With 2008 survival horror third-person shooter Dead Space, EA created a hit title. Dead Space went on to spawn a sequel, a rail-shooter spin-off and a puzzle game, animated films, comic books, and a novel. But according to one insider, EA is just getting started.
EA is looking at new ways to expand Dead Space, an insider told Kotaku. The Dead Space team was apparently told that it must look at ways it can make the series bigger and better. Thus, according to the source, EA is working on a Dead Space first-person-shooter.
EA’s desire to expand Dead Space is also apparently why there are plans to make a Dead Space flight game—in short, it’s Dead Space, but you’re flying ships.
The insider added that after these titles are completed, the Dead Space team is moving forward on “an Uncharted-like game”. Work on this game has not started yet, and the title is still supposedly in the early planning stages.
Dead Space’s expansion comes as a management shuffle at EA brought in new brass that nearly killed off Dead Space 3—the reason being the Dead Space games don’t sell like games like Uncharted games do.