Electronic Arts is a company that knows how to get the most out of a franchise, as we’ve seen from various Need For Speed and Battlefield games over the years. Let’s not forget the amazing runs of sports games like Madden and FIFA, either. Yet some critics have wondered if EA and other large publishers are too risk-averse to launch new IPs as development costs continue to rise.
EA also knows how to churn out original fare as well, including the highly acclaimed multiplayer shooter Titanfall, and it looks like that’s not the only new game on the horizon. EA games chief Patrick Soderlund spoke with MCV, explaining that the company has even more ideas up its sleeve, along with some familiar franchises.
“We are working on a new Mirror’s Edge game, and although that’s not a new IP, it is a revival done in a new way. We are developing Star Wars Battlefront, which to us is a new IP, even though it isn’t technically,” he explained. “We have six to eight completely new IPs in the works. The day we stop making new IP is when we go onto life support. We need to incubate new ideas and push creative boundaries.”
It’ll be interesting to see what the company announces over the next couple of years.
Source: MCV
