Microids announces The Smurfs game
Just when you thought you’ve seen everything in Quarantine…well now there’s Smurfs!
Publisher Microids and developer OSome Studio, in partnership with IMPS, have announced the signing of a publishing deal for a 3D action adventure game based on The Smurfs. The game will feature a new story and remain “as faithful as possible to the original material,” with “tons” of humor, thrills, friendship, suspense, and action.
“We are delighted for concluding this new partnership with IMPS!” Microids vice president Elliot Grassiano said in a press release. “Thanks to this trans-generational license and the talent of OSome Studio, a long time Microids partner studio which worked on several family games, we are confident in bringing together all gamers in the wonderful world of the Smurfs. The worldwide success met by The Smurfs will also allow us to increase our brand awareness overseas and position Microids as a major player internationally.”
IMPS president and founder (and daughter of The Smurfs creator Peyo) Veronique Culliford added, “I am very happy about this beautiful partnership, video games have always been my passion, because they combine playfulness and often learning.”
A release date for The Smurfs game was not announced.
As a child I was a fan of the Smurfs, I have seen the recent movies as well. So exciting to see they live on all these years later. Interested to see what comes of this? Tell us in the comments below!
Article By Kevin Austin
Kevin Austin has been in gaming journalism in one way or another since the launch of the Nintendo Gamecube. Married and father of 3 children he has been gaming since the ripe age of 6 when he got his first NES system and over 30 years later he is still gaming almost daily. Kevin is also co-founder of the Play Some Video Games (PSVG) Podcast network which was founded over five years ago and is still going strong. Some of his favorite gaming series includes Fallout and Far Cry, he is a sucker for single player adventure games (hence his big reviews for Playstation), and can frequently be found getting down in one battle royale or another. If it's an oddball game, odds are he's all about it.
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