The Watchmen are coming, and they’re coming in a way most people wouldn’t anticipate them to: via Xbox Live, the PlayStation Network, and the Personal computer.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE) has announced at least two downloadable games based on Watchmen. Deadline Games will be developing the two titles, with the first episode scheduled for release around the same time as the motion picture and the second episode slated closer to the DVD release.
Notes Samantha Ryan, WBIE VP of Product and Development, “We don t want a low-quality console game that will get lost at retail. A downloadable game grants us to deliver the experience that fans expect.”
Warner Bros. looks to be banking on the idea that episodic gaming will increase the quality of the individual game and make it a hit with moviegoing gamers and reviewers alike. We’ll find out soon enough if their call does justice to the Watchmen. In the meantime, feel free to sound off in the comments on whether or not episodic gaming will make for a good videogame adaptation of this comic-turned-film.
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Take-Two Interactive has sent word that Electronic Arts has once again extended its buyout offer in light of the unsatisfactory number of company shares that were tendered by the previous deadline. This makes it the fifth time that EA has extended its deadline for the parent company of the studio that developed Grand Theft Auto 4 (Xbox 360, PS3).
EA further indicates that only 11,741,339 of T2’s outstanding shares were tendered by the previous deadline, which accounts for roughly 15 percent of the latter company’s shares by last July 18. In line with this announcement, T2 chairman Strauss Zelnick states that the company’s board was committed to maintaining its stockholder value, and that they continued to suggest that their stockholders not give in to EA’s offer.
“We are fully engaged in a formal process to evaluate strategic alternatives that have the potential to deliver greater value than EA’s inadequate offer,” Zelnick stated. Take-Two CEO Ben Feder also added his own two cents regarding this matter:
In February, Take-Two s board rejected EA s offer as inadequate. Since then, the record-shattering release of Grand Theft Auto IV, the exciting announcement of a BioShock motion picture, and our capability to deliver financial results exceeding expectations have further demonstrated that our value-creation potential is greater than EA s offer.
According to GamesIndustry, EA’s current offer is expected to expire by this August 18. In the mean time, Take-Two also has a site that explains the details regarding their ongoing row with Electronic Arts. You can access it via the source link below, though you’ll also want to visit again in case we receive any updates regarding this news.
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Remember that mandatory game ratings bill that was passed by the New York Senate last month? Just yesterday, New York Governor David Paterson signed the video game bill into law, creating an interesting precedent for videogame legislation.
The videogame bill in question is described thus by the office of the Governor
A.11717 / S.6401-A (the videogame bill) establishes an advisory council to conduct a study on the connection between interactive media and real-life violence in minors exposed to such media. This bill will also require new video game consoles to have parental lockout features by 2010, and mandate that games sold at retail disclose the ratings obtained from the gaming industry’s voluntary rating system.
GamePolitics’ coverage (external link) of the legislation also has a comment from Richard Taylor, Senior Vice President of Communications and Research for the Entertainment Software Association (ESA):
The say has ignored legal precedent, common sense and the wishes of many New Yorkers in enacting this unnecessary bill. This government intrusion will cost taxpayers money and impose unconstitutional mandates for activities and technologies that are already voluntarily in place. It also unfairly singles out the videogame industry over all other forms of media. One wonders where this overreach by government in New York will end. If New York lawmakers feel it is the role of government to convene a government commission on game content, they could next turn to other content such as books, theater and film.
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