EA's Motive Studio is hiring for a game based on Marvel Comics hero Iron Man
Electronic Arts has unveiled Motive Studio's next project: a single-player third-person action game based on Marvel Comics character-turned cinematic franchise frontman Iron Man.
This news comes via a blog post, which normally would be a a low-key way to unveil a game based on one of the world's most popular superheroes. But it's 2022, and game announcements aren't just for summer game events or end-of-year rewards shows. They're also recruiting tools aimed to attract talent in a hypercompetitive market. EA ended its announcement with an explicit invitation for developers to check out the company's job board.
In said post, EA announced that the game will be helmed by Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy executive producer Olivier Proulx. Industry veterans Ian Frazier (who helmed the design of Star Wars: Squadrons) Maëlenn Lumineau, and JF Poirier will also be leading the project.
The game is being produced in partnership with Marvel Games, which has been rather ambitious lately to get as many studios as possible working with characters licensed from the comics. Insomniac Games, Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal, and now Motive Studios have all worked with the Disney-owned game division to produce big budget games under different publishing banners. It will feature an "original narrative" inspired by the history of Iron Man.
That likely means the final product will resemble something like Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: the character will be vaguely similar to the cinematic version of the character, but Motive Studio will plunge the character's history for an original story and setting.
Motive Studio's been something of an odd child in EA's library of developers. It was first founded by Jade Raymond, but eventually absorbed the
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