Microsoft Game Studios Interview

MTV Multiplayer has published portions of a D.I.C.E. interview they did with Microsoft Game Studios’ Shane Kim about the cancellation of Marvel Universe Online, Mass Effect’s future on the 360, how Fable 2 is coming along, and more.

The EA acquisition of (Mass Effect) creators BioWare shouldn’t change the series. (It will be and has been and will continue to be a very important exclusive piece of content for Xbox 360,) Kim said. So could the series ever end up on PlayStation 3, as analyst Michael Pachter predicted? (The future is an awful long time. I suppose there’s some scenario.) But Microsoft would be publishing it? (You never know how things are going to go. We really care about our relationship with EA. BioWare’s been a good partner for us. We’re very happy with the success of (Mass Effect) and we want that to continue. From a platform perspective, is it the most important that Microsoft Games Studios publishes it or [rather] that it’s exclusive to the platform? That’s the way we have to think about it.)

And it’s still a trilogy, all three parts slated for the 360? (As far as we’re concerned, absolutely.)