E3 06: Ubisoft declares Open Season on gamers

By Tim Surette, GameSpotPosted Apr 13, 2006 11:21 am PT

Game based on Sony Pictures' computer-animated film coming to "all available video game platforms" late September.

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Computer-animated talking animals are all the rage in Hollywood. Something about conversing critters hits a high note with the kids, as evidenced by the box office numbers of Ice Age 2: The Meltdown and Madagascar, among others. The unwritten rule that every children's movie has to be made into a video game has also boded well for several game publishers, including THQ (Finding Nemo) and Activision (Madagascar, the forthcoming Over the Hedge).

Sony Pictures and Ubisoft are hoping that trend continues with Open Season, which hits theaters later this year. Ubisoft will be bringing the game adaptation to retailers in mid-September, a few weeks before the movie is released. The action game is being developed by Ubisoft's Montreal studios.

Open Season will blanket all systems, as Ubisoft today revealed that it will be released "on all available video game platforms." Presumably, this means that the game will be released on the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, PC, Game Boy Advance, DS, PSP, and Xbox 360, though an Ubi rep could not confirm the list at this time.

The talking animals in Open Season are Boog, a domesticated grizzly bear, and Elliot, a mule deer with a salesman's mouth. Elliot convinces Boog to liberate himself, and the two take off to the woods...just days before hunting season kicks off. Boog discovers his wild side and bands the woodland creatures together in an effort to turn the tables on hunters.

The game will see players taking on the role of both Boog and Elliot, as they follow the film's storyline. The characters will use the land and its inhabitants to their advantage, with skunk bombs, acorn-chucking squirrels, and wascally wabbits. Friends will also be able to compete against each other with minigames that support up to four players.

Open Season has not yet been priced or rated.

25 Comments

  • grim_reapez

    Posted Apr 14, 2006 7:05 am PT

    horrible movie games? have people already forgotten king kong? spiderman 2?the godfather? i mean not all movie games are bad.

  • reece590

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 7:58 pm PT

    Maybe Ubi can break the chain of horribly movie games...They might be able to, Ubi always makes good polished games.

  • ShadowFrog

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 7:01 pm PT

    ...yay?

  • hart704

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 6:18 pm PT

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  • revelations

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 4:27 pm PT

    sweet another 6.4 for a childs collection

  • hyliansavior

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 4:23 pm PT

    First kids with guns, now animals with guns. What's this world coming too? Haha.

  • Maquis_UK

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 4:01 pm PT

    bet this is rubbish. oi sony pictures keep these bad tie-in games where they belong... on the conference room floor with the rest of the bad ideas..!!

  • Tomtomtom1990

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 3:09 pm PT

    It's like splinter cell with deer! Actually, that sounds like the coolest idea ever.

  • sinceps1

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 3:08 pm PT

    jaefrmbk2k
    "check it out REAL news str8ght from the year 3000! Gamespot muss be slackin' on they pimpin' cuz they should know this: For $50 you can pre-order the PS3 which will come with a 60GB hard drive and two games. You can't do it online and so have to pop into one of their shops. as always brought to you first by the INQ. peep it here! http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30944"

    LOL, wtf? keep it straight pimping to dog.

  • Naruto-freak

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 2:56 pm PT

    sounds... interesting... I guess...

  • easteast

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 2:34 pm PT

    I don't think the game or the movie is going to do too well.

  • gameloverx

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 2:33 pm PT

    oh yeah

  • DurhamNC

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 1:40 pm PT

    Kids game or no, I can't really think of a movie-game I've enjoyed other than the 007 ones.

  • NeoJedi

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 1:13 pm PT

    My nephew will love this one!

  • solidgamer

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 12:38 pm PT

    hope its good but i wont be buying it mayb my young siter will

  • Detroit222

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 12:31 pm PT

    Heck with shooting the ANIMALS - I want them to shoot the hunters!

  • AlexWills

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 12:20 pm PT

    Well unless you see blood after shooting these animals Im not buying.

  • chrisdojo

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 12:04 pm PT

    oh boy. movie games...

  • Donkeljohn

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 11:59 am PT

    If they are currently playing this, they will probably play something else later. Way to get them hooked on the soft stuff.

  • frankeyser

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 11:55 am PT

    you would expect sony to develop this in house.. but they probably get to save money outsourcing... and they can make it multiplatform...

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