EA boss says to expect more Mercenaries

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EA boss says to expect more Mercenaries

Posted Oct 31st 2008 11:00AM by Xav de Matos
Filed under: News, Dead Space, Mirror's Edge

According to EA boss John Riccitiello the Mercenaries series will see another installment. During an earnings call, Riccitiello confirmed that Mercenaries will join Dead Space and the upcoming Mirror's Edge as continuing franchises for the mega-publisher along with Will Wright's latest, Spore.

Released in late August, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames has sold 1.9 million units across four platforms. Riccitiello made the announcement when asked if EA's recent releases were considered "sequelable" by the publisher -- who has posted a $310 million loss for its second quarter fiscal release. The EA CEO also stated that each of the mentioned titles were not likely to see annual releases.

[via Kotaku]

Tags: dead-space, ea, electronic-arts, mercenaries-2-world-in-flames, mirrors-edge

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

10-31-2008 @ 11:18AM

Scott Summers said...

So....more missed updates and massive glitches in the mercs series? PASS!

10-31-2008 @ 11:42AM

Rumble said...

More Spore? Really?

10-31-2008 @ 11:46AM

MaxRadical said...

They removed content from spore so it could be released as expansions later on.

As much as I understand EA is a business with money as a goal - that's a pretty cold move.

10-31-2008 @ 12:23PM

robotoid said...

Spore can have sequels?

10-31-2008 @ 1:00PM

skfireboy said...

Yeah what a steaming pile MERCS 2 is.......such a disappointment since I really thought Pandemic was more capable than that.

10-31-2008 @ 1:04PM

John said...

Sequelable?? say that 3 times fast...

10-31-2008 @ 5:42PM

Mazrael said...

Mercs was definatly in piles.. Yatzhee reviewed it well...
Mirrors' Edge seemed interesting, til the demo.. you can run, jump, climb and slide as long, as it's that way.. combat felt an after thought.. stupid timed button presses, then combat slides didn't go as far as they felt they should - apparenty it becomes a shooter later on.. guess they ran out of ideas latter on.. although, it felt kinda like Portal, except with agility..
So I'll give it another go later.. as I hear Dead Space is quite good, closer to Gears than Resi 4, it sounds promising..

EA making a turn around from the post 16bit to before Dead Space era?.. then milk it dry by the 1st set of sequels?

11-01-2008 @ 6:45AM

Conor said...

Can't wait....

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