EA Cancels Black Panther Game, Closes Cliffhanger Studios

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Electronic Arts is canceling its planned Black Panther game and shutting down developer Cliffhanger Studios, IGN has learned.



In an email sent to staff from EA Entertainment president Laura Miele, Miele said that these changes, alongside other recent cancellations and layoffs, are being done to "sharpen our focus and put our creative energy behind the most significant growth opportunities."
https://www.ign.com/articles/ea-cancels-black-panther-game-closes-cliffhanger-studios

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When this cull is done, is EA going to do anything outside of sports games and maybe letting Hazelight do something every 3-5 years?

Nope. Blame BioWare for that. Wouldn't shock me to see Mass Effect get cancelled soon.

Though let's be real, EA has been looking for an excuse for a while to stop making single player games. Greedy scum sucking assholes.
 
That's a pity. A Black Panther take on Shadows of Mordor gameplay could have been excellent.

Why can't we get a decent, quick turnaround, AA superhero game anymore? It's not like the target audience is going to be all that worried about asset quality or game length.

EDIT: Erm, per Topher's post, maybe this isn't a great loss after all.
 
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Honestly, exploring a futuristic Wakanda could have been awesome. Not saying I'd buy it, but rental for sure.
 
Strange, because it's one of the superheroes that I can see a gameplay based on it. Cool shit when it takes the flower, adding more to the suit. It could've been a cool metroidvania. Shame.
 
Probably a good call. The movies are far less popular and the IP has never been popular in the gaming space except for Rivals.
 
Publishers..please.
Can we get any games, All we get are cancellations now.

Good, please cancel all the other Marvel games now (including Wolverine)
Why are people hating on Wolverine game ? People hate Woverine now, what.
Black Panther was probably cancelled due to low stocks of Woke.
 
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There is going to be a AAA culling. At the end of the day these games are entirely too expensive, especially if they're based on existing IP. You either end up on the top or you're just not going to be viable.

There are too many games that are a least decent to compete with and consumers are only going to buy so many 70-80 dollar games. I honestly think 80-dollar games are DOA out of the gate this generation.

If you're not generating a game that is AT LEAST an 88 on metacritic as a AAA game, you might as well close shop or focus on lower priced AA games.
 
They should be running out of studios again soon. Time to go on a spending spree so they replenish their stocks and can start closing them again every few months.
 
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RIP single player AAA action adventure games. Even when they're based on big IPs, they're now too expensive to make in troubled economic times. Well, at least they are in the west.

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It really doesn't matter because she's a singular person on a team of hundreds of other people. There is no proof that the entire team at Cliffhanger shared her beliefs.

Eh, it speaks to the character of people that were being hired at Cliffhanger.


What you're saying is like saying Bungie shares no blame for Marathon's art-theft fiasco because only one of their employees were caught doing it and there's no proof that the rest of Bungie was stealing.
 
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