EA Signs Publishing Deal With 38 for Project Mercury
Via 38Studios.com: “Project Mercury is the codename for the epic RPG currently being developed by Big Huge Games under the leadership of Ken Rolston, the mastermind behind the development of numerous critically-acclaimed RPG titles. Best-selling fantasy author R. A. Salvatore and renowned artist and creator of Spawn, Todd McFarlane, have joined forces to create a vast and entertaining universe codenamed Copernicus. Big Huge Games is a wholly-owned subsidiary of 38 Studios, LLC, founded by Major League All-Star, World Series MVP and avid gamer Curt Schilling, Project Mercury will be the studios’ first video game to be published.” Press Release.
Hope they didn’t have to sign away the farm to make a publishing deal.
38 Studios seems to have a lot of good things going for them (mainly an immense amount of talent) and I don’t want to see them fall to the EA Empire.
[...] get caught up, check Ryan “Blackguard” Shwayder’s blog entry over on Nerfbat, EA Signs Publishing Deal with EA for Project Mercury. He has a link to the official press release. The news is starting to hit game sites like [...]
I assume the contract had to be signed with human blood.
I’m glad this isn’t Activision. They’re the new evil empire, and EA has actually released some really good games recently.