April 20, 2006

Vivendi Universal Games BRINGS THE HEAT THIS SUMMER WITH MIAMI VICE THE GAME FOR THE PSP^™ System

Third-Person Action Shooter Inspired By Universal Pictures’ Miami Vice in Theaters this July

Vivendi Universal Games’ Sierra Entertainment has announced the development of Miami Vice The Game, a thrilling third-person action shooter inspired by the Universal Pictures crime drama, Miami Vice, in theaters July 28, 2006.  Set in present-day Miami, players will go deep undercover as narcotic officers Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs in the rich, glamorous and decadent world of Miami Vice -- a place where badges don’t count.  Developed by UK-based Rebellion, Miami Vice The Game will be available exclusively for the PSP^™ (PlayStation^®Portable) system in July 2006.  The development of the game comes through an agreement with Universal Studios Consumer Products Group.

“By taking full advantage of the advanced technology on the PSP system, Miami Vice The Game will deliver action-packed missions and highly-detailed locations that capture the danger-filled lives of the film’s main characters and immerse players in the authentic world of Miami Vice,” said Cindy Cook, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer for VU Games.

In Miami Vice The Game, players follow a storyline set just before the events of the film. Gamers must build up the nefarious reputation necessary to infiltrate the seedy underbelly of South Beach, and ultimately bring down the organization of an “untouchable” South American drug lord.  Gamers can also choose to play as either Crockett or Tubbs, or team up via wireless to play each mission cooperatively.     

Key game features include:  

• tHE MIAMI VICE EXPERIENCE – Play as undercover cops Crockett and Tubbs in the notorious world of Miami Vice -- the mansions, the money, and the mayhem -- set in present-day Miami

• DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PSP System – Experience cutting-edge motion capture, highly-detailed environments, and lighting effects inspired by the film created to maximize the technology of the PSP system

• COOPERATIVE PLAY – Play as partners with wireless action

• MORE THAN A STRAIGHT SHOOTER

• Drug Trading – Raise needed capital and build reputation by managing drug inventory

• Hacking – Unlock sensitive information (security codes, locations, etc.)

• Interactive Cutscene Encounters (ICE) – Continue to boost reputation through dramatic interactive cinematic encounters with powerful drug lords
   

• reputation building dynamic – Establish rep as a major player in the narcotics world through contraband trading, aggressively interacting with drug barons, and pursuing criminals with reckless abandon

• high-powered Action missions – Armed with intelligence from informants and utilizing hacking skills, take on the enemy in varied locations with an impressive array of weapons

• BOAT Gunplay – Experience high-speed chases through Miami’s treacherous waterways while engaging in boat-to-boat shootouts

Miami Vice The Game will be available exclusively for the PSP system in July 2006 for a suggested retail price of $39.99, with an ESRB “M” for Mature rating.

For more information, please visit the game’s official website at www.miamivicepsp.com.

About Miami Vice from Universal Pictures

The cocaine cowboys of the ’80s are gone, but Miami's Casablanca allure, the undercover cops and the attitudes of Michael Mann’s culturally influential television series have been enhanced by time in the feature film version of Miami Vice.

Ricardo Tubbs (Foxx) is urbane and dead smart.  He lives with Bronx-born intel analyst Trudy, played by British actress Naomie Harris (28 Days Later, upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean II and III), as they work undercover transporting drug loads into South Florida to identify a group responsible for three murders. 

Sonny Crockett (Farrell) [to the untrained eye, his presentation may seem unorthodox, but procedurally he is sound] is charismatic and flirtatious until - while undercover working with the supplier of the South Florida group - he gets romantically entangled with Isabella, the Chinese-Cuban wife of an arms and drugs trafficker.  Isabella is played by the Chinese actress Gong Li (Raise the Red Lantern, Memoirs of a Geisha). 

The best undercover identity is oneself with the volume turned up and restraint unplugged.  The intensity of this case pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge where identity and fabrication become blurred, where cop and player become one-especially for Crockett in his romance with Isabella and for Tubbs in the provocation of an assault on those he loves.

Miami Vice stars Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li, Naomie Harris and Ciarán Hinds and is written and directed by Michael Mann, who also produces along with Pieter Jan Brugge; Anthony Yerkovich serves as executive producer.

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