The Bourne Conspiracy

GOING BEYOND THE BEST-SELLING BOOK AND BLOCKBUSTER FILM SIERRA ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES ROBERT LUDLUM' S THE BOURNE CONSPIRACYTM

Jason Bourne' s Intense World of Action and Espionage Targeted for PLAYSTATION®3 and Xbox 360TM

READING, UK (26th June, 2007) – Sierra Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, today announced Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy, the first title in its exclusive global partnership with Ludlum Entertainment. Being developed by High Moon Studios, one of Sierra’s internal developers, the game combines seminal moments from the best-selling novel and hit film The Bourne Identity with all-new content developed in conjunction with Ludlum Entertainment. Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy makes the highly anticipated jump to PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system and Microsoft' s Xbox 360™ videogame and entertainment system in summer 2008.

Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy, will give players the experience of becoming a 30 million dollar elite agent, fusing an experience that delves deep into Jason Bourne’s character with gameplay and game presentation inspired by the aggressive filmmaking and frenetic action found in the films. Only by playing Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy will players discover Bourne’s true identity and experience the very moment he became a malfunctioning weapon, first hunting targets around the world as a deadly government assassin then marking himself as his agency’s most wanted.

“Robert Ludlum' s best-selling spy novel and blockbuster film adaptation have awed millions with riveting, unforgettable fiction,” said Al Simone, senior vice president, global marketing for Sierra Entertainment. “For the first time ever, players will be able to experience the shadowy world of expert assassin Bourne, who continues to find himself plagued by splintered nightmares from his former life.”

“With Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy we are not just basing a game on Ludlum’s franchise, we are building upon the universe he introduced with The Bourne Identity,” said Peter Della Penna, president of High Moon Studios. “High Moon has collaborated closely with Mr. Ludlum’s estate holders, the guardians of his creative vision, since the day we began to develop the game. The goal of that collaboration has been to create a videogame that takes inspiration from known elements within the Bourne universe, elements that have captivated more than a quarter of a billion people around the world, with original story and game play that establishes a signature Jason Bourne game experience. Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy is our installment to the series and is meant to reside on its own within the Bourne entertainment library.”

Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy promises constant tension and action, with players adopting Jason Bourne’s piercing sense of survival, cunning nature, heightened target awareness and firearms training that allow him to engage and eliminate small armies. As a third-person espionage action game, players move from fistfights to firefights to experience sequences that, unlike any other game, seamlessly blend Bourne’s signature hand-to-hand combat with intense shooting and the ability to escape and evade deadly situations.

More details will be revealed about Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy, with the title making an appearance at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) held July 11-13 in Santa Monica, CA, as well as in the cover story in the August issue of The Official Xbox Magazine hitting news stands July 3.

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Bourne, you can' t hang with Fisher. Give it up now. Seriously.

That looks very last gen!

Its a movie game, which by defination suck!

If you had read it you would have seen that it is based on the world in the movie but the storyline is from the books. Now that doesn' t mean its not going to suck but it means it somewhat of a chance. I would like to see how they do it. This could end up being a really good title.

meh. another movie game.......[:' (]

If you had read it you would have seen that it is based on the world in the movie but the storyline is from the books. Now that doesn' t mean its not going to suck but it means it somewhat of a chance. I would like to see how they do it. This could end up being a really good title.

they will probably tie it up to the movie, and then bah!

It' s going to be relatively heavily based on the books from what I' ve seen.

It still looks rubbish, but at least it' s not based off of a movie.

So Quez was wrong about an MS exlusive Bourne.

And I was right about Splinter Cell: Conviction making this irrelevant

I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.

What did you say about Conviction, other than the fact that it' s going to be absolutely badass? Tell me you said nothing but that!?

What did you say about Conviction, other than the fact that it' s going to be absolutely badass? Tell me you said nothing but that!?

Indeed, that is what I said. In Quez' s E3 prediction thread, I said Conviction would make any Jason Bourne based game irrelevant. Especially since its Ubi Montreal working on SC, you cant compete with that greatness.

I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.

They could have at least sold the license to a competent developer.

What games have sierra made lately? i remember them mostly for Kings Quest, Police Quest and Leisure Suit Larry games!

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What games have sierra made lately? i remember them mostly for Kings Quest, Police Quest and Leisure Suit Larry games!

Nah, it' s being developed by High Moon studios who' s last game was Darkwatch.

Now Darkwatch had promise, mostly in it' s art direction, but the game ended up being a generic and poorly executed romp through dull and uninspired environments with badly animated characters and poor scripting.

They should have actually sold the license to Eidos and had IO Interactive make the game.

They should have actually sold the license to Eidos and had IO Interactive make the game.

Im not that big a fan of IO, they first hitman was a marvel, and the others have been good, but they are kinda twitchy, UBI montreal should have made it, but since they have Splinter Cell, the purpose would have been defeated, maybe Bungie could have done it, the Oni game held some promise!

Ehhh... I' m not so sure about Bungie. They' re competent, yeah... but I can' t see it. Maybe it' s just because Halo is so out-there in terms of pallette.

Hitman was awesome, I never played the sequel/sequels? up until Blood Money, & despite some wiggity camera issues it was pretty good.

i didnt play Blood Money, i ran out of cash :P and no one wanted to trade with me

It' s definately worth a rental, although at 8 bucks a pop over here, it makes more sense to drop the extra 12 for the game proper.

I cant put in the hours i need to complete a game over a weekend, due to family obligations so i cant rent!

Blood Money was great. I played the first 2 and loved them, hen played the 3rd and hated it and so never bothered with i again until Silent told me to play Blood Money, ..a game that while far far from perfect was actually pretty damn good.

I said IO because of how good Kane & Lynch looks. I have huge hopes for that game.

I said IO because of how good Kane & Lynch looks. I have huge hopes for that game.

I read a IGN preview, that stated it didnt feel next gen, but its ofcourse just a preview, but IGN is rarely critical in previews!

The only hitman game I have played is Contracts which blew big time and so I never played any of the others. I heard that the first hitman game was good and everyone on here says the last is sweet. I would still like to see what they do with the Bourne game I think that it has some possibilities at least storyline whise.

The game is not a movie based tie-in nor is it being pumped out to coincide with the release. That alone should tell you the intentions of the developers, which is essentially a supergroup of former greats which had a rocky first project, but remains one of the more promising developers out there.