Dead Space will return one day

The Dead Space series will return one day, according to EA Studios executive vice president Patrick Söderlund.

2013's Dead Space 3 was poorly received by critics and EA decided to give the franchise a break and have developer Visceral Games move on to other projects.

Visceral is now working on Battlefield Hardline and a new Star Wars title, but Söderlund believes Dead Space will make a return one day.

"To the largest extent we can, we want to get the game teams to work on the things they want to work on themselves," he told Polygon.

"There's an incredible amount of enthusiasm over Hardline and the Star Wars game at Visceral.

"Do I think that we will create a Dead Space game again? Yes, I think so. But when we do so, we have to think about what made the previous ones successful and how we go about envisioning Dead Space for a new generation.

"Now, I'm not announcing a Dead Space game. We're not building one just to be very clear, but I'm saying is there an opportunity or possibility to do one in the future? Absolutely."

You can find out what we thought of Dead Space 3 in our review.