EA Brings Ten Titles To Comic-Con
Electronic Arts will show strongly at next week’s San Diego Comic-Con, armed with ten games and plenty of panels. It may be your first chance to go hands on with games like Left 4 Dead 2 and Dragon Age: Origins.
Titles planned to be previewed on the show floor, at EA’s booth, include Brütal Legend, Dante’s Inferno, Dead Space Extraction, G.I. JOE The Rise of the Cobra, The Saboteur and Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.
EA will also host the “EA Gaming Lounge presented by Xbox 360″ at the Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter Hotel during Comic-Con. That off-con event will feature Dragon Age: Origins, Battlefield 1943, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Loungers will be able to test drive the second campaign in L4D2, known as “Swamp Fever.”
For panel info, read on for official descriptions. See you at the con!
Dante’s Inferno
Thursday July 23; 12:30-1:30
Jonathan Knight (executive producer, EA), Ash Huang (art director), Brandon Auman (writer), Christos Gage (writer), and Victor Cook (director) talk about the adaptation of this literary classic into pop culture. They will discuss how they translated the various aspects of The Divine Comedy into a video game, an animated feature, and a comic series, where they were faithful and where they invented, and how each of the mediums differs. Also get a peak at EA’s game in development, and also watch the world premiere trailer for the animated feature Dante’s Inferno co-produced by EA and Starz Media. Room 8
Dead Space Extraction
Friday July 24; 6:00-7:00
Chuck Beaver (Producer), Ben Templesmith (Illustrator) and Antony Johnston (Writer) will discuss utilizing the interactive gaming medium to portray emotion in a more visceral way than books & film traditionally display. Visceral Games executive producer Steve Papoutsis discusses the implementation of story and talent into games and the art of crafting a believable, epic story into this fall’s Wii exclusive Dead Space Extraction. Room 2
The Saboteur Rethinking the WWII Gaming Genre
Saturday July 25; 2:00-3:00
Pandemic Studios™ lead designer Tom French and art director Chris Hunt discuss how historical events served as the foundation for their upcoming action sandbox game The Saboteur, who the Saboteur is, and how the innovative combination of game design and artistic style were employed to develop a unique experience. Room 2
Army of Two: The 40th Day – Bridging Video Games with Comics
Sunday July 26; 3:15-4:15
In this panel Reid Schneider (Executive Producer – Army of Two) and Alex Hutchinson (Creative Director – Army of Two) will discuss how they have been working with comic artists to show players the consequences of their moral choices throughout the game, and how the in-depth involvement of these artists in the production of Army of Two changes the feel of the game. Room 6A
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@Ignited_Impulse: no SWTOR either. or is that part of lucasarts' presentation?
rogue32
Can anybody see the lady ghost face in Dead Space pic? It has been all over Joystick, and now its in Kotaku as well?
tingyu
@Michael Dukakis - Mets fan: I hear you on that, I was soooo pissed when they pushed it back to 2010, but then when 1943 came out i forgave them.
Me and the BF franchise have an abusive relationship..They beat me down with bugs and disappointing announcements but i keep on coming back for more.
Countchokeula
DSG ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT!!1111
Oh, I forgot this isn't Joystiq *chuckles*
The battlefield games are the only thing that interest me on that entire list.
Brutal legend is already overhyped, and its ridiculous.
But.. even dead space and Army of 2 look blah... And I dont even want to go into the disappointment to my generation that GI-joe is.
Sad and pathetic that a company has to rely on others sequels to make money... and EA doesnt even make the games... Poor dice.
Ur-Lord-Crypy
I think its kinda cool that Comic-Con is also used as a semi gaming event. Hey we get more action during the lulls.
@teknomuffin:
WTF are you talkikng about? EA has had a deal with Valve for a few years already. EA publishes the boxed copy several Valve games including the Orange Box and the first L4D.
syafiqjabar
This is bullshit, when I went to NYCC all they brouht was Battleforge, Godfather 2, Dragon Age Origins(PC, and it Blue Screened on me), and then one or 2 other shitty games. =/
James Healey
Wait, hold on a second, how long has EA had L4D2? Just completely ruined another game...
teknomuffin
Bad Company 2? Yes, I've been wanting to see some more info on that for awhile now. Sabateur looks pretty interesting too, but that's probably the only thing I intend on checking out when they're released.
BlueRhino1134
@Ignited_Impulse:
Very Very Very Shameful.
No mass effect?
No Mass Effect 2? =(
ctorrans
@Michael Dukakis - Mets fan:
Oh of course it is. It's awesome to see a planes dog fighting above you snipe your enemies from across the map. It's addicting but I want more.
ctorrans
well I see 5 games I am interested in seeing about. Dante's Inferno is actually starting to look really good imo.
So they're showing God of War: Dante's Inferno? Whatever, that Lust level looked awesome.
@Michael Dukakis - Mets fan:
I never played the first one (I think I was burned out on FPS at the time) but I heard some great things about it.
I might consider picking #2, just to see what's up with this franchise.
@ctorrans: Its still fun. For the price it is.
Dead Space and Dragon Age are the two that I actually have any interest in.
No Mass Effect 2....shame.
Ignited_Impulse
@Michael Dukakis - Mets fan:
I'm really excited about it too. Hopefully Battlefield 1943 will keep me satisfied till release but I doubt it. It just doesn't have enough shit to blow up.
ctorrans
I can't wait for BFBC 2. I'm not going to lie the first one is in my top 10 games.