Dead Space Creator Glen Schofield Retires After 35 Years in Games

3 articles · Updated · Insider Gaming · Jul 14

Glen Schofield said in a four-minute LinkedIn video that he is retiring from day-to-day game development after 35 years in the industry.
Schofield, who co-founded Sledgehammer Games and led teams at Visceral, Crystal Dynamics and Striking Distance, framed the move as the close of a long career and thanked colleagues, family and fans.
Dead Space remained unfinished business: Schofield said he made several attempts to persuade Electronic Arts to pursue Dead Space 4, but those efforts never succeeded.
His later run was marked by The Callisto Protocol, a Dead Space-style project that underperformed and was followed by his exit from Striking Distance, the studio he co-founded.
Schofield ended his message by calling the games business tough right now but saying its future is still bright for the next generation of developers.