{"rewrite":{"id":"r_40b26d1741c7a378d4555bd1","clusterId":"c_e69b3f118fe5dac96f63a176","slug":"dead-space-creator-glen-schofield-retires-after-35-year-career","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Dead Space Creator Glen Schofield Announces Retirement After 35 Years","summary":"Glen Schofield, the creator of Dead Space and a veteran game developer with a 35-year career, announced his retirement from day-to-day game development on July 14, 2026. In a video posted to his LinkedIn account, Schofield expressed gratitude to his family, friends, colleagues, and fans. He reflected that the past few decades have been the greatest era for video games and that he was fortunate to work with talented people. Schofield began his career in 1991 at Absolute Entertainment, later working at Crystal Dynamics on titles like Gex and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. He joined Electronic Arts and led the creation of Dead Space in 2008. He co-founded Sledgehammer Games and served as co-director on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Advanced Warfare, and WWII. He then founded Striking Distance Studios and released The Callisto Protocol in 2022. After leaving the studio in 2023 following its poor performance, he attempted to pitch a new horror project but could not secure funding. At age 64, he plans to shift to art activities.","whyItMatters":"Schofield's retirement closes a chapter for a developer who defined sci-fi survival horror with Dead Space, while his inability to fund a new project highlights the current industry's risk aversion toward original horror concepts.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eIn the video, Schofield told fans, \u0026#34;You welcomed the games my team created into your homes.\u0026#34; The roughly four-minute video also included a message to the next generation: \u0026#34;Explore, experiment, have fun, and above all, remember that ideas are the most important thing.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore his well-known work on \u003cem\u003eDead Space\u003c/em\u003e, Schofield\u0026#39;s early career included titles such as \u003cem\u003eBarbie: Game Girl\u003c/em\u003e at Absolute Entertainment and \u003cem\u003eGex 3: Deep Cover Gecko\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWalt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour\u003c/em\u003e at Crystal Dynamics. He also served as a vice president at Crystal Dynamics and at Visceral Games.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the years after leaving Striking Distance Studios, Schofield had been pushing Electronic Arts to greenlight a new \u003cem\u003eDead Space\u003c/em\u003e game, but the effort did not succeed. He also attempted to pitch a project he described as a \u0026#34;new subgenre of horror,\u0026#34; working on it with his daughter, but was unable to secure funding from publishers.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile acknowledging the industry\u0026#39;s current recession, Schofield said \u0026#34;the future is bright\u0026#34; and that he plans to shift to art activities, his roots. He is 64 years old.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"In his retirement video, Glen Schofield called the past few decades 'the greatest era for video games' and said he experienced 'one of the most amazing creative explosions' from the front row.","twitterPost":"Schofield tried to pitch a 'new subgenre of horror' with his daughter but couldn't get funding. At 64, he's returning to art. The industry's loss.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Dead Space creator Glen Schofield has retired after 35 years in game development. He announced the decision in a LinkedIn video, thanking fans and colleagues. Schofield's last major project, The Callisto Protocol, underperformed, and he was unable to secure funding for a new horror concept.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/046/G004611/20260715014/\",\"title\":\"Dead Space creator Glen Schofield announces retirement from front lines of game development, ending 35-year career\"},{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/glen-schofield-20260715-454996/\",\"title\":\"Glen Schofield, creator of 'Dead Space', announces retirement. 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