Rumour: Rockstar New England Working on 360 Exclusive

Split-screen: "Rockstar New England, formerly Mad Doc Studios and developers of Bully: Scholarship Edition and the Empire Earth franchise, have been having one of those years. While last month's layoffs hit hard, rendering 'at least 10 percent of the studio' redundant, they came after news that the company was working on an unannounced title. However, this is not the case."

[LordMarius]

"Created as a contrast to The Agent, coming exclusively to the Playstation 3?"

wouldnt be surprise

[Applegate]

Great, now watch this come out even before The Agent.

[Statix]

Mad Doc Software? Last I heard, Surfer Girl the rumor blogger said that they were working on SWAT 5. Unfortunately, the project was scrapped. It sure would kick ass if the project were on again, but I doubt it.

Not sure if this studio would've done the series justice like 2K Boston did anyway.

[theEnemy]

PlayStation 3 - Agent

Xbox360 - Double Agent

;P

[MEsoJD]

Agent Sigma

[jeseth]

Yeah. Agent Sigma. Lol.

[MGOelite]

at least give some evidence not just "our sources"

[heroicjanitor]

They should say "our guess", becaue we all know they thought it sounded reasonable and took a stab in the dark.

If they are right they will keep reminding us, if they aren't they'll forget they ever said it.

Edit: Ok then you're tracked, let's see how tomorrow turns out

[Nike]

Hence filed under "Rumours" and not "News". The man in question specializes in 360 development as good as PS3 and PC development. But yeah, there is another unannounced game from these guys.

@heroicjanitor: Cool. Won't disappoint.

[Cajun Chicken]

Yeah, but isn't the main talented one; Rockstar North making Agent?

[Xi]

I would say the main talent came from David jones, the founder of the GTA franchise and lemmings who left R* to start real-time worlds.

Not to mention with how much of the fanbase of this site seems to think that GTA4 lacks much of the quality and polish of it's predessors, I wouldn't call R* north the talented one.

But in reality I suspect that almost all the studios work with one another to ensure a solid release of whatever it is they develop.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Tell me we are not going to start on that "b team" sh*t again with this are we?

Way to go Cajun!

[Elven6]

Rockstar doesn't work on a single project 100% anymore, projects are broken up into different pieces and farmed out to studios who excel at said piece.

Even a game like GTA 4 was developed by multiple studios, those who were better at one thing got to develop it, etc. If you look at Rockstar's track record this generation, it hasn't failed them by any means so more power to them.

[The Xbox Empire]

If you had played Bully, you would know Rockstar New England is very good too.

[Statix]

All of a sudden, little-known Mad Doc Studios (before they joined Rockstar and ported Bully to 360) is as talented as the developers of the GTA series? Sounds more like wishful thinking to me.

[Xi]

But I honestly don't think R* north is half as talented it used to be.

The truth is I haven't bought a R* game in the last 6 years because I personally think they all suck nuts.

[Jaces]

I played Bully and it was "meh" at best.

Fun but nothing special. Heh...would be funny to see them pull out Bully 2: The college years.

[ginganinja]

R* north has been responsible for all the GTA games, which is what they're known for.
GTA III, the one that really set them up and became the open-world game everyone's tried to copy since, was done after Jones left - not saying he's not talented, but to suggest the team without him are poor is a little myopic.
You might not have played a R* North game since, but millions have.

I was also a little underwhelmed by GTA IV. There's no denying it's a quality game, it was more the story and content felt too heavy for a GTA game. Too much Godfather, not enough Tom and Jerry.

[maxcer]

wait a second... I thought i remembered back in February when Lost&Dammed came out that most fanboys said GTAIV wasn't any good? now that they are doing Agent they are considered the top tier developers at R*? i don't get it...

[TheColbertinator]

Interesting.I think bully 2 could be a sure hit.Or a new IP called Nerd

[Gamer_Politics]

Hmm...so Rockstar could be working on new exclusive franchises for both consoles

[xenogamer21]

Rockstar has alot of projects in the air. Red dead, Agent, Max Payne, the next gta. And probably more i am forgetting. But they do have alot of studios so i might be wrong. Havent been to happy with their products of late. The last good Rockstar game was Vice city. Didnt like san andreas or 4.

[Jack Meahoffer]

Last good Rockstar game was Vice City?!... Didn't like San Andreas?!

Wha-wha-wha WHAT?

Everyone is entitled to their opinion but I'm sorry after saying something like that I'd have to assume whatever you say the opposite is actually true.

Maybe you like another genre better. Maybe you liked the Miami 80's setting more than West Coast Gangster 90's setting but still. Saying nothing "good" since Vice City?! San Andreas, Manhunt, Bully, The Warriors and GTA IV. Whether you like the genre or not these games clearly cross the threshold of "good".

[DuneBuggy]

Vice City was my favorite of the GTA series too. The Miami Vice meets Scarface theme was cool,the soundtrack was great,and they upped the ante from GTAIII.San Andreas was good though and IV a little better still.

Guess im just weird. Id rather play Twisted Metal II than any that have come since too. And this includes Black and Head on.

[Shaka2K6]

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[Gamer_Politics]

Hmm...but people are buying that Dlc and it will even sell more once the disc version comes

[DelbertGrady]

That 'stupid' DLC has sold more than numerous PS3 exclusives.

[Hallucinate]

so what? does the some how make the dlc better...regardless of sale gta4 and the dlc is crap

[da720izcumin]

the metacritic for GTA and the DLC are each higher than numerous ps3 exclusives.

[-MD-]

Manhunt 3 please.

[JeffGUNZ]

God, I wish.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

W00t! I wonder what it is. I hope it's not a Bully sequel that broken piece of garbage is still broke to the point of being unplayable on the 360.

I really hope this is a new IP. Wow, 2 unknown exclusives announced in the last 20 minutes here. Feels like E3 again!

[BrokenAnarchy]

It wasnt really "announced" just a rumor from a source

Hopefully it is true, but I wont believe it till it is announced

[The Xbox Empire]

We'll have to wait and see, I wouldn't doubt it.

[TheBrit]

I have played bully from start to finish and achieved everything and I actually liked it a lot. I had not one problem with it.

I'm sure there are issues that exist but where you say its broke to the point of unplayable, I'm very confused. It played just fine for me.

[n to the b]

I'm renting Bully now, it's not unplayably buggy. there were a couple of times, exiting a building, I would sink into the earth and it would just say Passed Out & then respawn...

[MetalGearBear]

just rumor. no worry about it.

[-MD-]

Lol

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Then why do you sound worried?

[user858621]

the guys who made empire earth 3?? -_-'

[123456789]

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[RockmanII7]

anything except Rockstar presents table tennis 2

[Javier19]

I love Rockstar

Becuase there 100% British :D

[Disccordia]

Yes you're right. Apart from their studios in Vancouver, New England, San Diego, Toronto, Tokyo and Vienna, they are 100% British.

[caffman]

what have the romans ever done for us?

[Blow Out Your Brains]

I hope this is true, I'm always let down by MS exclusives and they never stay exclusive to their console only

[rob6021]

They didn't make Bully they ported it to 360 and PC. Rockstar Vancouver Made bully. These guys have yet to prove themselves.

[dantheman1515]

Than why not bring both Agent and this game to both consoles? GTA sold well multiplatform. Maybe both of these games are be completely made for the respective systems from a programming standpoint.

[R_A_LEE20]

I think it could be Bully 2, i know the 1st was on the Wii & PS2 but whats to stop it from being a 360 exclusive, the only other thing that i could think of was a new Smugglers Run, R* haven't done 1 on those in ages, years in fact.

[Guitardr85]

Too bad its not a rockstar North exclusive!

[Xi]

because exclusive episodic content for they're 'hit' franchise just isn't enough...

/sarcasm

[Nelson M]

And The BoTs Get Bully 2
Haa Ha

[Tinted Eyes]

we have t t twitter and we have more s s sales!!

[silverchode]

you get agent

[josephayal]

ITS JUST A RUMOR

[chisox100]

lol ps3 gets a rockstar exclusive and now xbots are begging for one of there own.

What dont you guys have games to play or somehting?

[danthaman15]

"What dont you guys have games to play or somehting?"

The irony is sickening.