Big Bomb’s Jeff Grub reported earlier at this time that EA’s Motive Studio was engaged on a Useless Area 2 remake earlier than it was shelved following lackluster gross sales of the workforce’s Useless Area remake final yr. Nonetheless, EA has denied Grubb’s reporting, telling IGN, “We do not usually touch upon rumors however there is no such thing as a validity to this story.”
On Big Bomb’s Recreation Mess Mornings present, Grubb stated, “They had been engaged on it, they had been engaged on Useless Area 2 and they’re not engaged on it. It’s on the shelf as a result of the primary sport 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 part…pre-production, and now that work has been placed on the shelf.”
Grubb revealed this at this time following yesterday’s information from Motive itself, the place common supervisor Patrick Klaus introduced the studio was creating a brand new workforce to help EA’s Battlefield franchise whereas improvement on its Iron Man sport with Marvel continues. Hours later, EA denied Grubb’s declare in a press release to IGN.
Following up on IGN‘s report, Grubb stated on X (previously Twitter), “I offer you 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, effectively…yeah. Useless Area 2 was positively 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 at this time, responded to Grubb, saying, “My understanding primarily based by myself sources is that the Useless Area 2 Remake was by no means thought-about. Additionally, EA’s assertion was fairly definitive.”
My understanding primarily based by myself sources is that the Useless Area 2 Remake was by no means thought-about. Additionally, EA’s assertion was fairly definitive.
— Kat Bailey🏳️🌈 (@The_Katbot) April 10, 2024
And that is the place it stands at this time. Grubb stated Motive was engaged on a remake of Useless Area 2 earlier than it was shelved following lackluster gross sales of final yr’s Useless Area remake, and EA says that is not true. Sadly, we’ll doubtless by no means know the true story right here, however for those who had been holding out hope for a remake of Useless Area 2, it is not taking place for now it appears.
For what’s it is value, we requested Useless Area remake inventive director Roman Campos-Oriola about the potential for a Useless Area 2 remake in an interview performed a couple 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 workforce we wish to do, and we’ll determine it out from there. However for the second, there is no particular plan outlined.”
For extra, learn Recreation Informer’s overview of Useless Area remake, after which examine Motive’s in-development Iron Man sport.
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