On Giant Bomb’s Game Mess Mornings show, Grubb said, “They were working on it, they were working on Dead Space 2 and they are no longer working on it. It is on the shelf because the first game had lackluster sales, is how it was phrased to me.”
He continues, adding, “As it stands right now, they were working on it; it was in the concepting phase…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/iqv0EGNXJX pic.twitter.com/LziW0qx72X
Following up on IGN‘s report, Grubb said on X (formerly Twitter), “I give you my permission to believe EA if you want, but whenever a company says ‘that isn’t true’ but they don’t specify which part of the story they are talking about, well…yeah. Dead Space 2 was definitely being planned. It had a code name. And they aren’t making it now.”
IGN news director Kat Bailey, who wrote IGN‘s story about all this today, responded to Grubb, saying, “My understanding based on my own sources is that the Dead Space 2 Remake was never considered. Also, EA’s statement was pretty definitive.”
My understanding based on my own sources is that the Dead Space 2 Remake was never considered. Also, EA’s statement was pretty definitive.
And that’s where it stands today. Grubb said Motive was working on a remake of Dead Space 2 before it was shelved following lackluster sales of last year’s Dead Space remake, and EA says that’s not true. Unfortunately, we’ll likely never know the true story here, but if you were holding out hope for a remake of Dead Space 2, it’s not happening for now it seems.
Were you hoping for a remake of Dead Space 2 or are you glad Motive is working on Battlefield and Iron Man instead? Let us know in the comments below!
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