Jade Empire 2 para PS3?

Sly_Marbo135 escribió:de mierdastation ?

No está confirmado, pero el esperado juego "Jade Empire 2" podría aparecer tanto en Playstation 3 como en Xbox 360, o por lo menos así se ha difundido en el último rumor relacionado con el producto.

IGN Predicts 2006, Pt. 2
Will Halo 3 come out? Will there be more Japanese support? Where's Jade Empire 2?
by Douglass C. Perry and Charles Onyett

January 10, 2006 - The New Year is upon us. In the aftermath of the Xbox 360 launch and its 19 games, what is left? Given that we're in January 2006, and this is Microsoft's first full year supporting only the Xbox 360, you can expect a lot. This is the year that things heat up big time. We'll see the second wave of Xbox 360 games, and Sony's PS3 and Nintendo's Revolution culminating in an enormous winter holiday bonanza this fall. Sony's strategies, its console, and its boomerang controller will finally manifest. So how will Microsoft fend off its one-year lead and with what games? Will Microsoft's first-year strategy pay off? Will Xbox Live explode with greatness? Will the potentially new IPs take off? Will we see Halo 3? And can Microsoft really take Sony's two-gen crown?

In this, our second prediction piece, we'll look deep into our crystal ball and speculate about what this year will bring. (If you missed the first article, check IGN Predicts the Future 2006, Pt. 1) If you don't believe how good we are at it, check last year's predictions (IGNXbox Predicts the Future, Pt. 1 and IGNXbox Predicts the Future, Pt. 2), we did well.

BioWare's New Empire
Though BioWare has made the extraordinary merger with Pandemic Studios, the Canadian RPG maker already was in a state of growth (see BioWare Expands for Next Gen) with four teams working on multiple games on various platforms. Mass Effect was announced in October (at X05), but what about that sequel to Jade Empire? One rumor suggests that Jade Empire 2 would go to Sony's new system, PS3. BioWare has remained mum on the specifics, and when directly confronted with the question about whether Jade Empire 2 will hit Xbox 360, BioWare has declined to comment. In an earlier conversation with IGN, BioWare hinted that Jade Empire 2 was already in the makings, and at E3 Microsoft Game Studios executive Shane Kim said that MGS plans to create sequels to game they've already invested heavily in -- such as Jade Empire.

But is BioWare bringing Jade Empire solely to Xbox 360?

While BioWare might have envisioned the sequel to Jade Empire for Xbox 360, BioWare's growth and prowess may have enabled the company to pitch it to both Sony and Microsoft with success. Is Sony, which hasn't seen any BioWare games on its popular system in this generation, finally courting BioWare? Is BioWare flirting back? At the same time, Microsoft has invested an enormous amount of money, time, and effort in supporting BioWare's entirely new intellectual property. Will BioWare repay that support with loyalty in the sequel? Or is the sequel to Jade Empire merely a matter of business?

"We do own the IP (intellectual property) to Jade Empire," said Craig Priddle, director or marketing, who IGN spoke with today. "It's hard to say anything about this subject, so let me say this: We've been thrilled by the fan response to our work on Jade Empire, and we'd like to bring it to as many gamers as possible as soon as we can. With Jade Empire, our goal from the beginning was to build a new successful IP and we're always looking at new opportunities."

With its own IP in hand and the possibility of publishing this game on multiple systems, BioWare can certainly reach as many people as possible as early as possible -- this holiday season. Our prediction (again, this is just our prediction) is Jade Empire 2 is coming to Xbox 360 and PS3 by year's end 2006.