Just Cause devs to reveal new IP at E3

Avalanche Studios is going to reveal a new game at this year’s E3. Though rumors of a third entry in the Just Cause franchise had been making the rounds late last year, it appears that this new game will be based on a licensed property. Avalanche’s CEO Christofer Sundberg spoke with IGN about their plans for the next few years, and indicated that though this new game is a licensed property, people shouldn’t be expecting a movie tie-in. "We aren't particularly interested in movie-based games," Sundberg explained. "I think the whole industry destroyed that. So much money's been pumped into those crappy games, it's amazing. It's really scary when you look at how bad they are."

The yet-to-be-revealed game will be due out in 2013, and Sundberg is looking forward to showing it off. "It's really challenging and fun to show license holders what we can do with an open world," he said. Sundberg also said Avalanche’s New York studio was working on another game for 2014, but wasn’t quite ready to say much more than that. It’s a little disappointing that there won’t be a new Just Cause title anytime soon, but since this new game will run on an upgraded version of the Just Cause 2 engine, perhaps this game will be an acceptable substitute. We’ll just have to wait until this June to find out.