Two EA studios will alternate war-shooter releases each year in a new fight on Activision
EA studios Danger Close and DICE are both locked in a project rotation cycle that mirrors how Activision releases games from Treyarch and Infinity Ward.
Electronic Arts will "continue to follow our rotation strategy,” said games boss Frank Gibeau.
"In general, we're giving studios a full two-year cycle to get a game built and polished to maximum quality,” he added.
It means the Los Angeles-based Danger Close is very likely building a new Medal Of Honor game, due for release in 2012, to follow up on its 2010 reboot of the series.
Sweden-based EA DICE will this year release Battlefield 3, and likely – providing the genre maintains its popularity – release a follow-up in 2013.
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As quoted by CVG, Gibeau went on to say that the rotation would allow both EA studios to “maximise technology investments like [the high-end game engine] Frostbite 2”.
"The idea is to have that rotation happen with Battlefield and Medal of Honor and keep it fresh so you don't burn the teams down or over-annualise the product lines,” Gibeau added.
The move means a new EA military shooter will be released each year to counter Activision’s rotation policy.
Infinity Ward and Treyarch each build new Call Of Duty titles every two years in the same alternating release pattern.
Meanwhile, EA Partner studio Respawn will be used to compete with Activision’s new partner Bungie.
Both independent developers are thought to be building sci-fi based FPS titles.
"Titles like Respawn - and I think the Insomniac title is a little bit more of an action game than a pure shooter - we'll sprinkle those in where we see opportunistic gaps, either in a release schedule or in a genre standpoint," Gibeau added.
have MOH release their game next year, Have respawn release their game in 2013, and have BF released in 2014-15. Extra Premium DLC alone will ensure the longevity of both MOH and BF, not annual 2 year releases "A la" Infinity Ward and Activision. BFBC2 came out 2 years after BFBC1, but look at the difference between BFBC2 and BF3 a monumental tech upgrade. SUPPORT THE GAMES U HAVE ALREADY (BFP4F,BF HEROES, BF3)I wouldn't mind waiting for something as good as BF3 in the future, but not so early!
