Where Did The Classic Franchises Go?

The German website

has posed a very good question:

They cite titles like Star Citizen and The Witcher 3 to demonstrate a resurgence in epic space sims and single player RPGs. Whether via remake or sequel, they agree with us that the brands still carry tremendous name recognition and have a legion of latent fans. CIC readers are well aware of this, but it's nice to see a little international confirmation! There is some potential for EA's Dragon Age and Mass Effect series to cause some internal competion in the RPG and sci-fi arenas, but there's plenty of precedent out there for companies to develop similar franchises alongside each other. The full article is in German, but you can check out a Google translation

.

Was Electronic Arts mit den Marken Wing Commander und Ultima vor hat, ist ungewiss. Doch wer wei?, vielleicht ?berrascht uns das Unternehmen und k?ndigt bald ein Spiel zu einer der Serien an. Wenn wir wetten w?rden, dann w?rden wir dies auf Wing Commander tun.

Random observation: Their top article image appears to be a crop of one of our

. You can see a better version of the actual render below!