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Crash
10-17-2005, 01:09 PM
Electronic Arts has announced that Academy Award winner Steven Spielberg will be collaborating with the game makers at EA’s Los Angeles studio (EALA) to create three new original franchise properties. Beginning this year, with offices located on site at EALA, Spielberg will work directly with EA’s development teams to offer his signature style of storytelling to the concept, design, story and artistic visualization of the new games.

"I have been playing EA games for years and have watched them master the interactive format." said Steven Spielberg. "Having watched the game industry grow from a niche into a major creative force in entertainment, I have a great deal of respect for EA's understanding of the interactive format. I'm looking forward to working closely with the team in Los Angeles."


"There is no greater storyteller than Steven Spielberg," said EA Chairman and CEO Larry Probst. "In addition to his gift for pleasing movie audiences, he has an innate understanding of games and how to immerse players into a fantastic world of action and characters."

"It’s incredibly exciting to be collaborating with Steven Spielberg," noted Neil Young, VP and Studio Head at EALA. "He shares our vision for the potential of the medium and has the passion and creativity to help us finally deliver on the promise that a game can not only engage and compel you with its interactivity, but can also move you emotionally"

EA will own the intellectual properties and the game franchises will be developed, published and distributed worldwide by EA. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.


Now EA bought steven spielberg? ahhhhhhhh all your world are belong to us!

Dyne
10-17-2005, 02:17 PM
Hahah, I love how the article is just one big circle jerk.

Well if his new games are half as good as The Dig, I suppose I'll have to look into them.

GameMaster
10-17-2005, 03:01 PM
Oh man, EA's Messiah has come to bring great glory to next generation!

Teuthida
10-17-2005, 04:45 PM
http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/05oct/uf008426.gif

Swan
10-17-2005, 04:49 PM
Haven't there already been a Minority Report and a Jaws game?

Teuthida
10-17-2005, 04:54 PM
I know of Jaws for NES.

Swan
10-17-2005, 05:26 PM
I'm pretty sure they are making one for the current gen.

EDIT: Thought so...
http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/jaws/news.html?sid=6126158
http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/2003/all/boxshots2/923582_57844.jpg

DeathsHand
10-17-2005, 07:37 PM
And there was a Minority Report game too, and about a billion games out there that might as well be Saving Private Ryan... *shifty eyes*

Krypton
10-18-2005, 05:07 PM
sounds like a pretty good idea.