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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Soon you too will be able
to perform virtual open-heart surgery in the comfort of your living room right
along side your favorite TV doctors.
The consumer products division of Warner Bros. announced on Monday that it has licensed its hit medical drama "ER" to developer Legacy Interactive for the first-ever video game based on the show. The PC game is set for release in fall 2004 and will be distributed by publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. TTWO.O Legacy is the developer behind the game versions of another NBC hit, the legal drama "Law & Order." It also has extensive experience in medical games, having designed titles like "Emergency Room Code Red" and "911 Paramedic." Players will take on the role of an intern in an emergency room, Legacy said, and build their careers by taking part in ER cases. The game will feature the likenesses and voices of some of the show's stars. While it is increasingly common for movies to be licensed as video games, and vice versa, the relationship between dramatic TV and gaming is a newer one. British developer Codemasters is making a game version of the Fox hit "American Idol," while Acclaim Entertainment Inc. AKLM.O is at work on a game adaptation of the ABC action hit "Alias." Earlier this year Ubi Soft Entertainment published a game based on the CBS hit "CSI." NBC is a unit of General Electric Co. GE.N , ABC is a unit of Walt Disney Co. DIS.N , CBS is a unit of Viacom Inc. VIA.N and Fox is a unit of News Corp. Ltd. NCP.AX . |
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