You might remember that a while agoI got rather excitedabout the prospect of aSin Citygame based upon Frank Miller’s original graphic novels. It was one of those deliciously frustrating announcements guaranteed to spin a comic fan’s mind off into all kinds of daydreamed “Best game evaaar!” possibilities, but with no real details announced, the crushing concrete reality was that it was really very much a case of “Could go either way”.

Now however, things are looking a little brighter with theannouncementof the involvement of talent responsible for bothThe Chronicles Of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bayand theLinde-approvedThe Red Star. It transpires that the game will be scripted and designed by Flint Dille, the chap who wrote the aforementioned videogame escapade of everyone’s favorite gravel-voice, latently camp anti-hero, and that Union Entertainment, those responsible for the polishing duties on Activision’s shooting/fighting hybrid and who also worked onThe Darkness, will be taking charge of the game’s production.

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It is still of course, very early days, and this information alone is certainly not enough to warrant the commencement of rabid excitement, but with a fairly decent team pedigree revealed and Dille stating that he and Miller have been “having a party coming up with nasty stuff for the game”, I’m tentatively looking forward to seeing and hearing more.

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