The 4th is pretty widely accepted as the worst game
of the Dead Space franchise.
Visceral Games, the creators
of the Dead Space franchise, are no more.
The controversial inclusion of co-operative play hasn't damaged the sales of EA's next installment
of the Dead Space franchise.
Not exact matches
While it deviates a little from the original concept
of the
franchise,
Dead Space 3 still delivers a great sci - fi experience with some horror elements, a good story and some superb graphics.
For example, the big - name game title selection is spotty; you'll find Angry Birds, Monopoly,
Dead Space, Madden, Plants vs. Zombies, and Need For Speed, but none
of the other big
franchises like NBA Jam, Dungeon Hunter, Infinity Blade, Real Racing, or even Scrabble or Words With Friends.
The 20 novels range in content and style, from
franchises like Star Trek, Doctor Who, True Blood, and adaptations
of video games like EA's Dragon Age and
Dead Space, to recognizable comic collections like Joe Hill's Locke & Key, The Rocketeer, and Bloom County.
«That [list
of strong, growing
franchises] excludes
Dead Space because I think it will probably take
Dead Space 3 before we get into that five million unit cadence versus say three, four.»
Rarely has a company killed two
of my most beloved
franchises within a short window - all while saying «Single player games are out» RIP -
Dead Space, Mass Effect.
This Online Pass «scheme» is so successful that it would go on to appear on other EA
franchises such as Battlefield, Mass Effect,
Dead Space, Need for Speed and a variety
of other games just to simply milk more money out
of their consumer and products.
Okay, so EA isn't talking about
Dead Space 3 so much as making brief mention
of it in a larger discussion about their stable
of «strong, growing
franchises,» but the publisher's boss confirmed it's but one Sprawl - spanning kill fest removed from joining the ranks
of the company's other top money makers.
There already are three installments in this
franchise and as a result
of that
Dead Space has gathered quite a large fan base.
I'll believe it when I see new installments in such
franchises as Ecco, Streets
of Rage, Crazy Taxi,
Space Channel, Jet Set Radio, Ristar, Alex Kidd, House
of the
Dead, Billy Hatcher, Golden Axe, etc..
A report earlier this morning, citing unidentified sources, suggested that Electronic Arts had terminated its
Dead Space franchise — including work on an unannounced
Dead Space 4 — in light
of poor sales
of Dead Space 3.
With the on rails shooter spin - off,
Dead Space Extraction released this week for the Wii; EA and Visceral Games has revealed they are entering production
of Dead Space 2 in the next few months via job postings on a network site stating, «The previous installment in the
Dead Space franchise received numerous awards... and the same core team is in place to create an even better follow up.
In 2012, Electronic Arts mandated that «
Dead Space 3,» the latest entry in its sci - fi horror series, must sell 5 million copies, or else it would not be financially viable to continue the
franchise (the combined sales
of «
Dead Space» and «
Dead Space 2» at the time did not amount to 5 million copies).
Tiny Brains is a new indie game developed as the first title from Spearhead Games which is made up
of industry veterans from major AAA projects such as the Assassin's Creed
franchise and
Dead Space.
Prior to Telltale, he was at EA from 2003 to 2015 and delivered critical acclaim and multi-million unit sales on such AAA
franchises as Lord
of the Rings,
Dead Space, and Battlefield.
This news was particularly disappointing for fans
of the
Dead Space series, arguably Visceral's biggest
franchise.
The biggest and most substantial addition to the
Dead Space franchise is
of course the online co-op.
Other names include Stephen Barry former Director
of Product Development at Visceral Games and worked on the
Dead Space franchise.
Dead Space 3 takes the
franchise's core elements
of suspense, horror, action and sound and introduces them to all - new elements — including co-op play — that allows players to work together to take down the most ambitious
Dead Space experience yet.»
While it's not yet clear what kind
of an addition to the Call
of Duty
franchise former
Dead Space leads at Activision's new Sledgehammer studio are working on, it's taking an «innovative and audience broadening approach».
Despite that,
Dead Space is still one
of my favorite survival horror
franchises I've played ever since, and I am hoping that it will return to next - gen in some shape or form in the future.
Shooter
Franchises like Crisis,
Dead Space, Farcry, and Lost Planet all had 3's at the end
of their names, looking to wrap up their worlds with one final horah for their built in fan bases before this cycle ends.
The
Dead Space franchise has been steadily declining in terms
of fan love, with the third title in the series receiving the lowest Metacritic scores from users.
The
Dead Space gaming
franchise is a popular beast, spanning a trilogy
of hit video - games and a popular collection
of graphic novels to compliment the thrilling plot - lines
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The game was developed by visceral games, the famous team behind the
Dead Space franchise and Army
of Two: The Cartel.
Marketing for Battlefield: Hardline, as well as many
of the developer interviews, have suggested that Visceral Games, coming straight off
of their success with the
Dead Space franchise, have fought to change this, and deliver a hard hitting dramedy, in the style
of Justified, The Shield and other cop shows.
Although I am sometimes cynical
of essentially sub-contracting a
franchise out to a different developer, as a huge fan
of some
of Visceral's earlier work (
Dead Space 1 & 2 remain two
of my favorite games
of the previous consoles and I really liked Dante's Inferno), I have trust this wont be a cowboy operation.
Recently, Mr. Gibeau had some things to say about a few
of EA's more financially disappointing
franchises: Mirror's Edge and
Dead Space.
Resident Evil 6 and
Dead Space 3 are great examples
of this, moving away from what made them successful
franchises.
Whilst some
of their games have been extremely high regarded by both media and gamers,
Dead Space almost universally being the
franchise that is most regaled.
The Resident Evil, Silent Hill,
Dead Space, F.E.A.R. and Eternal Darkness games are all great examples
of critically and commercially successful
franchises that are not only considered good horror games, but good games in general.
This was despite the fact that Muramasa earned almost unanimously glowing reviews and sold extremely well in other parts
of the world, even outselling big - name
franchise releases like
Dead Space: Extraction in the US.
The
Dead Space franchise has won more than 80 industry awards worldwide including the prestigious A.I.A.S. Action Game
of the Year and two B.A.F.T.A.S.»
EA is hoping the
Dead Space franchise can achieve the same sort
of success Capcom enjoyed with their own survival - horror masterpiece, Resident Evil, although admitted they have a little way to go yet.
To be honest,
Dead Space 3 one
of the titles on this list we were a little concerned about, as adding a co-op element to EA's terrifying sci fi horror
franchise could weaken its power to frighten audiences.
The opposite
of the EA effect - where they stated they were going to make less games, focus on the mainstream gamer, and conversely inflated budgets to the point that
Dead Space 3 needed to sell five million units or EA would nix the
franchise (it's nowhere near 5 million).
Ninja Gaiden 3, Mass Effect 3, Bioshock 2,
Dead Space 2, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, and countless other games that are sought for a decent single - player experiences, shoehorn that extra mode just to be able to say that it's there, instead
of spending that extra time and resources on things that matter for fans
of those
franchises.
In
Dead Space 3 Awakened, gamers will experience the
franchise's darkest chapters in a story that serves as an extension
of the
Dead Space 3 saga.
Of all the new original IPs EA has created and published so far this generation of consoles, none have been more popular or highly respected than Visceral Game's Dead Space franchis
Of all the new original IPs EA has created and published so far this generation
of consoles, none have been more popular or highly respected than Visceral Game's Dead Space franchis
of consoles, none have been more popular or highly respected than Visceral Game's
Dead Space franchise.
The sports games are an easy continued profit with little competition to place on all platforms and
of course there are just a pile
of franchises sitting there; SSX,
Dead Space, Crysis, Army
of Two and so forth.