In the sports field, EA is known for IPs such as Madden and FIFA. Going forward, however, the publisher could take on additional franchises.
EA chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen was asked about the company’s upcoming releases at the Wedbush Technology Conference today. In response, Jorgensen said:
“For us, the big opportunities continue to be the FIFA franchise, the Battlefield franchise and then the core sports [franchises] of Madden [NFL], NCAA [Football], NHL, adding NBA [Live] and possibly a couple of new sports franchises along that way. Clearly, that’s a big strength of the company and we want to continue that.”
Could EA take on the UFC series? Last year, the company confirmed that it had entered with UFC a “multi-year, multi-product partnership.”
Two Tribes has wrapped up development on Toki Tori 2. The studio announced the news on its website today and also confirmed that its game is now in the hands of Nintendo for the submission process.
For the time being, Toki Tori 2 doesn’t have a release date. That’ll be changing very soon, however, and Two Tribes estimates that its game “is probably just a few weeks away”.
Shin’en announced earlier this week that Nano Assault EX would launch on the European 3DS eShop this Thursday. Today, the studio confirmed the same outcome for North America. EX will be available both digital stores tomorrow.
A tweet from Shin’en reads:
We are super happy to announce the US Release Date of ‘Nano Assault EX’:March 7, 2013On your 3DS eShop (just like the EU version!)
— Shin’en Multimedia (@ShinenGames) March 6, 2013
Everyone’s favorite community manager Christian Svensson responded to a fan today who asked him if we might see an Ace Attorney collection hit 3DS in the future. His reply?
– Capcom Community Manager Christian Svensson
Well, I know I would certainly pick up an Ace Attorney collection, despite having played all five games already! If they do end up doing this and you find yourself in the unfortunate position of never having played these games, do yourself a favor and pick it up.
The studio behind such great games as Mighty Switch Force! and A Boy and His Blob (Wii) has lost a few of its members, as a former designer and director, a lead programmer, and a gameplay programmer have all left the company to form a studio called “Yacht Club Games”. It’s unclear whether any more employees have left WayForward, or if the new studio is any larger than just the three people, but what we do know is that they’ll be making a software announcement soon.
Rumor has it that their game will be for Android, Steam, iOS, Ouya, and Google Play– so nothing you guys will be hearing about here!
– Ubisoft senior PR manager Stone Chin
Eh, that’s a fair response. Hiding behind the guise of “it’s historical!” is more or less false considering that “glorification” implies you’re stretching the truth to make things seem cooler than they were, but simply stating “sorry, it’s a game, get over it” is completely fair, and I would be obliged to agree with that sentiment! They aren’t being historical, but too bad, it’s a piece of storytelling.
Speaking with NowGamer, TT Fusion’s lead developer for the upcoming LEGO City: Undercover has said that the studio isn’t looking at making an NFC-based, figurine-attached game using LEGO figures anytime soon, despite the facts that such an idea would clearly be ridiculously popular, and the Wii U Gamepad already has NFC technology built into it.
Perhaps the studio simply wants to release their new game first, see what kind of press it gets, and then think about doing something new and interesting like that. Something tells me they’ll be more interesting in simply making another open-world LEGO City game though.
