Even though 2023’s Dead Space remake was a hit both critically and commercially, publisher EA apparently has “no plans” to develop another instalment in the series.
And perhaps even more revealing, there’s now talk of the company selling the horror IP off, in a bid to correct the debt that’ll inevitably envelop EA when its acquisition deal closes next year.
This is according to anonymous sources from within the publisher, as per Insider Gaming. Said sources are “hoping” that EA will want to move Dead Space on to a new owner.
Indeed, it sounds like Dead Space could be one of numerous properties to be leveraged; it’s described as being put “on ice”, suggesting that the publisher has no interest in continuing the franchise itself.
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