EA’s game label president, Frank Gibeu, has boldly predicted that its upcoming Medal of Honor will propel EA back into being a contender as a worldwide leader in shooters.
In a lengthy interview he goes on to claim that Medal of Honor Airborne was a bit of a disappointment but that was being finished off when he arrived and he didn’t have much time to fix that.
I can testify to Airborne’s mediocrity as it had some nice ideas but the overall package wasn’t worth full retail.
He then goes on to say that multiplayer will be a huge component of the upcoming Medal of Honor which is great to hear and ends off with a possible swipe at Activision by stating
“I think any franchise that’s been around for a long time, they get in a rut, they become over-annualized. They run out of innovation.â€
Granted he was actually talking about his own franchise in that statement but the annualized statement is now endemic to Activision.
It will be interesting to see what happens with this IP if Respawn decide to go straight back into the world of shooters, can EA sustain 2 great shooters at the same time?
Check out the entire interview over at Gamasutra
From what we have seen so far Medal of Honor looks like it could be the real deal… let’s hope the final package delivers.
Last Updated: May 5, 2010
mitas
May 5, 2010 at 10:40
really , another first person shooter? really ? really really?
wow you would think with all the fps out there some one might try something diff …. 3 cheers to innovation and trigger happy teens going through pubity
Gavin Mannion
May 5, 2010 at 10:42
Completed puberty… still need more FPS titles though…
mitas
May 5, 2010 at 12:44
silly gavin , we need to break your right index finger and treat you to electroshock therapy to help you overcome this fps stage you are going through
WitWolfyZA
May 5, 2010 at 11:06
If its as addictive as BC2 then its a first day purchase for me!!!
moose007
May 5, 2010 at 12:45
Have to say ive been following this intently very eager for this game to come out,looks really good,wish someone would bring out a war simulator like operation flashpoint,but with the quality and polish of call of duty 4/modern warfare 2(including the destruction of bad company)