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It's recently been revealed that EA have signed a publishing agreement with the team that brought you No More Heroes, Grasshopper Manufacture. The deal involves an "all-new action horror game", which will be produced by the creator of Resident Evil, Shinji Mikami, and will be directed by the man behind No More Heroes, Goichi Suda.

Q Entertainment are also involved with this mysterious new title, which is slated for release on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC and Wii. Below is a portion of a 1up interview with Suda51 and Shinji Mikami, but if you're interested and want to find out more, check out the full interview.

1up: What does EA bring to this collaboration?

SM: Money. [Laughs]

GS: I was really surprised at things such as the size of their studios, and their massive marketing and production teams. I’ve never had the experience of working on such a massive team before. We haven’t done voice recording yet, but I know EA would be a huge help in finding talent and getting them to the studio and the motion capture as well. In other cases, I would want to do something before but couldn’t, and since working with EA, they’ve provided everything I wanted. I get tremendous support from EA.

1UP: Did you go around to other publishers before deciding on EA, or was EA your first and only stop?

GS: Of course I had a chance to present it to different publishers, but EA was the company that understood the game and understood my approach to it. That’s why I took the chance to work with EA. Also, EA produced Rock Band, so they understand the “soul of rock.”

1UP: Last question, in both Killer 7 and No More Heroes, there’s always a zany dude named Travis. Will Travis make an appearance in this game?

GS: Travis? A secret, sorry. [Smiles]

Written By: Billy Hudson

Well, even though it's EA here's to looking forward to this future game.

That does sound intriguing. Hopefully it'll be as good as No More Heroes. I'm hesitant on the EA part as well, but hopefully they'll have little influence on the game and just supply the money as Shinji Mikami said.

The real interesting part to me is that Suda said he chose EA because they "understand the 'soul of rock' ". What the hell does that crazy Suda have planned now?

Rock themed horror and action maybe, although that sounds pretty cool. Chances of using EA nation in this genre is pretty low though

I agree with Nomad...soul of rock...it reminds me of the devil may cry anime with the dead singer =/

Although that episode does give me ideas for this game...possibly a devil may cry esque game? Considering Suda it'll be original with an interesting art style..and with Shinji..well we'll see.

w00t. If there's one person who knows how to make good games (aside from Shiggy) it would be Suda51.

A rock horror game...sounds cool. Can't wait.

Wii owners better buy this game in droves, because if the sales are similar to No More Heroes, than Suda51 might just wave goodbye to Wii owners, and try again on Nintendo's next system.

Hmm... All consoles? I might get the PS3 version then. Depending on whether the Wii has some awesome extras.

Also, Shiggy, Suda51, Kojima AND Nomura all know how to make good games. Ironically all Japanese.

So most of the good games come from Japan? How is that different from how it's always been? Are you really surprised?

Yes, the Japanese get good developers however the USA...you get a bear man >:U

LMAO

Yea, I agree Japanese know how to make and play good games.

I just hope EA doesn't screw it up.