Where Did The Classic Franchises Go? (July 11, 2015)

[ChrisReid]

The German website gameZINE has posed a very good question: "Where is Electronic Arts with Wing Commander and Ultima?" They cite titles like Star Citizen and The Witcher 3 to demonstrate a resurgence in epic space sims and single player RPGs. Whether via remake or sequel, they agree with us that the brands still carry tremendous name recognition and have a legion of latent fans. CIC readers are well aware of this, but it's nice to see a little international confirmation! There is some potential for EA's Dragon Age and Mass Effect series to cause some internal competion in the RPG and sci-fi arenas, but there's plenty of precedent out there for companies to develop similar franchises alongside each other. The full article is in German, but you can check out a Google translation here.

Was Electronic Arts mit den Marken Wing Commander und Ultima vor hat, ist ungewiss. Doch wer weiA?, vielleicht A 1/4 berrascht uns das Unternehmen und kA 1/4 ndigt bald ein Spiel zu einer der Serien an. Wenn wir wetten wA 1/4 rden, dann wA 1/4 rden wir dies auf Wing Commander tun.

Random observation: Their top article image appears to be a crop of one of our old box scans. You can see a better version of the actual render below!





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Original update published on July 11, 2015