New EA/Insomniac project Outernauts spotted

By Fred Dutton Published 2 February, 2012

Plus, Populous title also on publisher's FY13 slate.

Resistance and Ratchet & Clank developer Insomniac Games is working with EA on a mystery title called Outernauts, according to a new trademark listing.

As spotted by French site Hard Gamers, Insomniac filed for the title last week with USPTO.

Further sleuthing threw up an EA Partners marketing document (which has since been removed) mentioning the title as part of the publisher's slate for the next fiscal year, which runs from April 2012 to March 2013.

The same document also referred to a new Populous title due out in the same period, though no further details on either game were offered.

We've asked EA for comment and will duly update if we hear back.

Insomniac, who recently announced it was stepping away from the Resistance series, is also working with EA on spy adventure Overstrike.

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Comments (11) Latest comment 4 months ago

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  • wattsn26 #1 4 months ago

    I thought their deal with EA was only for one game? I predict this would be downloadable

  • 32768Colours #2 4 months ago

    Any other parents with toddlers initially read that as Octonauts?

    I suppose its too much to hope that their new output will be a cheery cartoon-like affair?

    As much as I like playing the part of a soldier fighting for the fate of humanity in a post-apocalyptic wasteland (god knows how you'd be a gamer in 2012 if you didn't!), it'd be nice if Insomniac could put their proven and diverse artistic talents to more creative use.

    Oh, and a new Populous would be awesome!
    Edited by 32768Colours at 02/02/12 @ 21:39

  • captain_Carl #3 4 months ago

    Hope they sell well for Insomniac. Unlike certain other EA Partners games

  • ring_piece #4 4 months ago

    Populous the FPS, awesome!

  • Obli #5 4 months ago

    A new Populous?! Wow! Hope it's as good as the others. I really liked Populous: The Beginning too.

  • DurzoBlint #6 4 months ago

    They're really taking a chance, relying on EA. Other Partners games were sent to die.

  • Avatargr #7 4 months ago

    I have a terrible fear that the new Populous is going to be a freemium pos for iOS like the new Theme Park

  • Srift #8 4 months ago

    Utternuts

  • Red_Bool #9 4 months ago

    @ring_piece: I was thinking exactly the same thing :)

  • killuminati2911 #10 4 months ago

    @Obli One of the worst game EVER MADE.. I dunno if you are 20 or 15 YO and never played the real thing back in those days but even so, you cannot in any way have liked that crap of a game.. Populous belongs to Bullfrog and stop. Watch what they'r doing to Syndicate man! then come back asking for a remake of Populous...

  • M4RKYB #11 4 months ago

    I had a week off school "sick" when Populous was released for the Amiga and played it non-stop. One of my fave games ever which I still go back to once in a while. Bullfrog ruled. All these young'uns today think that Peter Molyneux is just some bloke who talks too much and never delivers on his promises. He already delivered some of the best games of my childhood so he's alright in my book.