Posts Tagged ‘visceral games’
Dead Space: Extraction met with lackluster results
Dead Space: Extraction made its way onto store shelves for the Nintendo Wii on September 29th and considering the reviews and media, we figured it would be met with some critical acclaim. Well, the numbers are in and to Visceral Games’ dismay, it was not met with the critical acclaim they had hoped for.
In fact, in its first week on store shelves (Sep. 29th – Oct. 3rd) the game only managed to push 9,000 copies. EEDAR analyst Jesse Divinch comments on the game’s less than stellar launch:
“Electronic Arts didn’t market Dead Space Extraction as much as it does with other titles. And the success or failure of a Wii title usually correlates directly to marketing spend. If Electronic Arts spent little on marketing, I am sure the sell through was no surprise to them. So I do not believe sell through was a disappointment to EA.”
Let’s wait until Visercal comments to see if what this analyst says is true.
via edge-online
Visceral Studio employees flock to Activision
Here’s something that is sure to piss EA off — It seems that Activision is starting up a new games that will be based in San Francisco. Apparantly unable to find unemployed talent, Activision did the next best thing and grabbed a few from EA.
Both Glen Schofield, General Manager, and Michael Condrey, COO, from Visceral Games will be making the jump to Activision’s new studio. You’ll recoginze Visceral Studios as being the guys behind Dead Space and Dante’s Inferno.
What is to come from Activision’s new studio? Your guess is as good as mine but it better be good!
via Destructoid
Dante’s Inferno gameplay caught on film, looks awesome
Sure, God of War III won’t be making its way onto the Xbox 360 but who cares? Dante’s Inferno is!
Honestly though, if the above video is anything to go by, Dante’s Inferno is looking to give God of War III a run for its money. Said video contains never before seen gameplay from Dante’s Inferno which was developed by the guys behind Dead Space, Visceral Studios.
Unfortunately for us, Dante’s Inferno won’t hit the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC until January of next year.
Dead Space Extraction box art revealed
Visceral Games and EA are happy to reveal the box art for their upcoming Wii on-rails survival-FPS, Dead Space: Extraction.
There’s not much to be said about the above box art other than that it looks cool which means the game will be cool right? All I know is that that woman looks to be kickin’ a lot more ass than the dude lurkin’ in the shadows.
Anyways, Dead Space: Extraction will be out for the Nintendo Wii on September 29th of this year.
New Dead Space: Extraction trailer at E3
Dead Space: Extraction is sure to be one of the hottest games this year released for Nintendo’s Wii. Luckily, Visceral Games and EA took the stage at E3 to show off the above trailer showcasing said game.
Unfortunately, it’s under a minute long but it does show off the beautiful visuals of Dead Space: Extraction that are sure to push the Wii’s graphical capabilities.
However, it does show some gameplay which, from the brief looks of it, looks to be pretty damn fun. Dead Space: Extraction will be out for the Nintendo Wii on September 29th of this year.
EA Redwood Shores changes name to Visceral Games
It was recently announced that the EA division responsible for Dead Space, and the upcoming Wii title Dead Space: Extraction would be dropping the EA moniker and branching off to form Visceral Games.
Now, EA will still own the studio but everything they do from here on out will be branded with the Visceral Games logo, pictured above.
You can check out Visceral’s introductory statement along with check up on their progress here.