Today
on Headline RePLAY: The Castlevania series is compared to the Batman movies,
Seth Killian joins Sony and EA’s plan for world domination—by stamping premium
services on many IPs as they can.
If
Koji Igarashi’s take on the Castlevania series is like Tim Burton’s Batman,
then David Cox is Christopher Nolan, the Lords
of Shadow producer says.
“It’s
a reboot of the franchise in a different universe than what you know. It’s a different
take on the mythology,” Cox told Kotaku. “It’s a bit like the difference between
Tim Burton’s and Chris Nolan’s Batman. It’s the same character, it’s the same
universe, it’s a work of genius—but they’re both very different takes on it.”
“In
many ways, we see Dracula as our Dark Knight,” Cox continued. “Sure, people
kind of know what to expect now, but much like the new Batman films we want to
sort of shatter those expectations with the next one. People are going to
expect more of the same but we’re not going to give them more of the same—we’re
going to give them something really different.
“Lords of Shadow one was kind of the
origin of Dracula or “Dracula Begins” if you like, and Lords of Shadow 2 will be the conclusion to the saga—“Dracula Rises.”
|Source:
Kotaku
Seth
Killian left Capcom with the adoration and respect from fans and the fighting
game community recently, but left little word to where he is heading next. So, where
is Killian now?
“I’m
the lead game designer for Sony Santa Monica’s external division,” he revealed
to Kotaku in an email interview. “That’s the group that works with Sony’s
outside studios, which includes groups like Giant Sparrow (The Unfinished Swan), SuperBot (PlayStation
All-Stars), ThatGameCompany (Journey),
Queasy (Sound Shapes) and lots more.
“I
expect the role will vary from project to project depending on the teams’
strengths,” Killian elaborated, “but overall I’ll be working with the teams on
all design and creative aspects of the games in collaboration.”
|Source:
Kotaku
Frank
Gibeau is quite… frank about EA’s direction within the video game industry. In
another interview with GamesIndustry International, the EA Labels boss revealed
that he wants to expand Battlefield 3’s Premium Service to other IPs.
“We’ve
launched subscription businesses in our other categories,” he said. “We had EA
Sports subscription before Elite came out, so adding that component to the
design is not a reaction. It’s something we’d always been considering and we
had been looking at. We didn’t have it ready for launch and it took us some
time to get it prepped.
“Having
said that, they [Activision] did something really innovative and if your
competitor does something innovative and you think it applies to what you can
do, then there’s no harm in doing that,” Gibeau continued. “This is an industry
where people have a lot of oneupsmanship and if somebody innovates, you match
it or you exceed it.”
Apparently,
it’s a popular service too, as it already attracted over 800,000 subscriptions
in its first two weeks.
|Source:
GamesIndustry International, MCV
