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A day inside EA

1:47 PM on 05.11.2007   |   World Famous


Yesterday, the guys from Epileptic Gaming were kind of enough to let me tag along with them as we spent about half the day at the Electronic Arts Los Angeles complex. Most of the time, I just tried to soak in as much of the atmosphere I could, gathering what little hints I might be able to pick up from the various halls and offices -- take this for what you will, but they had a PlayStation 3 camera there and were very up-to-snuff on it. I would say more, but then I'd have a team of pixies rip my limbs off one by one.

EA kept everything fairly closed off, but when asked about Command & Conquer 3 for the PS3, I was met with a "no comment, wink and smile." Speaking of C&C3, that's why we were there in the first place -- we got a special hands on and walkthrough with producers of the game. 

If you haven't had the chance to check out this RTS on the 360, then I suggest you do. The controls are surprisingly intuitive and Dj Wheat, who's fairly uber on the PC version, was able to just fly through the menus and do essentially everything he could do on the PC, on the the 360.

Anyway, hope you like some of these pictures from the studio. It's hard to see in these photos, but the posters for Medal of Honor were stunning. And sadly, no baby ducks were seen waddling about.

By the way, if you're a big C&C3 fan for the PC, check out the big patch notes we were handed. 

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MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2007 13:47
MechaMonkey
No ducks, no good. Go back and snap some duck pics.

Metal of Honor? *insert witty pun based on typo here*
William Haley's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2007 13:49
William Haley
Sweet. Is it like Guitar Hero only with war?

=P
TheStripe's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2007 14:26
TheStripe
Ooooo, C&C3. I've been wanting a high-res HD RTS experience, but after soiling my hands with that LoTR rubbish, I'm gun shy. While Summa and I have our differences, I'm almost willing to take the chance with C&C
Gameboi's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2007 15:07
Gameboi
Funny you should mention that RTS on the 360. Just picked up it up today, and plan on spending some nice quality time with it over the next few days.

On a side note, EA sure looks purdy....
lwesquire's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2007 15:18
lwesquire
I'm still holding out for Medieval Total War to go console. Obliterating a peasant village with flaming tar balls beats any FPS, imo.
brad drac's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2007 15:23
brad drac
You spent a day inside EA? You didn't wake up at any stage in a bathtub full of ice, with mysterious scars on your back, did you?

Why would anyone ever want to play an RTS on a console, though? It'd be like playing the whole of warcraft 3 on a laptop touch pad. Wait, I actually did that... Never mind.
TheStripe's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2007 15:41
TheStripe
I was not impressed with PC Total War. I prefer a little more fantasy I think. But I'm also from the camp that prefers Starcraft to Warcraft III. Which I can totally accept if that's wrong. It is a really old, ugly game. ;)
brad drac's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2007 16:05
brad drac
Starcraft > warcraft 3 in my book. If you haven't tried it, you should play warhammer 40k: dawn of war. Really good game, even better if you've got nostalgia for playing warhammer as a young'un.
TheStripe's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2007 17:11
TheStripe
Used to love painting Space Marine Chaplains.

*sigh.*
bobafettm's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2007 17:27
bobafettm
U lucky son of a bitch... You get all the sweet Dtoid perks and now all the baller EG perks!

Awesome pictures btw.

@Thestripe: Death Company for me son... I never played the game just painted them lol
djRoME's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2007 19:16
djRoME
no pics of the sexiest mofucka on EG huh? i see how it is... :P
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