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[Messofanego]

All right, I found something: http://policewarfare.wikia.com/wiki/Elastic_Games
The Team

Shawn Wallace, Producer
James Wearing, Lead Designer
Tim Johnson, Technical Director
Gregory Allen, Audio Director
Danny Cocke, Music Composer
John Riggs, Character Technical Director
Mark Dedecker, Character Artist
Jesse Sandifer, Character Artist
Leo Li, Animator/Rigger
M. Jenkinson, 2d Artist
Robin Elbers, 3d Artist
Terry Fernández, Motion Graphics
Matt Allsopp, Concept Artist
Undisclosed concept artist #2
Undisclosed concept artist #3

Notepadded just in case this disappears.

 

[Dug]

All right, I found something: http://policewarfare.wikia.com/wiki/Elastic_Games

Quick, to LinkedIn!

 

[CyberpunkGod]

The police theme sounds interesting, but I'll withhold judgement until I see some game play.

I wonder if this project has any trace connections with the ex-EA staffers' Police Warfare kickstarter a while back? That looked awesome.

That's the first thing I thought of when I heard this rumor.

 

[Nirolak]

Quick, to LinkedIn!

My general efforts checking the top people don't come up with anyone, and some of the others I might have found elsewhere, but I'm not 100% sure.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

I'd be 100 % down for this if it focused on tense, deadly close quarters encounters, hostage rescues, squad control, non-lethal captures, etc., etc. It doesn't sound like Battlefield at that point, but who cares, we just got a broken ass BF game a few months ago.

 

[Blackthorn]

Police? My body is ready.

 

[someday]

I love the fps genre but I am absolutely sick to death of the modern military shooter. I'm not thrilled to be playing cops and robbers but at least it's not more hoorah army and marine shit.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Very much interested considering Visceral's track record.

 

[Zemm]

As a side note if you're curious about what Visceral has done on Battlefield so far, they codeveloped Battlefield 4.

Hahaha, and with that I am out.

 

[Shosai]

How about we go back to treating games as special things to build, innovate on, and create a fanbase that looks forward to each new release instead of having watered down indistinguishable crap shoved down our throats every 11 months, complete with season passes that don't even get to run their course before the community jumps ship?

That's the bigger issue. Its not about the developers, they come and go. This is about the usual pimps watering down the market in the name of profit.

Shoved down your throat? Are you seriously complaining about too many games being made? If you're only in the mood to buy a Battlefield game once every two years, then do so.

And please tell me of this golden era when games weren't made for profit. Video games are a unique artistic medium, in the sense that were commercialized before there was any sort of indie community

 

[kuYuri]

My guess is that it's pretty safe to say Elastic Games doesn't exist anymore, but maybe the two leads from there pitched Police Warfare to EA prior to the Kickstarter and then sometime after the KS started, EA made them an offer and they took it. EA then probably took the project and are making it into a Battlefield game.

The lead guy even said in the pitch that Battlefield was a huge inspiration for the game.

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/12/from-pitch-to-product-elastic-games-on-bringing-police-warfare/

All right, I found something: http://policewarfare.wikia.com/wiki/Elastic_Games

The Team

Shawn Wallace, Producer
James Wearing, Lead Designer
Tim Johnson, Technical Director
Gregory Allen, Audio Director
Danny Cocke, Music Composer
John Riggs, Character Technical Director
Mark Dedecker, Character Artist
Jesse Sandifer, Character Artist
Leo Li, Animator/Rigger
M. Jenkinson, 2d Artist
Robin Elbers, 3d Artist
Terry Fernández, Motion Graphics
Matt Allsopp, Concept Artist
Undisclosed concept artist #2
Undisclosed concept artist #3

From this list, I did a quick search on Mobygames and recently, Gregory Allen was credited as a sound designer on CoD: Ghosts and Jesse Sandifer was credited as an artist on Aliens: Colonial Marines.

 

[ArkkAngel007]

Could be interesting. Not sure if having a large scale combat series bringing law enforcement into the fold is very tasteful. As others have half-jokingly concluded, it will likely be involving the war on drugs.

 

[thetrin]

2008: Bad Company 1
2009: Battlefield 1943
2010: Bad Company 2
2011: Battlefield 3

2012 has been the only recent year without a Battlefield release, we should have seen this coming. Now, if Policefield is a download title like 1943 I won't have a problem with it but if it is a full retail Battlefield game I hope it blows up in EA's faces.

Someone needs to explain to me why making it a retail game would make it worse.

 

[Hidden One]

It'll be interesting to see how this unfolds.

 

[BladeSinner]

cops vs robbers: the videogame

Exactly what I was thinking. DDon't think I want this but will be interesting to see if it succeeds or not.

 

[trinest]

Someone needs to explain to me why making it a retail game would make it worse.

Downloadable titles are considered if exclusive to DD, cheaper and in that case makes mistakes EA is continuing to do in terms of quality more acceptable.

 

[Messofanego]

Someone needs to explain to me why making it a retail game would make it worse.

Downloadable titles are considered if exclusive to DD, cheaper and in that case makes mistakes EA is continuing to do in terms of quality more acceptable.

Your usernames: Trin Twins?

 

[d3nia1]

Can we please just have 2143 made by someone competent.

THIS. I was a huge fan of 2142 back in the day and it doesn't get nearly the amount of love it deserves!

 

[eliochip]

Your usernames: Trin Twins?

We need a 3rd to complete the holy Trinity

 

[SniperHunter]

I thought Bad Company 2 was fantastic, best BF game since BF1942. I loved every second of it. Too bad the people who made it left Dice

So much more enjoyable than BF3

 

[Jut]

Cool hope there's a Meth power up on the drug dealer/criminal side.

 

[Messofanego]

We need a 3rd to complete the holy Trinity

Haha

 

[Wanny]

Police? My body is ready.

LOL

 

[Minion101]

Devs can't takes risks at all now.

 

[TheBryanJZX90]

Man the militarization of the police in America is creepy as all fuck, and if EA is making a game glorifying that I'm gonna be pretty disappointed. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323848804578608040780519904

 

[Lulubop]

Future police, Patlabor esque please.

 

[jem0208]

I'd be 100 % down for this if it focused on tense, deadly close quarters encounters, hostage rescues, squad control, non-lethal captures, etc., etc. It doesn't sound like Battlefield at that point, but who cares, we just got a broken ass BF game a few months ago.

I'd love a new Rainbow Six game too.





More seriously though, I'd love for this game to be similar to the old Rainbow Six games. I've been wanting something like that for quite some time.

 

[John Harker]

Well I did mention a couple times it was being planned for release this year ::shrug::

 

[Loomer]

Reverse Payday?