EA teases 'Grass Effect,' 'Dead Face' for E3
May 31, 2013 11:17AM PDT
[UPDATE] Publisher hints that Mass Effect/Plants vs. Zombies mashup will be revealed at trade show next month; "Dead Face" also teased.
[UPDATE] Following the publication of this story, the official EA Twitter account teased that the Dead Space franchise may also be involved in the rumored mash-up.
"Zombies on Tau Volantis!" reads a tweet from the company. An image (below) was also provided, with the suggestion that more information will be shared at E3 next month.
The original story follows below
Today on Twitter and Facebook, Electronic Arts teased a new project called "Grass Effect."
Based on an image posted to the social channels, this project will be a mash-up of the company's Mass Effect and Plants vs. Zombies franchises.
On Facebook, the image is captioned: "Plants vs. … Reapers?" with a hashtag suggesting the game will be discussed in greater detail at next month's Electronic Entertainment Expo.
EA's E3 2013 briefing takes place Monday, June 10, at 1 p.m. PDT. The company plans to use the event to show off its suite of next-generation games like Battlefield 4, Need for Speed: Rivals, and EA Sports titles.
EA will also give a "first look" at its plans for new Star Wars games during the presentation. The company previously suggested that it may be working on an all-new Star Wars Battlefront game.
"Grass Effect?" Wut?
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Is this a nerd inability to understand obvious things like 'combining successful properties' or some more complex reference to the codex explaining reapers are not weak vs flaming nuts?
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Presumably someone said 'Angry Birds Star Wars is making money, how can we do that with a much cheaper license'.
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^Yeah, can't get much cheaper than a license your own publisher owns. Dear God in heaven, BioWare, have you no shame?
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