Very recently, it feels as if there has been a rise of cyberpunk influence in the industry. From the cyberhacking stylings of Watch_Dogs to the PMC dominated universe of Metal [...]
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To counter-act the “WiiU has no games” argument, Nintendo seeks to remedy this by hosting a new Nintendo Direct broadcast to elaborate on and perhaps even announce some new titles for 2013.
“But Matt, when will this happen?” you ask. It’s much closer than you think! This upcoming Nintendo Direct will commence tonight. The notice given may have been little, but Nintendo are prone to drawing a crowd, not to mention that the time frame between now and showtime adds an element of excitement.
In what has been one of the better recent executive decisions, Electronic Arts have decided to knock off the Online Pass feature that has been bundled with many of their recent titles.
Originally implemented to discourage pre-owned game sales and to cull piracy, EA’s own John Reseburg had announced that newly released EA titles will no longer include the feature.
Very recently, it feels as if there has been a rise of cyberpunk influence in the industry. From the cyberhacking stylings of Watch_Dogs to the PMC dominated universe of Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, it seems that developers are comfortable at the last legs of this generation and are now pushing the limits with ambitious and sometimes frightening depictions of the future. Capcom and Dontnod Entertainment’s Remember Me is no exception, and appears to exhibit qualities of both aforementioned adjectives.
EA has severed licensing ties with gun manufacturers. The company told Reuters that it will no longer pay gun companies to use their names and guns, however this won’t prevent these guns from featuring in future EA titles.
It has been industry practice for publishers like EA and Activision to have deals in place with weapons manufacturers to use their brands and products in games such as Medal of Honor: Warfighter and Call of Duty: Black Ops II; Eurogamer’s Simon Parkin looked at the issue earlier this year. Continue reading »
So, this was a bit of a surprise. Imagine waking up this morning with little to no hints that something was going to happen to the fate of Star Wars video games, and here we are. Today, The Walt Disney Corporation and Electronic Arts have announced a multi-year partnership in which EA will be making and producing Star Wars games. Well, more than the one they currently already make.
As far as specifics – EA will be making games for what they define as a “core audience”, or the console/PC crowd, effectively. Disney, however, retains the rights to make Star Wars games for mobile/tablet/web and online audiences. And already EA have announced that two of their studios are working on Star Wars projects; as Visceral Games and DICE will be joining Bioware in this regard.
“Every developer dreams of creating games for the Star Wars universe,” says current EA head Frank Gibeau. “Three of our top studios will fulfill that dream, crafting epic adventures for Star Wars fans. The new experiences we create may borrow from films, but the games will be entirely original with all new stories and gameplay”. Disney is equally chuffed – “Collaborating with one of the world’s premier game developers will allow us to bring an amazing portfolio of new Star Wars titles to our fans around the world”, says John Pleasants, Co-President of Disney Interactive.
Personally? I’m kinda intrigued to see just what Visceral, DICE and, if they’re making something non-TOR related, Bioware are upto. Whether they continue (and finish) what products Lucasarts were planning to ship before getting shuttered, or be completely new projects, I’ve no idea. But it’ll be interesting to see where they go from here.
