EA calls Videogamer.com's cancelled Dead Space story a 'fabrication'

EA’s Peter Moore has rubbished claims by website Videogamer.com that Dead Space 4 had been cancelled following poor sales of Dead Space 3.

Earlier this week website Videogamer.com published a story which claimed that “EA has ceased development on Dead Space 4 and effectively axed the series following lower than anticipated sales of Dead Space 3.” The writer David Scammell claimed to have learnt the information from an ‘unnamed source.’

[ab5olut10n]

And EA always tells the truth. /s

[csreynolds]

'Shoddy journalism', as Peter Moore calls it, or publisher back-pedalling?

Frankly, could be either. Both are especially prevalent in the industry today.

[Hitman0769]

True that. Wait a minute why did it take a whole day for the part 2 of this to hit N4G? I saw this about 24 hours ago. :P It's definitely newsworthy I'm just saying tho.. Long live Dead Space

[GrumpyGamer]

considering how much Journalism around the games industry is just rumour at the moment I wouldn't put it too far from the first of the options

[BXbomber]

happy knowing EA isn't axing the dead space series :)

[Kratos_Kills]

^^
Why? Dead Space left scary behind. Now it's just not the same it's to much action.

[ritsuka666]

Is EA your mom? Did she charge you for your micro transitions dinner service? Anyway,this is obvious damage control of EA.

[wantonGamer]

Fact remains that DS3 didn't sell the 5 million needed to keep the franchise afloat. So there's probably still some truth to it.

Better they focus those resources on Mirrors Edge 2 anyway.

[Zerotino]

It would be a shame if EA did go through with Dead Space 4.
DS3 was such a let down and the reception of the news of DS4's cancellation should be evidence enough that the Dead Space series has reached an end when it comes to fans concerns.

[ziggurcat]

i saw the article, but didn't click on it - from what people who read it were saying, it was a misleading article, and dead space 4 hadn't actually been canceled.

[TheComedian]

God damn it.
I just wasted my money on pitchforks and torches for everyone on n4g so we could hunt EA.

[Fairchild Channel F]

You mean a gaming website with their crack team of ahem....journalists got it wrong? Say it ain't so!

Hope you enjoyed the hits fellas (you didn't get mine).