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Sledgehammer Unlikely To Return To Action Call of Duty Title, 'Too Niche'

NowGamer: Sledgehammer boss Glen Schofield rules out return to third-person Call of Duty title.

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TimmyShire5048d ago

So, the only innovation they might've made they scrapped for... more Call Of Duty?

*sigh*

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Feckles5048d ago

Sounded like a bad idea anyway.

jerethdagryphon5047d ago

so iw treyarch and sledge hammer all churning out more fps's

anyone interested?

madjedi5047d ago (Edited 5047d ago )

@jereth Maybe next gen after a totally new engine is designed and a cooling off period, where cod isn't on a yearly release schedule.

Whatever happened to the rumored space based cod, too radical for bobby's narrow minded focus?

Lol the most generic big title a developer could be involved with saying something is too niche, compared to cod alot of thing are niche, even if they really aren't.

If your not koei, atlus, nis and a couple of other small developers(usually but not always) japanese studios you have no authority to be talking about what is niche or not. Damn sure not something a cod dev, has any business referring to.

Da One5047d ago

but with the exception of koei, none of those devs you listed do yearly sequels.

We're still waiting on SMT:IV and Disgaea 3 was released 3 years ago and the sequel is finally arriving

DigitalRaptor5046d ago

Sadly, too many are interested in that regurgitated, mainstream pile of crap.

I'd take something niche, over Call of Duty any day. That's not how the investors and publishers think though is it? Shame on you Sledgehammer!

CrimsonSaber5047d ago

im down. love filling mr. koticks pockets

Relientk775045d ago

I wonder if they will stay with the shooter genre or try something else with their next game

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Glen Schofield: Dead Space Wouldn’t Be Greenlit Today—Publishers Are Afraid to Take Risks

Sector sat down with Glen Schofield—creator of Dead Space and The Callisto Protocol—during the Game Developers Session (GDS) in Prague to discuss the evolution of the game industry, the current challenges of AAA development, and why it's become so hard to get original ideas off the ground in today’s risk-averse environment.

1nsomniac1d 17h ago

It’s easy enough to say that, but why? It feels weird to me when developers say this but common sense would tell you everything about the idea itself should work.

The idea of the concept seems like a winner at whichever angle you look at it so why would publishers not greenlight it?

… it’s almost as if the majority of publishers are massively incompetent at their jobs. But there’s no surprise to anyone there.

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Dead Space Creator Confirms EA Rejected Plans For A Fourth Game

Dead Space creator Glen Schofield has confirmed that EA rejected his pitch for a fourth entry in the survival horror game series.

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RaidenBlack172d ago

wait it was this year ... ?
damn

P_Bomb172d ago

WOW! To think that a new Dead Space actually got pitched in 2024, only to be rejected! All EA cares about is GaaS sports and BF milk.

Concertoine172d ago

They tried to reboot it with a remake but evidently not enough people bought it. Great game, too.

I bought it full price, but it was on sale for 9 bucks by the end of the year. Sad

P_Bomb172d ago

I bought it too. Guess we weren’t enough 😭

RaidenBlack172d ago (Edited 172d ago )

Maybe EA didn't trust the team/Schofield after Callisto? And maybe the pitch was even inferior to Callisto?
We might never know and can only guess.

chicken_in_the_corn172d ago

EA probably didn't want the backlash and opposition towards new games we constantly see these days

Rebel_Scum172d ago

Dead Space is not really a series that needs to be more than the original trilogy imo. The story wasnt really that engaging with all the religious nonsense.

By all means though make another space horror not set in the same universe as DS with similar mechanics, some mystery and that would be better. Too bad EA sucks.

P_Bomb172d ago

“By all means though make another space horror not set in the same universe as DS with similar mechanics, some mystery and that would be better.”

Schofield already tried that with Callisto Protocol. It wasn’t better.

jznrpg172d ago (Edited 172d ago )

I thought it was a pretty good game (Callisto) . Better? No, but it was enjoyable for me. I don’t buy shorter games at full price so maybe I felt I got my moneys worth for 20$

P_Bomb172d ago

I hear ya. Platinumed it at launch, don’t hate it. But Dead Space remains champ! 😇

-Foxtrot172d ago

I’d rather see a continuation of the remakes and change DS3 so much it’s basically a new game

The ending of DS3 was terrible and the lore…Necromorph moons was just silly in my opinion

Knightofelemia172d ago

Hopefully DS4 would have been better then DS3. Shame EA scrapped it Dead Space is my favorite horror I love space horror games.

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