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EA to launch G.I. Joe game alongside movie

by Justin McElroy on Feb 11th 2009 8:36AM

We've known for a year now that EA has had the rights to toy favorites G.I. Joe, so perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that they'll be rolling out their take on the license alongside this summer's tent pole film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. EA's not talking gameplay at this point but we know (1) you'll get control of 12 different Joes (2) single-screen co-op and (3) it's basically coming to every platform.

The game's story will apparently pick up at the end of the movie's (it's going to have a story?) and allow you to "re-create and re-live the greatest moments from the film, cartoon series and action figure toy line". From that last bit, we can only assume there's going to be a level where the Joes dry hump giant Barbie dolls and get their faces melted after lying under skyscraper-sized radiators.

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Tags: DS, ea, Electronic-Arts, gi-joe, gi-joe-the-rise-of-cobra, licensed, Microsoft, movies, Nintendo, Wii, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (91)

They should make it a brawler like Final Fight. Not enough good ones this generation...

Brawlers need to have a deeper hook to be successful now days.
At the peak of their popularity, you either played at the arcade; your play was limited by your coin, or played on your home console; your play was limited by your lives.
The gameplay is repetitive and basic, and as much as I am a fan of the type of game, they have difficulty holding up in this day and age of unlimited lives and 7+ hour playthroughs.

Loved GI Joe as a kid, so I hope at least one of the two out of the movie and the game will be worth seeing/playing.

[fingers crossed]

They should just pack this game with the Transformers 2 game and call it the "Rape your Childhood Two-Pack"

Nice! That more or less feels like the result.

I would love a good GI Joe game.

Anyone remember the one on the Commodore 64?

vaguely...i remember loving it tho...i also LOVED the one on the NES

Pork chop sandwiches!

Hey kid - I'm a computer...

Last one there is a penis pump!

Give him the stick! Don't give him the stick!

Action Man > GI Joe.

I'll proceed ignoring you posted that.

Teh cartoons were bland and the 3D show wasn't all that bad at least it was better than Max Steel.

This movie is gonna make Transformes seem like Citizen Kane.

you mean in terms of Citizen Kane being a classic??

No, probably in terms of being well-written, literate, and comprehensible. Clearly, Transformers is going to go down in history as the movie where Michael Bay grew up from his "shit goes boom" filmmaking.

Nothing will ever top the GI Joe animated movie.

The intro alone was the definiton of "USA".

Bombs strapped to the Statue of Liberty during a celebration?

Who is going to save the day and kick Cobra's ass while blowing up their mothership at the same time?

GI JOE, M#THERF#CKER! Put that in a PSA.

Wait...mothership? Cobra were aliens? All this time I thought they were just assholes.

COBRA are descendants of an ancient subterrranian reptilian civilization. You've never seen the movie BST?

I don't know, CaptainProton, if they have Joseph Gordon-Levitt growing a whole face-full of freaky eyeballs, and de-evolving into a snake while being carried through a mountainous pass by Marlon Wayans, that would be pretty damned awesome.

You guys know you are going to amongst the first people to see both Transformers 2 and G.I. Joe because you're curiosity is going to make you wonder how they deviated from the comics and cartoons. Then after, you'll sit back, criticize the films, and then determine that they were pretty good. And then you'll buy the DVD or Blu-Ray when it comes out.

As for the video games, yeah, I think they'll be pretty bad. (Transformers: The Movie anyone?)

Anyone remember the Konami arcade game? It played like that level of Contra where you your characters run in the z-axis (into the screen rather than side-scrolling). That game looked very impressive for it's day.

Link:
http://www.digitalmonkeybox.com/GI%20Joe%20Mame.htm

i don't remember if it was that exact version from the link, but i beat that game in the arcade. i started by myself later joined by my brother then 2 random people

Yeah the first level was cool and catchy too, cuz it kept saying "YOU GOT TO GET TOUGH. YO JOE!"

A Rainbow Six/Ghost Recon G.I. Joe game could be really great if it was done correctly.

The only way its good is if its all about Snake Eyes and if Kojima's directing it.

Anyone remember the gijoe arcade game from konami ages ago? Was pretty awesome

The game could be cool if they made it like R6V2 just make the bosses famous cobra bad guys. If Ubisoft was makin it they could. Don't know what EA has that would be close, maybe Army Of Two since they said it was going to be co-op throught.

Yo Joe!!
He'll fight for freedom! Wherever there's trouble, G.I. Joe is there!

(C'mon Everybody)

G.I Joe *Chorus A Real American Hero.

I would have preferred the game be based on the cartoon series instead of the movie. It'll just look generic if it's based on the movie.

It would also be great if you could play as a Cobra member, either a high ranking member or as just one member of the many divisions they have.

They could make such a great game with all the characters and history of the franchise, but I'm sure it will be horrible.

There was a game I used to love called Jagged Alliance, it was a turn-based squad shooter, I always thought GI Joe would be a perfect ft for a game like that.

Jagged Alliance and Commandos were the first games I thought of when I heard this. Sadly, I doubt we'll get anything more than a mediocre action game.

And for DS fans, that means an even less exciting game. I love the DS and all, but we get hit hard whenever there is a multi-platform release.

I'll admit that just the idea of making a G.I. Joe movie is totally absurd, but I have to admit it's looking to be one of those fun PG-13 friendly big budget B-movies. Just like Transformers, this just looks like it will be an absurd amount of fun to watch.

Also, the action scenes in the superbowl ad were really much more impressive than I could have hoped. And the cleavage shot at the beginning? Guys, I think we have an instant classic on our hands.

SNAKE EYES!!!

Forget the game! They should launch a line of action figures!!!! Oh wait...

Dam EA is making this so this will suck something fierce. And everyone is right most movie games if not all of them do suck.

A GI Joe game needs to be made by DICE's Battlefield team, since the vehicles played such a big part of the cartoon and toys.

If they don't have some sort of PSA at the end of the GI Joe movie, I will be severly disappointed

As much as i would love a good GI Joe game.. sadly.. that will not happen..

Crossing my fingers for a GIJoe RTS game.

As for re-living the past you forgot GI Joe getting strapped with 8 bottle rockets then launched into a low neighborhood orbit before crashing into the neighbors window. Oh wait I dont think the neighbors want to re-live that night. But man the fire trail and little bits of GI Joe goo melted across the street it looked like a Jihad bombing done by Stewart Little. God times, Good times.

Wow, 86 comments already.

GI Joe surely does bring the family together.

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