Ubisoft Gets Lost Gaming License

Video game publisher scores a big one as it announces a partnership with Touchstone Television to develop a game based on the popular television series Lost.

Ubisoft and Touchstone Television today announced plans to develop and publish a video game based on the popular television series Lost. The game will debut sometime in 2007 for home and portable consoles as well as the PC.

The game will be developed by Ubisoft’s Montreal studio. No other details were released.

“Many of us on Lost have been hardcore gamers for years and the chance to work with Ubisoft, a company behind some of our favorite titles, has excited us to no end,” said Lost executive producer Bryan Burk, in a statement. “With the ability to tell new interactive stories within the Lost universe, we’re giddy to be developing a game that, once completed, will be as engaging and fun to play as it is to create.”

“We are delighted to work with Bryan Burk, one of the biggest producers in Hollywood and with Touchstone Television,” added Yves Guillemot, chief executive officer of Ubisoft. “That they have chosen us for the adaptation of the cult series Lost is the best homage that a producer can make to the creativity of Ubisoft.”