Thu, Aug 02, 2012 | 19:29 BST
Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel to release in March 2013
EA has announced Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel, the third installment developed by Visceral Games, will release next year.
The co-op title takes place on the “deadly streets of Mexico,” as Alpha and Bravo find themselves dropped into the middle of a drug war conflict for an assignment “full of corruption and deceit.”
“We wanted to refresh the Army of Two franchise for a new generation of action gamers, and at the same time, stay true to the core concept that really made the first two games fan favorites,” said Julian Beak, executive producer, Visceral Games.
“With meaningful, seamless co-op gameplay at its core and explosive new tag-team features, gamers will have to work together tactically and strategically as they push through a city dominated by one of Mexico’s deadliest drug cartels.”
The Frostbite 2 game will contain both online and split-screen co-op, and will contain a more advanced upgrade and customization system, allowing players to customize Alpha and Bravo.
The title will grace the September issue of Game Informer, and the magazine will include a feature on the title. Artwork is through here, and a video from the site is below.
Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel will be available in March 2013 PS3 and Xbox 360. The official website has also been updated here.
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Posted in: EA, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: army of two, Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel, Frostbite 2, The Devil’s Cartel, visceral games
20 comments
#1
Pytox
02/08/12, 4:33 pm
lol ruin it like call of juarez
#2
AHA-Lambda
02/08/12, 4:33 pm
jesus christ *facepalm*
#3
ManuOtaku
02/08/12, 4:40 pm
I do like this series a lot, i hope this game is good and will add a few needed things to improve it, that and that it is a longer game, the previous two where on the short side.
#4
DSB
02/08/12, 4:42 pm
@2 What you said.
#5
bitsnark
02/08/12, 4:42 pm
“We wanted to refresh the Army of Two franchise for a new generation of action gamers, and at the same time, stay true to the core concept that really made the first two games fan favorites,”
Love that quote.
A ‘new’ generation of action gamers you say? We’re still in the SAME console generation; and anyway, what sort of creative latitude do you think this series has to appeal to anyone else who doesn’t like gorging themselves on Michael Bay produced cinema?
You plank.
#6
SlayerGT
02/08/12, 4:43 pm
A press release? Why not announce it at gamescom?
#7
Stephany Nunneley
02/08/12, 4:46 pm
@6 Likely will be formally announced at the Summer Showcase today. Not sure about gamescom, but it sounds likely.
#8
bitsnark
02/08/12, 4:47 pm
@6
They might have made a fuck up.
Any reference to it has been pulled from Games Press.
Ah well. C’est la vie.
#9
absolutezero
02/08/12, 4:54 pm
Should have really left it as a dead series. Theres a reason no one played the Army of Two games.
#10
Oynox Slider
02/08/12, 5:01 pm
@5, I agree 100%.
Sounds like a plan to drive the series into the ground.
#11
Da Man
02/08/12, 5:16 pm
Visceral disbanded after lackluster sales as being a developer who couldn’t keep up.
Classical EA.
Can’t believe there’s no post from a certain ‘original’ person criticizing Gears and pointing out the superiority of refreshing AoT.
#12
Stephany Nunneley
02/08/12, 5:17 pm
Game Informer will run a feature on it in September. We’ve added the art, and a link along with a video in there.
#13
TheBlackHole
02/08/12, 5:35 pm
Army of Two is the only co-op series I couldn’t bare to continue playing. It was THAT shit.
Massively offensive, not funny, terrible controls… it has it all.
#14
someguy2
02/08/12, 5:49 pm
Justin McElroy of Polygon pointed out a sad thing, there will be three Army of Two games and so far, only one Mirror’s Edge game.
#15
Patrick Garratt
02/08/12, 5:55 pm
Surely if they’re properly started again, stuck it on Frostbite and used Visceral, it can be good?
#16
freedoms_stain
02/08/12, 6:08 pm
@15, don’t see why not, but I also don’t see why they’re using an IP with a poor rep either. It’s not like it was ever an acclaimed series that went down the shitter somewhat over time, it was just never really good enough.
#17
SlayerGT
02/08/12, 6:15 pm
@15 I wish. Haven’t had a good co op shooter since rainbow six vegas.
#18
absolutezero
02/08/12, 6:25 pm
“When the cover breaks.
OH.
I’M.”
wut.
#19
Maximum Payne
02/08/12, 7:15 pm
I hope they will do PC version this time -_-
#20
YoungZer0
02/08/12, 8:42 pm
@13: What was so offensive about it?
Those masks suck balls. That is all.