Publishing behemoth EA’s set to lift the curtains on a “very exciting” FPS entry sometime later this year, the firm’s CEO John Riccitiello has revealed.
News comes following the company’s Q3 financial call last night, where Riccitiello was addressing EA’s current and future FPS line-up.
“I’ve been saying that it’s our long-term goal to take back the first-person shooter category leadership. We made strong progress in calendar ’10 over calendar ’09,” he commented.
“This year, with the trail end of Battlefield Bad Company 2 still doing well, Medal of Honor doing well, Crysis [2] and Bulletstorm, we’re clearly going to make more progress on our goal, and that’s before we get to what I think is going to be a very exciting entry later in the year that we’re not yet announcing.”
The executive didn’t reveal any further information on the title, though smart money says it’s either going to be a Medal of Honor sequel or some form of add-on to Battlefield 3.
Speaking of Battlefield 3, the game’s poised for a GDC reveal on March 1 and will arrive on store shelves within the final six months of this year. More as it breaks.