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08-25-2011, 09:50 AM
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Of all the cars that have been announced for Forza Motorsport 4 (http://www.1up.com/games/xbox360/forza-motorsport-4) so far, none are Porsches. Even when the final list of cars emerges ahead of the game's fall release, Porche won't be on it, thanks to Electronic Arts.
Forza is developed by Turn 10 Studios and published by Microsoft, but it's EA -- through a licensing deal with Porche -- that controls which games Porsche's vehicles can and can't appear in. Although they've worked out sub-licensing deals in the past, EA has suddenly decided in the past two years that it doesn't want Forza to have Porches this go around.
"This kills me. While Forza Motorsport 4 will feature RUF, it will not include Porsche cars," revealed Turn 10 creative director Dan Greenawalt in an interview the official Forza website (http://forzamotorsport.net/en-us/underthehood1/). "As many of you know, since the beginning of the Forza franchise, the Porsche license has been available only through a sub-licensing deal with EA. In Forza 3 (http://www.1up.com/games/xbox360/forza-motorsport-3/), we were able to feature more than 35 different Porsche models by offering to collaborate with EA. For Forza 4, we were looking forward to adding even more Porsche cars, and we were especially looking forward to featuring multiple Porsche experiences in our new Autovista mode. In the end, however, EA couldn't see their way towards collaborating again."
More... (http://www.1up.com/news/forza-4-blocked-including-porsches-ea)
Of all the cars that have been announced for Forza Motorsport 4 (http://www.1up.com/games/xbox360/forza-motorsport-4) so far, none are Porsches. Even when the final list of cars emerges ahead of the game's fall release, Porche won't be on it, thanks to Electronic Arts.
Forza is developed by Turn 10 Studios and published by Microsoft, but it's EA -- through a licensing deal with Porche -- that controls which games Porsche's vehicles can and can't appear in. Although they've worked out sub-licensing deals in the past, EA has suddenly decided in the past two years that it doesn't want Forza to have Porches this go around.
"This kills me. While Forza Motorsport 4 will feature RUF, it will not include Porsche cars," revealed Turn 10 creative director Dan Greenawalt in an interview the official Forza website (http://forzamotorsport.net/en-us/underthehood1/). "As many of you know, since the beginning of the Forza franchise, the Porsche license has been available only through a sub-licensing deal with EA. In Forza 3 (http://www.1up.com/games/xbox360/forza-motorsport-3/), we were able to feature more than 35 different Porsche models by offering to collaborate with EA. For Forza 4, we were looking forward to adding even more Porsche cars, and we were especially looking forward to featuring multiple Porsche experiences in our new Autovista mode. In the end, however, EA couldn't see their way towards collaborating again."
More... (http://www.1up.com/news/forza-4-blocked-including-porsches-ea)