So, Dead Space 4 might be a thing, fellas. According to series creator and former Electronic Arts (EA) dev, Glen Schofield, there was always a desire (his, mostly, for now) to make a fourth game of the eponymous survival horror/action scary flick franchise, but a before-refused pitch is being made again now that the American publisher got sold to Saudi investors.
“I’m already making calls”, Schofield told IGN. According to him, the mere notion of EA having a new owner means, to him, that he can get the original gang back together and make a much-wanted fourth installment of the jump-scare-laden franchise.
“The fact that EA just got bought, I think there’s an opportunity. I’m already making calls. I don’t know where EA’s head is right now. I don’t think they made money on [the remake]. Dead Space needs to be adapted to different mediums — movies, TV series, it would be great. But I am more optimistic [since the sale of EA], because somebody new could buy [IP].”
A Dead Space 4 pitch was previously refused…
This isn’t the first time Glen Schofield spoke to EA about a project for a fourth game. According to him, the company was approached a bit after the Dead Space Remake came out, but the mere idea of a new mainline entry was flat out refused by the publisher.
“I went to [EA] recently and they’re like no, we’re not interested anymore. I said, ‘I can get back the leadership team.’ I need the models from [Dead Space remake developer] EA Motive, and I can save you 30 to 40 million dollars on the idea that I have. And, they’re like, ‘no.’”
Glen Schofield
Granted, the Dead Space Remake was a glowing success, reigniting an old flame for fans of the franchise while simultaneously bringing new fans to the longtime franchise — you know, the sole goal of any remake ever? So it stands to reason a company like EA (which is known for its…dense interest in making money by every way possible) would jump at the opportunity to milk this cow dry, so to speak. Alas, it wasn’t so at the time.
Schofield’s last foray into gaming was, of course, The Callisto Protocol (which is very, very Dead Space-like, we might add), a game he founded Striking Distance Studios for but left soon after the game’s reviews kinda failed to meet expectations.
That doesn’t mean he’s out of a job, mind you: he’s currently directing Pinstripe Games into whatever they’re making over there — no formal announcement came around from them so far — but as far as the IGN interview goes, he’s more than willing to make a comeback with the franchise that made him famous.
How about you? Would you like a Dead Space 4 game? Let us know what you think!
