Lifeless Area is without doubt one of the most beloved horror video games of all time. The latest remake of the unique could have given followers hope for EA probably serious about doing a brand new entry. Sadly, Lifeless Area 4 was pitched just lately, however EA turned it down.
Lifeless Area 4 pitched to EA this 12 months however was denied
In a latest interview with Dan Allen Gaming, authentic Lifeless Area creators Glen Schofield, Bret Robbins, and Christopher Stone mentioned pitching Lifeless Area 4 to EA earlier this 12 months. Whereas they tried, talks of a brand new entry “didn’t go too deep” and gave the impression to be rejected fairly shortly.
“Properly we didn’t go too deep, they simply stated ‘Mo, we’re not proper now, we respect it, blah blah blah,’ and you already know, we all know who to speak to, so we didn’t go take it any additional, and we revered their opinion you already know, they know their numbers and what they need to ship and all that,” stated Schofield.
Stone credit the present state of the trade as a possible reasoning behind EA’s resolution to not greenlight Lifeless Area 4.
“The trade is in a bizarre place proper now,” says Stone. “Persons are actually hesitant to take probabilities on issues, so that you’ve received to you already know, take it with a grain of salt. Who is aware of, perhaps someday. I believe we’d all like to do it.”
The Lifeless Area remake was launched again in January 2023. It did very properly critically receiving an 89 metascore on Metacritic. Our reviewer Jason Faulkner gave it a 9 out of 10. Nonetheless, regardless of constructive opinions, the remake didn’t meet EA’s gross sales expectations.
It was reported earlier this 12 months that Lifeless Area 4 or a remake of Lifeless Area 2 have been within the works by Motive. Nonetheless, as a result of remake not hitting gross sales targets, the venture was scrapped.
