According to Grubb, the DS2 remake was in the “concepting phase”, “definitely pre-production”.
EA themselves have said that “there is no validity to this story.”
Was the new game a Dead Space 2 remake or an original Dead Space game?

Then-Eurogamer contributor Connor Makarspoke to series creators Visceral about their plans for Dead Space 4in 2018.
I love jet-boosting between derelicts, me.
Well, I guess Battlefield has its sci-fi elements.