Dead Space: Beloved sci-fi horror could be revived at EA Play Live

Over the past week, rumors have run wild about EA possibly reviving Dead Space, the beloved sci-fi survival horror franchise.

Gamesbeat journalist Jeff Grubb was the first to bring up the possibility of EA Motive working on a revival of “an established IP” back in March. He doubled down on this speculation earlier this week when he teased: “we’re going to see it… if we’re not dead first.”

This seemed to strongly suggest that the game in development at EA Motive is Dead Space, a rumor that has since been backed by Gematsu and corroborated by Eurogamer.

I don’t know if these rumors are true, nothing has been announced by EA (obviously). But I sure hope they are!

Dead Space and Dead Space 2 are some of the most beloved sci-fi horror video games. They were innovative and set a gold standard for the survival horror genre.

Unfortunately, the franchise hit a road bump in 2013 with Dead Space 3. The shift in focus from horror to action and a lackluster story led to an overall disappointing third entry and poor sales. Although EA expressed interest in a sequel, developer Visceral Games was shut down in 2017 and the series put on ice.