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Twitter user “superannuation” has located a ton of LinkedIn profiles containing some very interesting information. New projects from Lionhead (MMO), Remedy (action-adventure), Eidos Montreal, and Criterion Games (Vita title) have been uncovered. Moreover, superannuation has detected a couple of succinct listings which mention the successors to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
A summary of the information can be found below. Even more details can be found here .
Lionhead MMO
- AA game and budget
- New IP
- Targeted for future generation of platforms
- RPG-baesd game
- New take on how co-op and multiplayer feeds into the experience
- Blends online and single-player components
- Complex progression system
- Multiple routes through the campaign
- MMO-like multiplayer experience that affects the outcome of the player experience
- Dev. team of over 150 people
Remedy action/adventure IP
- Mature game
- Story driven
- For future-gen consoles
- “next iteration in a highly successful franchise game”
Eidos Montreal
- Open-world action adventure title
- Responds to player choice and interaction
- New game based on an existing IP
- IP is well-known and respected action/adventure title
- Choice and stealth
- “The future iterations of the franchise intend to really take advantage of the new platforms coming in the next two years to provide an experience with unparralled realism, depth and consequence for player action and choice. ”
Criterion Games Vita title
- “Optimizing and tuning the game resource system for the PS VITA:”
- DLC store listed
- “Implementing interoperation between PS3 and the VITA”
Xbox 720 successor listing
- “Remedy brought me on to Lead an upgrade to the character pipeline for use on next generation consoles (XBox 720)”
PS4 listing
- “Maintained voice chat library for PlayStation 4″
- Comes from SCEA manager software engineer
http://gamingeverything.com/20798/linkedin-listings-lionhead-remedy-eidos-montreal-criterion-ps4xbox-720/
