Kolzig Posted March 17, 2005 Ubisoft has announced its 2005-2006 product lineup, revealing a lot of sequels in development at the French developer/publisher. About the only new property is 187 Ride or Die, an urban street-racing game. Games that are planned for release on the PC: Q1 Fiscal Year 2005-2006 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Lockdown Q2 The Settlers: Heritage of Kings Add-On 187 Ride or Die Myst V: End of Ages Q3 New chapter of Brothers In Arms Far Cry Add-On Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 3 (we still haven't seen 2 on the PC) Peter Jackson's King Kong Prince of Persia 3 Another The Settlers Add-On Q4 Silent Hunter 4 Heroes of Might & Magic 5 Splinter Cell 4 Product with Might & Magic brand Ubisoft's fiscal year 2005-2006 ends March 31, 2006. I see five interesting games in there, sequels to PoP and SC, the FarCry Add-On, BiA new chapter, and of course Michel Ancel's & Peter Jackson's King Kong. All in all, I see a lot of sequels & add-ons in there... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
netmonkey Posted March 17, 2005 Let's start wailing those guitars cuz prince of persia 3 is coming! I wonder if it's set in the old New York ghetto when bums and crime ruled times square. ...or.... IN SPACE! *WAILS AIR GUITAR* "I... STAND ALONEAH!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bc9b Posted March 17, 2005 Look at any game company's lineup and you'll see alot of sequals and remakes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jayel Posted March 17, 2005 Silent Hunter 4! Woohoo! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thrik Posted March 17, 2005 Also, http://www.gamingtarget.com/article.php?artid=4044. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted March 18, 2005 I see five interesting games in there, sequels to PoP and SC, the FarCry Add-On, BiA new chapter, and of course Michel Ancel's & Peter Jackson's King Kong. Not so interested in any of those, but I really really really want Lumines! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duncan Posted March 18, 2005 I really hope that this will be the last Prince of Persia, or rather the last XTREME PRINCE OF VAGUE FOREIGN REGION. Fortunately, I'm pretty sure that it will be, mostly because everyone seems to be strongly into that whole trilogy deal nowadays. Plus with Warrior Within they were definitely setting up this next game to be the most ultimate, significant, violent, bestest Prince of Persia game ever. Although I could be reading this all wrong, I'm still not at all sure what HAPPENED at the end of Warrior Within. It was like the writers were getting off on being convoluted. Or they were just shitty storytellers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marek Posted March 18, 2005 UbiSoft's strategy so far has been to produce the odd numbered titles in Montreal and produce the even numbered titles in Shanghai or some B-team at Montreal. POP '1' was done by the ass-kicking Montreal team. POP '2' was done by an entirely different team, and their project started before POP 1 was out the door. Splinter Cell - Montreal Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorow - Shanghai Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory - Montreal (started before Pandora Tomorrow was released) etc. I'm not sure if this is entirely 100% accurate in terms of details but this is basically the way they've set things up. The big question is now, how far will they go until a series has run out? 4 games? 5? 6? 7??? I think a lot of these series will suffer the Star Trek syndrome (so much get produced that eventually anticipation is gone and nobody cares anymore) if they don't pause at the right moment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duncan Posted March 18, 2005 The big question is now, how far will they go until a series has run out? 4 games? 5? 6? 7??? I think a lot of these series will suffer the Star Trek syndrome (so much get produced that eventually anticipation is gone and nobody cares anymore) if they don't pause at the right moment. I think for Ubisoft's Prince of Persia the magic number was 2. I agree with you, though. It's so much better to end on a high note than 'oh, are they still making that'? Actually, like with your Star Trek example, that syndrome seems to happen a lot more with television than with games (X-Files, I'm thinking). That's actually part of the reason why I'm legitimately looking forward to Myst V. Although Myst, admittedly, is kind of at the point where the only thing people really care about is whether it's in 2D or not. Still, I really like that Cyan's actually deciding to END it rather than saying 'well, we could make these Myst things forever!' and then have the series cancelled before they could get to an ending they actually wanted to do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SoccerDude28 Posted March 18, 2005 UbiSoft's strategy so far has been to produce the odd numbered titles in Montreal and produce the even numbered titles in Shanghai or some B-team at Montreal. POP '1' was done by the ass-kicking Montreal team. POP '2' was done by an entirely different team, and their project started before POP 1 was out the door. Splinter Cell - Montreal Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorow - Shanghai Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory - Montreal (started before Pandora Tomorrow was released) etc. I'm not sure if this is entirely 100% accurate in terms of details but this is basically the way they've set things up. The big question is now, how far will they go until a series has run out? 4 games? 5? 6? 7??? I think a lot of these series will suffer the Star Trek syndrome (so much get produced that eventually anticipation is gone and nobody cares anymore) if they don't pause at the right moment. Well if you look at some other franchises, they seem to keep going on. Mario anybody? And then there is Mortal Kombat. It had it quadrilogy as a fighter, then it went into action-adventure slump then it's 2 new fighter games and now again into action-adventures. And now midway has promised us a mortal kombat every year. I really really hope that UBI montreal will scrap everything from the second prince of persia game and start from scratch on this third installment. But I also hope that pink elephants can fly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Posted March 18, 2005 "Mario anybody" what? Non-spinoff Mario games come out once in a blue moon, and are highly anticipated because of it. Same with all the big Nintendo franchises. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kolzig Posted March 18, 2005 I really really hope that UBI montreal will scrap everything from the second prince of persia game and start from scratch on this third installment. Well, not everything, just the stupid wannebe goth graphic style, and "I'm a badass att1tude prince" stuff. The actual gameplay etc. was still good. And please no more Godsmack title screen musics. But start from scratch is also a good thing, that way everything is new and it can be it's own game, and not just your typical sequel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SoccerDude28 Posted March 18, 2005 "Mario anybody" what? Non-spinoff Mario games come out once in a blue moon, and are highly anticipated because of it. Same with all the big Nintendo franchises. I was referring to the franchise rather than the genre. The actual platformers are top-notch. But now there is a Mario everything (Marrio Tennis, golf, karting, pinball, etc..) and Nintendo seems to want to add the name Mario before every game it creates. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lailoken Posted March 18, 2005 Agreed, they should be more carefull with their biggest IP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Posted March 18, 2005 I suspect (hope) Ubi will have at least a couple of surprises at E3... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marek Posted March 19, 2005 Although I'm sick of Mario, sick of his immediate associates, and also a little bit sick of Zelda (though not as much), I think strategically Nintendo handles its IP a lot better than most companies. At least they time their releases so that when Mario Game X comes out it's actually been a while since a similar Mario game was released. The list above is a list of highlights by the way. Here's the full Ubi lineup. There's some as yet untitled stuff in there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
