Visceral was also allegedly told to rein in the horror aspects and follow an action-focused approach similar to Mass Effect.ĮA Games Label president Frank Gibeau has previously said its AAA games need to sell upwards of 5 million copies if they want to survive. The studio's troubled development of Dead Space 3 was also mentioned, suggesting that the game was subjected to multiple budget cuts throughout its production and was almost cancelled outright at one point.Ī switch from weapon-specific ammo to generic ammo was also done to facilitate the game's contentious addition of microtransactions, the source says. Lower-than-expected sales of Dead Space 3 caused the publisher to put the series to rest, a source told .ĭead Space 4 was allegedly in preproduction at Visceral Games and Visceral Montreal, with the latter studio now shut completely in a restructuring move. Original Story: EA has axed the Dead Space series, a new report suggests.
Update: EA has told GameSpot the VideoGamer report is "patently false." "While we have not released sales data for Dead Space 3, we are proud of the game and it continues to be an important IP to EA," added the publisher.
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