EA boss says to expect more Mercenaries

by Xav de Matos { Oct 31st 2008 at 11:00AM }

According to EA boss John Riccitiello the Mercenaries series will see another installment. During an earnings call, Riccitiello confirmed that Mercenaries will join Dead Space and the upcoming Mirror's Edge as continuing franchises for the mega-publisher along with Will Wright's latest, Spore.

Released in late August, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames has sold 1.9 million units across four platforms. Riccitiello made the announcement when asked if EA's recent releases were considered "sequelable" by the publisher -- who has posted a $310 million loss for its second quarter fiscal release. The EA CEO also stated that each of the mentioned titles were not likely to see annual releases.

[via Kotaku]

Tags: dead-space, ea, electronic-arts, mercenaries-2-world-in-flames, mirrors-edge

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Scott Summers @ Oct 31st 2008 11:18AM

So....more missed updates and massive glitches in the mercs series? PASS!

Rumble @ Oct 31st 2008 11:42AM

More Spore? Really?

MaxRadical @ Oct 31st 2008 11:46AM

They removed content from spore so it could be released as expansions later on.

As much as I understand EA is a business with money as a goal - that's a pretty cold move.

robotoid @ Oct 31st 2008 12:23PM

Spore can have sequels?

skfireboy @ Oct 31st 2008 1:00PM

Yeah what a steaming pile MERCS 2 is.......such a disappointment since I really thought Pandemic was more capable than that.

John @ Oct 31st 2008 1:04PM

Sequelable?? say that 3 times fast...

Mazrael @ Oct 31st 2008 5:42PM

Mercs was definatly in piles.. Yatzhee reviewed it well...
Mirrors' Edge seemed interesting, til the demo.. you can run, jump, climb and slide as long, as it's that way.. combat felt an after thought.. stupid timed button presses, then combat slides didn't go as far as they felt they should - apparenty it becomes a shooter later on.. guess they ran out of ideas latter on.. although, it felt kinda like Portal, except with agility..
So I'll give it another go later.. as I hear Dead Space is quite good, closer to Gears than Resi 4, it sounds promising..

EA making a turn around from the post 16bit to before Dead Space era?.. then milk it dry by the 1st set of sequels?