Although officially unannounced, it appears that EA is planning to deliver a sequel to survival horror third person shooter Dead Space in 2010.<\/p>\n
So far news agency Reuters<\/a> has reported that the game will be released next year, although it has not officially quoted EA regarding this.<\/p>\n In late September a job listing on LinkedIn revealed that “”The game is in the later stages of pre-production, ready for production in the next few months, with many of the navigational and combat mechanics in place,” reads the listing, which added that the Dead Space 2 team will have “complete autonomy and creative control” in its decisions on the game. According to Shacknews<\/a> the LinkedIn post was subsequently removed.<\/p>\n Despite generally positive reviews, Dead Space and Dead Space Extraction have yielded relatively poor sales numbers for EA. Nonetheless EA CEO John Riccitiello has previously referred to the franchise as a “long term big winner for us”.<\/p>\n A recent study by market research group NPD showed that survival horror titles such as Resident Evil and Left 4 Dead are some of the most popular among gamers. EA may be hoping to better take advantage of this market with Dead Space 2.<\/p>\n