Games Wanted for Universal
FROM VARIETY: Studio jumps on joystick adaptations
By Ben Fritz of Variety -- Video Business, 7/22/2008
JULY 22 | FROM VARIETY: Universal is getting into the videogame biz, starting with an adaptation of recent release Wanted that it’s fully funding and producing.It has several other games based on its film and TV properties in early development as part of a plan to selectively finance games while still licensing out the majority of its titles.
Universal is the fourth studio to start producing videogames inhouse or via a sibling unit in recent years, along with Warner Bros., Disney and Paramount. Fox and Sony Pictures are now the only majors that aren’t in the videogame biz.
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