'The Sopranos' joins video-game family
Updated 5/3/2006 9:25 PM ET E-mail | Save | Print | Reprints | Subscribe to stories like this
Got yourself a game: The video game features characters Paulie, left, Silvio, Tony and Christopher.
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY
Gamers can stay connected with The Sopranos this fall with a video-game version of HBO's crime family.
This Sopranos features the likenesses and voices of stars James Gandolfini (Tony), Michael Imperioli (Christopher), Steven Van Zandt (Silvio) and Tony Sirico (Paulie). "The key thing was (series creator) David Chase's interest in ... the ability to participate in an evolving art form," says Carmi Zlotnik, executive vice president of new media programming at HBO.
Due in October, the game (from THQ, for the Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 2, rated Mature for ages 17 and older) is timed to fill the gap in new episodes on HBO. The current sequence ends June 4; episodes are expected to resume in January. In this game, the player assumes the role of Joey, one of Tony's henchmen. Says THQ's Steve Dauterman: "It's contemporary as opposed to (Electronic Arts') The Godfather and (Vivendi Universal's upcoming) Scarface, which are more of the previous generation of crime-family games."
I hope this doesn't suck.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2006-05-03-sopranos-game_x.htm?POE=TECISVA
Updated 5/3/2006 9:25 PM ET E-mail | Save | Print | Reprints | Subscribe to stories like this
Got yourself a game: The video game features characters Paulie, left, Silvio, Tony and Christopher.
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY
Gamers can stay connected with The Sopranos this fall with a video-game version of HBO's crime family.
This Sopranos features the likenesses and voices of stars James Gandolfini (Tony), Michael Imperioli (Christopher), Steven Van Zandt (Silvio) and Tony Sirico (Paulie). "The key thing was (series creator) David Chase's interest in ... the ability to participate in an evolving art form," says Carmi Zlotnik, executive vice president of new media programming at HBO.
Due in October, the game (from THQ, for the Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 2, rated Mature for ages 17 and older) is timed to fill the gap in new episodes on HBO. The current sequence ends June 4; episodes are expected to resume in January. In this game, the player assumes the role of Joey, one of Tony's henchmen. Says THQ's Steve Dauterman: "It's contemporary as opposed to (Electronic Arts') The Godfather and (Vivendi Universal's upcoming) Scarface, which are more of the previous generation of crime-family games."
I hope this doesn't suck.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2006-05-03-sopranos-game_x.htm?POE=TECISVA
