Brash Entertainment announced that a game based on the gruesome series of Saw movies will be released some time next year.
Technically, the Jigsaw puppet announced it at a press event, after telling a room full of game journalists that they were wasting their lives in the industry. You have to admit, he kind of has a point.
The game is due out for 360 and PS3 in October 2009 (in time for Halloween, of course), and will thread its way through the plots of the films. The studio will be collaborating closely with the developers, so the game should at least look and sound just like the movies.
Movie tie-in games usually aren't all that great, but if handled properly, a Saw
title could be fantastic. The movies are basic blueprints for a game already, with easily definable goals, puzzles, and life-threatening situations. Add that to the type of visuals and sound that are possible on the 360 and the PS3, and you have the potential for a very, very scary experience.
Of course, it could end up just being a collection of lame minigames that kill in spectacularly horrible ways if you fail, which would be rather disappointing. To keep yourself up to date on the Saw game's progress, register at WhoIsJigsaw.com.
