VU Games' 2004
lineup 1/14/04
(Thanks to Azsue)
List
briefly leaked on
Vivendi's site offers sneak peek at its games division's plans for the
coming year.
Yesterday,
Vivendi Universal
briefly revealed its games division's release slate for 2004. The list
was displayed for several hours on the financial section of Vivendi's
Web site, but had been taken down by the evening.
While the list
contained no major shockers, it did contain several previously
unannounced titles, including a two more as-yet unnamed games based on
Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth and a tie-in
game for the June Pitch Black prequel, The Chronicles of Riddick.
Another title, called "Krusty's Demon," might possibly be
misspelling
of a game adaptation of the death-defying Crusty Demons of Dirt
motocross video series. (That or a comedy-horror about The Simpsons'
wacky clown becoming possessed.)
One item
of note on the list
was the inclusion of Syberia II, the third-person fantasy adventure
from French-Canadian developer Microïds. Previously, it was
thought Microids would be self-publishing the game. While not
definitive proof, it does indicate that VU has struck a deal to
distribute the game, perhaps similar to its agreement with Bard's Tale
developer inXile.
More
surprising was the
inclusion of the tantalizingly vague "Unannounced Pandemic console
title." Pandemic already has two major titles--Full Spectrum Warrior
and Star Wars: Battlefront--due out this year, but has listings for two
other games--Project Y and Project Z. It’s a good bet one of those
titles will be distributed by VU later this year.
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