GDC09: EA quietly announces iPhone versions of major franchises
by Ben Gilbert 
on Mar 26th 2009 4:54PM
Of the many
GDC 2009 announcements taking place this week, we were most shocked to see EA sneakily introducing some of the company's most popular franchises to the Apple device some are calling
the newest gaming platform -- the iPhone. Travis Boatman, VP of worldwide studios at EA Mobile, made the announcement at GDC Mobile, naming
SSX,
Wolfenstein RPG,
Red Alert,
FIFA 10,
Madden 10,
NBA Live 10,
American Idol,
Spore Creatures,
Clue,
Risk,
Mystery Mania,
Connect Four,
Battleship,
Tiger Woods and
Star Trek, according to reports from
Patrick Klepek (former MTV Multiplayer writer) and
Shacknews.
While most of the titles are the to-be-expected EA mutliplatform titles like
Madden 10 and
NBA Live 10, the
SSX series will be getting its first update in two years according to this announcement. Also of note,
Wolfenstein RPG is of no relation to the just released
Wolfenstein 3D for the iPhone; rather, it makes up half of the
two iPhone games id Software is purportedly working on. Details are unfortunately scant at the moment but we've reached out to EA for comment.
On a personal note, we'd like to extend our personal "WHAT THE HELL?!" regarding
Risk being announced for the iPhone and still not hearing a peep on it coming to XBLA/PSN. Seriously, EA.
What the hell?![Via
Shacknews]
