[videogamer] Mirror's Edge 2

[Final8ty]

Mirror's Edge 2 is in production at Battlefield developer DICE, and the game's existence is regarded as general knowledge in the Stockholm dev scene, former EA free-to-play boss Ben Cousins has revealed on Twitter.

"It is general knowledge in the Stockholm dev scene that Mirror's Edge 2 is in production at DICE," he Tweeted.

The revelation follows an OXM interview with EA Games VP Patrick Soderlund in which he states DICE doesn't want to be known only as the Battlefield studio.

"The DICE guys are roughly 300 people in the Stockholm studio; not all of them are working on Battlefield things, and that's intentional, because we don't want to become a Battlefield factory," he said.

"The minute we start saying 'you're going to make a Battlefield game for the rest of your life' they're going to go some place else. So for them to make great Battlefield games there need to be other things for them to do as well. That's why we have people who move around quite a bit. And then obviously we have a boatload of people that just want to make Battlefield because they love it."
VideoGamer.com Analysis

Rumours of a Mirror's Edge sequel have been circulating for years, with the project said to have stalled, before re-emerging as a Frostbite 3 title. We'd love to see a sequel so long as it sticks to its free-running roots and doesn't attempt to become too action focussed.

http://www.videogamer.com/pc/mirror...oduction_at_dice_says_former_ea_f2p_boss.html

 

[darkewaffle]

Glad to see it even if I couldn't get into ME1, it's a good title to have out there.

 

[gorcorps]

Good

I thought Mirror's Edge was a good start, and just needed to be fleshed out more to be more memorable.

 

[tviceman]

One of my favorite games, please please please be true and please please please don't turn the game into a co-op multiplayer shooter.

 

[mmntech]

Mirror's Edge was a phenomenal concept as a first-person parkour/platformer, and had a unique art style. Definitely a breath of fresh air from the olive drab shooters coming out at the time. Controls needed work. I thought they could have been a lot smoother than they were.

I have high hopes as long as they don't mess with the formula too much. It's an interesting universe and deserves to be fleshed out a bit.

 

[CottonRabbit]

I generally hate platformers, but the original was a fantastic game. I hope they change as little as possible.

 

[Stringjam]

Mirror's Edge 2 built in Frostbyte would be awesome.

I wish this just wasn't a rumor though.......probably means we're still a long way from seeing it.