Kotaku: Sequels

Do You Crave Sequels or Something Entirely New?

Mike Fahey — Mon, 09 May 2011 11:40:00 EDT

Commenter Monsieur Froid returns to Speak Up on Kotaku once more to ask readers whether they want daring new intellectual property or games that build upon the tried and true. More »

Let's Play The Dream Video Game Sequel List Game

Mike Fahey — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:40:00 EDT

It's Monday morning, and Speak-Up on Kotaku is feeling a little playful, so we're going to play commenter Wocalax's little dream video game sequel game. More »

The Next Ghostbusters Game Is A Throwback

Stephen Totilo — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:00:00 EST

Last year's Ghostbusters: The Video Game was practically Ghostbusters 3, a reunion of the main cast from the 1980s movies in virtual form. The next one is more like a Gauntlet or Robotron sequel. More »

Homefront's Future Plans Include London

Owen Good — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:30:00 EDT

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At E3, Homefront was offhandedly mentioned to me as inspired by Resistance, just without the aliens, naturally. As if to drive that point home, the man in charge of THQ's core games portfolio already has designs on London. More »

Bungie Briefly Considered a Halo 4 with Master Chief

Owen Good — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:00:00 EDT

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Bungie's writers considered extending the saga of Master Chief beyond Halo 3 - whose ending certainly left an opening for it - before settling on the prequel story of the Fall of Reach, the studio's community manager said. More »

Alpha Centauri & Railroad Tycoon Sequels Are On Sid's List

Mike Fahey — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:00:00 EDT

During our chat with Sid Meier earlier this week, fans couldn't help asking about classic games like Alpha Centauri and Railroad Tycoon. They want sequels. More »

Website Registrations Tease GoldenEye, Driver Sequel

Owen Good — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:00:00 EDT

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It doesn't mean such games are in development - at most the companies owning these marks have moved to protect them - but new domains for GoldenEye and Driver have been registered by Activision and Ubisoft. More »

Plants Vs Zombies 2 Guaranteed To Ship In Next Decade, Not In 2010

Stephen Totilo — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:00:26 EDT

Just got done with an entertaining meeting with some of the top people behind Plants Vs. Zombies, Bejeweled, Peggle and Zuma. They don't talk much about future plans, but made Kotaku readers one guarantee. More »

THQ Returns To Saints Row, Darksiders, And De Blob Next Year

Mike Fahey — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:00:00 EST

THQ is rolling out the sequels in fiscal year 2012, with releases planned for Saints Row 3, a Darksiders sequel, and a follow-up to the Wii-exclusive hit de Blob. More »

News of a New Street Fighter Coming from Capcom?

Owen Good — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:00:00 EDT

After a certain number, a sequel is foregone conclusion. Rocky IV assured Rocky V. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar's 18th baby guaranteed a 19th. So an announcement of an announcement about a possible Street Fighter sequel is not stop-the-presses news. More »

Activision: Sequels Offer "Road Map For Innovation"

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:00:34 EDT

Pity the video game sequel, perpetually scapegoated as an evil of the industry. To the rescue of its reputation this week came Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick. The exec recently explained what sequels are good for, besides profit. More »

Kotick: Most Gamers Prefer Sequels to New IP

Owen Good — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:00:00 EDT

Those CEOs, the things they say when they're talking to the magazines CEOs read, thinking no one's watching. Talking to the Economist, Activision's Bobby Kotick said "a small segment" of gamers are the ones insisting "everything has to be new." More »

LinkedIn Profile Says Dead Space 2 Underway?

Owen Good — Sun, 10 May 2009 11:00:00 EDT

Pratik Patel, technical director for Electronic Arts updated his page on LinkedIn (like Facebook, just more corporate!) to include "Dead Space 2/Project ETA." A sequel's hardly surprising, but the fact it's underway might be news. More »

Bioshock Could See Upwards Of Five Sequels, Story Willing

Mike Fahey — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:20:00 EST

While wary of "cashing in" on the franchise, Global President of 2K Christoph Hartmann suggests that Bioshock could follow the Star Wars saga, generating sequels as long as the story holds out. More »

Giana Sisters Coming To The DS - All Official, Like

Stuart Houghton — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:20:00 EST

Back in the good old days of home microcomputing, the only way to play some Super Mario Bros was on a console. Then in 1987, Time Warp Productions created Great Giana Sisters... More »

Shenmue Fans Plan Toy-based Direct Action

Stuart Houghton — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:20:00 EST

Power to the people! In a move straight ou tof the Jericho fan playbook, disgruntled Shenmue devotees are planning a mass protest to try and convince SEGA to resurrect the franchise. More »

Stardock Looks to Star Control, Master Of Orion And Baldur's Gate

Stuart Houghton — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:20:00 EST

It is no secret that Stardock are big fans of Star Control - Galactic Civilizations certainly owes something to Star Control II, as does the Stardock-published Sins of a Solar Empire. No great surprise then that Stardock has announced that it is actively pursuing the keys to the Star Control kingdom with a view to making a 'proper' sequel and glossing over the rather underwhelming Star Control III. More »

Christian Guitar Hero Clone Could Become Christian Rock Band Clone

Stuart Houghton — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:20:00 EST

So, Guitar Praise - the Christian music-based rhythm game? HUGE hit, apparently. So huge, in fact, that the publishers (Digital Praise) are considering not just a sequel, but an evolution. Or at least an Intelligent Redesign that could see the game moving from the PC/Mac to consoles and extending to full band gameplay. More »

Mirror's Edge Planned As Trilogy With Level Designer

Stuart Houghton — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:20:00 EDT

You have to admire the confidence of a developer who blithely announces two sequels to a new game before the first is even released - what if it all goes horribly wrong? The embarrassment! More »

Army of Two...2

Mark Wilson — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:20:51 EDT

Army of Two Lead Designer Chris Ferriera likes his game. And he's feeling pretty confident about it...already looking to make a sequel.

This is EA right? So when we have a hit we'll make more.

While I generally support sequels with my wallet, I wish so many developers weren't talking trilogies and IPs before their game is even launched. Sure, Star Wars was a great trilogy, but there's a reason Humphrey Bogart wasn't talking Casablanca 2 while the first was still in production. More »

Rayman's Raving Rabbids 2 for Wii

Kim Phu — Fri, 18 May 2007 15:40:00 EDT

It's round two for Rayman's Raving Rabbids and the onslaught of oddly-amusing mini-games. This time, Ubisoft is promising to go into more detail about the background of the Rabbids with a narrative about their world domination plans (did I mention that they're HQed under a mall?). More »

Analyst: EA Brand "Tarnished" By Poor Reviews, Quality

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:41:13 EST

In a stinging note to investors, Pacific Crest Securities analyst Evan Wilson took EA to task for declining review scores, an issue they say will hurt the company as competition increases, according to Gamespot. More »

Sam and Max: Culture Shock Goes Gold

egauger — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:40:16 EDT

Well, it's finally done and the newest trailer makes me even less excited than I have been. This nutless voice acting and subdued animation is just not up to the Sam and Max par, and frankly I'm just not looking forward to it anymore. More »

Capcom Quizzes About Dead Rising 2

brownlee — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:40:56 EDT

I know, I know. "What's up with all the Dead Rising posts this morning?" Look, first of all, it could be worse: we could be posting Dead Rising cheat codes. But Dead Rising fever, by way of the pesky Z bacterium, has feverishly gripped Kotaku tower. More »

What Less Obvious Games Need Sequels?

brownlee — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:40:40 EDT

During the lull of the summer months, we copy-paste monkeys can't simply sit on our duffs and wait for news to spontaneously generate like maggots from meat, as it does from September to May. So it's a time of editor round-ups and endless obsessing over the most trivial exposures. More »

Destroy All Hippies!

egauger — Tue, 30 May 2006 22:40:00 EDT

Appallingly-named game site Computer and Video Games has a preview of the new Destroy All Humans! sequel. DAH!2 (titled "Make War Not Love") is set in the psychedelic 1960's and features multiple settings, including Japan and Britain (with ninjas and secret agents, respectively), and a whole slew of new opponents. More »

Scrapped Resident Evil Game Footage

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:24:30 EDT

Originally, Resident Evil 2 was scheduled for March 1997, but producer Shinji Mikami wasn't pleased with its direction. Capcom bit the bullet, the game was scrapped, and work began from scratch. The abandoned video game is now known as Resident Evil 1. 5. The trailer above is for the 75% finished game before it was shelved. More »

Are We Really in the Next-Gen?

lsmith — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 14:40:05 EST

Keith Stuart of The Guardian wonders if all of this "Next Gen" talk is getting out of hand. After all, some of this year's biggest games Zelda, MGS4 and Vision Gran Turismo are all sequels to long-standing franchises. Stuart's not impressed. More »

Analysts: People Tire of Sequels

lsmith — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:40:03 EST

Straight from the mouth of Captain Obvious, it would seem. Next Generation has the latest holiday predictions from analysts Wedbush Morgan Securities, the news is not so festive. "WMS says Xbox 360 shortages, the lack of price cuts on now-generation hardware and consumer indifference to the proliferation of sequels all lead to a cautious outlook." More »

Next Generation: Some Sequels Will Succeed, New IPs Won't

lsmith — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:40:54 EST

Next Generation has a disheartening and sobering look at the state of the video game industry. Citing the rising costs of game development, the report, done by Screen Digest, paints a bleak picture. According to the study, sequels will be most prevalent among the approximately 80 games per year that will make money. These are all sentiments that were echoed to me at the Nintendo Summit back in Seattle, with developers there mentioning how concerned they were with the increasing prices of game dev and the troubling reality that sequels succeed far more than original, refreshing IP. More »

Series that Stopped Too Soon

lsmith — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 17:40:33 EDT

The Guardian Gamesblog has a quick feature on games that didn't receive sequels, but should have. Grim Fandango, Rez, Blast Corps, NiGHTS, Fantavision, Vagrant Story, Theatre Europe and Ikaruga. From the list, I'd most like to see an Ikaruga sequel. That game is still the closest thing to perfect I've played this console cycle. The lack of Crimson Skies on the list is a little disheartening, that game seems a bit unappreciated. More »