EA Shuts Down Lifeless Area 2 Remake Rumors After Experiences Point out It Was Shelved

Big Bomb’s Jeff Grub reported earlier as we speak that EA’s Motive Studio was engaged on a Lifeless Area 2 remake earlier than it was shelved following lackluster gross sales of the group’s Lifeless Area remake final 12 months. Nevertheless, EA has denied Grubb’s reporting, telling IGN, “We do not usually touch upon rumors however there isn’t any validity to this story.” 

On Big Bomb’s Recreation Mess Mornings present, Grubb mentioned, “They had been engaged on it, they had been engaged on Lifeless Area 2 and they’re now not engaged on it. It’s on the shelf as a result of the primary recreation had lackluster gross sales, is the way it was phrased to me.”

He continues, including, “Because it stands proper now, they had been engaged on it; it was within the concepting section…pre-production, and now that work has been placed on the shelf.” 

Grubb revealed this as we speak following yesterday’s information from Motive itself, the place basic supervisor Patrick Klaus introduced the studio was creating a brand new group to assist EA’s Battlefield franchise whereas growth on its Iron Man recreation with Marvel continues. Hours later, EA denied Grubb’s declare in a press release to IGN. 

Following up on IGN’s report, Grubb mentioned on X (previously Twitter), “I provide you with my permission to imagine EA if you would like, however at any time when an organization says ‘that is not true’ however they do not specify which a part of the story they’re speaking about, properly…yeah. Lifeless Area 2 was undoubtedly being deliberate. It had a code title. They usually aren’t making it now.” 

IGN information director Kat Bailey, who wrote IGN’s story about all this as we speak, responded to Grubb, saying, “My understanding based mostly by myself sources is that the Lifeless Area 2 Remake was by no means thought-about. Additionally, EA’s assertion was fairly definitive.” 

And that is the place it stands as we speak. Grubb mentioned Motive was engaged on a remake of Lifeless Area 2 earlier than it was shelved following lackluster gross sales of final 12 months’s Lifeless Area remake, and EA says that is not true. Sadly, we’ll probably by no means know the true story right here, however for those who had been holding out hope for a remake of Lifeless Area 2, it is not taking place for now it appears.

For what’s it is price, we requested Lifeless Area remake artistic director Roman Campos-Oriola about the potential for a Lifeless Area 2 remake in an interview carried out a number of weeks after the sport’s launch. His response: “…we’ll see how the sport performs, what the corporate needs, what the studio needs, what we as a group we need to do, and we’ll determine it out from there. However for the second, there is not any particular plan outlined.”

For extra, learn Recreation Informer’s evaluation of Lifeless Area remake, after which examine Motive’s in-development Iron Man recreation. 

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