Saw game will be here next year

By Robert Purchese Published 30 January, 2008

With lots of help from film makers.

Brash Entertainment has said its game tie-in for horror movie Saw is down for an October 2009 release.

The developer spilled its guts at a US press conference where punters got a taste of what to expect.

"You as game journalists are wasting your lives," the Jigsaw puppet told attending IGN reporters.

The game will apparently have lots of help from the film makers and bob in and out of the various Saw plots so far. It runs on Unreal Engine 3 too, which means it could well appear on 360 and PS3 - although nothing has been announced.

Saw is based around the idea of people being snatched from their day-to-day lives and put into horrific and eventually gory situations where they must make a sacrifice in order to obtain their freedom. Doing so should make them a better person and help them understand their faults.

It started out as a indie venture by a pair of Australians, who took their pilot to Hollywood and got the thumbs-up. One directed and one starred in it.

The first was film very good, if you ask me, and has prompted numerous sequels - the most recent being Saw IV.

Brash Entertainment was formed in 2007 as a publisher that will focus on making good games of films. It revealed it was working on a Saw title last June, and mentioned others such as 300 as a potential project.

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About Robert Purchese

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 (25) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • space_ace #1 4 years ago

    no one "saw" this coming

  • the_dudefather #2 4 years ago

    I saw what you did there

  • asphaltcowboy #3 4 years ago

    The first film was ok... II was absolute crap and I can't help but think it got progressively worse from there! This will just be another step down... Why in the hell are they making it into a game? :/

  • Waffleaber #4 4 years ago

    Could work as a gory point and click game i suppose...

  • craigy Verified Senior Developer, Eurogamer Network #5 4 years ago

    I can imagine it in a Track and Field style format, where each trap is a seperate event. Button mashing to escape, and that.

  • jiveguy #6 4 years ago

    "Click your leg off"

    I hope that's part of the promotional material.

  • DB2k #7 4 years ago

    highly gory. Banned in Germany.
    crap game
    3/10
    done

  • GamesConnoisseur #8 4 years ago

    Could this game be fun? Replayability potential of 'oh yes I just click this and saw off my ankle before timer goes off, right next puzzle?' 'Yeah similar but this time just behead the poor young co ed cell mate to get the key lodged in her throat to open the safe...'

    WTF? Hoping this game will suprise me but doubt it.

  • Lexx87 #9 4 years ago

    The second saw movie is still great as long as you view it as a seperate entity to the first one. They are different movies...but yes the first Saw movie is one of my favourites of all time.

  • Trane #10 4 years ago

    Great, once it's been made into a game that means Uwe Boll can direct saw 5.

    /rubs crystal ball

    Yep, this is gonna be garbage.
    Edited by 1 at 30/01/08 @ 14:05

  • asphaltcowboy #11 4 years ago

    @Lexx87: Seriously? It was vaguely entertaining the first time you watch it... But one of your favourite movies of all time?

  • RexRunti #12 4 years ago

    @northy

    A game where you play a psychopath murdering and torturing people is poles apart from a game where you try and escape from a psychopath who is murdering and torturing you for the BBFC. It's about context ffs the BBFC never once complained about the level of violence in Manhunt 2.

  • IAmBatman #13 4 years ago

    > "You as game journalists are wasting your lives," the Jigsaw puppet told attending IGN reporters.

    Well at least everyone agrees that IGN reporters are shit game journalists.

  • GordonCaladan #14 4 years ago

    Perverts.

  • Wyrm #15 4 years ago

    The first Saw IS brilliant.

    Saw 2 was dull apart from the needle pit.

    Saw 3 was fun because it was so horrible, but no need to watch it again.

    Saw 4 was utter trash, nothing interesting in it save for the knife-face trap.


    Can't see what a game will do that won't get it banned.

  • RandolphScott #16 4 years ago

    "The first was film very good" - is there an editor anywhere? Not only is this factually incorrect but there's some word order issues.

    Saw is like Se7en for idiots.
    Edited by 1 at 30/01/08 @ 15:24

  • KingOfIceland #17 4 years ago

    perhaps you could saw off your foot with some sixaxis motion control..... no?

  • kangarootoo #18 4 years ago

    Everyone making Manhunt 2 comparisons seems to be missing the possibility that you won't play the role of a torturer in the game, which makes ALL the difference when it comes to BBFC ratings.

  • kangarootoo #19 4 years ago

    "That's why they're a bunch of clowns tbh"

    I've just two points to make, 'cos I'm not that interested in going through the same MH2 related discussions yet again (I really don't mean that to sound rude, and its certainly nothing personal).

    1. Whether the player carries out torture, or whether torture simply takes place in a game is surely going to affect the rating of a game. That doesn't seem odd to me at all.

    2. The rules the BBFC follow were created (and are continually updated) by public consulatation. They don't decide what qualifies a 12, 15 or 18 rated game. They simply apply the rules that are set by us the general public.

    http://www.bbfc.co.uk/
    Edited by 1 at 30/01/08 @ 19:09

  • yagisencho #20 4 years ago

    Ick. Do not want.

  • _Price_ #21 4 years ago

    BBFC: Sorry, you can't release a game of this. It's morally objectionable.
    Publisher: What? You let us show four films worth!
    BBFC: Erm....
    Publisher: Well?
    BBFC: Let me just go and ask.... er.... Fred. Yes, Fred'll know all about this....
    Publisher: Ok.
    BBFC: Erm....
    Publisher: There is no Fred is there?
    BBFC: Ah yes, Fred. Been here for years.
    Publisher: What's his second name?
    BBFC: Oh yes, good old Fred. He'll sort it out. Freddy. Freddrick. Fredeo. Fredomamma.
    Publisher: You're not even listening are you?
    BBFC: Fred.

    Won't buy it myself. But I still want the choice of whether or not to do so.

  • smelly #22 4 years ago

    @Kanga : Well if yer not playing the jigsaw..

    what else are you going to do?

    A bunch of mini games where you get yerself out of traps, or it'll rip off you arms, etc?

    Erm.. actually...

  • RexRunti #23 4 years ago

    @Kato

    Ah but the BBFC have to follow the law which created them which points to "potential harm" not "actual harm" (which is why they won the appeal in the Manhunt 2 case). The BBFC are just following the law don't blame them, blame the law makers (aka government). The rules around context have been there for years and R* and the Saw developers have no excuse not to follow the rules.

    And it's not as if the BBFC don't have form on this, they refuse to rate 1 or 2 films a year on average and insist on cuts in several others. (Often voluntary cuts are made in movies to ensure a lower rating).

    For example rape scenes are taken very seriously, and although rape can be shown in a movie or game, if it is shown purely for titilation or the person being raped shows any sign of enjoyment expect it to be cut. However if you are making a (serious) documentary on films that have been banned or scenes that have been cut it is acceptable to show them as the context is completely different.

    PS Due to it's fantasical nature Devil May Cry 4 has just received a 12 despite people hacking things to death with swords and shotguns.

  • kangarootoo #24 4 years ago

    @smelly

    Errr, you could play the detective? Just a thought... seemed kind of obvious to me. ;)

  • DrDamn #25 4 years ago

    Once saw a clip of a US show where the guest had an irrational fear of gherkins. Was hilarious to see her reaction as someone approached with a tray of them. Don't underestimate the power of gherkins in a horror scenario.