Dead Space Creator Glen Schofield Announces Retirement

Following the game’s success, Activision recruited Schofield to co-found Sledgehammer Games with his Visceral Games colleague, Michael Condrey. The two worked on a third-person Call of Duty game set in Vietnam for six months before eventually being asked to help co-develop Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 after Infinity Ward imploded in 2010. Despite being very new to the franchise as a creative, Sledgehammer Games helped Infinity Ward deliver a highly successful trilogy capper that also solidified Sledgehammer as one of the core Call of Duty teams.

Schofield went on to lead the development on the innovative, though notably divisive Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare before taking the franchise back to its roots with Call of Duty: WWII in 2017. Schofield eventually departed from Sledgehammer and went back to his own roots with The Callisto Protocol, a Dead Space-inspired sci-fi horror game. It was the last game Schofield helmed, though he made efforts to pitch a fourth Dead Space game to EA around the time of the 2023 remake of the first game.

Schofield contributed a lot to the gaming industry through not only his games, but also his desire to let creativity triumph. His contributions will be missed, but his impact will be felt for years to come.