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EA: Rumor that we’re killing Dead Space is ‘patently false’

EA: Rumor that we’re killing Dead Space is ‘patently false’

Rumors claim EA is killing the Dead Space franchise due to slumping sales of the third game.

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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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GamesBeat asked EA specifically about the rumor that Dead Space 3 sales led it to cancel the space-horror series going forward, and a spokesperson provided the following response:

[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.