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EA is still making games for Wii U, although it’s not half as committed to Nintendo’s latest console as it is to Microsoft’s or Sony’s current and next-gen systems. While EA spokesman Jeff Brown told Kotaku last week that the company currently has "no games in development for the Wii U", the publisher’s chief financial officer, Blake Jorgensen, confirmed this week that EA isn’t neglecting the platform completely.

Asked by an attendee at the Stifel Nicolaus 2013 Internet, Media and Communications Conference which console manufacturer will lead the next generation, Jorgensen said (via Polygon): "You know, I think Nintendo's business was more [an] extension of their last console. We are building titles for the Nintendo console, but not anywhere near as many as we are for PS or Xbox. I think what the consumer will find is a lot more powerful gameplay with the new boxes that are coming out, and a lot of excitement, but it'll remain to be seen as to the services associated with those as to how consumers decide which direction they might want to go."

EA has given various reasons for its apparent lack of support for Wii U in recent months. FIFA 14 won’t appear on the console, with EA citing “disappointing” commercial results for FIFA 13 on the system. Madden NFL 25 isn’t being developed for Wii U either. Nor is the newly announced Need for Speed Rivals, or any other Frostbite 3 powered games (Battlefield 4, upcoming Mass Effect and Dragon Age titles), seemingly due to Wii U’s incompatibility with DICE’s engine. Frostbite technical director Johan Andersson told a gamer over Twitter earlier this month that Frostbite 3 "has never been running on Wii U".

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Visceral Star Wars game in 'earliest concepting phase' | GamesRadar @font-face { font-family: 'BebasNeueRegular'; src: url('/static/fonts/BebasNeue-webfont.eot'); src: url('/static/fonts/BebasNeue-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), url('/static/fonts/BebasNeue-webfont.woff') format('woff'), url('/static/fonts/BebasNeue-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'), url('/static/fonts/BebasNeue-webfont.svg#BebasNeueRegular') format('svg'); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -1px; } @font-face {font-family: 'FontAwesome';src: url('/static/Font-Awesome/font/fontawesome-webfont.eot');src: url('/static/Font-Awesome/font/fontawesome-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), url('/static/Font-Awesome/font/fontawesome-webfont.woff') format('woff'), url('/static/Font-Awesome/font/fontawesome-webfont.ttf') format('truetype');font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;} Google+ Trending: Announced PS4 Games | Xbox One games   Login | Join Future Publishing A Future Site ? GamesRadar Home Xbox 360 PS3 PC Vita Wii U 3DS Mobile Games Features News Previews Reviews Videos Galleries MMO Cheats & Guides More Feedback Submit News » Video Games» News» Visceral Star Wars game in 'earliest concepting phase' Visceral Star Wars game in 'earliest concepting phase' Job posting for project calls for senior game designer Words: Connor Sheridan on May 24, 2013 9 Comments Email Share / Save Share / Save this Article Del.icio.us Del.icio.us Reddit.com Reddit.com Facebook Facebook Slashdot.org Slashdot.org Google Bookmarks Google Bookmarks N4G N4G Stumbleupon.com Stumbleupon.com Email this Article To: From: Comment:

Visceral is starting work on its Star Wars game, according to a job listing dug up by Superannuation. The position calls for "an experienced Senior Game Designer to help lead the design and guide a pre-vis team currently in concept phase on a Next-Gen Star Wars title. "

The designer will join a new team within the studio which is at the "earliest concepting phase of game development." EA previously made it clear that none of the games arising from its exclusive deal with Disney will release this year.

The posting reveals little else about the game (it sounds like there isn't much to discuss yet), but it does ask for an "excellent grasp of level design: scripting, laying out combat spaces, combining core mechanics into fun sequences."

So Visceral's Star Wars game will for sure feature levels. And fighting. So much for Sabacc Night at the Inventory...

EA has said it wants to ride some of the new Star Wars films' momentum by releasing around the same time (via GameSpot), so expect to see Visceral's efforts surface sometime in 2015.

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Z-man427 - 15 hours, 55 minutes ago

All I want is what The Force Unleashed should have been. Something like God of War/Dante's Inferno, but with lightsabers and The Force. Not as gory, but dark and violent. Reply Report

BlueScorpion91 - May 25, 2013 3:54 a.m.

That was one of the best, lol. Reply Report

ZeeCaptain - May 24, 2013 9:42 p.m.

It'll probably be something along the lines of a third person shooter of sorts, just by the devs history of army of two and dead space, not my favorite games but this might work out... Reply Report

N7Spartan95 - May 24, 2013 9:36 p.m.

Please be Battlefront III, please be Battlefront III, please be Battlefront III, please be Battlefront III, please be Battlefront III...Hey, a guy can dream, can't he? Reply Report

CUFCfan616 - May 24, 2013 5:13 p.m.

So EA are hoping to jump on the new films momentum? Does this mean we can expect in typical EA fashion a yearly update of the same game set on a different planet maybe with slightly flashier graphics and more realistic ball control? Sorry, slipped into FIFA mode there Reply Report

ObliqueZombie - May 24, 2013 2:58 p.m.

They're the master of a seamless HUD, so somethinlike that! Reply Report

haxxoromg - May 24, 2013 3:34 p.m.

oh man seamless hud? crawling through dark,claustrophobic sci-fi settings and shooting aliens? if they dont reboot star wars republic commandos im going to have to punch somebody Reply Report

olane123 - May 24, 2013 2:01 p.m.

Since its Visceral im hoping for undead Ewoks spreading across the Galaxy devouring the souls of Inoccents to the tune of yub yub - On a serious note im looking for a more gritty version of the star wars universe hopefully looking at the fall of the sith empire, follow the short story of the IG-88 assassin droid that gained sentience and went on a killing spree or finally the story of a Sith reforming and joining the jedi order Reply Report

jason-t-ayresa - May 24, 2013 1:54 p.m.

Something better than the Clone Wars games, those were not good. Reply Report

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Microsoft, publishers to receive fees for used-game retail sales

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According to a news report from MCV, the used games market will continue to exist--but Microsoft and publishers will be getting a slice of the used sales pie.

This information was provided by anonymous retail sources, who say that Microsoft "briefed key retail partners on how it intends to take ownership of the pre-owned market." Here's an example of how the system works, as posted on MCV:

"A gamer walks into a retailer and hands over the game they wish to sell. This will only be possible at retailers who have agreed to Microsoft’s T&Cs and more importantly integrated Microsoft’s cloud-based Azure pre-owned system into its own.

"The game is then registered as having been traded-in on Microsoft’s system. The consumer who handed it over will subsequently see the game wiped from their account – hence the until now ambiguous claim from Phil Harrison that the Xbox One would have to ‘check in’ to Microsoft’s servers every 24 hours.

"The retailer can then sell the pre-owned game at whatever price they like, although as part of the system the publisher of the title in question will automatically receive a percentage cut of the sale. As will Microsoft. The retailer will pocket the rest."

Unconfirmed reports on UK blog consoledeals.co.uk suggest that used game retailers may pocket as little as 10 percent of the sale, leaving us wondering how brick and mortar stores will sustain overhead costs, let alone stay in business. 

We've reached out to Microsoft for comment.

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somerandomchap - 8 hours, 28 minutes ago

As bad as the Xbone is screwing consumers at least it's not limiting itself to them. Gamestop and the like have been unrelentingly ripping off customers who trade in games for years. Buying games for less than ten dollars then selling them $5 cheaper than new and earning huge margins. I hope they re-evaluate their business strategy or are shut down. Reply Report

grendel007 - 9 hours, 36 minutes ago

I am not happy with many of game stops practices, but if it wasn't for them (and similar companies) we wouldn't be getting $30 for a game we bought for $60. We would be getting $0.With that said, there are plenty of games I have bought used when I was just browsing through the store, and gone on to buy the next release full price because I liked the used one. This will no longer happen for me. And what makes this any different from any used item? Should it be illegal to sell anything used? If it is good enough for games it is good enough for cars, houses, and clothes. The whole idea is ridiculous. Reply Report

Eightboll812 - 12 hours, 30 minutes ago

I honestly don't know why some of these a$$clowns on here that want to defend the "publishers" and bash retailers think they have something to add to the discussion. I picture them with a beret and an e-cigarette and a goatee at a party trying to sound intellectual.1) When you are paying money for something you are the customer, and it is your part to actually negotiate your interests not the provider. And if you can't do that, please become my customer, because I love people like you. I can increase my charges and you keep thinking you are getting better product/service just because you are paying more. 2) Everyone who is benefiting under this new arrangement is actually a middleman. You demonize one middleman (Gamestop) for creating a marketplace that provides a useful service to many people. If you don't like their rates or profit margin, don't do business there. But obviously many people must find it useful, as many do buy from there.2b) From a "game" standpoint, MS is also a middleman. And the publisher is too. The publisher is like the record label in music. They don't make $#1t. They are as much a middleman as Gamestop or Best Buy. Haven't you noticed some of the comedy games make fun of the dynamic between dev and publisher? If not, go play Space Quest 3.3) The dev, who does all the work, they get nothing out of this. They only get what the publisher will allow to trickle down. Oh, and don't most people these days demonize trickle down economics, saying it doesn't trickle down at all?So really, you are all "hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, go MS...way to cut Gamestop out of the mix", when all you are doing is supporting a bunch of fat, lazy execs, who are nothing more than brokers, getting fatter and lazier. And you feel all smug because you can puff away at that e-cig at the next party and pretend to educate people about economic details you have no clue about yourself. But the funny thing is, many of us wake up the next day to go to do real business, and you are waking up to trade that beret for a visor and go flip burgers for the day. Reply Report

kakeface - 20 hours, 16 minutes ago

Listen up GAME, Amazon, Gamestation, Wal-Mart, Best Buy and all you large retailers who make a large amount of revenue from used games... if you refuse to stock the Xbox One until Microsoft reverse this policy, then come release time Microsoft will very quickly get rid of this used game lock. Reply Report

brickman409 - 21 hours, 39 minutes ago

wow, so you can't sell xbox one games off ebay or at a garage sale, or even to let friends borrow them? really crappy, MS. Reply Report

Talvari - 21 hours, 40 minutes ago

Meanwhile I can just let a friend borrow a Wii U game without any backlash. At least you're still undeniably good at doing one thing Ninty. Reply Report

JachAnen - 15 hours, 55 minutes ago

Pretty sure the PS4 will be like that too. Only Microsoft is the ones doing this. Officially. Reply Report

Talvari - 12 hours, 17 minutes ago

True. Though Sony ain't said much about the whole used sales thing right? I doubt they'll do anything like putting a paywall behind used games...right? D: Reply Report

pl4y4h - May 25, 2013 12:12 a.m.

Wouldn't this cause A) retail used games to become more expensive to compensate for the loss of turn around profit or B) they go out of business all together? That sucks Reply Report

ZeeCaptain - May 24, 2013 9:44 p.m.

And GameFly was put out of business, blockbuster too if that hadn't happened already... Reply Report

winner2 - May 24, 2013 8:39 p.m.

I am not even going to try to predict how the money will flow here because economics is something I'm only basically versed in. However, I can say I hardly ever buy used games anymore seeing as for consoles I buy the big AAA's only and I get them new (getting more into PC) , and for handhelds it's not an issue of course since i just have the 3ds and vita, while I try other things on PC. So I guess this doesn't really affect me directly right now and maybe it never will. Everyone's pissed with micro right now but after thinking about it a bit more and more regarding myself personally rather than their practices in general, I may not be so opposed to getting the one. I think I'd like one all in all, and I'll probably get the ps4 too at some point as well as a wii u when N has rolled out plenty of its big guns. Call me self centered I guess, but my one purchase won't change the industry so I might as well enjoy it all in the now, now that I think about it. Reply Report

AtlanteanLancer - May 24, 2013 3:34 p.m.

So they're trying to keep the re-sale model similar on the surface, but change it under the hood. a clever way to gradually undermine brick&mortar retailers.mostly things stay the same, EXCEPT, now the retailer no longer gets the whole pie when re-selling, they get10% ( they sure as hell dont deserve 100% of an intellectual service they didnt produce), it's fair that they get a share for simply storing the disc until a buyer arrives.the reason market doesn't go fully digital is that web access isn't so robust in all placesAnd in a few years they'll lose that as well.and the reason MS is even remotely trying to keep face with the retailers is because they sell the actual Xbox MACHINE, meaning they can play the revenge game and limit shelf-space and in-house advertising.the PC has no such qualms it is an ubiquitous piece of hardware, you can't wage war against it.As it is now the games have to be 60dollars to compensate for sales lost by the 2nd hand market, and of course for the extremely idiotic wasteful budgeting practices of publishers who want to be the next call of duty, mo-capping dogs, hiring celebrities and spending millions on advertising.Suma sumarum: If the retailers lose out, either MS/publishers can hoard the loot or the gamers can get a better deal then increase sales.and if we dont win in all this, we can always be smart enough and migrate for competition.nuff' said Reply Report

ParagonT - May 24, 2013 10:29 p.m.

( they sure as hell dont deserve 100% of an intellectual service they didnt produce)Companies do not deserve more money from a product that cost less money to make as well although, but marketing is not really fair in general. Labor vs value. So I think that second hand retailers getting full price is totally valid personally.But I doubt were going to come out ahead in this. I have to pay more for my games, therefor I will buy less new games in general to compensate for the increase of having to buy at full retail price. I get less games, they get more money to either hoard, or give to publishers (not developers). I doubt they will cut us some slack. The second hand market is a blessing to me as a consumer. Reply Report

ZeeCaptain - May 25, 2013 3:03 a.m.

Your argument has merit save three things: 1.The retail service does have a right to profit, they are buying the "goods" from the gamers and re-selling it to other gamers, sure there assholes about it and they stiff you on prices, but it's not the most imoral business scheme iv'e seen.2.You mentioned the PC, just .... you shouldn't do that. Everyone either likes the PC or they don't but when you bring it up it just pisses people off and they have to chose sides.3.You ended it on "nuff' said" That's not a way to end an argument, a sentence, or even an insult. Reply Report

AtlanteanLancer - May 25, 2013 3:10 a.m.

the fact they had to make a deal with retailers like this is WORSE!why?because this way they HAVE to force you to get the X1 to dial home to a MS server, every 24 hours . you're treated like a criminal on probation. HORRIBLE !otherwise you could install the game, play without the disc, then immediately sell it to the retailerthey should've just cut the 2nd hand retailing altogether and be done with it.like this we get the shittiest elements of both worlds , the Steam and the console. Reply Report

ZeeCaptain - May 25, 2013 3:52 a.m.

Yes I agree with you there, hell I said the same thing a few comments down the line on this very page, but still you can't go and burn Gamestop at the stake just because it's got a habit of letting you buy a game for sixty bucks walk out the door turn around and give you thirty for it not a minute later. Like I said it's wrong of them to do that but there are worse businesses out there that do worse things. The fact that they now have to give money to the producers of these games may seem like a victory to anyone who doesn't like Gamestop, it's like the school yard bully is receiving a scolding, you can cheer all you like but it's only because he took your lunch money the other day that you cheering in the first place. What's worse is that they don't deserve this, sure they deserve some pretty nasty things for what they do, but not this. Reply Report

GamesRadarCollanderCooper - May 24, 2013 2:45 p.m.

Is this an Onion article? Reply Report

stealth2k - May 24, 2013 2:41 p.m.

how is that good news? Reply Report

Jacko415 - May 24, 2013 8 p.m.

Used games dont die AND publishers finally get a cut of the profits from THEIR OWN re-sold games. AtlanteanLancer put it pretty well: "mostly things stay the same, EXCEPT, now the retailer no longer gets the whole pie when re-selling, they get10% ( they sure as hell dont deserve 100% of an intellectual service they didnt produce), it's fair that they get a share for simply storing the disc until a buyer arrives." Reply Report

ZeeCaptain - May 25, 2013 3:09 a.m.

Yes but that's dumb and he didn't put it in a good way. T_T What your basically saying is that it wasn't enough they got the full price when the product got bought the first time, they should also be given money when a third party buys the product (with their own money) and sells it for a profit. So unless the industries want to start shelling out an allowance to game stop to buy the games and re-sell them so they can give a cut to the devs, then it doesn't work out. Another analogy in case your thick or just see red because gamestop just bought a game from you for a nickle, imagine if you will a car dealership, say Ford, Someone just bought a mustang, they drive it around then end up selling it to a used car dealer for a safer car, that used car dealer then turns around and sell that mustang for a profit, is he now going to go and give Ford some cash? Does Ford deserve some cash in this transaction they were not apart of? Reply Report

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