CEO Andrew Wilson electronic artsstated that the company owns it. great expectations for Wild HeartsMonster Hunter action game created by Koei Tecmo’s Omega Force team. According to him, the project is not only promising, but can easily enter the market, given that in recent years the hunting game genre has practically exploded.
“It started with what seemed like a pretty small idea to us internally, and every time we see the product, we’re amazed and fascinated by what it does (Omega Force),” the EA CEO said in a meeting with shareholders.
“The monster hunter genre is relatively new. It has exploded. It’s ripe for innovation, creativity, and expansion, and what we’ve seen the development team do is everything the community wants from the genre.”
Wilson also added that the response from players to Wild Hearts has been very positive so far, adding that this could be an interesting opportunity for EA, Koei Tecmo and the community in general.
“And the reaction so far has been really strong. So I don’t want to go too far, but I’ve seen this and I think it’s incredible, the players have seen it and they think it’s incredible. […] How big can it be? We don’t know yet, but I think this could be an interesting opportunity for us, the development team, and the community in general.”
Contrary to what Wilson says, the “hunting game” genre isn’t all that “relatively new,” considering that the first installment of Monster Hunter, which basically represents the genre, was now released in the distant 2005.
We can agree with him when he said “the genre has exploded” as the series began to hit impressive sales numbers with Monster Hunter World (released in 2018), currently Capcom’s best-selling game, which has sold over 18 million copies worldwide. successful. After all, hunting games embody many features that have been increasingly appreciated by gamers over the last decade; a focus on collaborative multiplayer and a rich post-launch support that keeps the community connected to the brand between one release and the next.
It is difficult to say whether Wild Hearts, which we remind you, will be on the market right now. February 17 PS5, Xbox Series X | For S and PC, it may enter the market like the Capcom series, but what we’ve seen so far is certainly promising, as described in our tried-and-tested EA and Koei Tecmo hunting game. .
Source: Multiplayer
