With all of the excitement surrounding its forthcoming horror title, the
Dead Space team must be quite happy to be known as ... the
Dead Space team. That is, until it wants to make something else. That's probably one of the reasons for, as Variety
reports, the EARS (EA Redwood Shores) team being "re-branded" as something niftier-sounding in the near future (EYES?).
EARS (yep, that has
got to go) studio head, Glenn Schofield, says that the name change is part of an over-arching plan to pitch the team to gamers and new hires as one of "creativity, originality, and high quality
third person action adventure titles" (our emphasis). So, while it may create another all-new IP after the
probable inevitable
Dead Space 2, it certainly sounds like the studio has decided on its most favoritest genre, henceforth to be known as the "3PAA" ... at least by us.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
syrik zero @ Sep 30th 2008 6:44PM
This game will be amazing... It's still my number 1 game for the year
Osman @ Sep 30th 2008 7:09PM
"EYES" LOL, I LOVE IT
this is why I read Joystiq
player66 @ Sep 30th 2008 7:10PM
I was shocked to find out this was an EARS title. I don't know why, but I always assumed it was EALA or EA Canada. Nicely done!
Ubiqutous Oxymoron @ Sep 30th 2008 7:14PM
Good luck to them, they can call themselves 'donkey rimming masochists' (DRM) for all i care as long as they produce games of eqaul or better quality than Dead Space
Lionbacker @ Sep 30th 2008 7:52PM
While Dead Space doesn't interest me in the slightest, I am impressed about EA making new IPs. I look forward to whatever this studio will be making next!
miyagi @ Sep 30th 2008 8:11PM
Dead Space looks amazing so looking forward to even more new IP's
j.howlett @ Sep 30th 2008 8:35PM
i kinda like EARS. why does joystiq (joystick) hate on other peoples names?
Blazur @ Sep 30th 2008 9:02PM
Still eagerly anticipating Dead Space.
mismajor99 @ Sep 30th 2008 10:42PM
wow, are people previewing this game THIS high on it? This is great to here, but I fear the dreaded DRM on the PC version, hopefully EA gives STEAM a whirl, but I doubt it :(
Guibs @ Oct 1st 2008 8:56AM
This is why we buy the game on the "superior" platform... the console... no DRM to deal with there.
mismajor99 @ Oct 1st 2008 11:43AM
lol...sorry buddy, I game on ALL platforms, but I have to say, for being able to turn around as fast as you can and aim, nothing beats the mouse and keyboard