Epicenter Studios planning to fight fire with... Wii


Despite Mega Man's interpretation of the subject, a fireman is designed to put out fires, not to start them. Yes, we said "designed." Mega Man actually got that part right -- firemen are, in fact, super efficient robots. According to upstart developer Epicenter Studios, they're also the perfect subject for a video game on Nintendo's Wii. The studio, comprised of former producers for the Call of Duty, Shrek, Spider-Man and Star Trek franchises, recently announced a Wii game by the name of Real Heroes: Firefighter.

Gamasutra describes it as a "firefighting action puzzle game," one that has the Wiimote becoming a water hose, a fire axe or a crowbar (for saving people, not bashing aliens!). The game also features "Thinking Fire" technology meant to incur "unexpected changes to the environments that will suddenly alter the player's options and strategies." It sounds an awful lot like real, dumb fire to us, but we'll take anything given today's glaring lack of Burning Rangers 2. If the game finds a publisher and makes its planned 2008 holiday release, we'll see whether or not those flames are intelligent enough to spread to the sales charts.

[Via Wii Fanboy]

Tags: Epicenter, Epicenter Studios, EpicenterStudios, Firefighter, Mega Man, MegaMan, Nintendo, Real Heroes, RealHeroes

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Joystiq Features





Featured Galleries

Dragon Age: Origins

Dragon Age: Origins "Return to Ostagar" DLC

Blood Bowl (360, PSP, PC)

Blood Bowl (360, PSP, PC)

Arkedo Series 003: Pixel!

Arkedo Series 003: Pixel!

Quake Live (Christmas 2009)

Quake Live (Christmas 2009)

Final Fantasy XIV (12.24.09)

Final Fantasy XIV (12.24.09)

Stop Stress: A Day of Fury (WiiWare)

Stop Stress: A Day of Fury (WiiWare)

A Christmas Santa (iPhone)

A Christmas Santa (iPhone)

Xbox Live Music Games stores

Xbox Live Music Games stores

Trauma Team (12/22)

Trauma Team (12/22)

 


Team Joystiq

 
Chris Grant
Editor-in-Chief, Email
James Ransom-Wiley
Managing Editor, Email
Ludwig Kietzmann
Senior Editor, Email
Andrew Yoon
East Coast Editor, Email
Randy Nelson
West Coast Editor, Email
Justin McElroy
Reviews Editor, Email
Justin Glow
Developer, Email

Joystiq Podcast

New episodes every Friday! Now playing: Joystiq Podcast 121, for Friday, Dec., 18.



Archive | RSS | iTunes

Autoblog

Urlesque

Download Squad

Engadget

Massively

Asylum

WoW

Engadget HD

Big Download