soldier
31/10/2007, 16:48
Al parecer, y segun se iba comentando por internet, EA ha firmado un acuerdo con Lewis Hamilton, para que sea la cara de su videojuego, esto unido a que la licencia de Sony acababa este año, Todo hace pensar que el nuevo F1 2008, estara a cargo de EA y con la foto de Hamilton en portada.
EA Sports and rising F1 star Lewis Hamilton have signed a £5 million deal that will see the British star front a game next year.
According to The Sun, Hamilton has signed a £5 million deal that will see him “star on Xbox and PlayStations next year”, although no mention has been given of what the game in question will be.
The most likely scenario is that it will be a Formula One game (rather than, say, a beat-’em-up or an RPG): although Sony has held the official license exclusively since the 2003 season, long standing rumours have suggested that the commercial rights holders have been looking to pass the license on to a major third party publisher in order bring the sport to other formats, maximising its exposure.
As such, EA Sports would certainly fit the bill, were this to be the case – the publisher has dominated the sports sim market for years and is no stranger to Formula One games, having published several earlier this decade.
With rookie Hamilton (who missed out on the championship this year by a single point) currently the sport’s hottest property, signing him to front a Formula One game is only logical.
That said, it needn’t necessarily be a licensed F1 effort. In the past, drivers such as three times winner Johnny Herbert and 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve have leant their names to videogame titles.
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Fuente: http://www.gamer.tm/news.asp?id=1667&filtr=360
EA Sports and rising F1 star Lewis Hamilton have signed a £5 million deal that will see the British star front a game next year.
According to The Sun, Hamilton has signed a £5 million deal that will see him “star on Xbox and PlayStations next year”, although no mention has been given of what the game in question will be.
The most likely scenario is that it will be a Formula One game (rather than, say, a beat-’em-up or an RPG): although Sony has held the official license exclusively since the 2003 season, long standing rumours have suggested that the commercial rights holders have been looking to pass the license on to a major third party publisher in order bring the sport to other formats, maximising its exposure.
As such, EA Sports would certainly fit the bill, were this to be the case – the publisher has dominated the sports sim market for years and is no stranger to Formula One games, having published several earlier this decade.
With rookie Hamilton (who missed out on the championship this year by a single point) currently the sport’s hottest property, signing him to front a Formula One game is only logical.
That said, it needn’t necessarily be a licensed F1 effort. In the past, drivers such as three times winner Johnny Herbert and 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve have leant their names to videogame titles.
Tell The World:
Fuente: http://www.gamer.tm/news.asp?id=1667&filtr=360