Come with me, but hold my hand, because this one gives you chills: on July 22, 2021, during EA Play Live, Electronic Arts confirmed the Dead Space remake with a short teaser. Rumors had been circulating since the beginning of the month, when journalist Jeff Grubb said the project was in production, but that was where it all became official.
For those who do not know it, Dead Space came out in 2008 and tells the story of engineer Isaac Clarke aboard the USG Ishimura, a mining ship overrun by creatures called Necromorphs after the discovery of a mysterious artifact, the Marker. The dark atmosphere and constant sense of survival won over horror fans and led to two sequels. The series had been dormant since Dead Space 3, from 2013, and was even more forgotten when Visceral Games, the original studio, was shut down in 2017.
The remake was left in the hands of Motive Studio, EA’s own, with a leadership team that had already worked on the series. The game was built on Frostbite, the engine behind games like Battlefield, with all systems rebuilt from scratch and new features such as volumetric and dynamic lighting. The SSDs of the new consoles would allow exploring the ship without loading screens. At the time of the announcement, EA did not disclose a release date.
What came next
The date only appeared in October 2022, and Dead Space arrived on January 27, 2023 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Gunner Wright returned as Isaac, now with spoken lines, and EA decided not to include microtransactions. Critics liked it a lot, with universal acclaim on Metacritic for the Xbox version, and even Glen Schofield, creator of the 2008 game, praised the faithful recreation. Too bad sales fell short of what EA expected.
Source: Electronic Arts.
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