"Croft Killer" WET Coming to Xbox 360 and Playstation 3

Sierra Entertainment this week announced their latest title, WET. The game is slotted to be released on Xbox 360 ad Playstation 3 in 2008 and is being developed by the Canadian A2M team that's already made a name for itself turning some of our television and movie favorites such as Power Rangers and an array of Disney shows into works of video game art.

WET is already being labeled by some as Sierra's upcoming "Croft killer", and at first glance it indeed looks to be a buzz worthy mash-up of acrobatics a-la Prince of Persia and sexy, shooter action found in Tomb Raider.

View the WET trailer here: www.gametrailers.com/player/23756.html

I can't say for certain whether or not WET will be a real contender for next year's best third-person shooter. But I can give you some details as to the game play, storyline and share some artist's renditions of WET's heroine, Rubi - a voluptuous, acrobatic killer with all the right moves to generate serious hype around the game.

The storyline was written by one of the lead writers from Fox's television hit 24 and borrows from the bombshell women assassin number made famous by Tarantinio's Kill Bill. So unlike the disproportionate, vampire killing, dinosaur hunting video game vixens of the past WET follows Rubi, a government-approved mercenary, through her "wet works" or covert assassination missions. When Rubi agrees to help a wealthy man find and bring home his wayward son, shit hits the fan and the tables are turned as the man who hired Rubi isn't who he appeared to be. Now Rubi's on the run, killing everything that gets in her way, needing to find the man who left her for dead.

Toting dual Colt Python pistols and a hefty samurai sword, Rubi uses her acrobatics to climb on ledges, slide under obstacles, swing on poles, run on walls, slide down ladders and flip effortlessly through the air all while taking out targets with innovative 3rd person controls that can be switched from auto-aim for newbs to manual for veteran gamers.

What's more, an impressive "modular" animation system allows Rubi to fire her guns from any of her death-defying acrobatic states, as well as allow her to dispense pain pills in the middle of a cartwheel or while hanging upside-down from a steel ladder.

Scott Webber over at ConsoleMonster.com reports that WET's production is only about 10% complete, but I have little doubts that WET will make a big splash when it debuts.

More information on A2M
A2M is one of Canada's foremost independent video game developers. Since 1992, A2M has created original concepts and developed games for leading video game publishers across all available platforms: portable, current generation and next generation. A2M employs over 430 people at its studio in Montreal. In 2006, A2M was the only Canadian company to simultaneously be ranked among The 50 Best Managed Companies and the Deloitte Canadian Technology Fast 50.

More information on Sierra Entertainment
Sierra Entertainment (www.sierra.com), a global division of Vivendi Games, creates and publishes innovative, high-quality interactive entertainment for videogame systems, handheld gaming devices and personal computers. Sierra Entertainment features a portfolio of titles based on original IP and popular licenses from industry-leading content partners, including F.E.A.R., Crash Bandicoot, Spyro The Dragon, Scarface and Ice Age. Sierra Entertainment has four integrated internal studios providing creative talents and development capabilities across multiple gaming genres: Radical Entertainment in Vancouver, B.C.; High Moon Studios in San Diego, CA; Massive Entertainment in Malmo, Sweden; and Swordfish Studios in Birmingham and Manchester, England.