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Insomniac on Fuse Box Art: "We Took Some Creative Risks"

When the box art for Fuse was revealed last month, it fared no better in the eyes of critics than did its dull transition from the seemingly inspired and spirited Overstrike. Aside from the cliche space-marine look of the four figures, the bland grey backdrop, and the explosions of orange everywhere, the most notable feature was the characters' heads - or lack thereof. According to Insomniac's CEO Ted Price, this was an intentional and deliberate move.

Jinkies4150d ago

LOL...

No you didn't it looks like your game...generic and boring.

Riderz13374150d ago

You just had to sell your soul to EA didn't you Insomniac. You made my most loved franchise, Ratchet & Clank. Looking at the creativity and originality of that game and then looking at Fuse....What happened?

-Mika-4150d ago

They most likely got tired of working on the same ips. Insominiac only worked on Resistance and the ratchet and clank ips for two gens. They were just tired of it and they wanted to try something new.

EA is what happen to the creativity. They're funding the game Afterall so if they want you to change something. You have to change it. Simple as that. Sony does this with some of their ips. Uncharted was suppose to be a fantasy game but sony told ND to make it more realistic.

mynameisEvil4150d ago

Only worked on Resistance and Ratchet and Clank? Did you forget, I don't know, SPYRO THE GODDAMN DRAGON?

*rolls eyes at Mika for the 15 billionth time*

cloud4954149d ago

There's two reasons, a bigger profit by releasing it on two platforms and owning their own IP. Sony owns ratchet and clank and resistance. Insomniac owns the fuse IP.

Soldierone4149d ago

@MynameisEvil, Insomniac hasn't worked with Spyro since PS1. Thus PS2 and ps3 are Two generations of constant Ratchet and Resistance.

Though I don't agree with the excuse. IG could have easily told Sony "let us do something new" and it would have happened, only issue is Sony would have wanted full rights to it.

Heavenly King4149d ago

Uncharted was never meant to be a fantasy game. Are you on crack?! DAFAQ!

Skips4149d ago

That was back in 2006 or something. lol

And that's really the ONLY franchise I've ever heard Sony change. Because last time I checked, it was like this if you did a game for Sony.

http://www.gamekicker.com/g...

Ezz20134149d ago (Edited 4149d ago )

@mika
since i came here every time i read your comment i feel my brain explode

mika , one day ... one day
you will make a comment that make sense
i know it almost impossible..but i can dream

SilentNegotiator4148d ago

The solution? Generic shooters.

Brilliant!

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wishingW3L4150d ago

I bet it was EA who made them change the game.

-Alpha4149d ago (Edited 4149d ago )

Focus group. Or, as I call it "F***ed Us" Group

GSpartan7774149d ago

O_O It's box art talking season?

Braid4149d ago

Yep, when there's nothing to talk about, you start talking about cover arts. Except, there are always plenty of other things to talk about.

Mac is OK4149d ago

They say that the reason the heads are out of the picture is because they were trying to pull attention to the weapons, but I can barely see the weapons...

spicelicka4149d ago

exactly lol, wtf kind of reason is that, the weapons just look regular guns with orange crap coming out. They should've just shown the guns then. And no one would make that connection unless Price's description came written on the cover.

I think there's something to it. EA has a gun behind insomniac's head, and as a spokesman Ted Price is just forced to defend EA's demands.

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EA Hopes to Use Generative AI to Drive Monetization and Make Development 30% More Efficient

Today Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson provided a look into his ideas for the use of generative AI in the company's development processes.

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thorstein47d ago

I wonder what the next buzz word they'll slap in front of AI to make it sound exciting next? "Generative" as if it's creating its own content. Lol.

Cacabunga46d ago

EA is already dying a painful death..

peppeaccardo46d ago

i have a better idea .. why the whole exec team doesn't get replaced by chat bots ?

just_looken47d ago

Though i agree the ai thing is already in other forms of media there have been ai translations/scripts/voice over and even full ai commercials aired on tv. Ubisoft has created a ai game creator story/vo/music except the building of the game

The new unreal engine has auto terrain creation tools

In the world of greed in which it is winning without any major blow back ai is our future.

everyone want's biden dead on the mic or a criminal instead of a woman and now we are getting ai everything because no one will stop watching/playing ai created media.

GamerRN46d ago

Maybe they should just focus on making good games?

Just a thought...

Kiryu199246d ago

Exactly EA are just pure evil. When they are beating Bank of America to be voted the worst company to work for that’s saying a lot

Good thing I don’t buy their games day one and wait for deep deep sale years after launch (the select few games I am actually interested in)

Gaming is making so much money yet the greed of these companies is never ending

CEO’s and people on board making millions yet cutting jobs to those who are actually making the products

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Knightofelemia47d ago (Edited 47d ago )

EA is still a shady shitty company even with or without the help of Skynet. All they will use AI for is new ways to milk loot boxes and come up with the same sports title with a different year on the label. They are one company I truly do hate with a passion. They single handedly ruined some great franchise with their death touch. ME, Dead Space, Alice Returns, Dante's Inferno.

Stuart575647d ago

EA layoffs followed by 'Generative AI to Drive Monetization'

I knew it. Wonder what AI salary looks like? Nothing.

ChasterMies47d ago

I having a feeling that most of the layoffs in the industry are based on the idea that AI will do the same job for less.

DarXyde46d ago

Very likely, yes.

Made worse by the fact that the execs aren't changing their compensations.

My deepest fear at this point is that we are now in the capitalism endgame.

At this point, we really should just burn AI to the ground. Executives cannot be trusted to do the right thing.
How are those people expected to support families if everything gets automated?

Barlos47d ago (Edited 47d ago )

And take away creativity, and people's jobs as we've been seeing. Got it.

No thanks. I want my games created by people, not AI.

CobraKai47d ago

Exactly. If or when games start becoming more AI than people, im done with gaming. AI and companies like EA can suck donkey d***k.

just_looken47d ago

Though i agree remember this is no ps3/360 era were we got up to 3 games in one generation from on developer like gears/halo/bioware/sony/ms

The people today are pro esg/sweet baby for the most part AAA gaming is imploding right now.

We should be stepping back re evaluate everything as a whole this year xmen 97 written/directed by a woman that is nuts and its also being made by a group reshaping bodies to be less sexual like wtf. A dam famous cartoon from the 90's is being rebuilt with millions spent to be worse in everyway.

Gaming/movies/tv shows made today are worse than what we had 7years ago ai won't change this but that ai is also being made by these groups so either way we are screwed.
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Eonjay46d ago

Don't be of afraid of women. Sexy characters in games and movies still exist. Got my Stellar Blade on preorder!!! Everything all the time doesn't need to be sexual...that's stupid, childish and dull.

Chocoburger47d ago (Edited 47d ago )

EA doesn't want to lose their title of worst gaming company ever, always trying their best to remain the champs!
What's sad is that they have so much potential to be a decent publisher.

SSX Tricky / SSX 3
Def Jam Vendetta / Fight for New York
NBA Street
NFL Steet
Mirror's Edge
Bad Company
Burnout 3 / 4 / 5

Remember when EA used to be awesome? It's all over with now. Unpolished, if not out-right broken games these days. Endless monetization and gambling in their sports games, and let's not forget wasting hours of your life trying to unlock characters or equipment using "surprise boxes!"

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EA And Sony Layoffs, Entertainment News And More Skewedcast

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