The Bourne Ultimatum
What Vivendi (Activision/Blizzard to its mates) doesn't want, Electronic Arts will certainly have a crack at. It has picked up the gaming rights to the works of Robert Ludlum, with a new Bourne game being the first in the works.
The new game will be developed by Starbreeze (The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena) and "based on Jason Bourne". It has not been stated whether the game will be based on a particular novel.
Games veteran Matt Wolf, who oversees game projects tied to the Ludlum Estate and has worked for EA in the past, will be involved in the creative design, production and branding of the games that come out of the deal.
"Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne is the most exciting action hero to emerge in decades, thrilling audiences around the world", uttered Mike Quigley, group VP of marketing, EA Games Label. "EA is excited to enter into a long-term relationship with Ludlum Entertainment, bringing the action, intrigue and intensity of Robert Ludlum’s fiction to life for casual and core gamers around the globe."
The Bourne rights, you may remember, were part of Activision Blizzard's Vivendi Games clearout after the merger last summer. The rights were then reacquired by Ludlum Entertainment.
The Vivendi Bourne game - titled The Bourne Conspiracy - was based on and around the events of the first novel/film, The Bourne Identity. That leaves two Ludlum-penned sequels to go at if EA wants fresh materiel.
On top of that there were four further Bourne novels (written by Eric Van Lustbader) and another film, not based on any of the books, is in the works. Whether the EA deal extends to Bourne fiction not produced by Ludlum is unclear, however.
For details on other Ludlum books that EA could take a crack at, have a look here.
The new game will be developed by Starbreeze (The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena) and "based on Jason Bourne". It has not been stated whether the game will be based on a particular novel.
Games veteran Matt Wolf, who oversees game projects tied to the Ludlum Estate and has worked for EA in the past, will be involved in the creative design, production and branding of the games that come out of the deal.
"Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne is the most exciting action hero to emerge in decades, thrilling audiences around the world", uttered Mike Quigley, group VP of marketing, EA Games Label. "EA is excited to enter into a long-term relationship with Ludlum Entertainment, bringing the action, intrigue and intensity of Robert Ludlum’s fiction to life for casual and core gamers around the globe."
The Bourne rights, you may remember, were part of Activision Blizzard's Vivendi Games clearout after the merger last summer. The rights were then reacquired by Ludlum Entertainment.
The Vivendi Bourne game - titled The Bourne Conspiracy - was based on and around the events of the first novel/film, The Bourne Identity. That leaves two Ludlum-penned sequels to go at if EA wants fresh materiel.
On top of that there were four further Bourne novels (written by Eric Van Lustbader) and another film, not based on any of the books, is in the works. Whether the EA deal extends to Bourne fiction not produced by Ludlum is unclear, however.
For details on other Ludlum books that EA could take a crack at, have a look here.
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