It's never fun when you have to report on a game that almost certainly isn't happening, especially when it has as much potential as a Dead Space 2 remake, but indeed, it sounds like a sequel to the brilliant 2023 Dead Space remake isn't coming anytime soon.
On Wednesday, Grubb said during his Game Mess Mornings podcast that EA Motive had begun conceptual work on a Dead Space 2 remake but ultimately shelved the project due to poor sales from the first remake. However, EA Motive was quick to shut down Grubb's reporting with this statement obtained by IGN: "We don't normally comment on rumors but there is no validity to this story."
IGN's own reporting corroborates EA's statement that the studio never considered a Dead Space 2 remake. Grubb, meanwhile, stood his ground in a response to the statement and IGN's report.
"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," Grubb said. "Dead Space 2 was definitely being planned. It had a code name. And they aren't making it now."
Ultimately, whether you believe Grubb or EA and IGN, it's a bummer to hear we'll probably never get a remake of Dead Space 2. The first remake is pretty much perfect, and I would've loved to see EA Motive's take on the sequel, but for the time being the studio says it's committed to working on its big budget Iron Man game and Battlefield.
