Miami Vice, Knight Rider, Slew Of Vivendi Games Revealed

Thanks to GameSpot for its article revealing publisher Davilex will be releasing a game based on '80s TV show Miami Vice for PC, PS2, and Xbox. The game, in development at UK-based Atomic Planet Entertainment, offers "a third-person action game in which players engage in dangerous raids and gunfights in Miami nightclubs and warehouses", and means an official adaptation for an already videogame-influencing TV series. Davilex are also producing a sequel to their Knight Rider game, hopefully a little better-received than the original PC version. Elsewhere, Boomtown has a complete Vivendi release list for 2004, mentioning a number of previously unknown games, including two new Tolkien-licensed games for PC, new titles in the Crash Bandicoot and Spyro series, games based on film properties such as Predator, Chronicles Of Riddick, and Van Helsing, as well as Krusty Demons (either a motorcross game or a title involving everyone's favorite Simpsons clown?)

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Why Such Old Licenses?

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If the Vivendi is going to use licenses, why are they using such outdated licenses? The fans of those shows are mostly in their 30s. Considering that people that age grew up playing simple arcade games, I doubt that they're going to be able to handle a 3D title. Not to mention, I would highly doubt that there's very many people that age playing video games at all.

Before I get an argument about how Vice City was successful while being influenced by Miami Vice, take this into consideration. For one, Vice City gained a lot of its popularity just because it was a sequel to GTA III, not to mention it was just a good game in its own right. Also, Vice City had huge amounts of influence from Scarface, which is much more popular with young people than Miami Vice. Scarface is violent and widely popular amongst people's favorite rappers.

Not to mention, Scarface had pastel colored clothing, just like Miami Vice.

Re:Why Such Old Licenses?

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Damn, my rhumatoid is flaring up, and my brain is frying from typing this.

Good, maybe it'll keep you from posting smart ass responses here.

Just because you are almost thirty and play video games doesn't make you representative of your demographic. Besides, you are posting on Slashdot, too. If I were to say that most people your age weren't that heavily involved in tech, would give me another snotty response like the one you've given here?

Don't take what I said out of context, as if it was a scientific law applicable to each and every 30 year old.

Well, pending that you're not too busy playing video games or being a prick here, you'll probably want to go out and do what most people in their 30s do... buy a Ferrari and try to pick up chicks 10 years younger than they are. It's called going through your midlife crisis. Make sure that you live it up, it won't be too much longer before your pooper starts going, too.