Developers from EA told about the creation of a remake of Dead Space

The remake of Dead Space promises to bring to life a modern look at the horror genre, starting from the original and expanding the familiar formula with new memorable elements.

Artists Mike Yazidjian and Taylor Kingston, who are working on the project, told IGN about this in an interview.

As the illustrators noted, the original Dead Space borrowed and adapted various features from other games of the genre, including the cult Resident Evil 4.

In other words, the 2008 project was a reflection of its era.

In turn, the remake of Dead Space will partly be a reaction to the modern horror renaissance - the EA Motive team carefully studied what things other developers who create game horror films pay attention to and tried to identify successful sources of inspiration, not forgetting the roots of the original release.

In the case of innovations, a very important element of the remake of Dead Space was the redesigned visual part.

Trying to give the project a frightening atmosphere, the artists have very carefully approached how the locations look in order to make sure that each of them works perfectly for the mood and is well superimposed on the gameplay itself.

"It seems to me that the atmosphere is the most important part of the game. If we analyze Dead Space from an artistic point of view, it can be noted that fear is the key point.

Therefore, it was very important for us to scare the player. We started from this thought, thinking about what exactly scares us in horror films.

The answer was lighting, dark and light areas, their balance.

Thanks to this, when you sit down to undergo a remake, you will immediately notice that the game has become darker - not only the player moves around the locations, but also his opponents, which naturally creates an interaction between light and shadow," said Mike Yazidjian.

In addition, the developers also boasted of a system of dynamic "scares", which, depending on the game context, will automatically fill the scene with various elements — sound effects, graphic techniques and even the placement of opponents.

The worldwide premiere of the remake of Dead Space will take place on January 27, 2023 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X |S and PC.