Ross Erickson, Vice President of Content Acquisition at Sierra Online Games popped up on IGN's 3 Red Lights Podcast to discuss their current Xbox Live Arcade initiative. It's a great listen - here are some interesting tidbits:
- Sierra will be publishing an XNA game in the future, one which won an award.
- The best selling game they've released for XBLA is 3D Ultra Mini Golf, and they intend to expand on the 3D Ultra series. (Note: Personally, I think it's because it's the first game on the list)
- Lost Cities is nearing completion - might be in certification right now. The price is still up in the air - it may just be 400 points. (Note: Admittedly I forgot to add the previews some places had recently, check it out here)
- Assault Heroes 2 is also completed and hoping for release in April.
- Several other games in the pipeline for 2nd half '08, not announcing till later (Though we already know of a couple)
- They have been thinking of bringing back classic franchises such as the Sierra point and clicks, though it sounds like outside of XBLA - in a similar fashion to the new Sam & Max series.
- Loves Boogie Bunnies!!
- Expansions tend to sell to less than 50% of the original owners.
Check out the whole podcast below.
Source: Three Red Lights Podcast: Episode 28
1 comment:
Good find. I wonder what other game they are working on.
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