The funny thing about inventing a genre of videogames is that, until it becomes completely played out, every game that emulates your formula is going to be attached to your name. Games that feature a wide-open, freely explorable world, for example, will have a hard time avoiding the label of "Grand Theft Auto clone," especially if their worlds are littered with vehicles to steal and drive.
In the six years since Grand Theft Auto III, a slew of games have tried to become "the next GTA," but so
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Vivendi Games' Sierra Entertainment division is pleased to announce that Scarface: The World Is Yours, the highly anticipated video game based on the 1983 classic film by Universal Pictures, is now available at retail stores across North America. The game, which presents a sequel storyline that asks What if Tony Montana survived the mansion shootout? is available on the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Windows PC for an estimated retail price of $49.99.
Tony Montana's second coming looks better and better every time we see it, having gone from a lame, ugly Grand Theft Auto ripoff to a slick-looking drug-lord simulation in the space of a year. The new Scarface: The World is Yours trailer is the best look we've had at the game yet, laying out the plot while treating us to plenty of screaming, cursing, explosions and flashy Scarface-style viciousness.
Better still, a huge tiger totally mauls a guy. And it's apparently a pet tiger you can buy.
Check out this latest batch of Scarface: The World is Yours screenshots, which reveal just how much detail is going into Vivendi's virtual update of the legendary gangster movie.
Radical, the developer responsible for Scarface, has lots of experience with open-ended game worlds, having produced The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction and The Simpsons: Hit & Run, both of which were solid free-roaming experiences.
Even if you're bored of all possible combinations of guns, gangsters, grit,
