Though not one of EA’s biggest-selling IPs, when it launched in 2008 Mirror’s Edge spawned an immediate fan-base who have been baying for more free-running action ever since. Despite walking arm-in-arm with Bad Company and Dead Space back in the day, both games going on to spawn successful sequels, the Mirror’s Edge franchise has only seen an expansion as an iOS title.
In a recent interview, Frank Gibeau, EA Games President has discussed the series’ future, and how certain difficulties have held them back from creating a sequel:
We just haven’t figured out the right way to bring it back yet. It was a franchise that reached an audience, but it didn’t reach a large audience, and from a quality standpoint it was good, not great. Working with DICE, we’re really trying to figure out a way of bringing Faith and the Mirror’s Edge property back, but we just really haven’t crafted the idea yet. We’re looking at it.
Some reassurance for fans, though it sounds as if EA are looking to mould the next potential Mirror’s Edge into something a little more mainstream, which could harm the foundations the game was built upon. Hopefully we will hear more on the game’s progress in the near future.
Source: IGN
Ben
I think they really need to figure out how to improve upon the fort game before rushing into a sequel. The first was great, I still think it needs developing to justify a sequel though,
Origami Killer
mirrors edge was brilliant, something fresh and unique, cant wait for a second, these people have no imagination, 3 years for a new idea, i could think of one is 5 seconds and work on it
Charmed_Fanatic
New ideas, maybe … co-op free roam, co-op but you can be anywhere not just 5 metres from each other, character select? etc
gazzagb
EA need to stop looking at sales figures, and just listen to the fans. It’s got an average of 80 on Metacritic for PS3/360/PC, so clearly it was a good game that has room for improvement.
Raider197
I’ll be happy when Mirror’s Edge 2 is finally released as long as the attitude to guns and platforming is the same, only improved upon. Mirror’s Edge is one of my favourite PS3 games.
Dange
Hope this gets made soon, don’t want to see too many changes just a tidy up and general improvements.
spooner_22
I pray they stick with this and finally release it… I loved everything about the first one. And it’s not often I think a game is like nothing I’ve ever played (in a good way).
Smallville2106
I also hope they stick with the attitude towards guns etc stays the same.
Hope they keep the art style unique too.
rainydays458
It would be nice if you could have races with friends, I was really hoping that kind of thing would be in the fist game but it wasn’t.
Peter Rushton
How running on clouds!
Make it move & kinect compatiable!
When you fall, you fly and glide down to a new plane/level of clouds, much like the one you fell from but only, you’re back at the checkpoint!