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‘Dead Space’ remake looking at “taking notes” from ‘Resident Evil’ revival

By Andy Brown Jul 1, 2021 | 2:58 PM


Dead Space is reportedly receiving a franchise reboot, with EA tasking developer Motive with the task of creating a full remake.

After rumours of a Dead Space revival stirred the hopes of fans in recent weeks, a new report (via GamesBeat) alleges that EA is actually working on a “full-fledged remake” of the much-beloved science fiction/horror series.

Canadian studio EA Motive – developers of Star Wars: Squadrons and 2017’s Star Wars Battlefront IIis supposedly working to create the next Dead Space.

The report goes on to state that Motive is “taking notes” from the recent Resident Evil remakes by Capcom. Specifically, comparing it to the 2019 Resident Evil 2 Remake but also mentioning that it will use the original Dead Space as a “strong foundation”.

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Dead Space Credit: EA

Rumours of a Dead Space revival began to circulate when VCG picked up on comments made by GamesBeat‘s Jeff Grubb, while EuroGamer also confirmed that it lined up with information it had heard.

Gamatsu also added that they had “separately heard” similar information regarding a Dead Space revival from Motive, so it’s fair to say something is going on in the background.

Many people are specualting that EA will announce the project at the upcoming EA Play event, which takes place on July 22.

The ‘Dead Space’ series might be coming back after nearly 10 years away
When the name ‘Dead Space’ is uttered out loud, there’s a large contingent of fans who will sigh, and wistfully gaze into the distance. It burned bright, but it burned short, and lots of people truly felt the series had something special, offering genuine space-based horror, but having great gameplay to back it up. The series eventually went from pure horror to co-op action with the third game, and there was even a spin-off light-gun game for Wii, which itself got ported to PlayStation consoles as well. But that was it. There was a small puzzle-based Xbox Live Arcade title as well as a few animated direct-to-video movies, too, but the series was done. Poor sales meant that EA shelved the series, and shortly after working on games such as ‘Army of Two’ and ‘Battlefield Hardline’, the developer was closed in 2017. #DeadSpace #EAPlay #Gaming
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A recent NME feature by Vikki Blake put the big question of whether Dead Space should stay dead in the spotlight.

In other news, Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut will arrive this August and brings “tons of new content” including an entirely new island and “PS5-specific enhancements”.

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