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Game On for "The Sopranos"
Thursday May 4 4:43 PM ET
By Gina Serpe
HBO was right: It's not TV.
It's a videogame.
Software manufacturer THQ Inc. has announced plans to develop a videogame based on The Sopranos and featuring the voices and likenesses of most of the Mob hit's key cast members, including head honcho James Gandolfini.
The game, scheduled for release on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2 formats this October, is partially designed to help assuage anxious Sopranos fans in the increasingly-long gaps between new seasons.
"It's clear that fans want more of The Sopranos, and creating a game that puts the player in their world is a great way to satisfy them," says Carmi Zlotnik, VP of new media at HBO.
The game was officially announced Thursday in advance of next week's mongo Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) videogame conference but has been under development for some time. Gamers seek to become "made" in the midst of a brewing Philadelphia and New Jersey Mob war. Assume the role of Big *****'s illegitimate son, players must carry out orders to prove their allegiance and move up within the family's ranks.
In addition to Gandolfini, Michael Imperioli (Chistopher), Tony Sirico (Paulie Walnuts) and Steven Van Zandt (Silvio) have all signed on to offer up their voices and likenesses for the game and dish out orders for the would-be Mafiosos. Series mastermind David Chase also lent a hand in helping to carve out the game's premise.
"We're excited to work with HBO on creating a game that captures the spirit of the groundbreaking series--a modern classic that redefines the life of crime genre," says Kelly Flock, THQ's executive VP.
In addition to the familiar faces, the game will also be set in some of the show's regular locations, including the Bada Bing!, Nuovo Vesuvio and Satriale's.
The Sopranos gang isn't the only crime family getting ready for their pixilated close-up.
Details were announced Thursday about two other big-screen crime saga adaptations.
Tony Montana will be bringing his drug-lord empire to the small screen in a similarly star-studded game based on Scarface. Sierra Entertainment's Scarface: The World Is Yours will feature the intimidating voice talents of several key actors from the 1983 film and even more who had nothing to do with it. James Woods, Michael Rapaport, Ice-T, Wilmer Valderamma, Daniel Dae Kim and even Bam Margera are among the impressive and disparate roster of contributors.
While Al Pacino won't be recording any new voice tracks for the game, he is allowing his likeness to be used for the character and hand-selected a suitably gruff-voiced actor to take his place. Some of the Oscar winner's most famous lines from the film, however--the incomparable "Say hello to my little friend," for example--will be taken from the original performance. (It was Pacino's participation in the Scarface-based game that reportedly led to him skipping out on The Godfather game that came out last month.)
The game is expected to be released this fall for Xbox, PS2 and PC platforms.
Meanwhile, Eidos announced it was priming a videogame version of Quentin Tarantino's cult classic Reservoir Dogs for release this fall on Xbox, PS2 and PC. The game will closely follow the plot of the movie, with the player following the progress of the planned diamond heist through any one of the main characters, accompanied by the film's original soundtrack. The movie's Mr. Blonde, Michael Madsen, will be on hand to unveil the game at E3 May 10 in Los Angeles.
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/eo/20060504/114678618000.html
Thursday May 4 4:43 PM ET
By Gina Serpe
HBO was right: It's not TV.
It's a videogame.
Software manufacturer THQ Inc. has announced plans to develop a videogame based on The Sopranos and featuring the voices and likenesses of most of the Mob hit's key cast members, including head honcho James Gandolfini.
The game, scheduled for release on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2 formats this October, is partially designed to help assuage anxious Sopranos fans in the increasingly-long gaps between new seasons.
"It's clear that fans want more of The Sopranos, and creating a game that puts the player in their world is a great way to satisfy them," says Carmi Zlotnik, VP of new media at HBO.
The game was officially announced Thursday in advance of next week's mongo Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) videogame conference but has been under development for some time. Gamers seek to become "made" in the midst of a brewing Philadelphia and New Jersey Mob war. Assume the role of Big *****'s illegitimate son, players must carry out orders to prove their allegiance and move up within the family's ranks.
In addition to Gandolfini, Michael Imperioli (Chistopher), Tony Sirico (Paulie Walnuts) and Steven Van Zandt (Silvio) have all signed on to offer up their voices and likenesses for the game and dish out orders for the would-be Mafiosos. Series mastermind David Chase also lent a hand in helping to carve out the game's premise.
"We're excited to work with HBO on creating a game that captures the spirit of the groundbreaking series--a modern classic that redefines the life of crime genre," says Kelly Flock, THQ's executive VP.
In addition to the familiar faces, the game will also be set in some of the show's regular locations, including the Bada Bing!, Nuovo Vesuvio and Satriale's.
The Sopranos gang isn't the only crime family getting ready for their pixilated close-up.
Details were announced Thursday about two other big-screen crime saga adaptations.
Tony Montana will be bringing his drug-lord empire to the small screen in a similarly star-studded game based on Scarface. Sierra Entertainment's Scarface: The World Is Yours will feature the intimidating voice talents of several key actors from the 1983 film and even more who had nothing to do with it. James Woods, Michael Rapaport, Ice-T, Wilmer Valderamma, Daniel Dae Kim and even Bam Margera are among the impressive and disparate roster of contributors.
While Al Pacino won't be recording any new voice tracks for the game, he is allowing his likeness to be used for the character and hand-selected a suitably gruff-voiced actor to take his place. Some of the Oscar winner's most famous lines from the film, however--the incomparable "Say hello to my little friend," for example--will be taken from the original performance. (It was Pacino's participation in the Scarface-based game that reportedly led to him skipping out on The Godfather game that came out last month.)
The game is expected to be released this fall for Xbox, PS2 and PC platforms.
Meanwhile, Eidos announced it was priming a videogame version of Quentin Tarantino's cult classic Reservoir Dogs for release this fall on Xbox, PS2 and PC. The game will closely follow the plot of the movie, with the player following the progress of the planned diamond heist through any one of the main characters, accompanied by the film's original soundtrack. The movie's Mr. Blonde, Michael Madsen, will be on hand to unveil the game at E3 May 10 in Los Angeles.
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/eo/20060504/114678618000.html
