I was wondering when the announcement would be made. And, it became official this week. EA has commissioned a GI Joe video game. This is great news for gamers who are avid GI Joe fans. We haven’t seen a good GI Joe title, or one at all, hit a next-gen console. The last GI Joe title launched on the mother console - the NES.
News of the Joes video game comes almost six months before the release of “GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra,” a live-action movie from Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment.
Chip Lange, General Manager and Vice President of EA Hasbro, said, “G.I. Joe offers exceptionally rich storylines and a cast of characters that lends itself incredibly well to creating an over-the-top action adventure video game that will thrill gamers as well as G.I. Joe fans.”
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EA will unveil a “first look” of the GI Joe video game at Hasbro’s Showroom at Toy Fair on February 15-17, 2009 in New York City.
We don’t have much on the actual gameplay yet, but it looks as if it will be a standard Action/Adventure. The video game will feature an exclusive storyline that picks up where the live-action movie leaves off, allowing players to re-create and re-live the greatest moments from the film, cartoon series and action figure toy line.
The game will feature 12 GI Joe characters, each with unique abilities and weapons. There will also be some vehicle action. You’ll be able to go Grand Theft Auto on Cobra or GI Joe by hijacking powerful enemy vehicles. There will be a co-op mode, however it doesn’t look like there are any plans to make it online co-op. The GI Joe video game is under development for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii, PlayStation2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and mobile devices. Sounds like EA will have there hands full trying to maintain quality between all system releases of this title.
GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra opens in theaters August 7, 2009.
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