Up to date: 04/10/2024, 2:10 p.m. ET: Shortly after this story was printed, EA despatched a remark to IGN denying {that a} Lifeless House 2 remake was ever being developed or had been cancelled.
“We don’t usually touch upon rumors however there is no such thing as a validity to this story,” an EA spokesperson informed IGN. Kotaku has reached out to EA about this example.
Authentic story continues under.
EA and Motive had been reportedly engaged on a Lifeless House 2 remake as a follow-up to the studio’s critically acclaimed 2023 remake of the 2008 survival horror recreation. Nonetheless, as a consequence of “lackluster gross sales,” that recreation has allegedly been shelved indefinitely and the workforce behind it’s now engaged on Battlefield as an alternative.
On April 9, EA introduced future plans for the Battlefield franchise, its extremely standard on-line navy shooter collection. The unhealthy information: Battlefield 2042’s present season can be its final. However EA confirmed Cube was engaged on the way forward for the collection. The writer additionally revealed that Motive Studios—the developer behind the Lifeless House remake and Star Wars: Squadrons—would now be serving to out and offering assist for the Battlefield franchise whereas it additionally continued engaged on an Iron Man recreation. Nonetheless, some people puzzled: What does this imply for Lifeless House? And the reply is, reportedly, not good.
On Wednesday’s version of the Large Bomb Sport Mess Mornings, journalist Jeff Grubb reported that Motive and EA had been at one level engaged on a Lifeless House 2 remake, however that recreation has been shelved as a result of first remaking promoting poorly.
“[Motive was] engaged on a Lifeless House 2 [remake] and they’re now not engaged on it,” claimed Grubb. “It’s on the shelf as a result of the primary recreation had ‘lackluster gross sales’ is the way it was phrased to me. When you had been wanting ahead to a Lifeless House 2 [remake] it’s unhealthy information. It’s unhealthy information. It straight-up is simply unhealthy information.”
Kotaku has requested EA for extra details about the scenario.
In response to Grubb, the Lifeless House 2 remake was nonetheless in pre-production, however all that work has been “placed on the shelf” and the studio has totally pivoted to Iron Man and Battlefield.
Grubb says he’s not sure if the remake of the basic sci-fi horror sequel is lifeless without end, however for now not less than, it’s not occurring. In that very same stream, he additionally implied that the plan was for the Lifeless House remake to be the beginning of extra remakes and new entries within the franchise. All of that appears unlikely now, too.
It’s a disgrace to see EA following the Activision playbook of taking groups and forcing them to work on the corporate’s massive standard shooter franchise the second a undertaking doesn’t set the world on fireplace. However then once more, I assume I’m simply blissful that these builders are nonetheless employed and never simply laid off like the 1000’s of different recreation devs in 2024. Regardless, I hope Motive and the workforce are given one other likelihood to make extra Lifeless House.
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