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| Majesco And Marvel To Offer Consumers The Ride Of A Lifetime With ?ghost Rider? Video Game Majesco Entertainment Company, an innovative provider of digital entertainment products and content, announced that they are in active development on a video game based on Marvel?s Super Hero Ghost Rider. The game rises out of the licensing deal finalized earlier this year between Majesco and Marvel Enterprises, Inc. through which Majesco acquired the worldwide rights to publish video games based on the Marvel hero for the PlayStation ?2 computer entertainment system, PSP ? (PlayStation ?Portable) and the Xbox ? video game system from Microsoft. Currently under development by Climax Group, Ghost Rider is scheduled to ship in summer 2006 in conjunction with Sony Pictures/Marvel Studios? cinematic release starring Nicolas Cage as the Ghost Rider. Adds Ames Kirshen, Marvel?s Vice President of Interactive: ?Ghost Rider is one of our flagship properties and we are excited to work with Majesco and Climax to deliver an authentic and truly unique Marvel game experience to gamers next year.? Reflecting the stylized action of the Marvel comic series and Sony Pictures? upcoming film, Ghost Rider offers a unique game play combination that includes deep combo-based combat and fast-paced motorcycle action on the supernatural Hell Cycle. Penned by famed comic writers Garth Ennis and Jimmy Palmiotti, the game?s high-octane storyline unleashes Ghost Rider on familiar villains from the comic universe. First released into the spotlight in 1972, Marvel?s Ghost Rider comic series has sold more than 45 million copies to date. A new limited series comic written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by Clayton Crain is due out in September 2005. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Game News :: home page |