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Next Dead Space To Be Announced at E3

In an investors call EA held, a few familiar franchises (like yet another Need For Speed) were slated for reveal at this year’s E3.  Among those titles, another Dead Space game was confirmed to be in development, lending credence to the rumors circulating that a Dead Space 3 had began production.

The sequel’s storyline was rumored to see Isaac Clarke crash land on a frozen wasteland of a planet where he would encounter icy monstrosities along with his freshly depth-impaired comrade Ellie Langford (an alluring, capable survivor of the events depicted in Dead Space 2).  And to add more rumor to your rumor, rumor also has it that developer Visceral Games is looking to implement co-op gameplay.

Now, no one has gone on record to say that the next installment is actually Dead Space 3.  Allow me to point you towards the least preferred rumor involving Visceral actively looking to incorporate first-person shooter mechanics into the series, as inferred by a job listing the company issued for a multiplayer level designer versed in the FPS realm.  That last one smells a bit…decayed, but we’ll have a better grasp on where Dead Space is heading next at E3.

The Next Dead Space Going the Way of FPS?

Visceral Games is hiring and instead of lobbying for a designer with plenty of third-person horror experience, the Dead Space studio is looking for a multiplayer level designer disciplined in the FPS genre.  While it’s not out of the realm of possibility that the studio has something besides the necromorph slaughter-fest in mind with their help wanted ad, a recent bid, however, for an environmental artist to work specifically on the Dead Space franchise is signal enough that cogs are turning in favor of a sequel.

Or, perhaps, an FPS spin-off before we see Dead Space 3.  It’s hard to imagine Visceral reshaping the franchise’s mold within the third installment instead of pushing on with the gameplay set in the last two.  But a spin-off makes sense.  Dead Space is Visceral’s lynchpin title and branching out a la Resident Evil is a sure-fire way to generate even more fans.  I just can’t help but picture any sort of FPS take on Dead Space strongly riffing off of Doom.  And that sounds comforting, oddly enough.

Dead Space 2 - Isaac by Pat T.

Dead Space In The Dark by Esau Murga