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Industry analyst Todd Greenwald has revealed that Electronic Arts is recouping the development costs associated with it’s Godfather titles by using the engine in five different franchises, with the publisher also working on a sequel to the game based on Mario Puzo’s novel.

The game engine is also being used in upcoming movie tie-in The Simpsons, which Greenwald believes will be one of the biggest sellers on release later this year.

“We learned that EA is leveraging the significant amount of development time and costs that went into The Godfather game,” commented Greenwald.

“The open-world engine was built from the ground up for The Godfather, and is now being used by five different franchises, including The Simpsons.

“The Godfather 2 is also in development currently, though timing is unknown,” said the analyst.

After spending time at Electronic Arts in Redwood City, Greenwald came away impressed with the company’s current line-up.

As well as positive praise for the The Simpsons game, he was impressed with the latest in The Sims franchise.

“We expect continued growth this year to be driven by MySims, a new franchise for the Nintendo Wii.

“MySims looks like it has the potential to do very well with the Nintendo demographic, especially in Japan,” he commented.

And according to the NCP analyst, EA’s casual portal Pogo.com has yet to reach its full potential.

“Pogo.com looks like an undervalued asset within EA. [It] has yet to meaningfully expand beyond the United States,” he said.

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The Simpsons Wii Game Impressions

This is an excerpt from the Impressions Article of the Nintendo Wii game The Simpsons by Kotaku

Even though the game is relatively early on in the development stage, I was impressed at how much like the cartoon the game looked. The devs managed to figure out a way to make the characters look 3D without loosing any of the show’s look o feel. It’s almost as if they look both 3D and flat.

I think this is a game that could certainly live up to the standards set by Hit and Run, which I personally loved.

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The Simpsons Wii Game Preview

This is an excerpt from the Preview of the Nintendo Wii game The Simpsons by 1up

The game features over 8,000 lines of dialogue voiced by the show’s cast and 16 levels themed around popular videogames, with everything from RPGs to World War II shooters. Itchy and Scratchy join in with their own controversial true-crime videogame, “Grand Theft Scratchy: Blood Island.” Of course Marge, the ever vigilant disapproving mother, uses her mighty megaphone on the citizens of Springfield and rallies them to tear down posters and break paraphernalia of this surely-hazardous product.

If the game manages to capture more than just a series of one-shot jokes, there’s a lot of potential here for a big game. And just cause it’s not based on the movie doesn’t mean EA won’t try to ship it in the same timeframe, so look for the game to ship soon.

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