There are a lot of first person shooter franchises out there, as it is a very popular genre and many people want to experience just what it is like to enter a battlefield and try to turn the tide in your favor and eventually win the battle.
One of the most proficient franchises in the genre is
Electronic Arts' Medal of Honor series, which has entertained people through various recreations of famous World War II scenarios. But even though it has a lot of fans around the world, things have gotten quiet in regard to a new project.
We've even heard EA boss John Riccitiello say that he doesn't have
anything to say about a new MoH project. But now, thanks to an inside source at EA Los Angeles, which has handled the development of the series, we have found out some big details on the fabled MoH: Operation Anaconda project and how Six Days in Fallujah completely changed it.
Our source has revealed that Operation Anaconda was set to be based on the mission that happened in Afghanistan in March 2002, and was proposed by Patrick Gilmore, who thought that reality could be better than fiction in this case. A lot of consultants were brought in and the project really took off thanks to input from former Delta commanders and documentary directors which have had first hand combat experience.
But sadly the controversy surrounding Konami's Six Days in Fallujah appeared and people were starting to militate against such a thing, saying that the war was still fresh in the minds of many people and the memory of fallen soldiers couldn't be honored through video games.
It is at this point that EA became worried and fired Patrick Gilmore, replacing him with Greg Goodrich. The project is now taking a different route, which will base it in a fictional scenario. Also, the large company went to great lengths and did a lot of focus testing with Muslim and Middle Eastern audiences in order to be sure that it wouldn't be offensive in any way.
The title will still keep its pro-soldier and pro-military traits though, as many soldiers and active officers have been brought in to test it in order for the feel of the battles to be as true as possible to the real thing.
Lastly, our source confirmed that it would be released in summer 2010 from EA LA and published by EA.
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