Given the upcoming game adaptations of gangster classics like Scarface and The Godfather, it was probably only a matter of time before a game based on The Sopranos was announced. Now a Banc of America analyst has spilled the beans that publisher THQ are indeed working on one, and it's expected for release in the first half of 2006.
Though, THQ themselves dismissed the analyst's report as "speculation":
THQ described the report as "speculation," but when asked if an announcement was forthcoming spokesperson Julie MacMedan declined to comment.
If you think about it, The Sopranos are tailor made for a video game, given the success of "Grand Theft Auto" and its knock-offs. And the gangster theme is red-hot these days with publishers. Electronic Arts will publish an adaptation of "The Godfather" this fall, featuring the voice work and images of Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall and James Caan.
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