Ian Livingstone, the president of Eidos Interactive, found a moment to talk about a great number of topics with GamingIndians.com.
Do you want to know why Batman: Arkham Asylum was delayed? Perhaps you're more interested as to what is going on with the new Hitman game? It's a good thing we're here to give you some insight straight from the mind of Livingstone himself, courtesy of GamingIndians.
A new Hitman game is confirmed as being worked on but no other details were provided on that front. A Kane and Lynch movie is still very much in production and Bruce Willis will be in the film according to Livingstone.
The full interview spans three interesting pages. If you're a fan of any of the Eidos titles, you won't want to pass this up.
Do you want to know why Batman: Arkham Asylum was delayed? Perhaps you're more interested as to what is going on with the new Hitman game? It's a good thing we're here to give you some insight straight from the mind of Livingstone himself, courtesy of GamingIndians.
Arkham Asylum is probably your biggest game of the year. Eidos has been saying it’s the closest to perfection they’ve come and that it’s one of the best games Eidos has ever made. So it came as a surprise when it was announced that the game was delayed. Can you give us a reason for that?
IL: Everyone is so excited about Arkham Asylum. We’re expecting review scores in the 90s and clearly when you have an amazing game like Arkham Asylum, you want to maximise its potential. So we think it’s worthwhile going that slightly extra distance to make it the game it has to be. We’re immensely proud of what we’ve created so far. I’m sure you’ve seen the screenshots and gameplay; it’s an extraordinary achievement. Having an incredible property like Batman, having the comic book writer involved with the story, and the development expertise of Rock Steady, who’ve done an incredible job, we’ve got to 100 per cent realise that dream that we have and not disappoint at the last minute. So we’re going that extra mile to make sure it’s going to be the game we think it’s going to be.
We’re delaying it for the right reasons and no one is going to be disappointed because we’ve put in an enormous effort into it. For example, there was one person working on nothing but the cape for two years, so there are over 700 animations and sound clips attached to the cape alone. That’s why it looks so beautifully realisitic.
IL: Everyone is so excited about Arkham Asylum. We’re expecting review scores in the 90s and clearly when you have an amazing game like Arkham Asylum, you want to maximise its potential. So we think it’s worthwhile going that slightly extra distance to make it the game it has to be. We’re immensely proud of what we’ve created so far. I’m sure you’ve seen the screenshots and gameplay; it’s an extraordinary achievement. Having an incredible property like Batman, having the comic book writer involved with the story, and the development expertise of Rock Steady, who’ve done an incredible job, we’ve got to 100 per cent realise that dream that we have and not disappoint at the last minute. So we’re going that extra mile to make sure it’s going to be the game we think it’s going to be.
We’re delaying it for the right reasons and no one is going to be disappointed because we’ve put in an enormous effort into it. For example, there was one person working on nothing but the cape for two years, so there are over 700 animations and sound clips attached to the cape alone. That’s why it looks so beautifully realisitic.
A new Hitman game is confirmed as being worked on but no other details were provided on that front. A Kane and Lynch movie is still very much in production and Bruce Willis will be in the film according to Livingstone.
The full interview spans three interesting pages. If you're a fan of any of the Eidos titles, you won't want to pass this up.