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The contract they've acquired with Universal Pictures back in February of 2017 to develop with the Jurassic IP is said to continue for "over fifteen years" as accordingly to Frontier Chief Creative Officer, Jonny Watts in a London Stock Exchange article describing the announcement of the game. NOW, this doesn't mean, I repeat, DOES NOT MEAN they will continue adding stuff to Jurassic World Evolution for that long, it just means Frontier will be able to work with Universal and the game itself as accordingly to the contract until then or unless the contract becomes lost. If Frontier did wanted a second game based on Jurassic World, all they would need to do is pitch the idea to Universal, wait for approval, and there you go. No new contract is needed unless something goes wrong or so, but both parties have a very good relation, and the existence of JWE in social media and official sites wouldn't be still standing if that contract was lost.
May I even include that, as of this past May, a similar story was brought up that kinda relates to the very first 2019 Spring leak. It claimed that they would be working on a real-time strategy game of "Man vs Machine and LEGO Star Wars." By May of 2020, it's publicly revealed that Frontier have begun making a real-time strategy game but, is based on Warhammer Age of Sigmar. Now, I'm not saying the two stories are connected in any way or shape or form, but it's still important to know all the available details that come over time to get to the bottom of what is going on here.If you ascribe to the leak from early 2019, there is supposedly a Jurassic World survival game on the table, but it does claim that this IP contract is intended to be the sequel to JWE.
They don't have to say they will be working on other stuff that will be part of the contract, because anything can happen over time. If they say they will be working on more stuff with the third-party than what the contract shares when no actual plans are made just yet, there's risk right there. They just have to pitch ideas to Universal and, if the latter approves, then former will gladly do them with their collaboration.It seems a bit weird that they'd make a 15 year contract and not future proof it to include other games (though that Jurassic world survival game might even be part of the old cantract if it's a thing), though it does sort of fit with the weird lack of confidence Universal seems to have when it comes to Jurassic selling well with older audiences.
I've sort of tentatively come to the conclusion of it being related to Godzilla vs. Kong. The lineup does match up pretty well, assuming everything is supposed to be a clue, but it's pretty well a case of Toho having done basically everything giant monster wise over the last 70 years (they also don't really seem to trust people that much with their properties, which is potentially problematic to the theory).You know, Frontier did post a teaser picture on their official Twitter account about a couple of hours ago today. They confirmed in the following minutes after the initial post that it's a teaser for something coming without specifying what it is in any way while also, minutes ago from this post, confirming it's not related to any of their current four titles.
At first, I thought it was something Elite Dangerous related due to the mug at the bottom of the picture having the logo as well as being retweeted by the official Elite Dangerous Twitter account. Now, however, that doesn't seem like so.
I'm currently unable to figure out what it may relate to, but something tells me it's something that will be announced very soon sometime this week. If I had to make a best guess, it's something related to their FY22 2021 "major global IP game". But, I don't want to get too exited on that just yet, because what if it isn't at the end of the day?
YEEEAAAAHHH!!!I want Dino-Riders. Fdev already has dinosaurs and spaceships.
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HmmmmNow, Frontier have uploaded a new photo, which is an updated version of the previous one.
Well... Whatever this "game" really is, I know it's something big.Hmmmm
The laboratory, has party stuff in storage....
I am looking forward for the confetti to be used within the next few days.
And I see a planet zoo logo. Think this could be another planet series game? Or is it just the order of release. I am looking forward to the reveal
And the blueprint has a duck....
I'm sure we'll all be kicking ourselves when it is. Who knows, the next one (assuming there is one) could make all the difference in someone getting a close guess.I'm loving all the guesses about the thing in the jar/tank. None of it is correct and I'm incredibly excited to see how people react to the reveal!
Technically maybe, looking on turtlepedia (https://turtlepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Mutants) there is a Cactus mutant (Thorny) and a duck mutant (Ace Duck) only known from toys and another duck mutant (Oily bird) only known from a comic series. It might be a bit of them having done basically everything, but it does feel like a closer fit generally.No idea what the cactus and duck things are about, but I think Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles could be the IP?
Gamescom is tomorrow, and Frontier has a lot of new stuff on their hands. Elite Dangerous has a new major DLC that's coming up at Q1 of 2021, and while they did anounce it "further" at the live PC Gamer event on June, they may do more of it there as it was just talk and the trailer, not so much of exploring it further in-game wise. Planet Coaster has a major release for consoles for the Holiday season of 2020 which hasn't been explored much of yet in in-game terms and may do so there. When Planet Zoo was announced at last year's Spring, it was further explored than ever before at the Gamescom 2019 event via in-game.I feel like Frontier are teasing their schedule for Gamescom in these pics. Pic one is what they will show on day one: e.g. something new about their current game franchises like Elite Dangerous and JWE. Day 2 will have info on Planet Zoo. BOTH days will have info on their new IP which I think is very intriguing...... it's a bit outlandish but my guess is something completely non-dino related (unfortunately for those of us excited about a potential JWE2). I'm seeing a 90's theme in terms time-setting, green radioactive material, a couple of interesting characters watching over an experimental vat, a rat's tail in the drawer and what could be a brain/early stage of a creatures development in the green vat?
No idea what the cactus and duck things are about, but I think Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles could be the IP?
As it turns out, it really is the game known as Struggling. A game developed by Chasing Rats Games Inc. Frontier Developments are just the publisher, nothing more on that.The mystery has been solved!
The game is called Struggling, it’s a co-op game for the Nintendo Switch that will release tomorrow.
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/Struggling-1823589.html