BioWare Working on a New IP
Earlier today we told you how the next batch of Star Wars Battlefront content will be more substantial with more game modes, more ways to fight, and a single player campaign. Also, during Electronic Arts’ quarterly financial conference call, Chief Executive Officer Andrew Wilson talked extensively about a new IP in the works at BioWare. This new game should come at the end of fiscal year 2018, which means before March 31st, 2018.
Andrew Wilson said:
“At the end of the fiscal year, our BioWare studio will be delivering an all-new IP, a clean-sheet design with new concepts, new gameplay mechanics and new stories set in a unique new universe.This game has the potential to fundamentally disrupt the way people think about an action title, bringing friends together to play in an exhilarating new way. We’re very excited about the future of this new franchise, and its ability to attract a large, global audience.”
Later in the call, Wilson provided more details about the game and said it will be an action-adventure and not an action RPG.
“What we’re starting to see more and more in game genres is kind of a genre melding, which is great components of a number of different genres really coming together into single games. So when you think about this game, you should be thinking about the great RPG character development and storyline progression that BioWare is known for, but in a world of great action and greater adventure, which is growing to be one of the larger categories in games. It will be a wholly owned IP, we’re very excited about it, and we’ll share more in the year to come.”
Are you dying to know more about this game? We certainly are. Perhaps it will be revealed at EA Play at E3.