EA No Longer Working On Dead Space 2 Remake – Report [Update]

Digital Arts is reportedly now not engaged on a remake of Dead Space 2, as a result of gross sales of the primary remake not assembly expectations. [Update: EA has addressed the report to state that no such project was ever in the works. “We don’t normally comment on rumors but there is no validity to this story,” EA said in a statement to IGN.]

In accordance with Large Bomb’s Jeff Grubb, EA reportedly has its arms busy with each the upcoming Iron Man recreation and the following Battlefield entry, that it deprioritized the Dead Space 2 remake. “They had been engaged on Dead Space 2, and they’re now not engaged on it,” he explained on Recreation Mess Mornings (on the 13:16 mark). “It’s on the shelf as a result of the primary recreation had lackluster gross sales.” He additionally reported that the sport was nonetheless within the pre-manufacturing section, however now has been shelved.

Nonetheless, Grubb mentioned that it doesn’t suggest that the Dead Space 2 remake won’t ever occur, however for proper now, EA is outwardly specializing in different initiatives.

EA has already confirmed that lead builders of the Dead Space remake are constructing a group for what’s to come back subsequent for Battlefield, and that the Iron Man recreation has made glorious progress in 2024. Nonetheless, it does not appear possible that we’ll see both recreation any time quickly. The subsequent Battlefield recreation reportedly is not going to be launched till late 2025.

In GameSpot’s Dead Space remake assessment, we mentioned, “The Dead Space remake might not really feel fully crucial, however it improves upon the unique with some good new additions to virtually each facet of its design.”