ignition is a horror-action puzzle video game developed by Visceral Games and Sumo Digital and published by Electronic Arts for the Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. It is a prequel to the survival horror video game Dead Space 2 which was released on January 25, 2011. The game takes the form of what executive producer Steve Papoutsis describes as an "interactive comic-style game" and is written by Antony Johnston, the writer for the Dead Space games and comic book series.