Yeah that's right. In an interview with CVG, EA Games head honcho Frank Gibeau said a few things that piqued my interest. When asked about EA's past IP's and whether they were forgetten this was his reply.
"Absolutely not. I worked on Desert Strike and Road Rash back in the day on Sega Genesis so trust me I'm familiar with the IP history."
He went on to namedrop Populus and Magic Carpet. Promising news indeed.
He also went on to say this.
"The key thing for us is, if we do bring [any of those] back, the game has got to be good. I don't know about you but when I look back at GoldenEye, I think of it as this amazing game and then you go and play it and are like, 'Oh. Really?'. From our perspective we have to manage that element which makes things look nicer in the rear view mirror compared to what you have to do now in the modern day".
"Production values and game mechanics are very different than what you see on some of those IPs but trust me, it's a part of the asset of our company to have 25 years of IP and you'll see them come back in different ways at different times."
So does that mean that we will see new Road Rash, Desert Strike (would be a great downloadable title) and Magic Carpet games? Well I have my fingers firmly crossed. So should you.
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