EA
has
issued
a
statement
to
IGN
refuting
a
rumour
that
the
Dead
Space
2
remake
has
been
cancelled.
Don’t
get
your
hopes
up,
though:
it
wasn’t
even
considered
a
possibility
anyway.

This
story
begins
with
Jeff
Grubb
speaking
on
the
Game
Mess
Mornings
podcast.
According
to
Jeff,
EA
Motive
was
working
on
a
Dead
Space
2
Remake.
According
to
him,
the
game
made
it
to
the
concept
phase
but
was
cancelled
due
to
the
lacklustre
sales
of
the
first
Remake.

“They
were
working
on
Dead
Space
2,
and
they
are
no
longer
working
on
it,”Jeff
said
on
Wednesday.
“It
is
on
the
shelf
because
the
first
game
had
lacklustre
sales,
is
how
it
was
phrased
to
me.”

In
an
unusual
move,
EA
themselves
commented
on
the
story.
A
spokesperson
for
the
company

told
IGN
that:
“We
don’t
normally
comment
on
rumors
but
there
is
no
validity
to
this
story.”

IGN
also
stated
they
understand
that
“EA
Motive
never
considering
a
Dead
Space
2
remake.”

Jeff
Grubb
has
shot
back
at
EA,
writing
on
X:
“I
give
you
my
permission
to
believe
EA
if
you
want,
but
whenever
a
company
says
‘that
isn’t
true’
but
they
don’t
specify
which
part
of
the
story
they
are
talking
about,
well
…
yeah.

“Dead
Space
2
was
definitely
being
planned.
It
had
a
code
name.
And
they
aren’t
making
it
now.”

Grubb
also
said
on
X
that
he
didn’t
think
his
story
would
cause
a
stir
because
EA
Motive
had
already
essentially
said
they
weren’t
working
on
Dead
Space
2.
He
points
to
a
Tweet
EA
Motive
sent
out
on
April
9
responding
to
someone
who
asked
if
Dead
Space
wouldn’t
be
seen
again.
In
the
Tweet,
Motive
says
that
“We
will
continue
to
operate
as
a
two-project
team,
and
we’re
focused
on
the
development
of
Iron
Man
and
collaborating
on
the
future
of
Battlefield.”

If
we
remove
the
back
and
forth,
the
core
of
this
story
is
bad
news
for
people
hoping
Dead
Space
2
might
get
the
remake
treatment.
Both
EA
and
Jeff
Grubb
are
saying
it
isn’t
happening.