EA has insisted its Iron Man recreation continues to be within the works after including developer Motive to the checklist of owned studios engaged on the Battlefield franchise.
Motive studio common supervisor Patrick Klaus mentioned a “group” of builders from the Montreal-based Motive are becoming a member of Criterion, DICE, and Ripple Impact “to proceed unlocking the complete potential of Battlefield.” This group contains the administrators who labored on Motive’s 2023 Useless Area remake: Philippe Ducharme (Government Producer) and Roman Campos-Oriola (Inventive Director). The pair will construct a group to work on what’s coming subsequent for Battlefield.
In the meantime, work on Iron Man continues, Klaus said in a blog post. “In parallel, improvement continues to maneuver ahead on our Iron Man venture, led by Olivier Proulx (Government Producer) and Ian Frazier (Inventive Director),” mentioned Klaus. “The group made wonderful progress this yr, hitting a serious inner milestone and laying a strong basis for the journey forward. Iron Man stays an essential precedence for Motive, and I’m very happy with the work we’ve achieved thus far.”
Klaus didn’t provide any new belongings of the Iron Man recreation or a launch window. The Iron Man recreation was introduced in September 2022 as “an all-new single-player, action-adventure” recreation and the primary of three Marvel video video games coming from writer EA. Then, in October 2023, Motive confirmed it was creating Iron Man utilizing Unreal Engine 5. On the time, Iron Man was mentioned to be Motive’s focus after the well-received Useless Area Remake got here out earlier that yr. “We’re nonetheless early in pre-production and taking our time to ensure we set the absolute best basis for improvement” EA Motive mentioned on the time. “However already, we’re discovering so many alternatives to discover story, design and gameplay with Iron Man, and it’s thrilling to see the fantasy begin coming alive.”
Nevertheless, in February this yr, EA introduced plans to put off round 670 staff, cancel or shut video games, and transfer away from future licensed mental property, calling into query the standing of the Iron Man recreation amongst others. EA presently has a number of confirmed Star Wars and Marvel video games in improvement, together with a 3rd Jedi recreation, Black Panther, and Iron Man. However EA canceled Respawn’s Star Wars first individual shooter earlier than it was even correctly revealed. The Star Wars technique recreation in improvement at Bit Reactor and produced by Respawn survived.
In March, former PlayStation govt Connie Sales space, one of many chief architects of PlayStation’s first-party technique earlier than her sudden departure in 2023, joined EA to assist lead its studios amid its ongoing restructure. Sales space’s title is Group Common Supervisor, Motion RPG, with a portfolio that features Motive (Iron Man and now Battlefield), Cliffhanger (Black Panther), and BioWare (Dragon Age, Mass Impact). She stories on to EA Leisure head Laura Miele.
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