A widely reported rumor claims Electronic Arts is pulling the plug on the Dead Space franchise, but that isn’t the case according to the publisher.
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[The rumors are] patently false. While we have not released sales data for Dead Space 3, we are proud of the game, and Dead Space continues to be an important [property] to EA.
The spokesperson went on to call the rumors “baseless.”
Videogamer.com claims to have an anonymous source that says Dead Space 4 was in preproduction at developer Visceral Games but that EA canceled the title due to disappointing Dead Space 3 numbers.
EA didn’t confirm Dead Space 4’s existence to GamesBeat, but it did confirm that it isn’t abandoning the sci-fi franchise.