E3 likely to look a bit barren on the Cube third-party front with rumors of LucasArts and EA may drop support for the system.
Third party support for Nintendo’s GameCube continues to wane, with the console set to be bereft of a game based on the Euro 2004 football tournament while Lucasarts has confirmed that it has no more titles in the pipeline for the system.
Both Electronic Arts and Codemasters are working on multi-platform football games for Euro 2004 (EA has the official license, while Codies have the England team license), but neither company will be bringing its game to the Cube.
Although Electronic Arts says that its commitment to the Cube “remains strong” despite the decision not to do a Euro 2004 title, and that it will be releasing a number of games for the platform this year, Codemasters has joined the ranks of publishers with nothing in production for Nintendo’s home system.
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