Chris Kohler
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Variety: Ubi To Unveil <cite>Heroes</cite> Game At Comic-Con

Ubisoft is finalizing a deal with NBC for the rights to make a video game based on last season’s sleeper hit television show Heroes, Variety says. They are "likely" to announce it at San Diego Comic-Con later this week. Notes Variety: Though few TV shows have been successfully translated into videogames, "Heroes" is a natural […]

Heroes_title_cardUbisoft is finalizing a deal with NBC for the rights to make a video game based on last season's sleeper hit television show Heroes, Variety says. They are "likely" to announce it at San Diego Comic-Con later this week. Notes Variety:

Though few TV shows have been successfully translated into videogames, "Heroes" is a natural given its super-powered characters and heavy interest amongst gamers.

Entirely true. I think we can be cautiously optimistic here. Ubisoft also revealed yesterday that they will do the "vidgame" (oh, Variety) version of James Cameron's upcoming film Avatar.
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