According to a source who leaked the news to Kotaku, EA is planning another 4 more games in the Dead Space series with at least 2 of them being considered spin-offs or gameplay "reboots."
The source states EA was happy with how Dead Space Extraction turned out and now wants the series to involve multiple genres with each new game covering a specific genre.
One of the games is confirmed to be Dead Space 3 which still is going towards the outdoors icy planet as the main setting and gameplay changes in favor of an escort style for both the story and gameplay experience. While the game itself will still be done in the series traditional 3rd person perspective, it will also include the addition of a co-op mode for the campaign/story.
The other games are rumored to involve a game switching from the series 3rd person perspective in favor of a first person shooter, another focusing solely on just combat flying for gameplay, and the third to be an adventure game done in an Uncharted-like style but in space.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...mes-our-future
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Daily Recap:
1) GamePro announces on December 5th of this year they will cease production of their magazines in the US and their own website but will continue to publish articles as part of a sub-domain on PCWorld's website.
http://kotaku.com/5863927/rip-gamepro
2) Google and Apple announce they have refused to join and support the ESRB's push for a separate ratings system involving only mobile games which the organization hopes to have ready by the start of 2012.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/appl...-rating-system
3) According to current rumors, the next Dragon Age will revamp the series multiplayer modes in favor of arena-based multiplayer matches (PvP, PvE) while also allowing dragons to be playable characters in either mode.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...y-as-a-dragon/