There's been a whole lot of chaos surrounding the Dead Space franchise over the past few hours, and it relates to a rumour that began over at Giant Bomb's "Game Mess Mornings" podcast where it was suggested that plans for a Dead Space 2 remake had been cancelled by EA due to lacklustre sales for the 2023 remake of the original game.
This, surprisingly, prompted a reply from EA, which told IGN that although the company usually doesn't respond to rumours, they wanted to point out that there is "no validity to this story". Here's the exact quote:
"We don't normally comment on rumors but there is no validity to this story."
The host of the Giant Bomb show, Jeff Grubb, then doubled-down on his claim in a follow-up tweet:
So, what's going on here? Well, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier offered a bit more context yesterday by reporting that EA did indeed shelve plans for a new Dead Space game due to lacklustre sales, and there were some ideas for a new entry at one point. However, those didn't get very far, and were pretty much abandoned as of last summer.
Since then, the team has apparently been exploring other ideas, and the bulk of developers from the Dead Space remake have since moved on to other projects - two of the directors are working on the next Battlefield, for example.
We may not have all the specifics here, but it sounds pretty likely that EA isn't planning on giving us a new Dead Space anytime soon, which is a real shame. The remake was one of the highest-rated games of 2023 with an average of 89 on Metacritic, but unfortunately, great scores don't always translate into great sales figures.
At least it's playable with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate - an excellent addition to the service that's well worth your time!
What are your thoughts about this? Let us know down in the comments section below.
[source ign.com, via youtube.com, bloomberg.com]
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Yes, I 100% believe every word that a corp like EA says. Their words are gospel.
I mean, none of this is exactly news is it? I'd be amazed if bosses at EA didn't at least consider a scenario where the remake sold way above expectations and they decided to remake the second at some point (or a new game), but that's hardly the same as it's been scrapped because the first didn't sell.
From that last tweet, Grubb seems to have dialled it back a bit from his initial stance too which, to me, suggests he knew it was a non-story. Even the source in the Bloomberg piece said nothing had been Green-lit.
Missed opportunity in my opinion.
Making a remake of the 2nd game in the franchise would also increase the sales of the first game again. And if it’s up to today’s standards it would be a game that you could bring back multiple times during sales and sell to subscription services.
As is Capcom doing with Resident Evil.
Remakes, remakes, remakes...
God people love spreading fake news 🙄
Just because it's on hold, doesn't mean it'll never happen. From what I've heard, it sold decently but it did underperform a bit. They are going all hands on the next Battlefield so it's understandable that they want their best studios on it.
@dmcc0
Precisely. EA "planning" or "considering" a game is in no way the same as a game being in production and then being cancelled. And of course they once considered it.
This is why I put absolutely no stock in anything like this; people like Jeff Grubb and Nick Baker have moulded their entire existences on saying such and such is happening or such and such is in development, rarely - if ever - even remotely showing any sort of proof of their claims, and people lap it up because once in a blue moon they happen to be correct.
Anything that comes from these people is a complete waste of time.
How many millions did they spend to change nothing about the original then expect you to buy it over playing said original on Gamepass?
I love the Dead Space series since day one release of first game.
But enough with the remakes already. Please just stop.
I'd much rather had Dead Space 4.
Good ol Grubb giving me permission. Ok?
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