Konami will seize 'Saw' license

Konami's upcoming Silent Hill "re-imagining" doesn't mark its only forthcoming foray into the horror genre. According to The Cut Scene, the publisher has confirmed that it will seize Saw for an upcoming licensed game, hoping to balance the film franchise's gore and depraved puzzles with ... well, the gore and depraved puzzles one might expect to encounter in a video game.

Konami's marketing director, David Daniels, saw fit to label the move as a no-brainer, what with Saw having seen ticket sales of "over $600 million worldwide" and having sold over 16 million DVDs. Once considered as deceased publisher Brash's last chance at rising above mediocrity, the Saw game will be completed by developer Zombie and released alongside the next film -- Saw VI, in case you lost track -- this Fall on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

Tasking you with navigating an asylum and defusing Jigsaw's trademark deathtraps, the Saw game promises to adopt an overt style of horror and make you "turn away from the screen for just a moment because of the visual intensity." Experience some of that visual intensity for yourself in the gallery below:

Saw: The Game

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So will this be like an adventure game? Play it once, figure out how to diffuse all the traps, never play again...?

Whats next a CSI game? Oh wait

Good point, but who would want to not activate the traps? Watching them play out is the porn part of the "torture porn" equation.

Maybe Ubisoft should just buy this, and then throw a Saw 'skin' over the Grey's Anatomy game. Maybe add a Z, Sawz.

lolZ

I don't know what's more disturbing, the idea of this movie or the fact that millions of people watched it.

Oh yea. Torture porn, now in interactive format. Someone tell me why I would want to play a game that promises that I will want to turn away from the screen?

wake up Konami you forgot an important platform.

Really? Judging by Madworld's sales, I think they got the number of platforms just right.

95% of your comments are you asking why a game isn't being made for the Wii...

I think I'm gonna make a majority of my comments asking why XXX console game isn't coming to the PC. : D

Yeah, c'mon Konami! Many of us have a Dreamcast just begging for new games too!

maybe you should get a real game console...

I know games based on movies suck, but this actually sounds decent...

Dreamcast???

was replying to clueless John.

I Know where the jigsaw piece goes, right there on the floor beside the tv! ive beaten this game before its even finshed, jesus im good!

"seize saw"

excellent.

I see what you noticed them do there.

I can't help it. It deserved mad respect, yo.

i want to stop seeing saw

I hate that doll thing.

I hope its like the movies, where ure stiuck in a room gotta figure out how to proceed, Flash back events, REALLY GORY death scences, violence etc...

PLEASE KONAMI :D

I love the films, they're so well made (imo)
I'll probably check this out when its released.

Yes Drew what is your point,I don't trash others consoles so what is the big deal.

John i think he means grow a pair and buy yourself a real console.

@mheat2k6

pair of what?

Dreamcasts. A pair of Dreamcasts.

I stopped at the crapathon known as Saw III.

If I've never seen a Saw movie do I win or lose?

You win in a huge way

You definately win, youre blessed your virgin eyes havent seen this piece of garbage

The 1st one was really great, I'd absolutely suggest checking it out. The degree to which they go downhill from there might be guinness worthy.

Wow to the person who said that the Saw movies were "well made".

Its astonishing to me how many people actually like $%#$ movies like this...Saw and movies like it is the biggest reason why movies suck nowadays...

Saw - great suspense film with interesting plot threads

Saw 2 through ? - torture porn filth with poorly cobbled-together death scenes ripped out of Rube Goldberg's nightmares.

i still love them

I agree. Yet for some reason I've seen them all. 5 was on a date though, so that one doesn't really count. I'll do my best to miss 6.

I stopped after the crapathon known as Saw.

Sounds cool. Remember Tecmo's Deception? I wish they'd make some more of them. Setting up traps and such was fun. I remember I loved the 2nd one on playstation.

Do you want to play a game... no seriously i have a video game out now. lol, classic.

I don't think I would really pick up this game unless there was a real online element to it. First off it started off development under a studio who makes games typically for the Early Child to Everyone crowd. I seriously doubt that they could make the jump to an M rating with it being able to be as frightening as a lot of other horror titles; although you never know what Konami can bring to the table. The only redeeming element, for me, would be a solid onlne componet. Setting traps as Jigsaw, with other players needing to survive, that'd be nice. Knowing Konami though, they'll skip out on multiplayer to focus their budget on the single player side. Still, if they add it, I might bump the game up from "Pass" to "Possibly Rent"

Whatevs pal, the first one was an absolutely fantastic move. I boo in your direction, sir.

That must be one deadly game of Boggle.

It ....um... it .... what's that word? It _somethings_ the mind.

I made it to 3 as well. After that I couldn't find anything to be interested in. I can't imagine a game title will be worth a damn either.

Ric Flair's ring robes are courtesy of Victoria's Secret..

Just wait until the $99.99 reverse bear trap accessory is available!

Konami will seize 'Saw' license

Saw: The Game

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