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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Greg Howson

Scar Wars

In one of the more bizarre movie tie-ins of recent time, Vivendi today announced that a game based on the film Scarface is in production. Yes, Al Pacino's classic flick is coming to a console near you next year. Other than its description as a third person action shooter - Max Payne anyone? - details on the game remain a mystery. We can but hope that there is a least some semblance of a decent plot, but I'm a bit worried about this. Games are growing up, and surely that means we want new and stimulating IP - not samey genres reskinned with film characters. I wonder what other film classics are in the pipeline? Cuckoo's Nest? Godfather? Any others you think would work?

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