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Respawn website launches with teaser art

New online destination for studio founded by Jason West and Vince Zampella goes live with blurry game shot; <i>Harry Potter</i>, <i>Star Wars</i> concept artist on board.

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When Jason West and Vince Zampella--the embattled Infinity Ward cofounders--opened Respawn Entertainment last year, they did so without uttering a word about their new project. Now, the studio's website has launched in full, teasing what the shop is currently creating and who will be creating it.

Here's a first look at Respawn's new game.
Here's a first look at Respawn's new game.

One of the most intriguing bits of the just-launched www.Respawn.com is a blurry image of what appears to be a first look at the studio's development debut. The image shows what appears to be a landscape, with what looks like a building in the foreground. Earlier this month, EA Games boss Frank Gibeau hinted that Respawn's game might be a sci-fi shooter.

Also on the website is a detailed directory of Respawn employees. One of the biggest names attached to project is Iain McCaig, who will be working as a concept artist on the studio's first game. McCaig's credits include Hollywood blockbusters Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and the Star Wars prequels.

Most Respawn staffers have previous experience on Call of Duty games, and six have contributed to Sony's God of War series, specifically God of War 2 and God of War 3.

The Respawn Entertainment logo visible on its website is just a placeholder image, according to the studio's community manager. "We're still working on creating something that represents the studio and our game," the staffer wrote.

As for the ongoing litigation between West and Zampella, Activision, and Electronic Arts, that case is headed to court, where up to $400 million is at stake for the involved parties.

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To me, It looks like giant snail, lochness. and mountain. and women breast.

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@TheVGamer I don't see a planet anywhere but that thing off to the right looks like a dock with some kind of air and/or spaceship in it, so you might be right.

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AWESOME! Always wanted to see a blurry pic :/

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Modern Park: Jurassic Warfare You get to ride T-Rex with laser beams. << LINK REMOVED >>

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Looks very "brown and gritty", and there seems to be a large planet in the sky. It's basically Halo.

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hopefully it will be something different, though i wouldnt mind if they did a modern shooter, but i wouldnt mind see something new.

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I'm excite.

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im glad they left. dave mustaine was kicked out of metallica and formed megadeth and i love both bands. hopefully respawn puts something great out there as well.

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@SolidTy I feel the same and couldn't agree more. I still fondly remember the grenade spamming at the beginning of Search and Destroy matches on MP_Harbor in the original Call of Duty.

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WW2 Shooter! Go.

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These guys were the REAL brains behind cod so anything they make will be pretty good as long as activision isn't behind it

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Please dont be an FPS ....there's just too may of them

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@endgamez good guess, i too think it's kind of a dinosaur in that pic.

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Looks prehistoric. Maybe a dinosaur, in that pic? Time travel game?

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WOW! another FPS....ZzZzZzZzZzZzZz

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I think it's some sort of a shrine, or a monument of some sort, i don't see anything that resembles buildings, just a huge, finely crafted "floor"

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Looks like something along the lines of Fallout, but that's just what I think.

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wow i never knew my eyesight was that bad

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Tu Bui, Artist, Past Projects: Barbie vs Ken, Barney Revenge: Die Kids!!!!! Where can I get these games?

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Well, obviously that blurry image shows what is possibly a very epic setting in some kind of canyon or valley. Hopefully it will be another amazing game that many of us will add to our collection. I'm still curious as to whether or not it's going to be a sci-fi shooter.

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Call of Cataracts: Modern Blurfare

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I think that is just a blurry pic they snapped of the teaser for Pixar's Brave.

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I'm confident this game will be great just by seeing the games these guys previously worked on.

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So is this going to be a shooter, RPG, or action adventure? It looks like something more in line with Skyrim, but it is just a blurry image and there's no way to really know.

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@redskinStu No, the real train wreck is The Clone Wars animated series.......

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First the whole "Halo Killer" statement, now this blurry image... I'm continually losing interest in Respawn's new game altogether now. Either produce some gameplay footage dudes or don't bother at all.

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An article for a blurry picture? cmon guys

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@redskinStu hes an artist not a writer or director you may not have liked the films but we was first introduced to coruscant in them which is pretty impressive to look at among many other cool aliens and environments

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Yay a blurry image:P

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Well, whatever they are working on I hope they take their time with it. It will be worth the wait.

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Looks kinda like Isengard to me.

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@redskinStu you must be of the older Star Wars generation because I grew up watching the original three in the 90s and when I went to watch the new ones I absolutely loved them. I mean give them credit it's impossible to live up to nostalgia. Personally I love all of them except I and VI.

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