Glen Schofield sees EA’s buyout as a chance to make Dead Space 4

Strike while the iron is hot?

While some see EA’s Saudi Arabian-backed buyout as a bad thing, Dead Space creator Glen Schofield sees it as an opportunity to make Dead Space 4.

Schofield, who created (and then left) Striking Distance Studios after the release (and relative failure) of Dead Space-alike The Callisto Protocol, told IGN that he’s tried to return to the original franchise previously.

“I went to [EA] recently and they’re like no, we’re not interested anymore,” Schofield told the outlet. “I said, ‘I can get back the leadership team.’ I need the models from [Dead Space remake developer] EA Motive, and I can save you 30 to 40 million dollars on the idea that I have. And, they’re like, ‘no.’”

He also said that EA’s sale creates the perfect time to make a new Dead Space title.

“I don’t know where EA’s head is right now, I don’t think they made money on [the Dead Space remake]. Dead Space needs to be adapted to different mediums — movies, TV series, it would be great,” he said. “But I am more optimistic [since the sale of EA], because somebody new could buy [the Dead Space IP].”

Schofield is currently a director at Pinstripe Games, which has yet to reveal any titles it is working on.

In late September, a group including the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (FIP), Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners, and private equity firm Silver Lake announced plans for a $55 billion USD buyout of EA. If the deal goes through, current CEO Andrew Wilson will remain in his role, and EA would be a private company, delisted from the stock market.