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| Purple Ranger 14 | Jun 7 2005, 11:45 AM Post #1 |
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E3: Hollywood's Still Got Game ideo games based on movies had a visible presence at the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles earlier this month, including games based on the upcoming films Aeon Flux, Batman Begins, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, Fantastic Four and King Kong. Majesco's Aeon Flux game, developed by Terminal Reality studios, will feature both the likeness and voice of the film's star, Charlize Theron, in an original scenario. Brendan Goss, the game's producer, said in an interview that the designers looked to the original MTV animated shorts created by artist Peter Chung as much as the upcoming live-action film version. "It's more like if you took one of the short cartoon episodes, that's what one of our missions is like," Goss said. "The movie is doing its own thing based on his stuff, and we're doing our own thing based on the movie." The game will be available for Xbox and PlayStation 2 in October, a month after the film's release. Electronic Arts previewed games based on two of Warner Brothers' most highly anticipated films. Batman Begins will be released for console systems as well as GameBoy Advance on June 15, the same day the movie opens. The game expands on the universe of the film, which is directed by Christopher Nolan, and features the likenesses of the entire cast. Players will stalk criminals on the streets of Gotham City as both Batman and Bruce Wayne, using fear and intimidation as weapons. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, meanwhile, will closely follow the story in the Warner film, which is based on the fourth book in J.K. Rowling's popular series. Players will be able to play as Harry, Ron or Hermione (all modeled after their big-screen counterparts), and, for the first time in the franchise, gamers will be able to team up with other players in a cooperative mode. Disney's Chronicles of Narnia game will debut this winter, just prior to the film's release on Dec. 9. Like the film, the game follows the adventures of the four Pevensie children as they journey through the world of Narnia on a quest to help Aslan the lion save the land from the evil White Witch. Angela Adams, marketing manager for Disney Online, told SCI FI Wire that the game's developers worked closely with the producers of the film. "Disney is developing the movie, and in turn they're using the book as a benchmark. And then we're using the movie as our benchmark to create the game," she said. "So our production and development house has worked very closely with the Disney studio." The game will be available for all current console and hand-held platforms. The upcoming game based on the Marvel Comics adaptation Fantastic Four will also feature the likenesses of the film's five main cast members (Michael Chiklis as The Thing, Ioan Gruffudd as Mr. Fantastic, Jessica Alba as the Invisible Woman, Chris Evans as the Human Torch and Julian McMahon as Dr. Doom) as well as characters from the comic that don't appear in the film. "We basically pick up and end where the movie begins and ends," said associate producer Neven Dravinski in an interview. "However, because it's an origin story, and it's really about the dynamics of these characters becoming a team and a family, it doesn't really offer a lot of action for us to replicate. So that also gives us the opportunity to split off in the middle section and sort of introduce other Marvel villains that are familiar to the Fantastic Four universe. ... Essentially, it is the movie, but we have this extra added concept with this search for these cosmic-infused particles, these meteors that came down from the cosmic storm. So it gives us an excuse to have the team go search for these things." Activision will release the game on June 27 for current console systems and GameBoy Advance. Finally, Ubisoft provided an in-depth sneak peek of the game based on Peter Jackson's upcoming version of King Kong in a specially designed theater inspired by film's island setting. Attendees stood in line for as long as an hour in advance for a first look at Kong, whose appearance in the game version is a close likeness to the film. Jackson himself appeared in a pre-recorded introduction to the demo, along with the game's producer, Michel Ancel. Players will start the game as Jack Driscoll, portrayed by Adrian Brody in the film, but will eventually have a chance to play as Kong himself and fight against the prehistoric inhabitants of Skull Island. The game will be available at the end of the year for current console, handheld and PC platforms, with upcoming releases for next-generation systems Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. |
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