Heroes game confirmed

By Robert Purchese Published 26 July, 2007

Show creator says so.

Heroes creator Tim Kring has confirmed that Ubisoft will be making a game based on the hugely popular U.S. television series.

It will be a third-person action offering for PC, 360 and PS3, and could appear as soon as late 2008.

"We're very excited to be making the Heroes videogame with Ubisoft," Tim Kring told US site The Hollywood Reporter. "Time and again, Ubisoft has proven they can turn licensed properties into fantastic games."

The game will focus on the entire cast of Heroes and will be developed internally at Ubisoft - kept under close supervision from the television team.

It won't retell or bridge the cap between either the first or upcoming second series of the show. Instead it will attempt to offer its own insight into the franchise, hopefully giving it a longer lasting shelf-life.

Heroes tells the story of ordinary people who discover they have unlikely super-human powers. What follows is their journey from secrecy to recognition - so expect plenty of X-Men-like abilities on show and action packed gameplay.

"From Day 1 we've all been thinking about the game," Heroes co-executive producer Jesse Alexander told The Hollywood Reporter. "All along we've been writing some of our stories in ways they can tie into the eventual video game."

Ubisoft will be talking about Heroes at the upcoming Comic-Con event in San Diego later this week. It will also be detailing its recent acquisition of James Cameron's Avatar film licence, as well as unveiling the first trailer for Lost: The Videogame.

The French publisher clearly likes its telly.

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Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (27) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • Chaote-Imagicka #1 5 years ago

    Bugger.

  • kincaide #2 5 years ago

    what's the betting it will be complete sh!te?

  • FunkyRenegade #3 5 years ago

    Third Person Action???
    Oh my...

  • septimus #4 5 years ago

    I like Heroes... shame this will more than likely suck.

  • Benno #5 5 years ago

    i really really hope they don't make a pigs ear out of this

    its a great opportunity, but as we all know, its probably going to suck

  • bigjimbeef #6 5 years ago

    It's almost a certainty that this'll be shite to be honest..

    As much as the series features super-powers, they're pretty understated until later in the series. As Johnsto said, the series is more about human interactions for the most part.

    Ah well, can't be as shit as the Transformers game.

  • Schiraman #7 5 years ago

    Oh dear, a 3rd-person action game - hardly surprising, but it sounds like a dreadful fit for the franchise.

  • Kalinin #8 5 years ago

    As much as it shows "Videogames matter" since they're the first tick-box on the merch sheet for IPs these days - Heroes is a perfect example of subject matter that, while vital in it's own medium, just doesn't warrent a game spin-off.

    Certainly not if they're not going to sit down and really think extremely hard about what makes the show unique and how a game can capture that - no-one wants to play another 3rd person action game with psi-powers and licence slapped on it.

    Moreover using "XXX : The Videogame" as a title should automatically warrent a £20 reduction in what you're allowed to charge at retail for your shameless cash in

    Edit: Too much bile, not enough spell checking
    Edited by 4 at 26/07/07 @ 14:14

  • Fab4 #9 5 years ago

    I've always wanted to "shave the world"...yes, you heard me..I said 'shave' ;)

  • neilka #10 5 years ago

    Save the cheerleader, save the game (memory card required).

  • GiarcYekrub #11 5 years ago

    Wot no Wii?

  • zozart #12 5 years ago

    Late 2008 is soon? Has Heroes even been renewed for a third season? It might be dropped by the time the game comes out. Boy, that'd be hilarious.

  • Benno #13 5 years ago

    "When has turning a show that revolves largely around human relationships, segregation and politics ever become a good computer game?"

    You make Heroes sound like the Black Power movement...

    Its an action drama, and could very well become a good computer game.

  • Daikon #14 5 years ago

    "Time and again, Ubisoft has proven they can turn licensed properties into fantastic games."

    Such as:

    TMNT
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    The Sum of All Fears

    Oh yes, really looking forward to this game.

  • Triggerhappytel #15 5 years ago

    I remember when Ubi were a plucky small publisher punching above their weight and often winning.

    Now they're just an overblown EA-alike licence factory. Wankers.

  • Daikon #16 5 years ago

    "When has turning a show that revolves largely around human relationships, segregation and politics ever become a good computer game?"

    Heroes screams for a good JRPG treatment. Somebody call Square Enix.

  • optimusprym8 #17 5 years ago

    well I guess it needs it's second series to air (starting September '07) to move towards the 3rd being signed off...

  • bit_mite #18 5 years ago

    There's a chance - just a CHANCE - that this'll be as good as the show, right? ... Right?

    ...

    Oh, Heroes, Ubisoft, what's become of you both?

    @ neilka

    You made me laugh

    @ triggerhappytel

    +1

  • George-Roper #19 5 years ago

    Oh yeah, it's gonna be great.

    Especially that last boss fight where, apparently, the uber boss (Sylar) can't stop a 15ft charge by small pudgy asian gentleman, wielding a sword, without..

    1) *Thinking* about sending him flying away or
    2) Waving his finger and sending him flying away or
    3) Sidestepping out of the way or
    4) ... meh

    The last episode of Heroes was, without doubt, the anti-climax to end ALL anti-climaxes. Bitterly disappointed, after being a fan the whole way through.

    The producers need to take a leaf out of Joss Whedons book. Now that guy knew how to wrap up a season with flair.

  • WJF #20 5 years ago

    "Instead it will attempt to offer its own insight into the franchise, hopefully giving it a longer lasting shelf-life."

    What he's trying to say is:

    You play an unknown and unmentioned character who does stuff that's sort-of related to the series while occasionally glimpsing scenes that you might remember and have to do escort missions with the cheerleader in-between the episodes despite your character never being mentioned in the actual series.

    I love game tie-ins.

  • Mike83 #21 5 years ago

    Can't see this being much good.

  • menage #22 5 years ago

    Just seen the Lost game trailer, doesn't look very promising. This better be better.

  • symmetry #23 5 years ago

    George Roper you are absolutely right.

  • Popzeus #24 5 years ago

    "Time and again, Ubisoft has proven they can turn licensed properties into fantastic games."

    rofl

  • subtlesnake #25 5 years ago

    "Especially that last boss fight where, apparently, the uber boss (Sylar) can't stop a 15ft charge by small pudgy asian gentleman, wielding a sword, without..

    1) *Thinking* about sending him flying away or
    2) Waving his finger and sending him flying away or
    3) Sidestepping out of the way or
    4) ... meh

    The last episode of Heroes was, without doubt, the anti-climax to end ALL anti-climaxes. Bitterly disappointed, after being a fan the whole way through. "

    Sylar saw the future beforehand, and let himself get stabbed. Did you not see the fulfilled 'predictions' flash over his eye after he fell down (ending with one of himself on the floor)?

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #26 5 years ago

    Especially that last boss fight

    Um... SPOILERS you fucking idiots.

    The programme's only just started on the BBC after weeks of fanfare, and you start posting that kind of thing wehere people aren't expecting to see it? Please have the decency to edit it out of your posts.

  • bubbles #27 4 years ago

    i say itll be a very good game