EA Vets Form PixelFoundry, Announce BlackSpace RTS
22.05.12
Former veterans from Electronic Arts, Volga Aksoy and Jerry Phaneuf, have broken away from the wings of a big publisher and have decided to see if they fly on their own with a new indie studio called PixelFoundry. The duo are now hard at work on a new RTS called
BlackSpace .
For those of you unfamliar with Aksoy and Pahneuf's work they dedicated more than 10 years of their lives to popular EA franchises under the EA Tiburon label with games such as
Madden, Tiger Woods and
NASCAR . So they know what it takes to make a big game.
Speaking with GameSpot , the two revealed that the game will focus heavily on strategy oriented gameplay with a strong emphasis on "economic and defensive efficiency". There will also be a low-gravity operation vehicle or an LGOV to help navigate the harsh terrain of space and acquire resources. The entire game is expected to take place in the deep recesses of space among floating asteroids.
The game is scheduled to release,
Source: Cinema Blend