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Freestyle Games, Red Bull to take gaming to the (twitchy, diuretic) XTREME photo

Red Bull, the stop-gap solution for all of those wannabe tweakers out there, has decided it wants to dip an unsteady wing into the fertile waters of Lake VideoGameDevelopment. According to Wired's nubile, younger sister Game|Life, El Rojo Toro has teamed with Freestyle Games, a development group most recently hailed for the gripping, sordid tale of B-Boy (a Shakespearean account of the harrowing life of an urban breakdancer), to develop, and I quote;

... triple A complete original IP experiences. We’re not trying to produce mini-games. The bottom line is they will be innovative, original, next-gen games and they will sell and be successful based on that alone. We’re not trying to short-circuit the process by attaching a name or a brand or a license or personality.

That nugget of marketspeak comes courtesy of Chris Lee, Freestyle's commercial director.

After the success of Burger King's trio of titles, it's not difficult to imagine that other brands would want to get in on those ducats, so you can't blame Da Bull for trying, but if they actually expect us to believe they'll be releasing the next Metal Gear Solid, or for that matter, the next Mr. Do's Castle, they're going to have to start mixing PCP into those tiny cans of liquid insomnia.








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Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/12/2007 01:04
Aaron Mxy Yost
At first I thought you were talking about the energy drink, and I laughed. Then I realized you WERE talking about the energy drink, and I cried.

I need to get my bipolar meds refilled.
Reeper's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/12/2007 01:16
Reeper
what about red balls?
it's cocaine in a can baby!
Teta's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/12/2007 01:50
Teta
That sounds interesting, in some way.
s0lesurviv0r's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/12/2007 01:58
s0lesurviv0r
I saw a mech model on the front page of destructoid.
I clicked the link blindly.
....I am dissappointed.
0bshaky's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/12/2007 02:51
0bshaky
Red Bull... oh Red Bull... I used to drink Black Label with Red Bull for hard party nights but in the morning it gave me this short bursts of acid-like diarrhea that was so painful to shit... The only way this could go good is with some Peptobismol themed games.
Jester's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/12/2007 03:00
Jester
Vodka companies will hop on this money train.
nightmareci's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/12/2007 03:23
nightmareci
All the power ups will be cans of Red Bull. This is my prediction.
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/12/2007 03:41
Darren Nakamura
Welcome back, Nex. I was getting so sick of that pretentious Earnest Cavalli guy.
Rainbowblack's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/12/2007 03:44
Rainbowblack
THIS POST IS EXTREEEEEEEME!!!!!!!!!!!!1
vinnchan's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/12/2007 11:04
vinnchan
Red Bull and Vodka...
Red Bull Racing...
Red Bull Video Games...


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