Dead Space is one of the biggest horror franchises ever created, but its publisher doesn’t want to hear about it anymore.

For those unaware of this gem of a video game (that’s too bad!), Dead Space is a TPS (3rd person) shooter game originally developed by the late Visceral Games studio, which was liquidated in 2017.

The title, which is mostly influenced by movies like Alien or The Thing, puts players in control of a character named Isaac Clarke, a simple engineer who is sent on a maintenance mission with a small team on a huge USG Ishimura ship.

Arrival in the area starts before the flight. The ship’s crew was killed and infected with an alien plague, and Nicole, Isaac’s wife, was on board at the time.

Isaac is now almost alone with his tools and his extraordinary engineering talents to try to unravel the nightmarish mystery of what happened aboard the Ishimura. Trapped by hostile creatures called ‘Necromorphs’, Isaac must fight to survive, haunted by his vile enemies, but also haunted by his own hallucinations.

If the survival horror genre has already been marked by other titles several times before, the Dead Space franchise has greatly influenced it and established itself as a reference. At least especially with the first game, which will be enriched by two sequels, released in 2011 and 2013 respectively. And two more animated films in addition to the comics, Dead Space: Downfall and Dead Space: Aftermath. In 2023, a fabulous remake of the first opus was released. A redesign that expresses an unconditional love for the original material.

Electronic Arts is giving up on Dead Space 4

The game’s publisher, Electronic Arts, maintains an ambivalent relationship with its license. in april It was reported that a remake of Dead Space 2, from the same studio behind the remake, was in the works.Until the publisher denies this information.

Today we learned that Dead Space 4 was also canceled by Electronic Arts. In a recent interview YouTuber Dan AllenWe are told by the three historic members who created the first game, Glenn Schofield, Christopher Stone and Brett Robbins.

“We tried, all three of us wanted to do it. We didn’t go that far, they just said ‘No, we’re not interested at the moment, we’re like, blah blah blah, we didn’t go any further.’ Also, we respect their opinion and, you know, they know their numbers and what they need to achieve and all that…” Comments by Glenn Schofield.

Christopher Stone, the game’s animation director, adds: “The industry is in strange times”with the people “Really hesitant to take the risk.” Sales that were deemed disappointing by EA of the Dead Space remake hampered not only the Dead Space 2 remake, but new iterations around the franchise. While the trio claims they still have ideas for Dead Space 4, it’s not ready to see the light of day.

When AAA games reach budgets in the hundreds of millions of dollars, the sales requirements become nearly impossible for all but the biggest franchises like Grand Theft Auto. It’s still very sad…