We steered clear of the rumours but now can confirm that EA is indeed bringing back the Syndicate franchise with The Darkness and Chronicles of Riddick: Escape as reported by GameSpot.
EA will release the franchise on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC early 2012, but will reportedly not be the same top-down action-strategy blend that gamers may remember from the two original PC games, Syndicate and Syndicate Wars. Starbreeze will be developing the new direction – an action-shooter instalment in the series.
Starbreeze CEO Mikael Nermark said in a statement accompanying the announcement: “It’s been a great experience working with EA, and an amazing opportunity for us to use our expertise in the first person shooter and action genres to bring back, and reignite, the signature action/espionage gameplay of Syndicate.”
EA are said to be attempting to provide a new take on the Syndicate formula with weapons and setting from the original game pulled into the structure of a shooter.
