Game Based Upon Saw Coming in 2009
By Chris on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 at 10:37 AM PST In Game Companies, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Games, Microsoft, Sony
Here’s a game that has “national news” written all over it – Saw, the gruesome film that revolves almost entirely around extreme violence, is set to have a game adaptation of it released in October 2009. Brash Entertainment will be developing the title, which will be running on Unreal Engine 3. That immediately screams of an Xbox 360 and/or PlayStation 3 version of the game, but nothing has been announced on that front as of yet.
You can check out the official website here and opt to get email updates on the game. You can also treat yourself to some pictures of Jigsaw, the movie’s freaky-psychotic-protagonist-clown-on-a-bike… thing.
We really don’t know anything about the game, but we’ll be keeping an eye on this.
via Eurogamer
Correction: The doll’s name is Billy. Trust me, a friend of mine is OBSESSED with his movie, and that’s how I know the doll’s name.
It will be interesting when they blame the game for murders, but forget that the movie came out first.
Have you sent a copy to john bruce yet ? I’m sure he’d love this. 
WTF such a shitty game idea. The movies revolves around graphic extreme violence and the game will no doubly have that as its gimmick while the game as a whole sucks ass.
You know the ring also was made into a game, go jewtube it for epic lulz.
I’m of two minds about this kind of thing. On the one hand, game developers should be able to create whatever games they like. On the other hand, with all the bad press the gaming industry has gotten lately it seems like it might be a good idea for game developers to ask themselves, “Is this game really good for the industry as a whole right now?”
I’d love to have the Saw doll photo as my gamer image on XBL.
Personally, I don’t think the game industry should worry too much about bad press. In the world of marketing, bad press is still free advertisement. I say bring on the violence.. slap an MA rating on it, and no one has a legitimate reason to bitch.
I know some people want the United States to turn into some fascist regime country where the government can suppress whatever information they want to. Unfortunately for them and the crazy right wingers, that’s not going to happen. There are too many open-minded people who aren’t going to stand for it. I think we learned a lot from the 7 years Bush has ruled the US, and I find it hard to believe that we would put up with more of it.
I say the industry needs to continue releasing games for all kinds of people. I’m sorry.. it’s not just little kids playing games. Adults are playing games more than kids are, and so there is a need for adult games. It’s kind of simple. This whole media thing against gaming is just a game. Places like Fox just want attention and cater to a certain type of individual.. the types of individuals who don’t play games. Who cares? I think there is a lot more at stake with this debate than fun games to play. There are people out there who want to see all of our personal freedoms taken away. They claim it’s to help the kids, which is a farce. It starts with one thing and then it will move onto an other. People against gaming are like parasites.
How do you go from the suggestions that an industry police itself to “facist regime?” C’mon.
The comic book industry decided to police itself back in the 50s when Wertham published “Seduction of the Innocent.” Yes, it killed a few companies (most notably EC), but it took the spotlight off the industry and, quite frankly, probably saved the industry in the long run.
There’s nothing wrong with an industry applying a little common sense. When the spotlight is on you and you’re being blamed for everything from teen pregnancy to mass murder, it might not be the right time to announce a game based on a movie like Saw.
The gaming industry already polices itself with the ESRB, which was not something required by law. The ratings are a lot stricter than the movie ratings we see. I think the worst thing the industry can do is give these hate-mongering people any belief that they are even winning in the slightest way. It needs to be business as usual.