EA premieres Godfather trailer

By Tom Bramwell Published 15 December, 2004

And we've got it on Eurofiles.

Electronic Arts has released a trailer for its film-licensed videogame version of The Godfather, which is expected to hit consoles in late 2005. Download it from Eurofiles here (5MB).

The trailer consists of a rendered version of the late Marlon Brando as Don Corleone sitting in his office delivering a shortened version of the famous "Some day, and that day may never come..." monologue, all the while that music plays in the background.

EA hasn't officially commented on it, but rumour has it that Brando completed the recording of all his dialogue for the game prior to his death earlier this year.

Shortly after we first heard about the Godfather game, sources close to EA also suggested that it was chasing the voices and likenesses of Robert de Niro and Al Pacino to appear alongside Brando - something the publisher hasn't denied either.

The trailer concludes with the promise that we'll get our hands on The Godfather in "Fall 2005", although there's no word on which consoles are being targeted, or any real specifics on how the game will work.

It is however the first time EA has been open about the Godfather project since it was brought to light in March, and suggests that an outpouring of real info can't be too far away.

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (14) Latest comment 7 years ago

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  • andrewfromdoncaster #1 7 years ago

    Will it be as wank as Goldeneye?

  • #2 7 years ago

    I hereby foresware all ea products in complaint at their monopolistic practices.

    seething over them making games less enjoyable by licensing everything they can get their grubby mits on.

  • thesnowman #3 7 years ago

    Thing is I love the Godfather, and if this is any good I will probably get it. however with EA at the helm my hopes aint to high. Would rather the team that done mafia done it

  • Razz #4 7 years ago

    Gah! The team that made Mafia isn't making this?! WTF?! Man... might still be good tho.
    Edited by 1 at 16/12/04 @ 20:03

  • Whizzo #5 7 years ago

    EA hasn't officially commented on it, but rumour has it that Brando completed the recording of all his dialogue for the game prior to his death earlier this year.

    Some one will now blame EA for his death.

  • Lothar Hex #6 7 years ago

    Actual conversation:

    LotharHexEN: Uh oh
    LotharHexEN: Godfather game
    LotharHexEN: By
    Eastwood1427: ...
    LotharHexEN: EA.
    Eastwood1427: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
    Eastwood1427: Do they get off on raping my favourite movies?

  • Dabs #7 7 years ago

    I'll take a horse's head on my pillow over this, any day.

  • tiddles #8 7 years ago

    Will there be EA Trax in it?

  • sir_tripod #9 7 years ago

    OH sweet Jesus, no! Is no game or film not sacred?

    Why can't EA just fuck off and die?

  • Sko #10 7 years ago

    The trailer concludes with the promise that we'll get our hands on The Godfather in "Fall 2005"

    It's rather embarassing when game publishers feel they're on the same PR level as films. No, we don't require you to start beating the hype drum a year or even six months in advance! Give us a shout a couple of months before the real _release_ date and we'll listen if we're interested.

  • Sko #11 7 years ago

    Yes, because thats _exactly_ the same situation, isn't it?

  • Dabs #12 7 years ago

    Sko's point is that some licensed pap from EA should hardly be considered as worthy of a year's hype as the sequel to arguably the best PC FPS ever made.

    HL2 deserved to have fans foaming about it for almost 2 years. EA must be pretty in love with themselves to think that their game should likewise be considered good enough to get gamers in a tizzy so long before its actual release.

  • valli #13 7 years ago

    Well done EA, go on making tat licensed games. There was this other huge company in the 80s called Ocean that did exactely the same thing..

  • Sko #14 7 years ago

    Sko's point is that some licensed pap from EA should hardly be considered as worthy of a year's hype as the sequel to arguably the best PC FPS ever made.
    Thank God for that. I thought I was being sooper obscure for a moment there.

    Also, that 18 months you speak of, Throat, is pretty good if you ask me. Especially considering that until the last minute, the publisher thought they were going to be releasing it 14 months earlier.