Looks like I'll finally have to get a game console...

Hollywood\'s Underworld Masterpiece, Scarface, to Become an Explosive New Game

Tuesday August 10, 12:00 pm ET

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivendi Universal Games announced today the epic film that transcends generations and appeals to contemporary and urban audiences alike, Scarface, is now coming for the first time to game consoles worldwide. In a complex world filled with excess and greed, players can take the role of Tony Montana, one of the most ruthless gangsters ever depicted on film. Developed by Radical Games and published by Vivendi Universal Games, this third person action shooter is expected to ship Fall 2005.

"The treacherous world of Scarface is a natural property to translate into a cinematic gameplay experience," said Michael Pole, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Studios for Vivendi Universal Games. "The game will feature cutting-edge technology, a compelling storyline and the unprecedented experience of playing as one of Hollywood's most notorious gangsters, Tony Montana."

"Scarface was a landmark film and has inspired countless movies and games," said Bill Kispert, vice president of Interactive at Universal Studios Consumer Products Group. "Having the chance to now bring gamers the authentic experience is an opportunity and challenge we are looking forward to."

Highly acclaimed screenwriter, David McKenna, has written an original event-driven storyline for the interactive game that will lead the player through a sordid underworld. The Scarface video game will create a gameplay environment that authentically recreates the historical time period of the film, touching on politics, news items and events of the day. Players will travel through the steamy, often violent streets of Miami, the irie islands of the Florida Keys, the Bahamas and various other locales and will interact with a world full of seedy and dangerous characters to procure information, negotiate business deals, smuggle contraband and avoid rivals and DEA on a mission to rebuild their fallen empire.

About the film

Al Pacino gives an unforgettable performance as Tony Montana, one of the most ruthless gangsters ever depicted on film, in this gripping crime epic inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title. Directed by hit-maker Brian DePalma and produced by Martin Bregman who brought the Godfather legends to the screen, Scarface follows the violent career of Tony Montana (Pacino), a ruthless Cuban refugee who blasts his way to the top of Miami's drug underworld, attaining wealth and power beyond his wildest dreams. His rags-to-riches ascent is marked by memorable moments, including a scene in which the cocky Montana risks his neck to propose to Elvira (Michelle Pfeiffer), the girlfriend of murderous drug kingpin Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia). Only in the film's devastating finale does Montana come to grips with the awful price of his lavish empire.

With its intense screenplay by Academy Award®-winner Oliver Stone, driving music score by Giorgio Moroder, and superb insights into Miami's lifestyle, Scarface lays bare the sordid power of the American drug scene.

Scarface is rated R. Please consult http://www.filmratings.com for further information.

About Universal Studios Consumer Products Group

Universal Studios Consumer Products Group (USCPG) is responsible for global licensing and retail strategies as well as building brand recognition of the extensive catalogue of NBC Universal properties. Universal Studios Consumer Products Group is a unit of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates the No. 1 television network, the fastest-growing Spanish-language network, a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80%-owned by General Electric, with 20% controlled by Vivendi Universal.

About Vivendi Universal Games

Headquartered in Los Angeles, VU Games is a leading global developer, publisher and distributor of multi-platform interactive entertainment. Its development studios and publishing labels include Blizzard Entertainment, Sierra Entertainment, Fox Interactive and Massive Entertainment. VU Games' library of over 700 titles features multi-million unit selling properties such as Warcraft®, StarCraft® and Diablo® from Blizzard; Crash Bandicoot®, Spyro The Dragon®, Ground Control®, Tribes® and Leisure Suit Larry(TM).

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Source: Vivendi Universal Games

:rolleyes: Oh yeah let me count all the sequels and spin offs of Scarface....not to mention all the games I have in my vast,vast collection.... :rolleyes:

"inspired" is the keyword. Like GTA for instance, and, the entire hip hop culture of today it seems

Bloody hell, first they are making a Godfather game, and now a Scarface game. Personally, I don't think either of these games will be really that good. They will rely heavily on the liscenses from these flicks and less on the gameplay. I mean, GTA VC is the gangster game/Scarface emulator, and The Godfather...I just dunno.

Sweet Jesus.

When's the Godfather game coming out Double-J? I also heard that they're making a Fight Club game. I can't wait until Memento finally gets made into a game (just kidding)

Yay!

They ARE making a Fight Club game. Screenshots have been out for months.

Scarface I would like as a game. Comparing a game version to a film remake is stupid, video games is not an art to me. :p

Don Vercetti, I KNOW they're making a Fight Club game. That's what I said. I was joking around about a Memento game.

My October issue of EGM came in the mail today, and they've got a world exclusive first-look at Scarface. It's ambitious, to say the least, but there's screenshots galore, and at this early stage, it looks as if it has a world of potential. Don't knock it just yet, it wont be out for another year or so. I'll definitely check it out when it does though. If you want mad info on this game, pick up the October issue, it'll be out on newstands in a week or so.

http://www.1up.com/do/slideshow?pager.offset=1&p=&g=&tr=&mt=&cId=3134015

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August 10, 2004 - Vivendi Universal Games today announced the development of Scarface, a new third-person shooter based on the 1983 Brian De Palma classic (in turn based on the 1932 Howard Hawks classic). The title is being developed by Radical Games and is planned for release in Fall 2005 for PC and consoles. Exactly which consoles has yet to be revealed.


Players will step into the shoes of Tony Montana, the larger-than-life gangster memorably played by Al Pacino in the film. While it has yet to be revealed whether any of the film's cast and crew will contribute to the game, VU Games has announced that David McKenna (screenwriter for American History X) will handle the storyline.

"The treacherous world of Scarface is a natural property to translate into a cinematic game play experience," said Michael Pole, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Studios for Vivendi Universal Games. "The game will feature cutting-edge technology, a compelling storyline and the unprecedented experience of playing as one of Hollywood's most notorious gangsters, Tony Montana."

"Scarface was a landmark film and has inspired countless movies and games," said Bill Kispert, vice president of Interactive at Universal Studios Consumer Products Group. "Having the chance to now bring gamers the authentic experience is an opportunity and challenge we are looking forward to."

We should see more details on the game in coming months, including first screens. Given its screen inspiration, though, it's safe to assume Scarface will be heavy on action and include not a little bloodshed. Stay tuned for more.
-- David Adams

So... it looks like Grand Theft Auto. As long as it doesn't use that garbage engine from Mafia, it should be cool.

will we all ready no what happen in the end of the game we die facefrist in a pool.

nope it starts there only you aint dead just "worse for wear" or in simple terms fucked up big time

I got EGM on Saturday, and the facts are pretty juicy. Turns out you wont be able to kill random people on the street, (there's like a morale factor thing, i.e, the two girls in the cars, "fuck that, I dont need that shit im my life" etc) You can interact with them, There's the "Fuck" button, and theres the nice button. Something els thats new is that you dont steal cars or get any random car off the street, you have your own chaefur. The game is mainly about selling the drugs. You drive boats to the Bahammas, and you try to stay away from the DEA. You also try to look for that cockroach Sosa as you try to get your revenge. Sounds pretty cool.

ON PS2..NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!IM GUNNA BE SO MAD IF ITs PS2 ONLY GAME.godfather also

those screenshots look amazing !! i hope Raulito's right about the random killing and car-jacking thing, thats what made the GTA series too unrealistic.

At first i thought it'll just be a carbon copy of Vice city.

Scarface game will be interesting, I mean GTA Vice City is the ultimat gangster simulator. I used to own a game of The Godfather 14 years ago on my old MS DOS PC. Shame a 'friend' stole the f**king discs and the combination lock.

Well my gut worries, but I hope the SCARFACE videogame will be good. Then again, someone told me that the videogame is a "sequel" where Mr. Montana did not die but instead was in a coma, woke up, and then goes for revenge or someting to that effect.

Speaking of which, anything new on the GODFATHER videogame?

i don't get why everyone is saying that they hope it isn't copying vice city, when vice city was the one that copied the scarface movie in the first place

I don't think that Vice City at all 'copied' Scarface. The only serious similarity that I noticed was the ending scene.

Vice City was a compilation of a lot of mafia, gangster, conquest, and other neat classic ideas of a 70s city adventure. When people say that don't want Scarface to imitate Vice City, I think they just want another unique type of game, rather than another GTA, which we're going to get very soon anyway.

i agree with what you're saying but can't you see that there are a lot of similarities between the movie and vice city, and anyway, if there are people that haven't seen the movie but are playing the game and have played vice city ,those people will be complaining because of the similar storyline.

Ok, you are right. Those that play Vice City and then watch Scarface will see similarities, but a copyright date should set those folks straight.

If the Scarface industry had also produced a videogame before Vice City, then Rockstar Games would be the 'copy-cat'. However, I see it as Rockstar games just fulfilling the mafia fans' wishes to make a game in that area. The making of Vice City and GTA3 happened much before this Scarface game was announced. I'm sure that this Scarface game will take its own direction and be very different from Vice City.

yeah, i totally agree, well said!

I think it;s bullshit that they are making a video game of Scarface. It's just a capitalistic explotation of a name. It's gonna start off at the end of the movie in Tony's mansion after the shootout. There's only one thing wrong with that...He got blown in fucking half with both barrels of a sawed-off at point blank!!!!! I don't think there is any getting up and looking for revenge after that...."'Tis just a flesh wound!!"

I've seen a few screenshots of the Fight Club game. I'm not really a fan of street fighting games, but I can't wait for this one. This movie really allowed me to realize what a talented actor Edward Norton is. He's one of my favorites. There just aren't a whole lot of exceptional actors in todays generation of film, most of them just get by on looks. I think Norton is an amazing exception to that.

Anywho, They alredy made a Scarface game. It's called Vice City.

man and i though GTA San Andreas and Nirvana box set was the end, yah Jesus is gonna come http://www.Nirvanafanclub.com

You guy's aren't gonna believe this, but they want to cast me as an "extra" in the Scarface game! A little digitized JG storekeeper (or hopefully bartender ) -- I'm sure you guys will enjoy killing me over and over! :p

Wow, I gotta tell them when I die I gotta stumble like Rebenga!

An old associate of mine now works for the agency working on the game, and when she realized I had the most popular Scarface fan site, she called me up!

As Oct 2005 gets closer, I'll be given some exclusive material for the Scarface site, too. I should be able to do some giveaways, so this should be a lot of fun!

I'll keep y'all posted as it gets closer! And if I do get in the game (and not cut like Cardi ) hopefully I'll get a screenshot to post! She said a lot of famous people (actors, athletes) are also going to be in there.