Say Hello to Vivendi's Little Scarface
Tony Montana jumps onto the PSP, gaining a heavy strategy (?) element in the process. First screens.
If the first thing you think of when you hear Scarface are the words "little" and "friend", you're in luck. The hit-movie-turned-video-game is coming to Sony's pint-sized portable, the PSP.
Scarface: Money. Power. Respect. is the latest incarnation of Vivendi's cash-in on the popular gangster movie. Hearing that, you may already have images of blood-drenched action and nothing else flying through your mind. Wash those out - this game is nothing of the sort.
Rather, Scarface: Money. Power. Respect. is a completely new game that merges real-time combat with turn-based strategy games. The game is being developed by FarSight Studios, which has worked on Pinball: Hall of Fame and a string of sports games since the Mega Drive (or Genesis, if you prefer) days.
Essentially the game tasks you with doing the same things as its console siblings - conquer Miami's drug trade piece by piece - but this time you'll take a more hands-off approach to the strategy bits; Think Risk with considerably more risk.
Speaking of the console versions, Vivendi has confirmed that Scarface: The World Is Not Enough will be out for Xbox and PlayStation 2 in October, alongside Scarface: Money. Power. Respect.
Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo Games
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