Capcom Signs Monumental to Secret New Project
File this one away in the “Might Prove Surprising” department.
This morning, Capcom sent out a short little news bite to media outlets, announcing that it has signed a development deal with UK-based studio Monumental Games. Monumental will be developing an “as yet unannounced multi-platform title scheduled for release and published by Capcom later this year.”
Monumental is best known for the development of PC MMO games, the most recent of which have focused on the sports of hunting and soccer (football for our friends across the pond). Back in November of last year, Monumental made headlines when it picked up Swordfish Studios from Activision. With Monumental’s focus on online play, it should be interesting to see just what its Capcom project ultimately turns out to be.
For its part, Monumental is keeping relatively quiet on the whole thing, posting a simple statement on its website:
“With the wealth of in-house experience of latest-generation console development, it was only a matter of time before we embarked on a console project.
We can’t reveal the franchise as yet, but we can say we’re both proud and excited to be working on it. As you would expect given our core technology, there’s a substantial online element, but the gameplay focus is pure adrenalin.
We’ll let you know more soon!”
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The Top 21 News Stories of 2008: 7 - 1
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Monumental Reels In Activision’s Swordfish
It looks like everyone’s circling around these days for a piece of the Activision Blizzard castoffs. In just the past week, we’ve reported on Atari picking up the Ghostbusters game and Ubisoft’s acquisition of Massive Entertainment, and now comes word that UK-based developer Monumental Games has picked up Swordfish Studios from Activision.
As a result of the deal, Swordfish Studio Head, Mike Delves, will join the Monumental management team to head up the business that will now be known as Monumental Manchester. Commenting on the Swordfish acquisition, Delves stated, “The Manchester team have already been getting to know their counterparts from Nottingham and we’re really excited about working together and all the new opportunities this represents. Monumental have clearly been the ones to watch for a while now, and we’re glad to be playing a crucial part in a new phase of growth.”
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