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April 2nd, 2008 @ 13:37
Sierra’s just confirmed that The Bourne Conspiracy will launch in Europe on June 27 for 360 and PS3.
“Wrought with action, combat, elaborate escape scenes and untold story, the Bourne series is making a natural progression into the interactive medium,” said Sierra marketing boss Al Simone. “We’re pleased to announce that this June gamers will have the chance to experience the dangerously exciting aura and frenetic pace inherent in the Bourne franchise.”
Press release after the link.
Update: This has just been given a June 3 release date in the US.
SIERRA ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES ROBERT LUDLUM’S THE BOURNE CONSPIRACY WORLDWIDE DEBUT IN JUNE 2008
UNCOVER JASON BOURNE’S PAST AMIDST NON-STOP ACTION FEATURING SIGNATURE BOURNE-SYTLE DRIVING AND INTENSE COMBAT
Marlow, UK – 2nd April, 2008 - Sierra Entertainment today announced that the Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy™ video game will street in Europe on the 27th June, 2008 on Microsoft’s Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. The game brings Jason Bourne’s signature combat style to life by sharply blending a seamless mix of hand-to-hand fighting, gunplay and dramatic escapes. To round out the non-stop action to the title’s hunter-prey game play, The Bourne Conspiracy will give gamers a re-imagination of the high speed pursuit through Paris in the Mini Cooper®.
Through close partnership with Ludlum Entertainment, and collaboration on story and character development with Bourne screenwriter Tony Gilroy, The Bourne Conspiracy is an intense interactive addition to the blockbuster films and best-selling novels. The game delivers an original story uncovering Jason Bourne’s past and the conspiracy shrouding his origins, plunging players into the role of Bourne as both trained assassin and marked government agent. Core to the experience is Bourne’s definition as a perfect weapon with heightened combat instinct, where players use Bourne’s characteristic capabilities to recognise threats, perform devastating takedown moves and use his surrounding environment to overcome deadly situations.
“Wrought with action, combat, elaborate escape scenes and untold story, the Bourne series is making a natural progression into the interactive medium,” said Al Simone, senior vice president, global marketing, Sierra Entertainment. “We’re pleased to announce that this June gamers will have the chance to experience the dangerously exciting aura and frenetic pace inherent in the Bourne franchise.”
Developed by High Moon Studios and based around a combat system co-designed by Jeff Imada, the renowned choreographer who defined Bourne-style combat in the films, The Bourne Conspiracy delivers gamers every signature Jason Bourne element, from hand-to-hand fighting to shooting to escape and evasion. Framing the experience is a relentless pace of action and an in-game camera system that captures the cinematography techniques that established the memorable visual style of the films.
Capturing the intense high-speed pursuit based on the memorable car chase from The Bourne Identity, players will take the wheel in an upgraded version of Marie’s red Mini Cooper trying to evade seemingly every police car in Paris. Arcade racing-style game play and destructive stunt setups combine with Bourne instinct-based game mechanics to create a previously unseen and unforgettable action driving experience.
“We’re creating a video game that is distinctly Bourne, based on a deconstruction of the character from action hero to game hero, and one that we ultimately believe gamers will discover as a distinctively original licensed action game,” said Emmanuel Valdez, chief creative officer, High Moon Studios and game director on The Bourne Conspiracy.
For more information on the Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy video game, including screenshots and video trailers, please visit http://www.bournethegame.com.
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That said, it’s...
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Saw this on the telly at the weekend and it looks… I dunno. Kind of ‘bland’. Lots of running. And it’s super-heavy on the Quick Time Events too.
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:08 pm
I really want to believe it’s going to be great. I love the movies because they’re so stupid and hard. I’m crossing everything.
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Bourne doesn’t run, he stomps purposefully. He doesn’t need to run because he’s that hard. Running is what people who are scared (of Bourne) do.
And what’s he doing with that gun? Bourne disarms gunmen with towels and kills people with pens.
Danger. Is. Bourne.
Actually, who is that person in the picture? Bourne is Matt Damon. And that isn’t him. It looks like Tom Jeeter from Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:53 pm
I’m just sent some questions over to them, and asked it Damon had any proper input personally. I really want to “be” Bourne. I hope that doesn’t make me weird.
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Damon wasn’t involved at all and his likeness isn’t in the game. He’s ‘generic-o-Bourne’, based on the descriptions of him in the books rather than on his movie look n’ feel.
I think that might be a major problem for people who only know this from the films, to be honest. It’s a bit like buying your favourite band’s latest album only to find that it’s all been recorded by a tribute band down the local pub.
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Oh oh…
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:07 pm
There were other people from the films involved, though. The fight choreographer worked on the motion capture and stuff. But it won’t really be the same without old flathead in the spotlight.
I really must see The Bourne Ultimatum. I’ve not seen it yet.
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:18 pm
I don’t understand the excitement. It must be a Matt Damon thing.
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:47 pm
So who would win in a fight between Bourne and Solid Snake? Sierra seem to want to find out…
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Yeah, there is that. Poor old Snake!
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:22 pm
/ignores Blerk
/is a Bourne fanatic
This game ‘will’ be good…
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Damon is the Hasselhoff of the noughties. For that reason alone, Bourne is instantly the best movie franchise of the 21st century.