Dead Space 2 Remake Reportedly Cancelled By EA

A reliable gaming insider has claimed that a remake of Dead Space 2 was cancelled (or at least shelved) by EA due to the disappointing sales numbers of the first game's remake.

After a decade without anything new from the Dead Space series, EA and Motive blessed us last year with an excellent remake of the first game that understood what made it so special while improving on it in almost every way. Sure, it was a little bit easier than the original, but it was still one of the year's best games and something that indicated a bright future for the series.

Despite EA and Motive hinting that a remake of the second game could be happening at some point, the slow sales of Dead Space and the team starting development on an Iron Man game did make it seem a little unlikely. Well, I hate to be proven right, but it seems that a remake of Dead Space 2 isn't going to be happening any time soon.

Jeff Grubb Claims A Dead Space 2 Remake Was Cancelled By EA

As pointed out by Twitter user Knoebelbroet, reliable gaming insider and Giant Bomb reporter Jeff Grubb revealed while talking to startmenu's Lex Luddy on the latest episode of Game Mess Mornings that EA Motive had been working on a remake of Dead Space 2, but that it got cancelled due to the disappointing sales of the first game's remake.

While reacting to the news that Motive is now working on Battlefield alongside Iron Man and turning into a two-project studio, Grubb revealed that a remake of Dead Space 2 was being worked on by Motive and was in the "concept" phase, but was shelved due to how the Dead Space remake sold.

Grubb says that it's "straight-up" bad news for anyone who was hoping for a Dead Space 2 remake, and that it's unlikely that it will end up happening. It is possible that the project gets picked up later down the line, but for now it's probably worth considering Dead Space to be on hold until anything happens.