Gamekyo: Jade Raymond working on surival game 'I Am Alive'

by Justin McElroy { Jul 10th 2008 at 10:30AM }

We kind of assumed that after the sales success of Assassin's Creed, Ubisoft would tie Jade Raymond to the property and flog them both until one gave out. But apparently, the company thinks the Jade Raymond Media Bump would be better applied to a new IP: Gamekyo's reporting this morning that she's moved on to I Am Alive, a survival game that's set in a Chicago just rocked by an earthquake.

It seems though that she'll be making the leap in the final act of the game's development: Darkworks of Cold Fear fame has been working on the game, allegedly slated for spring 2009, for three years. We're supposed to hear some more about it at E3, so here's hoping that Jade presents the game and we get to experience that rarest of phenomenons, a mass nerd swoon, firsthand.

Tags: BreakingNews, e3-2008, i-am-alive, jade-raymond, ubisoft

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Cyro @ Jul 10th 2008 10:37AM

She's gorgeous!

baby sea tuna @ Jul 10th 2008 10:38AM

Yeah, but Cold Fear...not so much. I'm hesitant on this one.

Marty @ Jul 10th 2008 11:26AM

And thus, that is the only reason why there's a feature here about her.

Marty @ Jul 10th 2008 11:33AM

Oh yeah - let's not forget about Stevie Case, of Ion Storm fame. She even did a shoot for Playboy! http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Stevie+Case%22&btnG=Search

MandBaudio @ Jul 10th 2008 10:38AM

Whoa HOT...

Mike @ Jul 10th 2008 10:38AM

Not thanks! I've seen and played the kind of games she works on.
"Thanks for the offer but I'll have to pass."

koehler83 @ Jul 10th 2008 10:43AM

There's a Final Fantasy XI player!

juju187 @ Jul 10th 2008 11:39AM

o yea

MC Double Def DP @ Jul 10th 2008 10:39AM

she works with video games and is pretty? DOES NOT COMPUTE!

xGeneral DEATHx @ Jul 10th 2008 11:52AM

YOUR
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A-SPLODE!!1one!

Paul P. @ Jul 10th 2008 10:39AM

So they are moving her onto this pretty mcuh already complete game just for the publicity of having their pretty girl that nerds like name and face promoting it.

That is insulting to our intelligence and also insulting to women and especially the talented Raymond, who is not just some PR babe.

tmacairjordan87 @ Jul 10th 2008 10:52AM

Welcome to the world of business and marketing. Hope you enjoy your stay!

ROFFLES @ Jul 10th 2008 10:53AM

Uhhhh....I thought she was pretty much that. Just another PR babe. Kind of like an upgrade over being a model at E3.

Korova of the highlands @ Jul 10th 2008 12:14PM

Yeah, it cant be read as anything but a stunt. She is a model with the company's business card.

That's degrading to her and to the people who actually produced the game.

UNLESS, the game was going horribly, the original producer was fired and she had to step in to pick up the pieced and finish the game. Then she is a hero AND pretty. And that is pretty cool.

We need more spin. Ubi? Jade? Anyone?

Paul P. @ Jul 10th 2008 12:23PM

It could very well be that thing you said as well Korova. It's unfortunate that thanks to the mindest of people in this industry we'll never really know if it was.

crsh @ Jul 10th 2008 12:51PM

They more or less did the same with Assasin's Creed; the difference is she was there from the beginning, but they "used" her to promote the game - when is the last time you even heard the name of a game producer out of the business circles?

Smart & good-looking female working on a game.. more like "Hey guys, she's gorgeous, let's put her EVERYWHERE! Teenage boys will love this!".

Sad thing is, it works all too well.

Peter Smith @ Jul 10th 2008 3:13PM

"when is the last time you even heard the name of a game producer out of the business circles? "

Will Wright, CliffyB, Greg Lopiccolo (spelling?), Ken Levine, Richard Gariot, Peter Molyneaux... the list goes on and on...

crsh @ Jul 10th 2008 4:03PM

These are not producers, they are creators. Jade Raymond is not one of them.

capt_carl @ Jul 10th 2008 10:40AM

*insert remark about Jade's appearance*

Haggard @ Jul 10th 2008 10:40AM

Holy crap, she's one of the other 50% of the population!

LaughingTarget @ Jul 10th 2008 10:52AM

54%, there are more women than men.

mr mobius @ Jul 10th 2008 10:53AM

I like those odds Laughing Target.

mr mobius @ Jul 10th 2008 10:52AM

The talk about flogging her has tarnished my mind. Thank you 'Stiq.

tank @ Jul 10th 2008 10:57AM

I'd tap that

Tez (PSN: Tezasaurus) @ Jul 10th 2008 2:17PM

^Downmodded by the other guys that'd hit it.

I DeX I @ Jul 10th 2008 10:59AM

Wiki Reference:

Raymond graduated from McGill University with a Bachelors of Science in computer science. She started her career as a programmer developing educational games for IBM and consulting in Microsoft’s Advanced Research Group. Her first job in the video game industry was programming games for Sony. A few years later, she moved into a producer role at EA, and she has since been producing games. Raymond was the producer of The Sims Online video game,[citation needed] but most recently, she was the lead producer of Ubisoft Montreal's action-adventure game Assassin's Creed.

She also has a degree in fine arts.

She is a member of the Quebec board of directors of LOVE, a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing youth violence in Canada.

Cyro @ Jul 10th 2008 11:05AM

Doesn't sound like just another PR babe to me....

Cyro @ Jul 10th 2008 11:06AM

Doesn't sound like just another PR babe to me....

Geist @ Jul 10th 2008 2:04PM

Us Canadians are awesome, what can I say?

I DeX I @ Jul 10th 2008 2:32PM

Like we don't see Cliff's face every freak'n other day. Is that sex appeal that sells Gears?

xFenixKnightx @ Jul 10th 2008 11:01AM

I want Assassins Creed 2 >:( This time with a proper ending! Please?

I guess I'll comment on her looks too. IMO shes average.

Nate @ Jul 10th 2008 11:16AM

Where do you live where that's average? I'm moving :)

xGeneral DEATHx @ Jul 10th 2008 11:54AM

My question exactly...I know the old saying "different strokes for different folks" applies in all things, but maybe I just don't live where all the smart/beautiful women do. Need a room mate, Nate?

xFenixKnightx @ Jul 10th 2008 11:56AM

She's pretty no doubt, just not "HAWT as fuck" as I've read previously.

xGeneral DEATHx @ Jul 10th 2008 11:59AM

Okay Fenix...I'll give you that one. Not the hottest you've ever seen, but you've got to admit her as one of the hottest working in the video game industry.

mr mobius @ Jul 10th 2008 12:06PM

Veronica Belmont and her would make an amazing night of multiplayer gaming.

heh @ Jul 10th 2008 1:31PM

I see wimin of this caliber every day here in Cali. I agree with fenix, "average".

Paul P. @ Jul 10th 2008 11:03AM

Everytime there's a Cliffy B game do you feel the need to insert how hot Cliffy B is in your article? Even as "satire". It would be equally true and equally demeaning.

acefondu @ Jul 10th 2008 11:14AM

But...Cliffy looks like a foot compared to her. And there's truth to the phrase, 'the fairer sex.' Does that demean the female gender? No, that quite clearly demeans the male gender, lol.

Levi @ Jul 10th 2008 12:02PM

I have read many articles about Cliff Blezinski where I get the impression that the writer honestly wants to have sex with him.

frogprince @ Jul 10th 2008 11:05AM

Please sir, can I have some money? You dirty thief, I'll have your hand for that! What a fool! But I am poor and my family is sick. I'll teach you not to steal! Just a few coins, I just need a few coins. Assassin! You dirty thief, I'll have your hand for that! Please sir, I beg of you! But I am poor and my family is sick. I'll teach you not to steal! What a fool! Assassin! Please sir, can I have some money? You dirty thief, I'll have your hand for that! Assassin! Just a few coins, I just need a few coins. (repeat 9 BILLION times)

Hardcore @ Jul 10th 2008 11:12AM

She's there for advertising purposes, no matter what if the game sucks, Ubisoft knows very well that sex sells.

Marty @ Jul 10th 2008 11:35AM

I don't entirely disagree with you, but she did supposedly design Assassin's Creed too, you know.

Mr.ESC @ Jul 10th 2008 11:52AM

To be honest I'm not sure what Jade did exactly, since She is the producer I guess she gave the whole concept wings but sadly everything the whole AC Team did was just a really cute Tech Demo with a story that ended in the worst cliffhanger ever and with the idea of making sequels as if the story was so genius people would pay more to see what happens to our cardboard hero Desmond.

Seriously even Halo had the decency of pulling that crap on the sequel.

Hardcore @ Jul 10th 2008 12:29PM

@ Marty:

I am not trying to say she is not good, Assasin Creed was certainly good, but I am afraid she is just there doing nothing, but to speak for the DarkWorks game.

I am not implying the game will turn bad, but you know it ;ll be definitely sucks if companies do that for and the titles turn out terrible. Which why I am skeptical of using sex appeal for games

@ Mr ESC

The game still good despite its flaws, and proves she is a capable producer

DangerMouse @ Jul 10th 2008 11:17AM

I thought i paid for video games.

Squid @ Jul 10th 2008 11:19AM

I don't see why this is being reported - there's nothing newsworthy here aside from Jade's obvious status as an attractive woman in the gaming industry, which is a really pathetic reason to give something this much attention.

She didn't make Assassin's Creed, she "produced" it, so her presence as a "brand name" is meaningless. She's a glorified booth babe.

If she had her named tied to some garbage like Shrek-N-Roll, would we still have to hear about the game ad nauseum in the gaming press, just so news sites can grab a few more adsense bucks by posting a pretty face?

Joke all you want about nerds swooning. You're still giving Ubisoft undue press coverage solely for the appeal of an attractive female, and that's pretty pathetic.

I DeX I @ Jul 10th 2008 11:41AM

Glorified Booth Babe. Well, sir, what is your level of edumacation. Look at her Wiki profile before you comment.

LaughingTarget @ Jul 10th 2008 12:54PM

A Playboy centerfold could have a PhD in particle physics but it doesn't change the fact she's nude in a magazine meant to masturbate to. Producers never get the press coverage that Ms. Raymond is getting and she is being utilized as sex appeal. Credentials, education and ability aren't being advertised here, a pretty face is.