EA Shuts Down Dead Space 2 Remake Rumors After Reports It Was Shelved

Giant bomb Jeff Grub reported earlier today that EA’s Motive Studio was working on a Dead Space 2 remake before it was scrapped following poor sales of the team’s Dead Space remake last year. However, EA denied Grubb’s information, stating IGN“We don’t normally comment on rumors, but this story has no validity.”

On Giant bomb On game Mess Mornings, Grubb said: “They were working on it, they were working on Dead Space 2 and they’re not working on it anymore. It’s on the shelves because the first game had poor sales, that’s as it was formulated.” Me.”

He goes on to add, “As it stands, they were working on it; it was in the concept…pre-production phase, and now that work has been put on the shelf.”

Grubb revealed this today following yesterday’s news from Motive itself, where general manager Patrick Klaus announced that the studio was creating a new team to support EA’s Battlefield franchise while its game develops. Iron Man with Marvel continues. Hours later, EA denied Grubb’s claims in a statement to IGN.

Followed by IGNGrubb said on The story we’re talking about, well… yeah. Dead Space 2 was definitely in the planning stages. It had a code name. And they’re not doing it now.

IGN news director Kat Bailey, who wrote IGNThe story of it all today, Grubb responded, saying: “My understanding, based on my own sources, is that the remake of Dead Space 2 was never considered. Additionally, the statement from EA was pretty definitive.”

And that’s where he is today. Grubb said Motive was working on a Dead Space 2 remake before it was shelved following poor sales of last year’s Dead Space remake, and EA says that’s not true. Unfortunately, we’ll probably never know the real story here, but if you were hoping for a Dead Space 2 remake, that’s not happening for now, it seems.

For what it’s worth, we asked Dead Space remake creative director Roman Campos-Oriola about the possibility of a Dead Space 2 remake in an interview conducted a few weeks after the game‘s launch. His response: ” …we’ll see how the game works, what the company wants, what the studio wants, what we want to do as a team, and we’ll find out from there. But right now, there’s no has no specific plan defined.”

To find out more, read game Informers review of the Dead Space remake, then check out the Iron Man game in development from Motive.

Were you hoping for a Dead Space 2 remake or are you happy that Motive is working on Battlefield and Iron Man instead? Let us know in the comments below!