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Ingat dengan game Bourne Conspiracy yang rilis tahun lalu yang dikembangkan oleh Sierra Entertainment (dibawah bendera Activision Blizarrd tahun lalu)?


Kini lisensi game Jason Bourne berikutnya berpindah ketangan Electronic Arts, atau tepatnya EA dan pihak Ludlum Entertainment menyepakati hubungan kerjasama selama 10 tahun kedepan.

Diberitakan juga kalau Starbeeze Studios langsung ditunjuk mengerjakan titel Bourne berikutnya. Mereka orang2 yang yang bertanggung jawab dibelakang judul game seperti "The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay" (Xbox and PC)tahun 2004, "The Darkness" (Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION(R)3 tahun 2007 lalu.

berikut adalah pernyataan resmi dari EA dan Ludlum Entertainment

Ludlum Entertainment Grants EA the Exclusive Video Game License for the Works of Robert Ludlum


EA and Starbreeze Studios Working on All-New Jason Bourne Title


REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb 02, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Ludlum Entertainment has granted Electronic Arts, Inc (NASDAQ:ERTS) the exclusive worldwide license to create video games based on the works of Robert Ludlum, including the blockbuster JasonBourne series. The first game to be released as part of the multi-year agreement is based on Jason Bourne and is currently in development with Starbreeze Studios in Uppsala, Sweden.



"Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne is the most exciting action hero to emerge in decades, thrilling audiences around the world," said Mike Quigley, group vice president 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."



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Ludlum Entertainment recently entered into a production deal with Universal Studios to produce films based on the dozens of books in the Robert Ludlum library, as well as films outside the library. The company currently has films in development at Universal, MGM, Paramount and with Summit Entertainment.
Video game veteran Matt Wolf will work with EA to oversee the creative development, production and positioning of the Ludlum Entertainment games portfolio. Ludlum entertainment was represented in the transaction by Keith Boesky of Boesky & Company.



For more information, please visit EA's press Web site at http://info.ea.com.

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Diberitakan juga Ludlum Entertainment juga sedang mengupayakan beberapa titel dibawah benderanya juga ikut dibawa ke media videogames, meski belum dipastikan yang mana.


Pihak Activison Blizzard sendiri memang telah banyak melepas beberapa titel dibawah bendera Sierra sebelumnya (Chronicles of Riddick : Dark Athena, Ghostbuster the game, 50 Cents blood in sand, Brutal legend, etc) termasuk titel ini. EA masuk setelah pihak Activison menghentikan kontrak lisensi dengan Ludlum Entertainment.

CEO Ludlum Jeffrey Weiner menyatakan kegembiraannya akan kerjasama ini "Jadi, ketika Activison memutuskan untuk menghentikan kontrak kami menghampirinya (John Riccitello) karena kami senang dengan John dan perusahaan besarnya" kata Weiner.


Sumber Joystiq