Glen Schofield says EA recently turned down his Dead Space 4 proposal
Electronic Arts reportedly rejected a Dead Space 4 proposal from series creator Glen Schofield and other developers who worked on the original game.
Schofield directed the 2008 survival horror game, while Bret Robbins was its creative director and Christopher Stone was the animation director.
The trio discussed wanting to make Dead Space 4 in a recent interview with Dan Allen Gaming (via Resetera).
“We tried actually, you know, the three of us yeah, we tried Dead Space 4,” Schofield said.
“All three of us sat there and wanted to do it,” Stone added.
Schofield said discussions took place this year, but EA rejected the idea.
“Well we didn’t go too deep, they just said no, we’re not interested right now, we appreciate it, blah blah blah, and you know, we know who to talk to, so we didn’t go take it any further, and we respected their opinion you know, they know their numbers and what they have to ship and all that.”
“The industry is in a weird place right now,” Stone said. “People are really hesitant to take chances on things, so you’ve got to you know, take it with a grain of salt, who knows, maybe one day, I think we’d all love to do it.”
“Yeah, we’ve got some ideas,” Schofield added.
In April, a pair of reports claimed that the Dead Space franchise was on hold after sales of the most recent game failed to meet EA’s expectations.
Dead Space remake studio Motive was reportedly keen to make another series entry after the franchise returned to critical acclaim in January 2023, but its plans were said to have been scuppered by lacklustre sales.
The claims followed EA’s announcement that Motive had joined its wider Battlefield development team.
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