Production Manager Jim Ferris led us on a studio tour that was just filthy with amazing Superman stuff. What was immediately pleasing to me about EA Tiburon, when I did finally arrive, was the fact that the "Superman Returns" development team was composed of legit comix fanboyz OG 4 realz. Sadly, I missed my plane and didn't catch up with the guys until Friday morning. Naturally, Comic Book Resources was included in that list. Being a Superman event, it was only natural for EA to extend an invitation to not only videogame news sources, but also the most influential comics sites on the internet.
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Featuring a fully interactive, three-dimensional world characters and storylines spanning both the recent film and comics an all-star voice cast including Brandon Routh and Kevin Spacey a full compliment of super powers special power-ups associated with rescuing as many kittens as possible and, most crucially, the promise of making players feel as though they are actually flying in, around, up, up and way over the city of Metropolis - arguably the most important milestone left in Superman's sixty-year winning streak across all mediums.Īn achievement of such potential importance requires the absolute best quality of coverage, and EA spared no expense in assembling the finest newsboy legion available, for only such men can aid the Man of Steel during this critical period of his history. In addition to playing hotly anticipated titles several weeks before anyone else, guests are given the opportunity to speak directly with the entire development team and ask questions about the featured game, its production, its technology, and anything else the reporters feel their readers may wish to know.ĮA Tiburon has for the previous two years been devoted chiefly to developing what they loudly proclaimed to be the first proper Superman videogame ever made, an alarmingly bold statement indeed when you consider the grotesque legacy of Superman on all known gaming platforms. Managed by EA's Jonathan Long, Community Days are occasional events to which EA invites select members of the video games media to preview new games prior to their release.
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Famous as the birthplace of the insanely well-selling "Madden NFL" series of videogames, it was there in the scenic and serene outskirts of Orlando that the company was hosting their eagerly awaited and highly exclusive " Superman Returns: The Videogame" Community Day. They descended upon the city, traveled by limousine to one of its finest luxury hotels, and, after enjoying a number of the hotel's fine amenities, proceeded to Electronic Arts' Tiburon campus. Last Thursday, a select group of mild-mannered and mostly bespectacled videogame reporters from all over the country soared through the clouds over central Florida.