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Activision recruiting for Secret Service

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Oct 10, 2008 5:55 pm PT

Publisher wants Xbox 360, PS2, and PC players willing to take a virtual bullet for the president in budget-priced game coming later this year.

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The US Secret Service has proven fertile inspirational ground for films, having been the subject of thrillers such as In the Line of Fire and To Live and Die in LA, to name a few. However, the federal law-enforcement agency doesn't get nearly as much play in the world of games.

Activision is doing its part to change that, given that the publisher announced today Secret Service for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, and PC. The game puts players into the president's security detail on Inauguration Day, right as the capital comes under attack from unknown parties. Activision is promising a twisting story that will require players to kill and/or subdue threats as the Service attempts to ferret out the reasons behind the attacks and the people responsible.

If that sounds familiar, it might be because Vin Diesel's Tigon Studios announced its own Secret Service game nearly four years ago. That project was to be made in collaboration with X-Men and Usual Suspects director Bryan Singer, but has not materialized. However, Activision representatives told GameSpot that this project is in no way related to Tigon's Secret Service, and is being developed by Slovakian studio Cauldron, the outfit behind last year's Soldier of Fortune: Payback.

Activision's Secret Service will launch later this year for $39.99 on the Xbox 360, $29.99 on the PS2, and $19.99 on the PC. The game has not been authorized by the actual US Secret Service.

47 Comments

  • DIABETUS

    Posted Nov 15, 2008 8:41 pm PT

    Wait what?! NINJAS?! FINALLY! No stupid, cheesy terrorist organizations capturing the president! It's about time someone had the balls to add ninjas in the fray!

  • tarantyno

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 1:58 am PT

    i got the ps2 version and its really lame. graphics are more like the first "doom" lol

  • Jin_Kazawa

    Posted Nov 8, 2008 10:51 am PT

    Looks cheap and stupid. Hehe.

  • Alizerothree

    Posted Nov 5, 2008 12:55 pm PT

    Hope it comes with a map editor at least.

  • Eagle131

    Posted Oct 23, 2008 9:37 am PT

    Does this game have anything to do with the older Secret Service games that Activision Value did?

  • tudyniuz

    Posted Oct 15, 2008 10:11 am PT

    This will be interesting

  • jazilla

    Posted Oct 14, 2008 8:56 am PT

    How completely unrealistic. How many gunfights have the Secret Service that guard the president been in in the last 8 years? Zero. I ain't playing this game.

  • CrackerMcGee

    Posted Oct 13, 2008 4:34 pm PT

    Ninjas kidnapped the president, are you a bad enough Dude to save the president?

  • NeoSoulBaybeh

    Posted Oct 13, 2008 1:58 pm PT

    ballz

  • ChiefFreeman

    Posted Oct 13, 2008 8:43 am PT

    i expect another 4-5 score.

  • bawkbawkboo1

    Posted Oct 13, 2008 8:43 am PT

    Will the president character model look like George W. Bush? Or will they wait till Nov. 4th and put in either Obama or McCain, depending on who wins?

  • prioritymail

    Posted Oct 13, 2008 7:10 am PT

    "Cauldron, the outfit behind last year's Soldier of Fortune: Payback"

    Soldier of fortune sucked, I doubt this game will be any better

  • lordmasterrof posted Oct 13, 2008 6:41 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    lordmasterrof

    Posted Oct 13, 2008 6:41 am PT (hide)

    Make a game that focus's on SAS, or Mossad, and ill go crazy... it's boring how it is aaalways Americans... SAS and Mossad is a million times better!

  • MidniteShadow

    Posted Oct 12, 2008 11:59 pm PT

    hmmmm....thinking...thinking..

  • redbaron2109

    Posted Oct 12, 2008 8:54 pm PT

    "...the outfit behind last year's Soldier of Fortune: Payback."

    You could have lead with that so I would have known to stop reading.

  • mckaine

    Posted Oct 12, 2008 4:26 pm PT

    I think this could be interesting, though I'm not a huge fan of activision's games. We'll have to see where this goes.

  • jamesallenyz431

    Posted Oct 12, 2008 2:14 pm PT

    be cool for online, one team has to try to kill the pres. and the other has to protect. use like car bombs to sniper. pry will suck but could be a good idea

  • ewmgreendawg

    Posted Oct 12, 2008 11:03 am PT

    wow here activision goes again. take somebody elses game idea and try to get it out there cheaper and faster. i can't believe they haven't been sued for all of they're theivery. ps: nobody wants to die for the president.

  • maaly81

    Posted Oct 12, 2008 10:57 am PT

    ??

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