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| Blade 2 |
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| Description |
| We're starting to see a new evolution in the long-running trend of movie-licensed games. It hasn't spread too widely just yet, but it offers an alternative for publishers hoping to get a movie game on shelves when people are actively thinking about that movie. Instead of pushing games out the door within a week or two of a movie's theatrical release, some publishers are now starting to time their game releases to coincide with a film's release on DVD. In theory, Blade II for the PS2 and Xbox is among the first games to try to catch prospective purchasers while they're already out purchasing the movie. One thing that hasn't changed, unfortunately, is that most games based on movies are still little more than dreary, lifeless renditions of the films upon which they are based, usually failing to please both fans of the source material and fans of gaming, in general. So while Blade II may be on the cutting edge of simultaneous-release marketing, it otherwise sticks to the well-worn path beaten by many poor movie-based games before it. |