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Everlost_MI
06-24-2006, 06:55 AM
Bethesda Softworks (http://www.bethsoft.com/) made the following announcement yesterday regarding Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow. (http://pirates.bethsoft.com/)

June 23, 2006 (Rockville, MD) - Bethesda Softworks® today announced that award-winning actor Johnny Depp will lend his voice as Captain Jack Sparrow in the upcoming video game, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow. Slated for a June 27 release for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and the PC, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow features a blend of fast-paced action and adventure.

“We are thrilled to have Johnny Depp working on this project,” says Todd Vaughn, executive producer of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow. “We couldn’t imagine a better way to capture the spirit of the character than to have Depp lend his voice to Captain Jack Sparrow. It truly adds to an already rich gameplay experience.”

Depp received a Best Actor Academy Award® nomination for his work in “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” in 2004.

Developed by Seven Studios and Bethesda Softworks and distributed under license from Buena Vista Games, Inc., Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow provides players with a unique gaming experience. Play as Captain Jack Sparrow and Will Turner as you slash and hack your way through fully interactive and immersive environments. The adventures are yours to experience first hand in this exciting action game that embodies the characters and settings of the popular films.today announced that Johnny Depp will be reprising his Pirates of the Caribbean film role of Captain Jack Sparrow in 7 Studios' upcoming action/adventure game Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow. "We are thrilled to have Johnny Depp working on this project," says Todd Vaughn, executive producer of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow. "We couldn't imagine a better way to capture the spirit of the character than to have Depp lend his voice to Captain Jack Sparrow. It truly adds to an already rich gameplay experience."
Murtaug
06-24-2006, 07:02 AM
Johnny Deep? Does he do impressions of Depp? ;)
DingBat
06-24-2006, 07:03 AM
Johnny Deep sounds like a porn star handle.

"Butt Pirates of the Caribbean" starring Johnny Deep. :)
Klade
06-24-2006, 07:14 AM
Yea! another movie adaptation that has a snowballs chance in hell of being a decent game.

It will probably sell millions.
SexualChoc
06-24-2006, 07:31 AM
Well the games not all bad now. Johnny Depp is awesome, so maybe it will be okay.
Wadmaasi
06-24-2006, 07:33 AM
They make it sound as though he hasn't recorded his lines yet ("will lend" as opposed to "has lended") and then the game is due on shelves in 3 days? O_o
Xaerin
06-24-2006, 07:43 AM
Usually tie-ins are just knocked out fast as possible without a care for quality cause they're guaranteed some sales but the last one did alright, 7.6 on Gamespot, and given that it's a game about freaking pirates you can probably over look any faults for the piratey goodness.
The Continental
06-24-2006, 07:47 AM
Usually tie-ins are just knocked out fast as possible without a care for quality cause they're guaranteed some sales but the last one did alright, 7.6 on Gamespot, and given that it's a game about freaking pirates you can probably over look any faults for the piratey goodness.

If I recall correctly, the first PotC game was a pirate game that Bethesda was already well into development on and Disney came to them and offered them a shit load of money to change some models and slap the PotC name on it.
Lunar Blue
06-24-2006, 08:14 AM
If I recall correctly, the first PotC game was a pirate game that Bethesda was already well into development on and Disney came to them and offered them a shit load of money to change some models and slap the PotC name on it.

You recall right, it was formerly known as Sea Dogs 2. Now if i recall correctly, the only thing added with the name was the ghostship quest.
Chimpbot
06-24-2006, 08:20 AM
If I recall correctly, the first PotC game was a pirate game that Bethesda was already well into development on and Disney came to them and offered them a shit load of money to change some models and slap the PotC name on it.

Precisely.

The first game had about as much to do with the movie as my shoes. The only similarities between the two was the pirate theme...and that's about it.

It's funny...ever since the summer I worked for a small theater, I can't stomach this "franchise" at all.
I enjoyed the first movie well enough, but scads upon scads of people would come to each and every showing...so the theater owners brought the damn thing back two or three times. I must have seen/heard the movie a good 14 times, not counting the two times I saw it independently.
I like it, but I'm tired of liking it.

I'll probably end up seeing it, mainly because it has Cthuloid-like creatures...but I'm not entirely thrilled about the idea of seeing it.

What a tangent...

Yeah, this is technically the first time an actual "Pirates of the Caribbean" is being made. The other was just a last-minute deal made to make a quick buck.
I'm sure Bethesda was pleased, overall; the game probably sold better than it would have, normally...especially with the resoundingly mediocre reviews it was getting.
Citizen Philip
06-26-2006, 07:03 AM
Ooooh! Johnny!