The Godfather

[TRC_14]

"February 10, 2005 - No matter how big or small, if you're creating a "living-breathing, open world city" with Italian mobsters and drive-by shootings, you're heading into Grand Theft Auto territory. The comparisons are simply going to happen. So, we'll make this brief: If you're going to make a game of this kind, you'd better do it big. Having secured the Paramount Pictures license for the use of The Godfather in videogames, Electronic Arts has tapped into the godfather of all mafia movies, and we're happy to say EA is laying down an Italian gaming feast with all the trimmings, cannoli included.

Tapping the talents of more than 20 actors and actresses from the first film, EA's The Godfather puts players in the shoes of a young, ambitious mobster who ascends through the ranks of the Corleone family, earning respect and loyalty along the way in the race to become the next Don. Using the voices of the late Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone, James Caan as Sonny Corleone, and Robert Duvall as consigliore Tom Hagen (but not Robert Dinero or Al Pacino), the multiplatform game (Xbox, PS2, PC, PSP and "next-gen systems," i.e. Xbox 2) re-creates New York City from 1945 to 1955 with a colorful and dramatic landscape of characters, backgrounds and branching storylines."

Full story can be found here: The Godfather

This game makes me want to wet myself....i mean....uhhhhh..........

[JDRAGON]

This game has me sitting on the edge waiting for it. It's a must buy. Already preordered. Of course I'm old enough to remember the movie when it first came out.

[Dinky Duck]

damn, man!!! i wan get that!!! i wan get tha godfather and tha crime of life game.... when y'all do get it, tell me what it's like...i wan hear tha opinions of my fellow XBS gamers..

[zrion]

EA VP speaks on plans for The Godfather

De Martini on converting one of cinema's classics into an interactive hit

Speaking with GamesIndustry, Electronic Arts vice president David De Martini has revealed the company's thinking with regards to the forthcoming The Godfather title - which will be the firm's first major foray into mature gaming.

"I think it's an opportunity that arose, and hopefully it'll be too good to miss," De Martini told us in response to being asked whether the game represented a shift in direction towards mature content for the firm.

"The game is obviously not rated yet, but it deals with mature subject matter," he explained. "The movies were rated R in the USA... But their world wasn't just about violence, and I think we're going to be true to that story, in that you need to be a balanced player to move most optimally through our gaming experience."

Regarding the appeal of the Godfather property to the modern gaming demographic, De Martini somewhat surprisingly claimed that it "almost doesn't matter" if players have actually seen the epic seventies film or not.

"It doesn't matter if they experienced it themselves, when something has a reputation like this," he argued. "I think The Godfather is another one of those properties where it'll be better if they experience it themselves, but if the first time they experience it is with the videogame, knowing that it's a property to be reckoned with, that'll be good fun."

Click here to read the full interview with David De Martini.

[Kraven]

Ah, yes! There's nothing like waiting thirty odd years to hit this franchise at the peak of its popularity!