Bethesda Reveals First Details of Splash Damage Project

by Alice O'Connor, May 11, 2009 10:03am PDT

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Bethesda Europe managing director Sean Brennan has let slip the very first meager details of its project with Splash Damage, in an interview with gamesindustry.biz.

Brennan describes the title--whose name has yet to be revealed--from Quake Wars developer Splash Damage as "a first-person shooter" that's also "a genre-breaker."

This is the most we have heard about Splash Damage's game since the partnership was announced back in March 2008. Brennan explains they have been tight-lipped as "there are so many innovative features in there we don't want to reveal them too soon."

What we do know is that Fable II lead designer Richard Ham is the project's creative director, and that traditionally PC-centric Splash Damage is warming up to consoles.

Bethesda and Splash Damage will reveal more of their mystery game at E3 come June.

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looking forward to their next game, i believe they did a great job with quake wars and im sure they have learned from their mistakes in that project

May 11, 2009 11:27am PDT

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  Biggest mistake = vehicles. : matt518
  - Quake Wars was the one game where I could actually tolerate vehicles... : deculture
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  the biggest mistake of Quake Wars was having a 30hz tic on a MP computer game : free2game365
  - ooooooohh... damnit. no wonder. : robosextoid
- an fps that is genre breaking... no it's not an fps? wait. : robosextoid
- Seconded, with the stipulation that they don't water down the level of complexity from their previous wor... : Dr_Tran

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By: ErikTehRed x Show Full Post

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Well, Bethesda certainly seems to be getting busy lately. What, with this and the Obisidian Fallout game.

May 11, 2009 3:49pm PDT

Well, Bethesda certainly seems to be getting busy lately. What, with this and the Obisidian Fallout game. : ErikTehRed

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SD's Wolfenstein: ET is the single greatest team/ class based shooter ever created, so I'm looking forward to hearing more about the new game.

May 11, 2009 12:04pm PDT

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SD's Wolfenstein: ET is the single greatest team/ class based shooter ever created, so I'm looking forwar... : monofurioso
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- The classes were pretty much in place already in vanilla RTCW MP. : Cygnus X-1

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Note to Splash Damage. If there are any "hack" zones (hit your use key for like 5 minutes it seems), make sure that EVERYONE can hack a station, but leave one specific class that can do it faster/quicker. Think of it like buying the Defuse kit in Counter-Strike. Same job, less time. That was my main gripe with ET:QW. That is all.

May 11, 2009 2:15pm PDT

Note to Splash Damage. If there are any "hack" zones (hit your use key for like 5 minutes it seems), mak... : xeropulse

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So the news is that there is no news?

May 11, 2009 2:13pm PDT

So the news is that there is no news? : melt_core

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By: Jobos x Show Full Post

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So which one is the producer and which one the distributor? If Bethesda is producing it I'll buy it. I'm replaying Fallout 3 right now and I'm amazed at how great a game it is. Again. I feel sorry for all you chumps that haven't played it yet.

May 11, 2009 12:05pm PDT

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So which one is the producer and which one the distributor? If Bethesda is producing it I'll buy it. I'... : Jobos
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- Bethesda is just publishing it, Splash Damage is making the game itself. : lplasmatron
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  if you want to go that road then zenimax = distributer, bethesda = producer, splash damage = developer : Luminair
  - Okay, yeah. That is more accurate. Zenimax = upstairs at Bethesda though. It's basically the same company... : lplasmatron

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So probably a more console-focused FPS then, eh? Well considering I didn't much care for their (Splash Damage) first try at an FPS (Quake Wars: Enemy Territory), odds are I won't find this one too appealing either.

May 11, 2009 10:43am PDT

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So probably a more console-focused FPS then, eh? Well considering I didn't much care for their (Splash D... : wytefang
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- Quake Wars wasn't their first FPS (or second) : slackshoe
- Didn't like Enemy Territory or Quake Wars, good luck with that. : samduhman

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"a first-person shooter" that's also "a genre-breaker."

Developers need to stop sealing their fate like this. Everyone knows it's not going to live-up to these Rotten Tomato-like quotes. Just do your thing and release shit instead.

May 11, 2009 11:21am PDT

"a first-person shooter" that's also "a genre-breaker." Developers need to stop sealing their fate li... : Godhatesfatpeople

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Fantasy FPS?

May 11, 2009 11:05am PDT

Fantasy FPS? : Porkasaurus

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yawn...

May 11, 2009 10:51am PDT

yawn... : clickles

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"Hey guys, we are working on something, but we don't want to give it away"

May 11, 2009 10:21am PDT

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"Hey guys, we are working on something, but we don't want to give it away" : Kylegar
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  - well, 3d realms did that quite a bit.... : Kylegar

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title should read "splash damage known for creating FPS's is making a new....FPS!"

May 11, 2009 10:27am PDT

title should read "splash damage known for creating FPS's is making a new....FPS!" : flasher 907

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