Well after trawling through the internet for the past 6 weeks, I've found some rather interesting pieces about games coming out (or rather not coming out) in the near future. Blizzard has no releases planned for 2011 but two releases planned in 2012, nobody's exactly sure which games these are, but Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2's first addon pack, Heart Of The Swarm are good bets.
First of all, Knobby Kotick (and his company Activision) have announced that there will be no more Guitar Hero games in the near future. They're basically not making enough money anymore from the back of them (though that *might* be to do with the double dip recession we're in the middle of). Cuts are already being made at the various Guitar and DJ Hero developer headquarters so I doubt we'll see another rendition in the near future
Also confirmed for non-release are:
The new Tony Hawk games, being greatly outsold by EA's Skate series
True Crime:Hong Kong, which has (strangely) been pulled because according to Activision CEO, Eric Hirshberg "wouldn't be able to hold its own in a competitive marketplace." and “it just wasn’t going to be good enough”... Though that never stopped them releasing Modern Warfare 2.
So after these cuts what's left in Activision's portfolio? COD, StarCraft and World Of Warcraft... So yay, more sub-par sequels and spinoffs to look forward to...
On the other hand, some of Microsoft's planned releases are shown (albeit accidentally) in this video:
Watch closely in the background after 2:20 and you (could) notice "Behind Halo 5" and a "Project Gotham Racing" game with an unfamiliar icon, as well as showing off their new toy LightSpace (which is what's demoed in the video). Unfortunately, Microsoft's official statement on this is: “The logos in question were created for a tech demo in a futuristic home, and are not an accurate representation of our plans for our games franchises.”
After Sony's not-so-subtle leaks of the Xperia Play, it's uncertain whether they're just teasing us with an idea, or new games currently in development. I'm certainly hoping for the latter.
First of all, Knobby Kotick (and his company Activision) have announced that there will be no more Guitar Hero games in the near future. They're basically not making enough money anymore from the back of them (though that *might* be to do with the double dip recession we're in the middle of). Cuts are already being made at the various Guitar and DJ Hero developer headquarters so I doubt we'll see another rendition in the near future
Also confirmed for non-release are:
The new Tony Hawk games, being greatly outsold by EA's Skate series
True Crime:Hong Kong, which has (strangely) been pulled because according to Activision CEO, Eric Hirshberg "wouldn't be able to hold its own in a competitive marketplace." and “it just wasn’t going to be good enough”... Though that never stopped them releasing Modern Warfare 2.
So after these cuts what's left in Activision's portfolio? COD, StarCraft and World Of Warcraft... So yay, more sub-par sequels and spinoffs to look forward to...
On the other hand, some of Microsoft's planned releases are shown (albeit accidentally) in this video:
Watch closely in the background after 2:20 and you (could) notice "Behind Halo 5" and a "Project Gotham Racing" game with an unfamiliar icon, as well as showing off their new toy LightSpace (which is what's demoed in the video). Unfortunately, Microsoft's official statement on this is: “The logos in question were created for a tech demo in a futuristic home, and are not an accurate representation of our plans for our games franchises.”
After Sony's not-so-subtle leaks of the Xperia Play, it's uncertain whether they're just teasing us with an idea, or new games currently in development. I'm certainly hoping for the latter.
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As you do...