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Jerry Bruckheimer eyes up videogames industry

Posted on December 19th, 2007 at 10:15 EDT

What do Steven Spielberg, John Woo, Peter Jackson, and now Jerry Bruckheimer have in common? Well not only are they tremendous television and film directors, but they are part of the growing list of Hollywood talent whom finds interest in the videogame industry.

Indeed, Mr. Bruckheimer is the new dog as reports show that he is joining forces with MTV games to create new IPs that will soon be released as videogames.

"Video games represent a new and innovative medium for what we've always tried to do, which is to tell great stories. But this medium is unique in that it gives the player control over how those stories unfold," Bruckheimer said.

"I look forward to working with MTV Games to create new original game stories, always looking for ways to innovate the medium."

Jeff Yapp, MTV Executive VP added that the content brought to the table by Bruckheimer, will be viewed as something more than your conventional videogame, hinting at possible industry innovation.

It appears as if we will be in for a treat when these titles come of age. As the videogame industry progresses further into the 21st century, many outside industries such as music and movies is starting to take notice of the capital worth in the games industry. In the films world, Bruckheimer has been the man behind greats such as Top Gun, Armageddon, Black Hawk Down, and Pirates of the Caribbean.

Source: CVG

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posted 10:24am EST - December 19th, 2007
1

This sounds great!  He would make great action game stories!

posted 10:25am EST - December 19th, 2007
2

g.a.y

posted 10:39am EST - December 19th, 2007
3

IP. Is that independent project?

posted 10:43am EST - December 19th, 2007
4

le me see another dull fps

posted 10:46am EST - December 19th, 2007
5
Great! But why MTV Games? He could do so much better...
posted 10:51am EST - December 19th, 2007
6

crap, he makes lame movies

posted 11:05am EST - December 19th, 2007
7

psn id: gingo.. he could have joined with a better company but i'm sure all the games he makes will be good becasue he is a genius at films and tv shows

posted 11:48am EST - December 19th, 2007
8

This guy really is a genius when it comes to immersive stories,i just hope the devs tell it the right way.@Kane

No,it stands for intellectual property.

posted 11:55am EST - December 19th, 2007
9

having someone like him do storylines would be an amazing thing for the gaming industry.

posted 1:18pm EST - December 19th, 2007
10

IP actually stands for "intellectual property"  I think anyway

posted 2:17pm EST - December 19th, 2007
11

It's fine by me, as long as more games come to the PS3...

posted 2:47pm EST - December 19th, 2007
12

I better not see anyone playing as Haratio in that cheesy CSI Miami crap!

posted 3:26pm EST - December 19th, 2007
13

yeah they are good film directors but i think the games gonna suck

 

posted 3:35pm EST - December 19th, 2007
14

making movie's is one state of mind making games is totally different 

posted 3:36pm EST - December 19th, 2007
15

Jerry Bruckheimer is not a director or a writer HE IS A PRODUCER and has only ever produced movies, so all you idiots saying he makes bad movies or hes a good director realy need to look into what your talking about before posting, But I also agree he could have hooked up with a better game company the MTV

posted 4:06pm EST - December 19th, 2007
16
Wait didn't Viacom just sign a 5yr 500 million deal with M$ . PS3 might not be getting any of Bruckheimers games. MTV is owned by Viacom.
posted 4:31pm EST - December 19th, 2007
17

MTV Games????  Why?????   Partner with the developers of Warhawk or Motorstorm or the developers of Haze. That would make more sense. Or even Activision or Midway,   but MTV??????

We shall see

posted 5:23pm EST - December 19th, 2007
18

MTV + Bruckheimer = FAIL

@Kane: IP = Intellectual Property (in this context, new franchises)

posted 5:54pm EST - December 19th, 2007
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hopfully he will make great games... its time for new creative minds by the way... u have no idea how annoying it is to see 12456789986543 sci fi games that all look and pplay the same.. I WANT REAL EXPERENCES NOO MORE CLONE ME GAMES AND SLAP A SQEUL THAT LOOKS THE SAME CRAP +_+ ... plz!?
posted 7:14pm EST - December 19th, 2007
20

"many outside industries such as music and movies is starting to take notice"

gotta love that PSU grammar

posted 10:08pm EST - December 19th, 2007
21

aight.

posted 10:12pm EST - December 19th, 2007
22

Bruckheimer used Micheal Bay as director for several of his movies. Bay was a Music video Director before a movie director. So prehaps Bruckheimer wants games with visual appeal and is looking to mine that pool of talent again.

 

 

Besides it's not like MTV actually plays any music anymore, theydo every other type of entertainment now.

posted 4:02am EST - December 20th, 2007
23

cute, lets just hope these games don't come out crappy. . . unless it's a 360 exclusive, lol. just kidding.

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