Author Topic: EA announces they're in deep shit, also some games and game delays (Read 8408 times)

y2kev · « **on:** February 03, 2009, 05:53:41 PM »

Mass Effect 2: Q4 2009 (Early 2010 calendar year), multiplatform
Dragon Age: delayed to later part of 2009
Sims 3: June 2009
Dead Space: Now on wii, roffles!

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/57076

cool breeze · « **Reply #1 on:** February 03, 2009, 05:55:33 PM »

I was literally just about to post this, except superior since it would have been about Mass Effect 2 first.

wow, fuck Bad Company 2. Made Battlefield 3 already.

Bildi · « **Reply #2 on:** February 03, 2009, 05:59:52 PM »

I'm betting Dead Space: Chronicles, or Dead Space: Legends for the name.

archie4208 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 03, 2009, 06:03:31 PM »

[nintard] Who cares about Dead Space we have RE4....wait what? Dead Space FTW

:D:D [/nintard]

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #4 on:** February 03, 2009, 06:03:44 PM »

Quote from: y2kev on February 03, 2009, 05:53:41 PM

Mass Effect 2: Q4 2009 (Early 2010 calendar year), multiplatform
Dragon Age: delayed to later part of 2009
Sims 3: June 2009
Dead Space: Now on wii, roffles!

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/57076

Called it.

Microsoft

Also

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/950/950024p1.html

EA Grabs Bourne License
Starbreeze Studios at work on first game.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

EA has secured a deal with Ludlum Entertainment allowing it to create videogames based on the works of acclaimed author Robert Ludlum – the first of which will be a game based around the Bourne character to be developed by Starbreeze Studios.

Bourne's last videogame outing launched to a muted response, Vivendi and High Moon Studios effort last year receiving mixed reviews. With the developer behind the hugely impressive Chronicles of Riddick games at the helm, expectations will no doubt be high for the latest Bourne project.

Several of Robert Ludlum's works are currently receiving the Hollywood treatment, with The Maltarese Circle due to hit cinemas later this year and Leonardo DiCaprio set to star in an adaptation of The Chancellor Manuscript.

For the time being, however, EA's focus appears to be on the Bourne series, with EA's Mike Quigley saying,"Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne is the most exciting action hero to emerge in decades, thrilling audiences around the world. EA is excited to enter into a long-term relationship with Ludlum Entertainment, bringing the action, intrigue and intensity of Robert Ludlum's fiction to life for casual and core gamers around the globe."

[close]

Hope

pilonv1 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 03, 2009, 06:05:58 PM »

lol dead space wii. why bother

Bocsius · « **Reply #6 on:** February 03, 2009, 06:07:53 PM »

They did pay north of $800 million for BioWare/Pandemic. Kind of dumb. At least Bono made out like a bandit.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #7 on:** February 03, 2009, 06:11:20 PM »

I think it's brilliant.

MS wastes time, money, resources on launching a franchise....that ends up being a multi platform affair by the second game. Which probably sucks for us gamers, as i can already see Mass effect 2 not giving a shit to most of the events that happened in the 1st game, i already see them pull a KOTOR2 and introducing a new main character, and not allowing us to take our character from the 1st one and keep playing with him in the 2nd one. And that's gonna be dog shit.

Crushed · « **Reply #8 on:** February 03, 2009, 06:12:34 PM »

Huh. Based on Casamassina's hints, it was obviously gonna be Dead Space or Mirror's Edge, but I was expecting ME. It seemed to fit the Wii so much more.

I haven't played Dead Space yet, so it doesn't matter to me if it's a port-down or not, but an original game or "reimagined" version would obviously be better.

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #9 on:** February 03, 2009, 06:15:34 PM »

I thought the RE4 remake on Wii actually improved the original game, so I could see Dead Space Wii being solid. Microsoft is terrible as a publisher as of the last 2 years, they're obviously not serious about the Xbox, even though they have the cash to secure franchises and/or acquisitions.

Bildi · « **Reply #10 on:** February 03, 2009, 06:19:57 PM »

I agree RE4 Wii was better, but it didn't have a massive graphical downgrade.

They need to do something totally different since most people interested in such a game probably own Dead Space and won't want to play a graphically downgraded equivalent.

cool breeze · « **Reply #11 on:** February 03, 2009, 06:20:30 PM »

RE4 on Wii is really great. It's one of the only, if not only, multi-console games on the Wii that is superior.

Quote from: Crushed on February 03, 2009, 06:12:34 PM

Huh. Based on Casamassina's hints, it was obviously gonna be Dead Space or Mirror's Edge, but I was expecting ME. It seemed to fit the Wii so much more.

I haven't played Dead Space yet, so it doesn't matter to me if it's a port-down or not, but an original game or "reimagined" version would obviously be better.

from the new write up, it seems like it's going to be a new game and not just Dead Space 1 on the Wii. And if you want to get Dead Space, get it on PC then. No reason to avoid it until it's on the Wii.

Bebpo · « **Reply #12 on:** February 03, 2009, 06:22:56 PM »

DS Wii - Bring more money to fund 2010 DS2 for X360/PS3/Wii.
DA delay - boo
ME2 2010 - booo, but games do take time to make so oh well. X360 version will look better of course since it's UE3.0
Bourne by Starbreeze - Hmmm, could be alright. Though I guess Riddick 2 isn't going to be for a while now. Btw, isn't Bizarre doing James Bond racing as well? It's interesting seeing good studios doing movie franchise games.

Bebpo · « **Reply #13 on:** February 03, 2009, 06:24:06 PM »

Quote from: Jinfash on February 03, 2009, 06:21:18 PM

Isn't MS2 going to be a continuation of the story (as part of a trilogy)? What about the sfans who never played the first?

Aren't there a few games on PS3 like this? Condemned 2, Dead Rising 2, etc..

pilonv1 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 03, 2009, 06:27:51 PM »

no one is buying dead space on wii.

Crushed · « **Reply #15 on:** February 03, 2009, 06:43:53 PM »

Quote from: swaggaz on February 03, 2009, 06:20:30 PM

And if you want to get Dead Space, get it on PC then. No reason to avoid it until it's on the Wii.

I wasn't really planning on avoiding it, but whatever.

I'm just pissed that there's no PC demo, for whatever distinguished mentally-challenged reason.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #16 on:** February 03, 2009, 07:12:26 PM »

The Bourne game is kind of interesting. I hope they make a specially designed game for Dead Space wii and don't just give it a port. It sounds like a good new franchise and ruining it with one bad port could hurt its marketability.

Bildi · « **Reply #17 on:** February 03, 2009, 07:32:59 PM »

Quote from: Groo on February 03, 2009, 07:01:18 PM

They should release Dead Space for DS too. The acronym would be rather spiffy.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #18 on:** February 03, 2009, 07:49:38 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on February 03, 2009, 06:05:58 PM

lol dead space wii. why bother

Resident Evil 4-2: Dead Space

Jansen · « **Reply #19 on:** February 03, 2009, 08:45:39 PM »

lol @ dead space wii

one of the things dead space nailed was sound design. oh yeah and the graphics were pretty nice as well. would love to see a wii version of the final boss

i guess the game might be alright if it isn't a port but it's funny how wiitards don't care if everything that makes a ps360 game good is sacrificed. as long as it has pointer controls, they're happy!

Grecco · « **Reply #20 on:** February 03, 2009, 09:36:47 PM »

Totally buying Dead Space Wii. More Ds is awesome period.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #21 on:** February 03, 2009, 09:39:23 PM »

Dead Space on the PC is amazing.

60fps

pity being the people who have to play it on the wii. poor saps.

Third · « **Reply #22 on:** February 03, 2009, 09:50:11 PM »

Dead Space might work on the Wii. Re4 worked also great.

But I'd rather have superior graphics + great controls instead of last-gen graphics and hit/miss waggle controls.

I don't know why a multi console owner would rather buy Dead Space on the Wii instead of Ps360.

Third · « **Reply #23 on:** February 03, 2009, 09:57:32 PM »

whoa

even the zombies in the X360 version look prettier than her Wii version

Grecco · « **Reply #24 on:** February 03, 2009, 09:58:52 PM »

Quote from: First on February 03, 2009, 09:50:11 PM

Dead Space might work on the Wii. Re4 worked also great.

But I'd rather have superior graphics + great controls instead of last-gen graphics and hit/miss waggle controls.

I don't know why a multi console owner would rather buy Dead Space on the Wii instead of Ps360.

Because its not a port of the X360 version?

Third · « **Reply #25 on:** February 03, 2009, 10:10:32 PM »

NTARD on GAF:

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h man. The HD zealots never disappoint.

Resident Evil
Silent Hill
Thief
System Shock

All these games/series had tons of atmosphere. Hell, they pretty much DEFINED atmosphere in gaming. And they all did it with lesser hardware than the Wii has. You fools really think you need HD to have atmosphere?

Oh man, ntards..

Tabasco · « **Reply #26 on:** February 03, 2009, 11:35:05 PM »

hot scoop for gamefly in OP!

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #27 on:** February 03, 2009, 11:45:06 PM »

There's a Wii-exclusive Need For Speed coming instead of a port-down of the next real console Need For Speed, I is guessing that Dead Space will follow suit and be something made from the ground up for the system.

I know that Nerf game was a big seller for them, if they made a Dead Space light gun shooter I'd be shattering windows with my squeals of delight.

The House of the Dead Space really rolls off the tongue, no?

Purple Filth · « **Reply #28 on:** February 03, 2009, 11:45:44 PM »

While not 100% ea related.

Its rumored that Crytek bought out Free Radical.

Funny how EA was invovled with both companies at one point.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #29 on:** February 04, 2009, 08:49:23 AM »

Quote from: First on February 03, 2009, 10:10:32 PM

NTARD on GAF:

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h man. The HD zealots never disappoint.

Resident Evil
Silent Hill
Thief
System Shock

All these games/series had tons of atmosphere. Hell, they pretty much DEFINED atmosphere in gaming. And they all did it with lesser hardware than the Wii has. You fools really think you need HD to have atmosphere?

Oh man, ntards..

Zork had atmosphere .. why are we even playing games with graphics?

smh

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #30 on:** February 04, 2009, 11:59:10 AM »

Oh man. Dead Space Wii is going to be grooooosssssss.

dark1x · « **Reply #31 on:** February 04, 2009, 01:00:28 PM »

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Huh. Based on Casamassina's hints, it was obviously gonna be Dead Space or Mirror's Edge, but I was expecting ME. It seemed to fit the Wii so much more.

I don't see how it fits the Wii. Are you simply thinking that do to the brighter colors?

For one thing, the controls of Mirror's Edge probably would not work very well with the Wii-mote for a number of reasons. The game is very precision based and requires the player to chain together large numbers of actions that would be difficult to execute with the Wii control scheme. I'm not saying it would be impossible, but I do not believe the controls would benefit.

Furthermore, the visual design is part of the games appeal and simply couldn't be executed properly on the Wii.

Dead Space, on the other hand, relies on small, dark areas and features gameplay that would work very well with the Wii-mote. It's a better fit. The graphics will take a hit, of course, but it could be a decent game for those that missed it the first time. They wouldn't have to worry about online functionality either (Mirror's Edge offers leader boards and the like).

Eric P · « **Reply #32 on:** February 04, 2009, 01:03:59 PM »

Quote from: ToxicAdam on February 04, 2009, 08:49:23 AM

Quote from: First on February 03, 2009, 10:10:32 PM
NTARD on GAF:

Quote
h man. The HD zealots never disappoint.

Resident Evil
Silent Hill
Thief
System Shock

All these games/series had tons of atmosphere. Hell, they pretty much DEFINED atmosphere in gaming. And they all did it with lesser hardware than the Wii has. You fools really think you need HD to have atmosphere?

Oh man, ntards..

Zork had atmosphere .. why are we even playing games with graphics?

smh

dungeons and dragons has atmosphere

why are we even playing video games?

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #33 on:** February 04, 2009, 01:06:32 PM »

Quote from: First on February 03, 2009, 10:10:32 PM

NTARD on GAF:

Quote
h man. The HD zealots never disappoint.

Resident Evil
Silent Hill
Thief
System Shock

All these games/series had tons of atmosphere. Hell, they pretty much DEFINED atmosphere in gaming. And they all did it with lesser hardware than the Wii has. You fools really think you need HD to have atmosphere?

Oh man, ntards..

They just don't get it. Just because Black and White and no sound was the shit back in the 20s, doesn't mean we will gladly go back to it, after we have experienced surround and colors.

It's the whole pre rendered bs. Remember when pre rendered was going to save the wii? So was the word spread by ntards.

They are really weird, they would rather have a shit Nintendo console with no games of their liking, than buy a good console with games of their liking.

If EA gets Dead Space too look like Doom 3 on Xbox, nfags will be saying it's one of the best looking games of the gen, you just wait.

dark1x · « **Reply #34 on:** February 04, 2009, 01:08:25 PM »

Quote

Resident Evil
Silent Hill
Thief
System Shock

All these games/series had tons of atmosphere. Hell, they pretty much DEFINED atmosphere in gaming. And they all did it with lesser hardware than the Wii has. You fools really think you need HD to have atmosphere?

At the time, those were cutting edge. As technology improves, the experience can be enhanced. Why continue to rely on dated hardware when other options are available?

Draft · « **Reply #35 on:** February 04, 2009, 01:18:05 PM »

Quote from: mojovonio on February 04, 2009, 01:04:28 PM

Did Mass Effect not do well or something?

Pretty sure it did something in the neighbourhood of 1 million sold (to consumers or retailers, I could not say.) Not a bomb, but not a hit for an HD game, either.

rubber feathers · « **Reply #36 on:** February 04, 2009, 01:50:52 PM »

N'Gai Croal asked EA's PR about a ME2 PS3 version and they only confirmed the 360 and PC versions.

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EA PR not confirming Mass Effect 2 for PS3, only 360 and PC. That's all folks. Back to a more manageable tweetstream.

http://twitter.com/ncroal?page=2

If a PS3 version was coming you'd think they'd confirm it.

maxy · « **Reply #37 on:** February 04, 2009, 02:51:49 PM »

Quote from: Draft on February 04, 2009, 01:18:05 PM

Quote from: mojovonio on February 04, 2009, 01:04:28 PM
Did Mass Effect not do well or something?
Pretty sure it did something in the neighbourhood of 1 million sold (to consumers or retailers, I could not say.) Not a bomb, but not a hit for an HD game, either.

I remember a MS PR saying 1.6 million sold in six weeks on 360
PC,i didn't see it in npd reports...

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #38 on:** February 04, 2009, 04:14:25 PM »

Quote from: dark1x on February 04, 2009, 01:08:25 PM

Quote
Resident Evil
Silent Hill
Thief
System Shock

All these games/series had tons of atmosphere. Hell, they pretty much DEFINED atmosphere in gaming. And they all did it with lesser hardware than the Wii has. You fools really think you need HD to have atmosphere?
At the time, those were cutting edge. As technology improves, the experience can be enhanced. Why continue to rely on dated hardware when other options are available?

Waggle = True Next-gen Technology

Keep clinging to your false graphics gods, HDfags.

Vrolokus · « **Reply #39 on:** February 05, 2009, 01:07:31 AM »

chronovore · « **Reply #40 on:** February 12, 2009, 02:33:00 AM »

Quote from: mojovonio on February 04, 2009, 04:18:52 PM

It makes me sad to see Dead Rising look like an N64 game.

The thing is, and I'm not even marginally joking, Dead Rising could have easily been made as a PS2 game. There's nothing so overwhelmingly graphically or processing intensive in it that's integral to the gameplay. Graphics, sound, yeah -- they're doing some intense shit especially considering it was a launch (or launch window) title. But those bells and whistles are not central to the game's core.

chronovore · « **Reply #41 on:** February 13, 2009, 01:49:38 AM »

Lower polycount on the zombies. Fewer texture variations. Shorter draw distance. (so, yes, /less/ zombies, but still an overwhelming number in close proximity).

BamYouHaveAids · « **Reply #42 on:** February 13, 2009, 02:01:45 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on February 13, 2009, 01:49:38 AM

Lower polycount on the zombies. Fewer texture variations. Shorter draw distance. (so, yes, /less/ zombies, but still an overwhelming number in close proximity).

Doesn't that apply to all the games this generation

As long as Fight Night RD4 isn't delayed I don't give a fuck about the rest.

chronovore · « **Reply #43 on:** February 16, 2009, 06:41:18 AM »

Quote from: BamYouHaveAids on February 13, 2009, 02:01:45 AM

Quote from: chronovore on February 13, 2009, 01:49:38 AM
Lower polycount on the zombies. Fewer texture variations. Shorter draw distance. (so, yes, /less/ zombies, but still an overwhelming number in close proximity).
Doesn't that apply to all the games this generation

As long as Fight Night RD4 isn't delayed I don't give a fuck about the rest.

To a degree, yes, it can be applied to many of the games this generation -- which is a sad statement to make. Most of what's out there is a prettier version of what was available last generation.

However, for a couple alternate examples of games that would not have easily been possible last-gen, I think effective graphic presentation on something like Fallout 3 would have been very difficult, and the way the environment stays eerily static and consistent, with items and bodies left wherever you'd dropped/killed them. That's something that would have been hard to pull off with a save on an 8MB memcard. Viva Pinata and Banjo Kazooie N&B would also have required a lot of simplification to put on a GameCube or PS2.

rubber feathers · « **Reply #44 on:** February 16, 2009, 10:32:59 AM »

Quote from: Green Shinobi on February 12, 2009, 10:24:57 AM

When I saw "Mass Effect 2" and "multiplatform" in the same sentence, I quickly went over to GAF, but I couldn't find a thread about it there. Was it a bloodbath that's now locked, or what?

Well, for a few posts there were PS3 fans celebrating and 360 fans celebrating ("now they can play this great game!"), then N'Gai Croal asked EA about the platforms and they said 360/PC, no PS3, then that spread to GAF and that killed all platform related discussion.

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Author Topic: EA announces they're in deep shit, also some games and game delays (Read 8408 times)