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Saw Video Game Rises from the Grave

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Variety is reporting that the video game version of the Saw films isn’t as dead as we thought it was.

Brash Entertainment had been originally handling Jigsaw’s first foray into the digital universe when the company abruptly closed up shop a few months back. The game appeared all but dead at that point, with the rights winding up in Lionsgate’s hands. Things have now changed though, with Lionsgate teaming up with Konami to resurrect the title. The game is still slated for a fall release (keeping it in line to appear around the same time as the sixth film in the franchise).

I wasn’t particularly interested in a Saw game prior to this point (it seems like its ripe with the potential to suck balls), but Konami stepping in gives me a slightly more positive outlook. Konami has a decent track record with horror games (they’re the guys behind Silent Hill and Castlevania) and maybe they can bring some interesting elements to the project. My area of concern, though, remains the fact that the release date is still this fall–meaning they’re probably taking what Brash had already created and just finishing the project as opposed to building a game from the ground up.

I guess we’ll all find out if the game is worth playing before the end of 2009.

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2 Responses to “Saw Video Game Rises from the Grave”

  1. Brad Says:
    February 7th, 2009 at 12:47 am

    Considering the crap quality of the Silent Hill games for the last two or three sequels or so, I’d say there’s little hope that a Saw game (already a sketchy proposition from the start) will be worth a damn. Now that I’ve said that, it’ll be my favorite game of 2010. ; )

  2. Kevin Steele Says:
    May 7th, 2009 at 4:55 am

    I saw a recent article about this and my interest was initially piqued. However, I started looking into whatever media was available…and well, it just looked lackluster at best.

    As seen in some of the screenshots on the Xbox 360:

    http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/971/971887/saw-the-videogame-20090413101626483.jpg

    http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/969/969375/saw-the-videogame-20090402053618707.jpeg

    It just doesn’t feel very alive, or creepy in the same sense that say, Silent Hill, Resident Evil, or even Left 4 Dead do.

    Then again, those titles set a particularly high bar. Only time will tell.

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