Vancouver’s United Front Games had some good news to announce yesterday. The action game in development at the Vancouver-based studio has been picked up by video game publisher Square Enix.
Originally set-up for publication in November as True Crime: Hong Kong, Activision cancelled it in February.
Square Enix has not announced what the game’s new title will be, but the company has not acquired the rights to the True Crime franchise. A new release date and platforms have not been revealed as yet.
Lee Singleton, general manager of Square Enix’s London Studios told Gamasutra’s Christian Nutt that since Activision’s cancellation, UFG continued to develop the game with a smaller team, and that “we’re ready to turn up the heat and get the team up to capacityâ€.
Japan-based Square Enix, best known for the Final Fantasy games, has been expanding its portfolio of titles and genres, exemplified by its acquisition of Eidos in 2009.
The company also seems to be quite interested in Canadian development. Eidos Montreal will be releasing its first game, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, in August, and there have been rumblings that Square Enix was looking for a site for a possible second Canadian studio.
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