Ryan O'Rourke writes "Filmmaker Steven Spielberg has partnered with Electronic Arts on a deal to create three new video games. Although the titles and subjects of the new games have not been released, the games have been described as "three new original franchise properties," so they probably will not be based on previous films. The article also mentions that EA will own the intellectual property for the games. The company will develop, publish, and distribute the game franchises worldwide. And Mr. Spielberg will have the right to develop movies based on the games." Spielberg and Electronic Arts Partner Up Log in/Create an Account | Top | 30 comments | Search Discussion Display Options Threshold: -1: 30 comments 0: 30 comments 1: 24 comments 2: 13 comments 3: 3 comments 4: 3 comments 5: 1 comments Flat Nested No Comments Threaded Oldest First Newest First Highest Scores First Oldest First (Ignore Threads) Newest First (Ignore Threads) The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way. Going back to the well (Score:1) by xorowo (733585) on Friday October 14, @04:14PM (#13793403) (http://www.evolvingword.com/ | Last Journal: Wednesday December 17, @01:09PM) Spielberg collaborated with LucasArts on "The Dig", back 10 years ago. It is interesting that with LucasArts still a meaningful player in the videogame space, Spielberg decided to partner with EA (aren't they working together on Indy 4?) [ Reply to ThisRe:Going back to the well by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Friday October 14, @04:43PMRe:Going back to the well by smaffei (Score:1) Friday October 14, @11:09PM1 reply beneath your current threshold.Re:Going back to the well by yoyhed (Score:1) Sunday October 16, @12:26PMRe:Going back to the well by MrLint (Score:2) Friday October 14, @08:21PM1 reply beneath your current threshold. Director = game developer? (Score:4, Interesting) by dividedsky319 (907852) on Friday October 14, @04:18PM (#13793437) (http://www.phishyphotos.com/) Hmm... I find this kind of odd.Sure, he can come up with a good story, and direct well... but it's not like his directing expertise will mean he can create a good game.I'll be interested to see what he comes up with...And... what is it with all these "famous" people who try to break the barriers of what they do? Rappers in movies, moviestars recording cds, etc... and now, directors creating video games. [ Reply to ThisRe:Director = game developer? by Man Eating Duck (Score:2) Friday October 14, @04:28PMRe:Director = game developer? by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Friday October 14, @04:40PMRe:Director = game developer? by hal2814 (Score:2) Saturday October 15, @03:04AMRe:Director = game developer? by FortKnox (Score:2) Saturday October 15, @12:37PM Spielberg games? (Score:2, Funny) by Hellad (691810) on Friday October 14, @04:24PM (#13793487) I just hope that we will actually be able to play as Schindler! [ Reply to This1 reply beneath your current threshold. Pinky and the Brain! (Score:5, Funny) by steveo777 (183629) on Friday October 14, @04:29PM (#13793550) (http://slashdot.org/) We've been waiting for a game that can capture the essence of Pinky and the Brain for ages! Oh, hear our cry Mr. Speilburg and give us a game that we can only play at night. A game that will allow us to almost take over the world in, at the least, 365 ways!And if Speilburg won't listen, we'll go find his spanish equivilent, Stephen Speilburgo! [ Reply to ThisRe:Pinky and the Brain! by BooRolla (Score:1) Friday October 14, @05:14PM fark nailed this with their headline (Score:4, Funny) by enrico_suave (179651) on Friday October 14, @04:30PM (#13793554) (http://www.byopvr.com/) "Spielberg agrees to team up with EA for three video games. Due up first: ET's BMX 2007" [ Reply to ThisRe:fark nailed this with their headline by Guppy06 (Score:2) Friday October 14, @05:03PM Here's just hoping... (Score:2, Funny) by Izhido (702328) on Friday October 14, @04:59PM (#13793823) ... Spielberg don't go the L. British/Origin way. Would be a pity. I like most of Spielberg's movies. [ Reply to This Wonderful.... (Score:1) by Landak (798221) <Landak@spymac.com> on Friday October 14, @05:42PM (#13794153) (http://www.rationalinsanity.tk/) Formulaic video games coupled with formulaic movies :). Seriously though, having a great story does not a great game make. Most of the time the story is more than adequate - in my experience - it's the gameplay that lets you down, and that is, annoyingly, one of the areas where EA seem to be great at whacking the monkeys to produce lots of libLoadingScreen(), libBloat(), libJitter() as they're all cross platform. (And that's not mentioning the textures and models...) (I still want my alien death ray though!) [ Reply to This Great! (Score:2) by polyp2000 (444682) on Friday October 14, @08:15PM (#13795034) (http://www.polyprecords.com/ | Last Journal: Friday October 03, @03:20PM) What an excellent choice by mister Spielberg. While he might be a great movie director, albeit slightly formulaic from time to time. Im sure the Electronic Arts will be producing original and innovative games based on these film licenses. Its about time someone put an end to the crappy film licenced video games that have been churned out since the days of Ocean and the C64.This is fantasic news and im looking forward to seeing the results of this escapade.Am i being to subtle for an american audience ? [ Reply to This EA never let Origin do this (Score:2) by Filiks (578065) on Friday October 14, @10:07PM (#13795427) Just yesterday there was the story of how EA destroyed the creativity of Origin [slashdot.org] after merging. Origin was forced to focus on sequels and even recently, EA told shareholders their plan is to release about 20 sequels per year and just 1 original title. Frankly this collaboration doesn't make much sense unless Spielberg actually has some incredible ideas waiting to be realized. [ Reply to ThisRe:EA never let Origin do this by dsyu (Score:1) Saturday October 15, @12:33PM Original franchises? (Score:1) by GrumblyStuff (870046) on Sunday October 16, @01:51AM (#13801306) What, like Dark Angel?(psst, mod me funny.) [ Reply to This Spielberg got the shaft! (Score:1) by XXIstCenturyBoy (617054) on Sunday October 16, @10:29AM (#13803118) "And Mr. Spielberg will have the right to develop movies based on the games." Has anyone in Spielberg entourage told him how popular video game based movie are popular? He must frequent the same people as The Rock. [ Reply to This This is not Spielberg's first video game effort (Score:1) by Max Nugget (581772) on Sunday October 16, @03:40PM (#13804928) Some of the press releases and news stories are tauting this as Spielberg's first foray into videogames, but don't be fooled -- this is not the first game he has collabated on.In 1995, Spielberg teamed up with LucasArts to make "The Dig," a graphic adventure game that was well-reviewed but never really caught on (surprisingly, one of LucasArts' only adventure games that didn't see huge success during that time period).LucasArts, like EA, was proudly tauting how their game was Steven Spielberg's "first collaboration" in the gaming world. Except in EA's case, this is only true if you have a short memory of gaming history.You can read more on The Dig at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dig [wikipedia.org]I never got a chance to play The Dig but I heard it was a good game. [ Reply to ThisRe:This is not Spielberg's first video game effort by VGPowerlord (Score:2) Sunday October 16, @07:22PM3 replies beneath your current threshold.