While not much is known about the first game from Respawn Entertainment – the game development studio formed by ex-Infinity Ward members West and Zampella – the assumption is that it will be wholly different from Call of Duty, but not in the ways gamers might think. Most figure that, given the brief teaser screen that was released, and various rumblings from the studio, that the project would be a shooter based in a science fiction setting, yet some new information seems to contradict that.
As part of the settlement between Activision and EA over their parts in the West/Zampella case with Activision, it has come to light that Respawn was initially tasked by Electronic Arts with developing a sci-fi shooter meant to compete with Microsoft’s Halo franchise. Though Call of Duty trounces Halo in the sales numbers, no title occupies that space better than Bungie and now 343 Industries‘ franchise.
Unfortunately, for gamers, that responsibility of making a “Halo-killer” was then passed on to EA’s Redwood-based studio and Respawn Entertainment was left to their own devices. It’s still believed that whatever Respawn is working on could be a sci-fi shooter – analyst Michael Pachter still stands by the claims that their title will be a Halo-killer – but apparently EA’s specific answer to Halo is not in development at Respawn.
It may be a much longer wait than gamers are typically used to, but we have to figure that the ongoing litigation between Activision and West/Zampella is playing a part in Respawn Entertainment’s lack of information regarding their title. E3 2012 would have been a perfect place for the developer to unveil their answer to Halo, since the event itself will feature a new phase for Master Chief, but that seems highly unlikely.
Regardless of if it’s a Halo-killer or a Call of Duty clone, fans are eagerly anticipating whatever Respawn Entertainment has in development, and we only hope they show off something a little more substantial soon.
Do you agree that Respawn Entertainment‘s first title should be a Halo-killer? Would you have liked to see the developer create something outside of the shooter genre?
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Funny they are wanting to dub it “Halo killer” they dont want a shooter to go up against CoD because indirectly they would probably suffer the sales of the Battlefield and Medal of Honor.
Alot of hype is surrounding this game since its the modern warfare 1 creators and they have a large following because of it, the CoD games since have gotten worse and people want a main-stream new shooter. BF3 failed to even challenge MW3 but since respawn ent. has a following they have an edge over battlefield. Cant wait to see some from of the game, the screens that were shown didnt really reveal anything.
FYI bf3 sold around 5 million copies first week of release, which is good in terms of profit/success but not close in terms of ‘competition’, that repetitive, outdated load of s*** sold double in just the first week and has sold more then 40 million in the US (not even half of that internationally btw).
MoH sucked b/c it was made by 2 different teams who had their own motivations (DICE admits that MoH was a half a**ed job and that they only did it as an ‘experiment’ for bf3), the new one will probably be a little better though nothing different in terms of base mechanics (like CoD).
all in all, i cant wait for shooters to de out for a couple of decades, everyone is just copying the ‘best seller’ b/c they think it will get them somewhere when the reality is that they will never beat the dead horse b/c people dont want/like change and will always compare something better to something old and boring (not to mention completely broken and unbalanced).
IT is funny that CoD has to try to knock down Halo. Though nothing will ever be able to get rid of the gaming legendary title of Halo. It would be like trying to erase The Elder Scrolls, or Final Fantasy. It is just to deep rooted. With such a large and steady and borderline fanatical fan base, Halo will be around for a very long time. On the other side of the coin, casual gamers choose the CoD/Battlefield/modern day shooters more. So other companies are trying to get in on that action, because they sure can not try to compete with Halo. The closest game to Halo with success is Ghost Recon. That means that CoD is susceptible to being overtaken by other companies with new games, because casual gamers just want the best feel. CoD also can not hold as strongly fanaticaly fan base because there is no one story line. CoD and Battlefield all cover the same thing. So the question becomes game play. Halo has it own very unique and awesome game play, but CoD and Battlefield are the very close to the same, though some of the casual gamers I know, Well most of them, are going to Battlefield.
the reason why cod franchise sells more is because they have it multiplatform and they release one like every year
ok why are we talkiing about cod and bf3 on a halo sight beside bf3 has a better multiplayer than cod while cod has a better story line now i think that the case should be like the special edition of halo 2 with the metal case and a second disc.