EA will reportedly revive Dead Space IP with new 'reimagining'

EA volition reportedly revive Expressionless Space IP with new 'reimagining'

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Information technology seems that EA didn't get the memo that E3 2021 is over equally the publisher is prepare to denote a Dead Infinite revival for later on adjacent month.

The news first came from Venturebeat announcer Jeff Grubb, who uploaded a video on his YouTube channel, challenge that EA was aiming to bring back "an established IP." That factoid was later on corroborated by Gematsu, which went on to claim that the IP in question was Dead Space. The projection is apparently being headed by EA's Motive Studios in Montreal, and will not be a sequel to Dead Infinite 3, simply instead a "reimagining."

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Across this one flake of information, nothing else is known virtually the title. Only the publisher volition accept its EA Play live event on July 22, where it'due south possible the game will exist revealed.

Dead Space was a survival horror franchise adult by Visceral Games. Information technology quickly became a hitting among gamers thanks to its Alien-like setting and strong gameplay systems. The game, at the time, was also visually complex and interesting.

The serial spawned iii table games, with the first releasing in 2008. The most recent game, Dead Space three, released in 2013. Visceral Games was shuttered by EA in 2017.

Motive Studios' most recent title was 2020's Star Wars: Squadrons. The game received solid praise across the gaming printing and currently sits at a 79 on Metacritic.

Interestingly, the original team at Visceral left EA to course a new studio called Hit Distance in 2019. Information technology'south nether the PUBG Corporation umbrella. The team are currently working on the Callisto Protocol, a game that bears a striking resemblance to Dead Space. Really, it'south already been dubbed a spiritual successor to the Dead Infinite franchise.

So, in a bizarre twist of fate, the original Dead Space developers might be competing against a revived version of Dead Space.

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