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Sims 3, next-gen Black, new SimCity & LOTR coming
<br />Megapublisher announces several new games, pushes Army of Two and Crysis to the post-Q1 2007 calendar year.
<br />By Tor Thorsen, GameSpot
<br />Posted Nov 2, 2006 11:14 pm GMT
<br />As part of its earnings announcement today, megapublisher Electronic Arts revealed the release window of two of its highest-profile games. Crysis, Crytek's hotly anticipated PC shooter, and Army of Two, the co-op actioner for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, will now both arrive after the end of EA's current fiscal year, which ends on March 31, 2007.
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<br />"We have made some adjustments to our SKU plan that will move a couple of titles into fiscal 2008, specifically Army of Two and Crysis," EA chief financial officer Warren Jenson told analysts during a postearnings conference call.
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<br />During the same call, Jenson also confirmed that several sequels to EA's most important franchises are in the works. "Yes, there's a Sims 3 in development and it's likely to be a fiscal '09 title," said Jenson, meaning the game would hit stores before April 2009. The executive also confirmed that the Sims franchise will also be coming to two next-generation platforms--the Wii and the PlayStation 3. [EDITOR'S NOTE: Contrary to original reports, a Sims 3 Holiday Edition for PS3 was not announced. GameSpot regrets the error.]
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<br />Several other new titles were unveiled during the call. "There will be another Lord of the Rings [game]... There's a new SimCity game in the pipeline and the next-generation version of Black. Those things alone are all new, relative to fiscal '07," said Jenson. It was unclear whether Jenson meant the games would arrive before the end of EA's 2007 fiscal year, or were just new to the company's financial plan for the 12-month period.
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<br />以上消息来自EA最近一次新闻发布会,我们关心的simcity只在最后一段稍微提到。
<br />EA的官方说法很模糊,EA首席财政官 Warren Jenson 透露 :“一个新的模拟城市
<br />游戏正在准备之中,她将会是全新的,这一计划包含在我们2007年财政年度之中”
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<br />问题在于他的这番话可以有两种理解:1、游戏将会于EA2007年财政年度结束前
<br />(即2007年3月31号前)推出;还是 2、游戏仅仅是在2007年财政年度才开始正
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