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May 23, 2005, 6:41 PM
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Midway Games announce Stranglehold
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Midway Games announced Stranglehold, an intense action game currently in development for next generation consoles. Stranglehold is a collaboration with world renowned action film director, John Woo's (Face/Off, Hard Boiled, The Killer) Tiger Hill Entertainment and is scheduled to release in 2006. The project is currently in development at Midway's Chicago studio by the critically acclaimed Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy team, led by industry veteran Brian Eddy. Stranglehold, will bring John Woo's famous use of hyperkinetic, choreographed action and freeze framed sequences to the video game arena and will also feature the likeness and voice talent of international action film star, Chow Yun-Fat, (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hard Boiled, Bulletproof Monk) in his video game debut. Having worked together for several feature films, the dynamic duo, Yun-Fat and Woo, are teaming up once again, but this time bringing their expertise to the world of interactive entertainment.
"The video game industry continues to push the envelope, bridging the
worlds of games and movies to produce revolutionary entertainment for
consumers," said Steve Allison, Midway chief marketing officer. "To
have John Woo creatively involved in Stranglehold and Chow Yun-Fat
reprising his role as Inspector Tequila is truly a dream come true for
fans of Hong Kong action movies. This game is the first pure example of
the convergence of entertainment. Stranglehold is an example of what is
possible in the next generation of video games as a viable approach to
building a new IP as a gaming franchise that speaks to a fan base
through its star and director, in the same way a film does."
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