Electronic Art's highly anticipated 3rd-person survival horror title, Dead Space, has been rated by the British Board Of Film Classification (BBFC).

Rated 18 by the board, the report also revealed that cut scenes in Dead Space had a running time of almost an hour.

In Dead Space, players step into the role of engineer Isaac Clarke - an ordinary man on a seemingly routine mission to fix the communications systems aboard a deep space mining ship. It is not long before Isaac awakes to a living nightmare when he learns that the ship's crew has been ravaged by a vicious alien infestation. He must fight through the dead silence and darkness of deep space to stay alive.

"Survival horror is about experiencing a terrifying, and deeply personal fiction," said Executive Producer Glen Schofield. "Dead Space is being developed as a single-player thriller that delivers the chilling, claustrophobic feeling of being isolated in a dark environment, while being stalked by some truly horrific enemies."

Dead Space is due for release on October 31st in Europe, on Xbox 360 and PS3.