Thursday, January 15, 2009

Xbox PS2 Wii with Webber?

It is in development they say: http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2009/01/14/andrew-lloyd-webber-coming-to-video-games
Love him or hate him, it's impossible to deny the popularity of Andrew Lloyd Webber and his various works on Broadway. The man has conquered the world of stage and screen, and now it's been revealed that his works are coming to video games, too.
Paid Content has revealed that Webber's management company, Really Useful Group, is working to develop a number of video games over several years on various gaming platforms that will bring the composer's works to gamers. The group is apparently in negotiation with a number of different developers and publishers; the goal being a karaoke-like series of games on multiple platforms. Allegedly, players will be able to sing along as characters from shows like Evita, Cats, and The Phantom of the Opera, as well as participate in an "audition" process.
The reason for Really Useful Group's interest in developing a game is due to a couple of different factors: "the emergence of more female gamers in the traditionally male-dominated game consumer demographic, and the popularity of singing- and music-based titles like PlayStation’s Singstar and Xbox’s Lips." Personally, a Phantom of the Opera game that lets players terrorize the cast of the Paris Operahouse and engage in armed combat sounds like a lot more fun than going through a virtual audition.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I'm hoping to rock out to Jesus Christ Superstar in a Rock Band like setting.