Steven Spielberg Teams With EA
Well, if Peter Jackson is doing it, then why shouldn’t Steven Spielberg? Mr. E.T. himself is teaming up with Electronic Arts to develop three new video games. Count them: un, deux, trois.
Spielberg, a video game enthusiast and co-founder of movie studio DreamWorks SKG, will work with EA’s Los Angeles studio on the concept, story and design of the games.
EA, whose shares jumped nearly 5 percent in early trading, did not disclose the terms of the multiyear, exclusive agreement.
Neil Young, vice president and studio head at EA Los Angeles, said Spielberg and EA developers are aiming to take advantage of new technology in upcoming gaming consoles and deliver more engaging and novel play and entertainment.
“Who is a better person to tackle that challenge with than Steven Spielberg?” Young said.
I’m assuming that’s a rhetorical question.
Only time will reveal the titles of these games, and I’m more than curious to know if they’ll be based off Spielberg films, or if they’ll be entirely original (is there such as thing as ‘entirely original’ these days?)
Meanwhile, I wait with bated breath for Nora Ephron to jump on the bandwagon and go make a video game of You’ve Got Mail. Imagine the adventurous possibilities!
Okay, don’t.
(via Yahoo!)
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