Tuesday, May 25, 2010

BREAKING FROM KOTAKU: Insomniac to develop for Electronic Arts

Early ago, Bungie left Microsoft to go pursue a 3rd Party career for Activision. It looked as if Sony would finally overtake Microsoft and that the makers of Windows may be at an end for its game future.

Then the following happened....

Insomniac Games, the studio behind Spyro the Dragon, Ratchet & Clank and Resistance, unveiled a deal this morning with Electronic Arts that will put their still unannounced, undated next franchise on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Under the agreement Insomniac will retain ownership of the intellectual property.

That's right. Electronic Arts will now be publishing Insomniacs' next title. With no control by Sony at all. What next, Retro Studios publishes a title by UbiSoft?

CEO and founder of Insomniac, Ted Price, had this to say about the partnership with EA

We never wanted to limit ourselves, People are inspired here by having the opportunity to try new things. (Playstation 3 shooter) Resistance was a chance to branch out and we will continue to look for those opportunities."

The next thing you'll know, Insomniac will be doing a mini game collection on Wii causing millions of Wii fanboys to enrage at the makers of Spyro, Ratchet and Resistance.

Works Cited
Kotaku

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