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January 4th, 2010, 12:40
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2010/01/500x_leppard.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2010/01/leppard.jpg)Here's something that slipped by unnoticed during the festive season: someone is making an "unusual" Def Leppard (http://kotaku.com/tag/defleppard/) video game.
Buried in an announcement about upcoming Def Leppard licensing deal with Primary Wave - which will see the company promote a Def Leppard cartoon series and cell phone apps - is news from Primary Wave CEO Larry Mestel that an "unusual" video game is also in the pipeline.
"Unusual" isn't what I think of when I think of Rock Band/Guitar Hero. "Unusual" is more like that REO Speedwagon game (http://kotaku.com/5397630/reo-speedwagon-the-game-no-this-is-not-a-joke) from a few months back.
Other "unusual" possibilities must surely include a serious flight sim, as you pilot the band's private jet across the continental United States, seeking tower clearances and managing fuel invoices. Or a music management game, similar to Theme Park, only Peter Molyneux's team can't make the ageing rockers any "cuter". Or "younger". Or even something about a quest for a robotic arm...
Rockers Def Leppard developing cartoon series (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BK02E20091221?type=entertainmentNews%3Ffee dType%3DRSS&feedName=entertainmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fentertainment+%28Ne ws+%2F+US+%2F+Entertainment%29&utm_content=Google+Reader) [Reuters]
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Buried in an announcement about upcoming Def Leppard licensing deal with Primary Wave - which will see the company promote a Def Leppard cartoon series and cell phone apps - is news from Primary Wave CEO Larry Mestel that an "unusual" video game is also in the pipeline.
"Unusual" isn't what I think of when I think of Rock Band/Guitar Hero. "Unusual" is more like that REO Speedwagon game (http://kotaku.com/5397630/reo-speedwagon-the-game-no-this-is-not-a-joke) from a few months back.
Other "unusual" possibilities must surely include a serious flight sim, as you pilot the band's private jet across the continental United States, seeking tower clearances and managing fuel invoices. Or a music management game, similar to Theme Park, only Peter Molyneux's team can't make the ageing rockers any "cuter". Or "younger". Or even something about a quest for a robotic arm...
Rockers Def Leppard developing cartoon series (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BK02E20091221?type=entertainmentNews%3Ffee dType%3DRSS&feedName=entertainmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fentertainment+%28Ne ws+%2F+US+%2F+Entertainment%29&utm_content=Google+Reader) [Reuters]
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