Developers Motive recently shifted to work on the Battlefield series alongside their Iron Man game
Update:EA have now denied Grubb’s claims that the Dead Space 2 remake was in development before being effectively cancelled, tellingIGN: “We don’t normally comment on rumors but there is no validity to this story.” That report adds that the sequel wasn’t considered for development to begin with, despite the first remake having performed well in EA’s eyes, according to a source.
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A remake ofDead Space 2- following last year’s return of the original sci-fi survival-horror game - was reportedly in the works at EA, but has since been halted after the first game suffered underwhelming sales.
That decision apparently came on the back of “lacklustre sales” for theDead Space remake, despite its critical acclaim.
“They were working on it. They were working on Dead Space 2, and they are no longer working on it,” Grubb said. “‘It is on the shelf because the first game had lacklustre sales,’ is how it was phrased to me. So if you were looking forward to a Dead Space 2, it’s bad news. It straight-up is just bad news.
“Does this mean it never happens? I don’t know if that’s the case. But as it stands right now, they were working on it. It was in the concepting phase, I believe. It was definitely pre-production. And now that work has been put on the shelf.”
[Game Mess Mornings]According to@JeffGrubb, EA Motive was working on a ‘Dead Space 2’ Remake which was in concept phase but got cancelled/shelved because of the lackluster sales of the first Remake.They are now working on Iron Man and Battlefield.https://t.co/iqv0EGNXJXpic.twitter.com/LziW0qx72X
EAissued a survey last yearshortly after theDead Spaceremake landed, seemingly probing whether players would be interested in a remake of its excellent sequel - one of thebest horror gamesever made, for my money - and its not-quite-as-excellent threequel, which divisively tipped the scales even further in the direction of action over suspense, with added co-op multiplayer. Presumably the response wasn’t quite enough to convince the publisher.
“This is now the best way to experience Visceral’s horror classic, luxuriously improved in small but considered ways,” Liam said of the Dead Space remakein our review. “The Dead Space remake is brilliant. Enhanced. Upgraded. Put together carefully by caring hands. Nothing is broken, except that which begged to be replaced. Iron out those stuttering issues and what you have here is one of the best action-horror games I’ve ever played.”
