Florida EA studios to create next Tiger Woods title
Originally created in Electronic Arts‘ California studios, the latest title in the Tiger Woods franchise was moved down south to the Electronic Arts Tiburon studios in Orlando, Florida. Because the studio already sports an impressive list of sports titles in its dev portfolio, EA Tiburon seems to be the significant sports title development studio for Electronic Arts.
With titles such as Madden NFL Football, NASCAR and NCAA Football under its belt, EA Tiburon is confident they could also improve on the golf title to make it even greater. Steve Chiang, general manager at EA Tiburon and Top 7 of 2006’s hottest 100 devs, said, “We are working our tails off to bring quality games. We are here because we love games.”
It looks like the next title for the franchise could be gearing up for a total next-gen makeover, since the move now delegated the title to a single studio instead of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07‘s split-studio development scheme. The news report from St. Petersburg Times also said that the next-gen Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 would be released by summer with user content functionality, such as:
- Gamers would be able to share screenshots and characters with friends and family
- Gamers can create social networks with fellow gamers
- Gamers can play as themselves by creating their animated image from a photo
- Gamers can play with people from across the world, but not in real time
Originally created in Electronic Arts‘ California studios, the latest title in the Tiger Woods franchise was moved down south to the Electronic Arts Tiburon studios in Orlando, Florida. Because the studio already sports an impressive list of sports titles in its dev portfolio, EA Tiburon seems to be the significant sports title development studio for Electronic Arts.
With titles such as Madden NFL Football, NASCAR and NCAA Football under its belt, EA Tiburon is confident they could also improve on the golf title to make it even greater. Steve Chiang, general manager at EA Tiburon and Top 7 of 2006’s hottest 100 devs, said, “We are working our tails off to bring quality games. We are here because we love games.”
It looks like the next title for the franchise could be gearing up for a total next-gen makeover, since the move now delegated the title to a single studio instead of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07‘s split-studio development scheme. The news report from St. Petersburg Times also said that the next-gen Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 would be released by summer with user content functionality, such as:
- Gamers would be able to share screenshots and characters with friends and family
- Gamers can create social networks with fellow gamers
- Gamers can play as themselves by creating their animated image from a photo
- Gamers can play with people from across the world, but not in real time