This is great news in my opinion. Beenox who developed the Spider-Man Shattered Diminsion game will be in charge of developing even more games for Activision. Here’s the press release.
ACTIVISION STUDIO BEENOX NAMED LEAD DEVELOPER ON UPCOMING SPIDER-MAN™ TITLES
Santa Monica, CA – January 13, 2011 –Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced that wholly owned development studio Beenox has been named the primary developer on upcoming Activision titles featuring Marvel™’s famous web-slinger, Spider-Man™. Beenox’s most recent breakout success was with Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, one of the most highly rated Spider-Man titles to date and Wizard Magazine’s 2010 Game of the Year.
“Beenox’s creative vision reinvigorated the Spider-Man gaming experience among critics and fans in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions,” said Patrick Kelly, Senior Vice President, Activision Studios. “We can’t wait to see where this talented studio will take this franchise in the future.”
“We are thrilled with this opportunity to continue our close, collaborative relationship with Activision, Marvel and everyone’s friendly, neighborhood hero, Spider-Man,” said Dee Brown, Studio Head, Beenox. “Being able to map out Spider-Man’s interactive future gives us the creative freedom to really craft the best gaming experience for the fans.”
“Beenox has done a tremendous job showcasing the essence of Spider-Man while pushing new creative boundaries with Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions,” said Todd Jefferson, Director of Games, Marvel Entertainment’s Global Digital Media Group. “We look forward to working with Beenox on creating new Spider-Man game experiences.”
To see more about Beenox’s award winning game, go to www.SpiderManDimensions.com.
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This is great news for Spider-Man games. Shattered Dimensions was a fresh take on the Spidey game genre. I’m glad to see that they pulled away from the open world webswinging al over the city sandbox and focused more on a ture action adventure. Spider-Man has the perfect skill set for a great action adventure game. I think the four different dimensions was a good gimmick but I hope that their next game just focuses on one dimension (preferably Amazing and keeping NPH’s voice would be great). With one company locked in they can continue the success they had and improve upon what worked… heres hoping for an even better follow up
@ Gerard : OH NO YOU DIDN’T!!! :O
How could it have been better when they failed hard at emulating it….
Yeah I’m talking about the Noir stages alright… 😛
Unfortunately, their next Spidey game will probably be a tie-in for the movie in 2012 …
@Styleshift: Why should they take a step down like that? Shattered Dimensions was BETTER than Arkham Asylum. 😀
This comes as no surprise, considering Activision’s mantra is: “churn out sequels every year until bleeding a franchise dry.”
Well just improve the story draticly and ill be happy i mean lets be honest as much as many of use loved the game the story was absolutly shite.
I really hope they improve on story and game play.
I want something that is on par with Batman: Arkham Asylum. 🙂
They haven’t won me over just yet like Naughty dog or Rocksteady. I’m not easy ya know… 😛