EA publishing new action horror 'franchise' from Suda51, Shinji Mikami

by Ludwig Kietzmann on Aug 14th 2008 5:30PM

EA has just announced a publishing agreement with eccentric No More Heroes developer, Grasshopper Manufacture. The deal concerns an "all-new action horror game" produced by Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami and directed by the master of self-referential weirdness, Goichi "Suda51" Suda. The mysterious title, which also boasts the involvement of Q Entertainment, is slated for release on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC and Wii.

Goichi Suda has nothing but good things to say about EA Partners in the press release, praising the group for sharing Grasshopper's "commitment to quality and innovation," all the while respecting its "independence as a studio, which is very empowering." EA Games' Frank Gibeau is equally polite, saying, "It is an honor for EA to sign Grasshopper Manufacture and help bring their new franchise to gamers worldwide. Franchise, you say?

Of course, neither of them say anything about the actual game. Way to leave us hanging, guys!

Source: Press release

Tags: BreakingNews, EA, EA-Games, Ea-Partners, Electronic-Arts, Grasshopper, Grasshopper-Manufacture, Horror, no-more-heroes, PC, PS3, Shinji-Mikami, Suda-51, Wii, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (36)

hey samfish, I guess Mikami is working exclusively for the Wii after all...

Anyway, this partnership is just missing Kojima (after that show, it was clear that they are amazing together, that would make this the game of the forever...

Maybe Mikami will show Suda how to make a good beat 'em up and No More Heroes 2 will be...more enjoyable.

lol, I meant "isn't"

Anyway, I don't know dude, I only played it a little, but I read reviews about it, and it seems that it lacked polish. Hopefully now that they have a budget and both Mikami and Mizuguchi are working alongside him, he'll do a much better job...

I was totally let down by No More Heroes. I thought the boss fights were fun, (shit, they were awesome!), but the sandbox parts were just miserable and are ultimately what killed the game for me.
The combat was crap, too. Not as bad as Devil May Cry games, but there was still basically nothing to it...very shallow and repetitive.

And it did lack polish, but I don't think you can hold that against the game too much, all things considered.

Anyway, we still don't know what game he's making under Platinum is for. For the LITTLE we know about it, it kinda suggests the Wii, but if it's still really early, things like a smaller team size don't necessarily mean anything, either.

The OTHER good news about this is that if he's making a game for EA, that strongly suggests that the Platinum guys ARE NOT contractually tied to Sega, which means we might get an Okami II!
KEEP HOPE ALIVE!

He originally wanted to bring No More Heroes to the 360.

Damn you woman, I loved my DMC (except for 4, I would rather play 2 than 4) style gameplay!

Anyway, dude, I don't really think that there is hope for Okami 2 based on what Kamiya said about DMC sequels

"I wanted to do the sequel. I used to want to do a sequel, but now it's like some other guy's chick. It's not my chick anymore. And that chick got fooled and played all around from all over, so I don't want her anymore. I'm only concentrating on my current chick [bayonetta]"

But yah, one can hope, Okami 2 and Viewtiful Joe 3!! PLEASE!

@samfish
I don't know the terms of it all, but if I was fired from a company I wouldn't really want to go back and make a game for them.

But of course, I don't know the conditions, so it could happen. And if it did, VJ3 should come out first :P

Ugh, No More Heroes was FINE. It had its flaws but you shouldn't nit pick at it like you do with most other games people...

Give credit where credit is due, the style, the violence, the gameplay, it was all FUN to some degree.

And at the cost of the gameplay being repetitive, we got some real over the top finishers. Gameplay can suck all it wants but if I can off my enemies in a unique and stylish way (A la Kingdom Hearts with the Drive Meter, various finishing abilities and other slashers) then it's fine.

Again, it's not like the game was unplayable... At times the camera was shitty but that's REALLY it...

:O It should be awesome. I hope it's cel-shaded too, and full of over-the-top action.

Also someone tell him that he need to make a sequel to Contact goddammit.

Resident evil and No more heroes? Travis Redfield anyone?

I like chris touchdown

I never liked that England shirt. The umbro logo is almost as big as the three lions.

YAY! Automatically the best news of the day!

My ability to detect sarcasm is offset by your avatar

This just made my day. Thank you.

"Goichi Suda has nothing but good things to say about EA Partners in the press release, praising the group for sharing Grasshopper's "commitment to quality and innovation,"

Translation

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Pretty much guaranteed to be awesome.

Now EA just needs to pick up Double Fine to become the best publisher out there...

ha! just weeks ago no one would have had a second thought about characterizing EA as the typical corporate mega giant throwing hundreds of games with rehashed and unpolished gameplay, now they acquire one developer who has a quirky style and they're the best thing ever. How fickle gamers are

DOUBLE POOOOOOOOSST!!!!

It's not being fickle. They aren't just releasing one decent game, they've really stretched into new and interesting IPs and started working with developers like Valve and Grasshopper. I don't really worry about publishers much, but it becomes worth mentioning when a company turns a corner like this.

I still want my No More Heroes 2 with 1:1 lightsaber (I forget what the weapon he used was called) control and better sandbox gameplay.

I can already tell this game is gonna be overrated.

Actually, with the exception of NMH, Suda51's games tend to be underrated....

Hell, Killer 7 was great, good story, amazing characters, ok gameplay, but great concept nonetheless....heck, better than most games of this generation

so the GAME had bad GAMEplay
hmmm

Mai comment didn't appear :(.

Oh fuck yes this is awesome.

Suda will give it a fucked up story. Mikami will give it shitawesome gameplay.

God. This will be the best game ever made.

Suda51? Q Entertainment? Not even the several EA references could put a damper on the sheer awesomeness of this news!

EA behind another possible (more than likely) GOOD game?

God, I repent! I repent!

at least i wasnt the only double poster here

EA behind another possible (more than likely) GOOD game?

God, I repent! I repent!

With all of these new IP's and partnerships, i'm EA is lsowly becoming my favorite publisher.....:)

1) Out-do Activision in several of their biggest franchises
2) Befriend obscure Japanese developers
3) ???
4) Profit

I wonder how thats gonna work.

http://www.squidoo.com/doughboy

At least Wii isn't getting left out

And knowing Mikami and Suda, they'll insure that it at least gets a worthy alternative version, which is finally starting to become a trend among 3rd party titles (Madden 09, COD: W@W, Sonic Unleashed)

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