According to the LinkedIn Profile of Athomas Goldberg, a Technical Animation Director at EA‘s Black Box Studio, the developer is working on “an original 3rd-personn action title” using DICE‘s Frostbite 2 engine. The developer’s previous works include the SKATE franchise and Need for Speed games.
“Designed and implemented all in-game interactive animation features and behavior on an original 3rd-person action title at EA’s Black Box Studio in Vancouver,” the description reads. “Responsible for all in-game animation tools, workflows and pipelines, using DICE’s Frostbite 2 Game Engine, and EA’s proprietary internal animation solution. Highlighted features included one-on-many fighting, tightly choreographed interactive on-on-one melee and “fatality” animation, raycast-based world navigation over arbitrary surfaces (including vaulting, climbing, jumping and ledge clinging), interaction with destructible elements in the environment and more.”
Apparently, there’s a new Need for Speed on the way, too.
“Currently responsible for the design and implementation of all in-game animated character and vehicle features and behavior for an upcoming title in the Need For Speed franchise.”
Interesting. I’d like to see what original action game Black Box is developing; we need more original.