There've been a few whisperings concerning the release date of EA's Dead Space remake in recent weeks, but now the publisher has moved to bring the rumours to a halt by giving the sci-fi horror rejuvenation an official «early» 2023 release windows.
Despite developer EA Motive having repeatedly stressed its Dead Space remake was still in the early stages of development each time its been given an airing since its announcement, VentureBeat journalist Jeff Grubb had given fans hope it might be arriving as early as this autumn in a report written late last year. This week, however, Grubb revised that initial claim, saying EA was now aiming to release in early 2023 — and, lo, the publisher has finally made that official during its latest Dead Space developer livestream.
When asked when Dead Space fans will likely be able to get their hands on EA Motive's remake during the presentation, senior producer Philippe Ducharme revealed the game is currently in the pre-alpha stage of development, and that the team is «actually just a couple of weeks away from being able to do our first full walkthrough».
Dead Space — Atmospheric Walkthrough.
Ultimately, Ducharme says the studio wants to be in a place «where the game that we're going to deliver is going be building on the expectations of fans», and, with that in mind, it's currently aiming to release its remake «early next year». Ducharme did confirm the studio has a proper release date in mind, even though it's not quite ready to share it yet. «We believe that we're going to be in a solid position to be able to do the proper polish, the proper debug, and to meet the date that we have in mind,» he explained, «but for now, 'early next year'».
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