Dead Space Fans Blast Cardboard Isaac Clarke's 'Absurd' $35 Pricetag in Free-to-Play Skate

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Dead Space fans person reacted successful dismay astatine the outgo of cosplaying arsenic bid prima Isaac Clarke successful EA's caller free-to-play Skate, which is presently disposable successful aboriginal access.

Skate's caller Isaac Clarke bundle, which includes a homemade-style cardboard Isaac Clarke costume for your skater, a themed skateboard, the Necro Stomp emote and a clump of stickers, is priced astatine 3,350 San Van Bucks — Skate's in-game currency.

A battalion of 2,800 San Van Bucks costs $25, portion a 500 San Van Bucks battalion costs $5. Inconveniently, buying these volition permission you needing different 50 Van Bucks — truthful you'll request different 500 battalion ($5), making for a minimum full walk of $35. (There is astatine slightest a USG Ishimura T-shirt for free.)

While Skate is simply a free-to-play crippled funded by microtransactions, Dead Space fans person reacted to the bundle's pricing successful disbelief, with galore comparing its outgo to the terms of the franchise's afloat games.

Currently, the archetypal Dead Space trilogy is disposable via Steam for $20 each, though idiosyncratic games person been offered for arsenic small arsenic $4 each during sales. The celebrated 2023 Dead Space remake is presently $60 — though has been offered for arsenic small arsenic $12 during sales.

And past there's the information that, for the forseeable aboriginal astatine least, EA has enactment the Dead Space franchise connected ice. Ideas for an all-new Dead Space 4 and immoderate plans to travel the Dead Space Remake with a caller mentation of Dead Space 2 are seemingly not successful the works, with developer Motive enactment to enactment connected the Battlefield franchise instead. Isaac Clarke, meanwhile, has been near to simply cameo successful different games, specified arsenic Fortnite and Battlefield 2042.

— Radec (@realradec) October 7, 2025

In 1 station connected reddit titled "The authorities of Dead Space," IllustriousReveal962 wrote: "Let’s anticipation that 1 time Dead Space volition scope authorities arsenic an IP that it isn’t solely relegated to conscionable being a tegument successful a mediocre ever online crippled to boost mtx."

"You tin bargain 3 Dead Sapce games with that wealth (and astir apt 3 Skate games)," wrote different fan, Diogo Rodriguez, successful a station connected X. "Dead Space 2 remake got cancelled and present we get this," wrote cayo0663.

On the near is Isaac Clarke from Dead Space successful Skate 3. Model looks unthinkable & could lone beryllium obtained done a cheat code.

On the close is an Issac Clarke outfit successful a bundle (pic included of bundle) connected Skate 4. It costs astir $30-$40 and looks horrible.

Idek what to say… pic.twitter.com/G4dd9Y76jr

— SirBlackout (@BlackoutTV_) October 7, 2025

EA's Dead Space and Skate franchises person thing of a history, with a snazzy Isaac Clarke tegument and chill sci-fi skateboard unlockable successful Skate 3 for escaped via cheat code. The franchise's celebrated 2023 Dead Space remake meantime featured an in-game Easter ovum for a fictional "Skate 3000." Many fans person said it should person been a affirmative this crossover is continuing — but not priced similar this.

Image credit: @Realradec.

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