Game studio Electronic Arts has announced it has reached a deal for the exclusive game licenses to the works of writer Robert Ludlum, including the well-known Jason Bourne franchise, recently re-popularized in a trilogy of films starring Matt Damon. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but EA has already sent it’s first game to be built on the Jason Bourne franchise off to Sweden’s Starbreeze Studios for development.
Tag Archive: Sierra Entertainment
Spyro: Eternal Night Hits Stores
The latest installment in everyone’s favorite purple dragon franchise has just reached U.S. retailers. Sierra Entertainment has announced The Legend of Spyro: Eternal Night is now available for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii game consoles, as well as the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance handhelds. A version should be available soon for mobile phones. The latest installment follows Spyro on his mission to default GAul, the Ape King, before he brings a new age of darkness on the land. Players also have to puzzle out the secrets behind Spyro’s strange visions as the dragon comes to understand his role in an ancient prophesy.
The Incredible Machine Goes Mobile
Pipes, light switches, lasers, blimps and candles will all make their return to perform bizarre tasks in the latest iteration of The Incredible Machine. Sierra Entertainment’s creative brain-teaser breakout from the 1990’s makes its return on mobile phones, this time developed by Vivendi Games Mobile.
The Incredible Machine franchise challenges players to use an odd assortment of everyday items to achieve a certain task, such as lighting a light bulb or popping a balloon. By arranging the items in different ways on screen, then setting their “Rube Goldberg” contraptions into motion, players figure out through trial and error how to reach the end goal. The mobile version of the game includes 60 different household objects to play with across 60 levels, plus 20 unlockable bonus levels.
World in Conflict On Sale September 18
Sierra Entertainment has announced that its next-generation strategy and combat game World in Conflict has gone gold and will arrive at retailers September 18. World in Conflict is based on the premise that the Cold War didn’t end; instead, western bloc and eastern bloc powers are duking it out on completely destructible battlefields around the world with modern weaponry—including nuclear weapons.
Spyro Legend Continues with Eternal Night
Sierra Entertainment has announced the second installment in the current Spyro the Dragon franchise—The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night. The new game will continue the Legend of Spyro trilogy, and again features the voices of actors Elijah Wood as Spyro and Gary Oldman as Spyro’s mentor Ignitus. The game will feature several all new powers, including four new breath attacks, four new elemental melee moves, four new Fury attacks, and a new “Dragon Time” feature which lets Spyro bend time to dodge attacks and maneuver through tricky environmental puzzles.
Sierra Bringing World Conflict to Xbox 360
Sierra Entertainment has announced it plans to ship World in Conflict for the Xbox 306 “this fall” and for PCs this September, combining elements of strategy and first-person action in a military action game pitting Cold War rivals against each other in completely destructible battlefields.
World in Conflict takes place in an alternate-history scenario where the Berlin Wall never fell, and begins in 1989 as the Soviets advance into Europe in an effort to forestall their own economic collapse. Conflict ensues as NATO moves to block the Soviets…and then faces conflict on a second front as the United States comes under attack.
Nintendo Wii and DS Get Into Geometry Wars
Sierra Entertainment has announced it will be offering the hit 2D arcade game Geometry Wars: Galaxies for the Nintendo Wii console and Nintendo DS handheld.
“The Geometry Wars: Galaxies video game is an entertaining title blending old-school arcade fun with next-gen gameplay and action,” said Al Simone, Sierra’s SVP of Global Marketing, in a statement. “We are excited to bring the Geometry Wars brand to the Nintendo platform as both the Wii and DS enable a fun and frenetic experience for gamers.”
Crash Bandicoot Series Goes Next-Gen
The Crash Bandicoot franchise will be migrating to the Nintendo Wii with “Crash of the Titans,” the newest Crash Bandicoot title announced by Sierra Entertainment on Friday. Keeping with the series’ legacy of cross-platform compatibility, the game will also be available for the Xbox 360, Playstation 2, PSP, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance, and mobile phones.
F.E.A.R. Comes to PlayStation 3
Although they announced it in August, 2006, Sierra Entertainment has finally shipped the first title in its genre-combining F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon) franchise for the PlayStation 3, bringing the games rated-M mix of first-person shooter and horror to Sony’s top-of-the-line game console.
“The F.E.A.R. franchise has sold over 2 million copies since inception and now PlayStation 3 system users will be the latest to experience the true meaning of F.E.A.R.,” said Pascal Brochier, president, Global Retail for Vivendi Games. “We’re excited to bring this award winning, bone chilling title to the PlayStation 3 system console and expect an entire new base of gamers to become fans of F.E.A.R.”
Scarface: 1 Million Hits and Counting
Sure, Epic Games’ Gears of War for Xbox 360 might have sold a million copies in two weeks…and Sierra Entertainment wasn’t going to bring it up because it might make other gams, you know, look bad, but they’re setting the record straight now. They’d just like people to know that its Scarface: The World Is Yours video sold more than one million copies in October across the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PSP platforms, according to the NPD Groups’ retail tracking report for Video Game Software Sales. During October, Scarface was the top title for PlayStation 2 and Xbox (lets remember the PS3 hadn’t shipped), the top console game in America, and the top game in America. In addition, the PSP title Scarface: Money. Power. Respect. was the top PSP game in America during the month.
