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I couldn't find a post about this but I just got the press release so I summed it up here:
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/blog/ea...ore-originals/
Basically EA is continuing their new IP parade with a couple multiplatform originals. Some kind of action game from Epic/PCF, and an action-horror game from Grasshopper, directed by Suda51 and produced by shinji Mikami. Pretty interesting to see EA continuing on their new direction.
They are doing this on purpose to piss off all those people who are still boycotting EA over Madden.
Good news. Thanks to their new direction, EA had the strongest showing at E3. This just drives the point home that EA is on track to being awesome again.
Haunting 2 starring Polterguy.Quote:
action-horror game from Grasshopper, directed by Suda51 and produced by shinji Mikami.
I agree EA has been getting better, looking forward to a update on Catch of the Day at some point.
It's so weird. When I play an EA game now, the logo will come up after putting the disc in and I'll cringe a little...and then I remember I don't have to cringe anymore. EA makes good games now.
That throws me off completely. Change is scary, especially when it happens in so short a time. I've gone from cringing when I buy an EA title (Burnout 3, for example) to treating them like any other publisher, as in their logo is an irrelevancy to get past in order to play the game. The Evil Empire is dead.
James
There was never an evil empire. It was just cool to hate them.
For good reason, though. They put out sheer generica and bought out creative companies to drain the soul from them for a quick buck.
James
Yeah, the slash and burn farming of developers was really infuriating. Releasing way too many sequels and dilluting their own properties was frustrating for those that actually liked them to begin with, too.
More or less.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dyne
When EA bought Criterion I remember people saying it was only a bad thing. Given that developing games are getting so expensive and EA gives plenty of room for its developers to do their thing, I can only see it as a good thing. EA is getting a pretty big list of good, diverse games and developers have backing of one of the largest publishers around.
I miss Bullfrog.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dyne
Historically this is not what EA has done. They raped Origin and used it as a training camp for management, and forced them to release Ultima Online expansion packs every 6 months until the studio collapsed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hero
Shit, if you talk to the guys making Dead Space they were shocked that they actually got to make it. They were denied every opportunity to "do their own thing" and did nothing but licensed James Bond games for a decade.
So yeah, I'm calling bullshit on this. I'm glad it's changing, but there was a serious problem with the way EA managed the studios they bought out.
all I'm saying is times change, people change, companies change. The EA of 5, 10, 15 years ago is not what it is today. Which by the looks of things is only a good thing.
Yeah, I don't know how people can say they didn't have some "evil empire" aspects after what they did to Origin, Bullfrog, Westwood, etc.. That's not to say that other companies haven't done similar shit but at least EA seems to be heading in a better direction now.