ESRB slips, Dies Hard

Ratings board leaks news of summer blockbuster film-to-game adaptation for Xbox 360.

As it is wont to do, the Entertainment Software Rating Board let slip word on an unannounced game coming out in the near future. Appearing in the game rater's database was an Xbox 360 listing for the summer blockbuster Live Free or Die Hard. As with the PG-13-rated film, the video game adaptation has been rated T for Teen, with modifiers for blood and violence.

As per the ESRB's site, Sensory Sweep will be on development duties for the upcoming game. Last year, the developer gained attention with Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting on the Xbox 360. Thus far this year, the developer's work has included the DS version of Justice League Heroes as well as SnoCross 2: Featuring Blair Morgan for the PlayStation 2.

75 Comments

  • batmanboy11

    Posted Jun 25, 2009 4:31 pm PT

    Well I don't think its coming out now, two years after the film.

  • Francision69

    Posted Oct 13, 2008 9:23 pm PT

    Is this even coming out at all?

  • killa4lyfe

    Posted Oct 13, 2008 7:53 pm PT

    lol i totally want this for ps3 too!

  • arcticman245

    Posted Sep 2, 2008 2:25 pm PT

    Please make it an M rated game! Or, just don't make this game suck.

  • EVILSCOTSMAN96

    Posted Jun 18, 2008 8:22 am PT

    do you remember when we first met john mclane.....

  • SethandJeremy

    Posted Apr 20, 2008 12:20 pm PT

    Please make this for the ps3

  • SethandJeremy

    Posted Apr 20, 2008 12:16 pm PT

    Please put it on the ps3

  • muthsera666

    Posted Oct 17, 2007 10:22 pm PT

    What's wrong with saying "wont"?

    I say it...

  • jack_sparrow_28

    Posted Jul 20, 2007 2:37 am PT

    WOOOO! Who doesn't want to be John McLane!?! YIPPEE KI YAY! MOTHER !@#$%^&

  • Xbox_Gamer_117

    Posted Jul 12, 2007 10:31 am PT

    Hope it wont be another of them crappy movie games....

  • s0njas0n

    Posted Jul 12, 2007 5:27 am PT

    well, i hope this does better than most movie-game ports...

  • sens_rocks_40

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 8:23 pm PT

    i have a feeling, that this game, like most other games of it's genre, will suck

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 6:02 pm PT

    I loved Live Free or Die Hard. No need to butcher it...I wonder if it will have his trash talking to the hacker guy in it..

  • KingSigy

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 4:45 pm PT

    This movie might actually make a good game, seeing as how it skips the plot and sticks to action like crazy.

  • DouglasBuffone

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 4:36 pm PT

    Whoops...

    That is really bad of the ESRB

  • Simsyas

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 3:51 pm PT

    This article isn't the only thing he uses Babelfish for, check out his blog.

  • murlow12

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 3:28 pm PT

    Grammatically correct in the middle ages, perhaps, but still ridiculous. Get with the times, GS!

  • OtokoNoKo

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 3:01 pm PT

    "As it is wont to do..." is a grammatically correct phrase. Way to embarrass yourself, Murlow!

  • murlow12

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 2:56 pm PT

    Read the first sentence. "As it is wont to do...".

    What the hell does that mean? Way to spellcheck, GS!

  • arbo303

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 1:46 pm PT

    yup, it'll be bad.

  • StonyShred420

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 12:09 pm PT

    You know what game was pretty rad, Die Hard Trilogy, i would like to see something like that again with revamped graphics.

  • finaleve

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 8:50 am PT

    FrenziedRaldo24 > Noob, they are reporting about an unannounced game. Not something like Manhunt 2 or anything, just reporting. So stop whining about something you've no knowledge about.

    Oh boy, another movie-to-game adaptation... what a waste of a few bucks...

  • pos3

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 8:46 am PT

    lol if someone not big is developing it it's going to suck.

  • m0zart Site moderator

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 8:38 am PT

    FrenziedRaldo24 wrote:
    Listen up Gamespot, don't take this offensively.
    We don't give a damn about these ESRB second-tier ratings, stop trying to cash in with these articles just because of the Manhunt 2 fiasco, it's dead in the water.... okay?

    What are you talking about? Gamespot has been writing stories about new games inadvertently identified by the ESRB before their developers/publishers reveal their existence since long before either Hot Coffee for GTA or the Manhunt 2 fiasco.

  • FrenziedRaldo24 posted Jul 11, 2007 8:22 am PT (does not meet display criteria. login to show)

    FrenziedRaldo24

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 8:22 am PT (hide)

    Listen up Gamespot, don't take this offensively.
    We don't give a damn about these ESRB second-tier ratings, stop trying to cash in with these articles just because of the Manhunt 2 fiasco, it's dead in the water.... okay?

  • Bansheesdie

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 8:14 am PT

    Why must every single blockbuster be turned into a mediocre game?

  • PerfectDark0Fan

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 8:10 am PT

    I havent seen the movie yet but im really intrested in playing Mclane.

  • Dave_margera

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 8:07 am PT

    oh yes finally a new die hard game

  • Agreb91

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 7:58 am PT

    I have already heard about this.

  • Pete5506

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 7:43 am PT

    lol they let it slip

  • DonutTrooper

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 7:37 am PT

    That was one of the best titles of a news story I've seen in a while.

  • knux15

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 7:35 am PT

    This is the reason we must step up and smite ESBR in their wake of SCREW UPS!

  • JAREDJR

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 7:33 am PT

    haha those ESRB people can't be trusted with secret information!

  • Homes225

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 7:31 am PT

    Least ESRB did something good this time

  • GaseousSnake007

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 7:25 am PT

    I wait for ages for a new Die Hard game and then they let some developer I've never heard of make it and by the sounds of things hasn't done anything decent, this is gonna stink.

  • ocdog45

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 7:24 am PT

    like thats a big leak to begin with

  • celticpyro

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 7:20 am PT

    Die hard four was amazing and the unrated dvd is going to be even better, heres to the 200 average f bombs per movie in the die hard series !

  • turgore

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 7:17 am PT

    ewww...Live free or die hard sucked so bad compared to other die hards. And it's a movie based game so it will suck incredibly much. I hype it a 4.

  • whgresiak

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 7:16 am PT

    A Die Hard game? Won't work, especially not if it's based on the movie.

  • boyinthahood

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 7:03 am PT

    *sigh* for a second I thought the ERSB had died hard......damn....well here's for hoping. Can't wait for Die Hard!!

  • angelGP32

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 6:17 am PT

    Die hard arcade for Saturn, try that WiiNut.

  • WiiNut6493

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 5:52 am PT

    I have died and gone to gaming heaven! finaly a die hard game that i will be able to play! but i wonder why it aint rated for strong language? yipie kye ahe mother------!

  • jcloverboy

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 5:43 am PT

    the movie was great...but I'm not sure I want a game.

  • Tonkpilsnut

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 5:23 am PT

    Anyone knocking the movie should actually watch it. For a PG-13 movie, there were plenty of vicious deaths, and profanity was abound (sh*t, d*ckh**d, a**hole were plentiful, just no f-word, and even then he used it but it was muffled by gun fire, on purpose of course). I just don't see a good game coming out of it. But a great way to end the series. Live Free Or Die Hard. Watch it, it was actually amazing.

  • playwrite

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 5:05 am PT

    it's based on die hard 4, but it will probably be more like die hard 3: kinda crappy.

  • AceCometh

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 4:57 am PT

    Yeah, I agree that this will probably be another lousy cookie cutter game with the title of a great movie franchise pasted onto it. It's probably going to suck.

  • hunter8man

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 4:52 am PT

    DS version of Justice League Heroes and SnoCross 2. What's that I smell? It smells like another mediocre movie based game ready to fall flat on its face. Even though I refused to see the movie (Die Hard isn't meant to be PG-13) I would give this a try if it were anything like the PS or arcade version.

  • ricky1990

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 3:50 am PT

    ESRB must die hard btw jack tompson 2

  • Smoke0

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 3:11 am PT

    I just wondered why it wasen´t announced when the movie was in production. Hope it dosen´t get rushed like other movie based games are. And it won´t live up to the first Die Hard game on the PS1

  • MonkeysDad

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 2:52 am PT

    Subtext of this story: "A developer whose last three games scored an average of 5.2 has a Die Hard game in the works. Anyone excited? Anyone?"...

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