Questions for Kyle Rohde, EA representative for Feb. 15th

Jack Burton · Post by **Jack Burton** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 3:58 pm

Hey guys, put your questions for Kyle Rohde here in this thread.

Please don't forget to be logged in when you post them, so we can read your name on the air.

Make 'em some good ones!

-Jack

Realm · Post by **Realm** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 10:06 pm

I would like to know exactly how much EA influences the desicions made by the studios. (like Digital Illusions, etc) How tight of a reign do they keep on them?

Zukin · Post by **Zukin** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 10:34 pm

1. What kind of characters will EA be using and/or creating for future games created through the partnership with Marvel?

2. Is the EA Sports Big division working on bringing their distinct style to games based on any other sports, such as baseball, NCAA basketball, etc.?

RurouniQ · Post by **RurouniQ** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 10:57 pm

I'm curious as to what kind of art design they're going to go for on this: hand-drawn sprites to match the Marvel characters or are they going to try and render them in 3-D. Also, I'd like to know of there is any japanese influence on their art design.
Oh, and if he could compare this fighting game to any other fighting game, which is it the most like?

Yankee · Post by **Yankee** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 8:24 am

Looking beyond Battlefield: Vietnam, does EA have any other military-based first person shooters in development? If so, tell us about them.

Looking right at Battlefield: Vietnam. What sorts of changes were made to BF:V that didn't appear in BF:42 that you feel really enhance the overall gaming experience?

Realm · Post by **Realm** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 10:16 am

Oh, I'd like to know what EA considers to be its biggest threats. Who's got EA worried? Who's their biggest competition? Also, make sure to tell him that any exclusive hints about upcoming projects would be great!

kitsune · Post by **kitsune** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:10 pm

i think we all want to know when are favorite ea characters are going to get their own adventure games.

i mean when are we going to see car's big adventure. and what about football guy? i fucking love football guy. maybe it could be a buddy game.

the fuzzy panda · Post by **the fuzzy panda** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:30 pm

i would like to know what ea has planned for the next installemnt of the need for speed series, i belive they were very successful with nfsU and wonder if they will stick to the import car genre

*EDIT
Another question how will ea be able to compete with the mass cult of halo2 involving microsoft and bungie within the next year

kyleeasportsguy · Post by **kyleeasportsguy** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 11:39 pm

Hey all,
I'm Kyle, the guy who'll be on the show on Sunday night. The questions all look great so far and I'm glad you guys are such big EA fans. Many of the questions, however, I'm not going to be able to answer. Just so you guys know, I'm not an insider like the Halo 2 programmer. I'm KU's campus rep for EA, I'm just a student. So I can try and answer any questions you have, just please don't expect me to be able to answer all of them. Looking forward to the show on Sunday, thanks guys!

fakk2 · Post by **fakk2** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 12:49 am

1. What the deal with xbox live and EA ?

2. How much of a financial decision when a game is considered? Meaning would u rather go with a another sequel or try something new and creative aka miyamoto.

3. Any chance of a sequel to the immortal or any future installments of the mutant league series?

4. Why did EA decide not to support the dreamcast ?

5. is Eurocom goign to make another FPS?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 3:53 am

I may have missed some of the back story to exactly who and what Kyle is / does, but why does a education institute need a rep from an entertainment company? To my knowledge, EA doesn't publish any college level education software.

What exactly is your role with EA? To get the company and its products publicity around campus - or is there more or less to it than that - or am I off the mark completely?

If you could briefly answer the part in bold on the forums before the show, then I could probably think up some better questions to ask for during the show

~Emp
[Note: Im too lazy to log in right now]

kyleeasportsguy · Post by **kyleeasportsguy** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 12:33 pm

EA Sport's target market is males age 18-24, which applies perfectly to college guys. So EA hires a campus rep at 30 of the biggest sports schools in the country and my job, along with being a full time student, is to promote EA's name and its products on campus. We mainly do EA Sports games but we also do the EA Big titles and some EA Games titles like Bond.

Just a little more info, I don't hear much about things like Marvel, mutant league, and that end of EA. I mainly know EA Sports, but I'll do my best to answer whatever you guys want to know. Thanks...

jayt11 · Post by **jayt11** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 3:34 pm

One of the biggest surprises last year was the sales of Def Jam Vendetta. Being the wrestling fanatic i am, i was wondering if there were any plans for EA to go the simulation route on a wrestling game with either the NWA/TNA or the Indy leagues in the US(like Ring of Honor, UPW and so on)?

aimee23456 · Post by **aimee23456** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 7:29 pm

When do new games come out? Do you have EA events on campus?