SEGA keen on AVP, Bayonetta sequels

By Robert Purchese Published 19 March, 2010

Hints at Total War MMO, too.

SEGA's keen to turn Aliens vs. Predator, Alpha Protocol and Bayonetta into franchises, as well as take Total War in "another direction".

"People often ask if we'd take Total War in that [MMO] direction and we're constantly looking at it, but MMO is a very competitive market," SEGA West boss Mike Hayes told CVG. "It goes back to the start of the interview - we want to get the core games right before anything else.

"We've got our shooter with AVP and our RPG with Alpha Protocol - we really want to make that into a franchise. That's the area where we need some success, to sequel-ise that. If you think about it, we can sequel-ise Bayonetta, AVP, Alpha Protocol - if we can make a hit of something like Vanquish - then you add that to Football Manager and Virtua Tennis - we actually have a broad portfolio."

When pushed on the idea of Total War as an MMO, Hayes said although there is "a lot more" left to be done in a "pure historic field", the publisher can also "branch into different areas" with Total War. To that end, developer Creative Assembly will expand. The Total War series has only recently added support for campaign co-op, which Napoleon: Total War features out of the box. Head over to our Napoleon: Total War review to find out more.

As for the other games: Aliens vs. Predator was released in February and, despite a luke-warm critical reception, has sold well in the shops. Bayonetta had an opposite problem and stunned critics but stumbled a bit at retail.

Alpha Protocol, the spy RPG by Obsidian, will be released in May. SEGA's obviously confident.

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Comments (28) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • chukcyQ #1 2 years ago

    I want to have sex with Bayonetta!

  • George-Roper #2 2 years ago

    SEGA, less money-grabbing, more pushing the devs for patches on buggy, incomplete games.

    Or you WILL tank.

  • asharkman #3 2 years ago

    Yea virtual tennis used to be awesome, now it's just alright. AVP used to be awesome now it's pretty poor.

  • SAMagic #4 2 years ago

    On the topic of MMOs:
    we want to get the core games right before anything else.
    I really hope this isn't symptomatic of some belief that any game can have MMO aspects tagged on and will be a huge success.

    "Game + MMO = money! How can it fail?!"

  • BBIAJ #5 2 years ago

    Absolutely cannot wait for Alpha Protocol, gawd only knows it's been a long time coming!

  • kincaide #6 2 years ago

    Bayonetta is still my GotY

  • GamesConnoisseur #7 2 years ago

    Really disappointed that AvP and Bayonetta both had undeserving sales. Reversed position would have been on par with the quality.

  • muscleblade #8 2 years ago

    @kincaide

    Its actually my GOTD (game of the decade).

    Im keen on AVP and Bayonetta sequels too.

  • bodypopper #9 2 years ago

    But are they still keen on Colonial Marines?

  • Toothball #10 2 years ago

    Platinum are way better at making new games than sequels. Forcing them to produce a follow up to a previous game seems like it would be a huge limitation.

  • drumbaby #11 2 years ago

    "Bayonetta had an opposite problem and stunned critics but stumbled a bit at retail. "

    Half the sku's were utter shit though. I think alot of PS3 owners probably voted with their pocket over that debacle, and rightly so. I was gagging for a next gen' Hideki Kamiya game (DMC 1 is one of my all time fave games) but not in the manner in which it was botched on PS3.

    Get it right with the sequel and get my money....simple, really.
    Edited by 1 at 19/03/10 @ 10:14

  • bad09 #12 2 years ago

    Oi! Don't touch Total War I've only just got into it, bloody good to. Please no MMO rubbish!

    AvP, well I've said it already I'll have some more (and Aliens: CM) I love AvP. It's £16.74 on Steam this weekend just over a score game and DLC. Not bad value.

  • Incarta #13 2 years ago

    I would like to see a Bayonetta sequel

  • RobotRocker #14 2 years ago

    Bayonetta wasn't exactly a flop.1 million across both SKU's globally is nothing to be sniffed at for a heavy January window going against Mass Effect 2, a not well received Japanese release and the PS3 SKU not being up to par (Yet still the larger selling of the two, who woulda thunk it).

  • TruWari3r #15 2 years ago

    @ crez

    bayonetta wish list
    - less invisible walls
    - more variety in music ( fly me to the moon has sorta numbed me right about now)

    The fighting is bloody brilliant agreed

  • Zephro #16 2 years ago

    Bayonetta is sort of worth it for the Soundtrack alone. Afterburner remixed? Hell yes!

    Though MMO Total War? Sort the fucking AI out first! Actually just sink the entire budget for the next Total War game into revolutionising game AI and don't bother with graphics or stupid publisher friendly features.

  • Koborover #17 2 years ago

    The good news is that this pretty much guarantees Gearbox's completion of Aliens: Colonial Marines.

  • kinky_mong #18 2 years ago

    A Bayonetta sequel would be very nice, but don't rush it. And by a AvP sequel I hope they mean allowing Gearbox to finish their Aliens game rather than giving Rebellion more chances to stuff up a game.

  • makeamazing #19 2 years ago

    Total war is one of the games i wouldnt want or expect an MMO to be made out of... to me that is totally misunderstanding the type of user that buys this game. By all means bring in some multiplayer aspect, but MMO...come on. Lets not ruin a good concept in the chase "multiple product franchises"

    There is so much they can do with Total War which they havent even gotten close to yet... and i need a new Rome version please :) (and why not make a WW1 or WW2 game at some point)

  • HermitArcader #20 2 years ago

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  • bumgut #21 2 years ago

    What else could you possible stuff into bayonetta?

    It's got every cool fighting mechanic crammed in there apart from blocking.

  • muscleblade #22 2 years ago

    "Platinum are way better at making new games than sequels. Forcing them to produce a follow up to a previous game seems like it would be a huge limitation. "

    Good point! I agree. But let them make more hack and slash games and im happy. Viewtiful Joe was ace too.

  • Bander #23 2 years ago

    Going by the massive interview in Future Press' Bayonetta guide, there probably won't be a sequel within the next few years unless it's made by another team or developer, or it shifts to another genre. Hideki Kamiya is done with action games for a while, because he put so much into this one.

    I have agree with muscleblade in that Bayonetta may be my game of the decade also. Anyone who decided to pass on it for reasons like the 360 version being a tiny bit visually better is really losing out. The too-sexy/sexiness=bad-game excuses are pretty hopeless also. As for those who waited for GoW3, that's rather like picking Toshinden over Virtua Fighter...

  • DAN.E.B #24 2 years ago

    im keen on a bayonetta sequal too!
    AVP? no thanks just get colonial marines out QUICK!

  • Bander #25 2 years ago

    If there is to be a follow-up to Bayonetta, I'd love it if Jeanne became the main character, with the story involving the events that led to Bayonetta being sealed away for 500 years.

  • I\'mListening #26 2 years ago

    The only two things I would change in Bayonetta are the cheesy voice acting and the recycling of bosses. Apart from that it was excellent.

  • Meho #27 2 years ago

    The only thing I'd like to see for the Bayonetta sequel is at least three years development time. It's currently the most advanced combat game out there (I'm on my third playthrough and, yes, bought both Xbox and PS versions) and just extending the story with miniscule evolution of mechanics would be pretty cheap. I actually liked how Devil May Cry progressed from 1 to 3, while, of course the second game was pretty weak, so understanding that Bayonetta 2 should be a sort of a nex gen of combat games and allowing for enough time and money for that... well, that would be great.

  • FuzzyDuck #28 2 years ago

    I don't want a sequel to Bayonetta, i'll just take an optomised version of the first game on PS3 that doesn't have a framerate that goes from silky-smooth to somthing like an episode of The Trap Door 10 times over within the space of one level.