Lost videogames on the way

By Tom Bramwell Published 23 May, 2006

For PC, consoles, handhelds.

Lucky old Ubisoft has acquired the rights to produce a bundle of games based on Lost, the hit TV series that's still quite good even though it went a bit boring for a while there but seems like things are picking up now.

All they will reveal so far is that the games are due out next year on PC, consoles and handhelds. Which doesn't leave us quite as intrigued as that bit with the polar bear to be honest but there you are.

For those who have been living on a, well, deserted Pacific island for the past year, Lost follows the adventures of a group of people struggling to survive after their plane crash lands on a deserted Pacific island. OR IS IT etc.

The series was a huge hit in the US when it was first broadcast in September 2004 and its success has since spread around the globe - Lost is now broadcast in more than 210 countries, and illegally downloaded by about a million billion people. Not us, obviously, since we can watch it on TV now.

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said the company was "delighted" to have acquired the licence, adding: "That they have chosen us for the adaptation of the cult series Lost is the best homage that a producer can make to the creativity of Ubisoft."

Lost producer Bryan Burk said: "Many of us on Lost have been hardcore gamers for years and the chance to work with Ubisoft, a company behind some of our favourite titles, has excited us to no end."

"With the ability to tell new interactive stories within the Lost universe, we�re giddy to be developing a game that, once completed, will be as engaging and fun to play as it is to create." Giddy, indeed.

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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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  • ekko #1 6 years ago

    WWAAAAALLLLLTTTTTT!

  • Universal_Hamster #2 6 years ago

    Sounds like a job for the farcry engine...

  • mattigan #3 6 years ago

    I take it you mean the Crysis engine?

  • Moonprince #4 6 years ago

    They TOOOOOOOOOK MAH BOI

  • coojam #5 6 years ago

    Ooh this could be really good...one minute you're in the jungle, the next minute you're experiencing a flashback...which means the game could be based pretty much anywhere, not just repetitious jungle!

  • Tomo #6 6 years ago

    Well, thankfully it's Ubisoft so there's a 10% chance it might be semi-decent.

  • Universal_Hamster #7 6 years ago

    Ubi own farcry, and EA have the crysis engine though...

  • mattigan #8 6 years ago

    :-(

    But it looks sooooo purdy.

  • mattigan #9 6 years ago

    Second series ends in US tomorrow, so we will finally find out about those genetically enhanced sea turles. And where all the mutated gekkos have gone.

    YAY!!!!

  • jellyhead #10 6 years ago

    As long as it's not just about the bloody relationships between the characters and boring flashbacks and as long as they put some proper beefy stories in there about Hanso etc, then this could be good. I suspect cash-cow-franchise-lameness for the moment though.

  • X201 #11 6 years ago

    When I first read it, "lost Videogames on the way", I thought Bandersnatch and Duke Nukem 4 were finally ready for release

  • neilka #12 6 years ago

    If only this were the early 90s and there was some chance of this being done as a point-and-click adventure. It could be a bit like "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream". Sigh...

  • Tiger_Walts #13 6 years ago

    I hope it's a bit like Lost In Blue

    /guts Hurley
    /feeds the party for 5 weeks

  • sport #14 6 years ago

    As long as I get to play Mr Ecko, with my big stick, beating the shit out of "the others" I'm happy...

  • LFace #15 6 years ago

    Just had an idea on how it could possibly be a decent game - have it like a sandbox game. Not ripping off GTA but kinda give it the gameplay style of WoW without levelling up.
    - Go visit characters on the island who may give you quests...
    - Go to the shore line and have a go at catching fish which could be traded in for other items to help said quests
    - Have a go on the golf course against jack or hurley and others (not THE others..)

    Imagine the open endness of wandering around the island gathering clues to the Hanso foundation and finding hidden areas that could be other hatches etc.. Or maybe like a collect-em-up (Mario, Spyro) but not in a platform style, collecting items and finding artifacts associated with the series - the locked briefcase, the crashed plane, the hatches, the black rock and so on..

    Well thats my idea anyway

  • Fat-Boy #16 6 years ago

    One day I shall crush this pathetic programme....one day. And the Da Vinci Code as well, oh yes. One day I shall crush them both, games and all, beneath my boot of vengeance. Then they'll be sorry......they won't know what's hit them when I bring down my wrath on their over hyped arses. Oh yes my pretties, oh yes....

    /wakes up.

    Sorry.

  • shamblemonkee #17 6 years ago

    Can't wait to kill those dinosaurs with spears, and escape off the island with the huge ape!

    ...what?

    P.S I hope that stuff about turtles and geckos was made up, don't mess with my head!!! O_o And if it's true remember ***SPOILERS*** /cries

  • Genji #18 6 years ago

    "WWAAAAALLLLLTTTTTT!"

    /takes gun, shoots ekko

    /and Moonprince

  • keano #19 6 years ago

    lol bet its gona be like 24 the game except......"i only have...6 ....what!! 5-6 seasons...arh crap!"

  • keano #20 6 years ago

    choose ur player....... (no one picks the characters that die)

  • The-Bodybuilder #21 6 years ago

    Imagine the fun of sitting next to the computer and typing in the code over and over again, with a crazy korean guy screaming "da oders, da oders".

  • shamblemonkee #22 6 years ago

    I'm guessingi t's not going to be Lost or alive : Beach Volleyball?

    ..for shame.....

  • Kelduum #23 6 years ago

    Imagine the fun of sitting next to the computer and typing in the code over and over again

    Ah, yes, it could be a text adventure!


    You are at the computer, in the Hatch. Jin and Hurley are there.
    Your exits are North, East, and Dennis.

    The klaxon is sounding, 3 minutes to go.
    ] TYPE THE NUMBERS

    I don't understand that. 2 Minutes to go. Hurley is Panicing.
    ] TYPE 4 8 15 16 23 42

    Please be more specific. 1 Minute left. Jin is shouting at you in Korean.
    ] TYPE 4 8 15 16 23 42 INTO COMPUTER

    I don't understand that.

    You are dead, maybe. You didnt type the code, and something happened, but we wont tell you what, cos it would spoil the series.

    It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

    Play again? Y/N
    ] N
    Edited by 1 at 23/05/06 @ 13:20

  • Azazel #24 6 years ago

    SHAAAANNNOOONN!!!

    (mmm shaannnnon....)

  • Rayn #25 6 years ago

    ht tp://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6098/lost3608kd.jpg

  • mattigan #26 6 years ago

    "I hope that stuff about turtles and geckos was made up, don't mess with my head!!! O_o And if it's true remember ***SPOILERS*** /cries"

    I NEVER LIE
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    Or do I?????

  • Yazoo #27 6 years ago

    if you wanted spoilers you should have just said shannon libby and anna lucia dies, they capture an "other" who isnt who he said he is, and that michael turns evil to get his son back.

  • mattigan #28 6 years ago

    I would have done but for the fact that I'm not a 12 year old prick who has nothing better to do but spoil everyone elses enjoyment of what I consider to be the best show on TV.

    Well done give yourself a pat on the back.
    .
    .
    .
    .
    Wanker
    Edited by 1 at 23/05/06 @ 18:53

  • Kostabi #29 6 years ago

    I'm struggling to work out a way they could base a game on Lost as the game is unlikely to reveal anything major that hasn't already been on the show, so where's the appeal of playing?

  • Kami #30 6 years ago

    Make the bad licences go away mommy...

  • Skooch #31 6 years ago

    @Yazoo: Fuck off you sad little prick!

  • The-Bodybuilder #32 6 years ago

    Yazoo is a pathtic little prick.

    /ignore list.
    Edited by 1 at 25/05/06 @ 11:45