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EA’s PS3 Exclusive FPS From Black Troll Studios May No Longer Be Exclusive

Last year, the internet was on fire with the news that publisher EA and mystery developer Black Troll Studios were working on an exclusive shooter for the PS3. Now, it looks like the game has become multiplatform. - PSLS

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Abash4412d ago

Black Trolls Studios was making a PS3 exclusive FPS? Never heard that

Sharingan_no_Kakashi4412d ago

Same here. Would be nice to see what the heck it looks like though. Exclusive or not.

Moving on.

MaxXAttaxX4412d ago

There was a black trolling studio?

Biggest4412d ago

"Last year, the internet was on fire with the news that publisher EA and mystery developer Black Troll Studios were working on an exclusive shooter for the PS3."

I've been alive since last year. Did I miss the internet being on fire? I knew nothing of this game.

Soldierone4412d ago

Plus it's an exclusive FPS. Other than being from EA, there are already a lot of exclusive FPS titles for PS3. I'd rather see some other genre game be exclusive, but since its FPS it might be better for it to be multi-platform.

badz1494412d ago

internet was on fire lol!

the only thing on fire on the internet last year was the PSN outage and nothing else came close!

morkendo234412d ago

@ NATHANEXPLOSION

did u not know BLACK TROLLING STUDIO is BLACKBOX STUDIO sister lol

DeadlyFire4412d ago

WTH are you guys thinking? EA never makes exclusive games.

expect The Old Republic to come to WiiU/PS4/XB3 at some point. Oh wait that one is already rumored WiiU MMO by Lucasarts for E3. Oh wow.

As far as this game goes though it could be any FPS EA has made in its past. Well its not Battlefield, its not Medal of Honor. So is it BLACK 2? Naming the studio Black Trolling studio would be a funny joke/shot at Stuart Black the originator behind BLACK. Although it could be ARMY of Two/Four.

E3 will be the only place to find the answer.

sikbeta4412d ago

Black Troll Studio? never heard of this and I'm sure EA is not one of those Pubs that will deprive themeselves to get more money from all platforms they could :P

Gamer19824412d ago

First I heard of this too this game I mean. As for exclusive this is EA since when do they do exclusives anymore?

SilentNegotiator4411d ago

An exclusive FPS from EA? Not in a million years.

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BlackPrince 424412d ago

Well whatever. It's hard to lament the loss of an exclusive I didn't know existed and knew nothing about.

Then again, lamenting an exclusive is pointless unless the development of said game is negatively impacted by the porting process.

And hell, I've never even heard of Black Troll Studios before now.

TekoIie4412d ago (Edited 4412d ago )

Depends on when we see it tbh. If it goes on to be the next COD4 then it would be a major loss for sony and would have really put microsoft at a disadvantage in the shooter market. But if it turned out to be a boring generic FPS then no one will really care...

BlackPrince 424412d ago

@ Pekolie

You're right it would be a major loss for Sony, but not for me. I already own my console and I'm more than satisfied with the output I've seen from Sony in terms of exclusives and the content of multiplat releases.

Who ultimately 'wins' the console wars doesn't affect your or me in the slightest as long as good games continue to be made available.

And even if I were a fanboy, who cared about which faceless, greedy corporation wanted my money, it'd still be pointless because everything will reset in a couple of years when we get new consoles.

glennco4412d ago

another exclusive FPS is no loss for anyone. it will not be a must buy, it is an FPS. it will be generic as they come and nothing new

basilezz30304412d ago

who is black trolling studio ??
are they "trolling" us ???

torchic4412d ago

lol I think we can all guess what their logo probably looks like........

basilezz30304412d ago

here is the logo

happy to help

metsgaming4412d ago

if a game was exclusive but turns multiplat yet no one knew about it in the first place, was it ever an exclusive? lol

Emilio_Estevez4412d ago

That's exactly what I was thinking.

Christopher4412d ago

Pretty much what Abash said. Looks like someone took some artistic licensing in presenting this bit of news.

SuperBeast8114412d ago

I never heard of the game or the studio.and if its from EA it wouldn't be exclusive for long

THESONYPS34412d ago

haha, Black Trolls Studios were nice nough to let some members of sony (including me) see it in development.

Prince_Dim-Lu4412d ago

Looks like they wanted to MAKE money by going multi plat, instead of LOSING money by keeping only on PS3.

Games sell much better on the 360 when they're multi plat majority of the time.

Ya, I expect the SDF on this site to give me the disagrees left and right... but it's true this generation. Sorry, it's been going on for almost 7 years, and that's just the way it is this gen.

turgore4412d ago

did EA ever make a PS3 or 360 exclusive ?

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Sev4412d ago

Third-party exclusives are like the Dodo bird. Stupid.

MariaHelFutura4412d ago (Edited 4412d ago )

Keep your anti-dodo bird slurs to yourself....

There is no place for that on N4G.

Dread4412d ago

lol

that was too funny dude

360GamerFG4412d ago

Lol!! That actually made me laugh.

cervantes2404412d ago

I would just like to learn more about the game and the studio working on it.

dbjj120884412d ago

Not surprised... not a lot of money in exclusive titles anymore.

creatchee4412d ago

Halo, Gran Turismo, Uncharted, and Gears of War disagree.

D3stinySm4sher4412d ago

Exclusives are hard to come by these days.

Sharingan_no_Kakashi4412d ago

Depends on what platform you play on.

Forza_is_King4412d ago

Last time I checked, both Sony and MS released a lot of exclusives last year oh but let me guess...kinect games don't count right?

MariaHelFutura4412d ago

If you're 7 or under Kinect games completely count.

Outside_ofthe_Box4412d ago (Edited 4412d ago )

***"kinect games don't count right?"***

Depends on the kinect game.

Imagine Wii fans bragging about how they have "Wii fit" and "Wii Fit: Plus" as exclusive games...

BlackPrince 424412d ago

@ Forza

Kinect games don't count quite the same as fully boxed 60 dollar AAA releases.

Technically speaking both Kinect Star Wars and Uncharted 3 are exclusives. But the difference in the effort each game necessitated for their creation is vast. You have to compare like to like.

Gears to Uncharted

Crappy Kinect game to crappy Move game.

Sharingan_no_Kakashi4412d ago

For the record, Forza I didn't say MS or Sony. I said platform. There are lots of platforms.

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NastyLeftHook04412d ago

"Exclusives are hard to come by these days. "

not by what i am seeing.

sony is announcing an exclusive game every other week.

Patriots_Pride4412d ago

Every other week you say - please name all the exclusives that have been announced this year?

cemelc4412d ago (Edited 4412d ago )

New god of war
New game today @ gt(hope its sony smash).
And there was an article yesterday about a game called Hard Cash or something.

Did you miss the memo?

basilezz30304412d ago

@d3stinysm4sher
*Exclusives are hard to come by these days*

i wonder what sony have been doing since 2008 then

tigertron4412d ago

Think he means third party exclusives, because we've got a ton of first party PS3 exclusives.

Btw, EA aren't known for exclusives so I'm not surprised they took the multiplatform route. After all, they are a multiplatform publisher.

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There are no "thoughtful" ads in video games, EA

There are no thoughtful ads in Video Games, EA. Leave them be.

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northpaws7d ago

I think the only type of games that can gets away with it would be sport games, having those sponsors ads on the side like on real life.

But don't put freaking Doritos ads in Star Wars or something, it breaks the immersion. If it is a pop-up ads, then big no.

Hofstaderman7d ago

EA can thoughtfully eff themselves.

Makersbreath27d ago

EA coming back for the crown of being perceived as the worst company in gaming.

Chocoburger7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

One of my favorite series is the THPS franchise, and it was packed with ads, but it didn't bother me. Posters for skateboard companies, JEEP, and Nokia phones. It did sort of fit in with the game world, but that was the past, these days ad would be intentionally intrusive or unskippable loading screen type of imagery. Ugh, I know EA would do it in a horrible fashion. Screw them.

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Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA, Suspects Named and What They Did Revealed

EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.

isarai13d ago

Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.

Cacabunga12d ago

I wonder if it will be censored with some in game ads.

MrBaskerville10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

Microsoft did, Phil Spencer played a minor part. He instigated the buyout that led to Kotick escaping all his controversies while getting a golden handshake.

Someone on Twitter calculated that the people hired in Tango and Arkane Austin could get a decent salary for roughly 17 years for the money Kotick was paid.

InUrFoxHole10d ago

Yeah some thing tells me Kotics $ was already guaranteed before MS made the deal. As for the studios... Let's be honest here... none of those studios made system sellers.

XiNatsuDragnel13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.

MrBaskerville10d ago

Then they shutdown Codemasters and studio behind Jedi Survivor.

Atleast they could hardly do much damage that EA hadn't allready done. EA has shut down most of their studios by now.

ravens5213d ago

What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.

Extermin8or3_12d ago

I mean part of the issue is that things transpired outside of work....

MrBaskerville10d ago

That's the thing he mentioned about not being a creep at all.

KwietStorm_BLM12d ago

You think deviants care where they are? Work sometimes makes it an even better situation for them because they can abuse their power.

mudakoshaka12d ago

Nerds think they are Gods when they are making video games.

NotoriousWhiz13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."

Yep, EA is disgusting.

Extermin8or3_12d ago

I mean the fact stuff happened outside of work puts EA in quite a difficult position legally. These women don't seem to have reported the matter to the police which kinda ties EA's hands on what they can do. If they don't file reports of the crimes then yeah from EA's perspective it is stuff that happened outside of work. The only exception is the guy that apparently referenced things in the slack channel for work, spending on what he said proving it may be very hard and he may well be able to get away with plausible deniability. I don't like EA and I think these people need to be dismissed but without any legal action being taken, EA can't really do much without risk of being sued themselves for unfair dismissal etc.

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EA to Spend Billions Boosting Share Prices After Mass Layoffs

EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.

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Yi-Long16d ago

Well, anything to make those shareholders happy, I guess. They're all that matters in this industry nowadays.

badboyz0916d ago (Edited 16d ago )

EA stocks haven't been profitable in over 5yrs. They better hope Take-two don't get the FIFA license lol.