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Revision as of 02:29, 19 June 2019
The DC comic book series 100 Bullets had one hundred issues and ran from 1999 to 2009. It follows an agent named Agent Graves who gives people who have been wronged by others the chance to get revenge by giving them a gun, one hundred bullets (hence the name of the series), and info about the person who had wronged the victim. The series has been acclaimed by critics.
There have been two attempts at making a video game based on the series and neither have been released.
Acclaim Entertainment
Acclaim's version of the game was first hinted to exist when they acquired the rights to create a game based on the comic book in June 2003.[1][2] The main character was not Agent Graves, but Cole Burns, another prominent character in the comics. A new character (created by the creator of the comic books, Brian Azzarello) was introduced as well, named Snow Falls. GameSpot described it as "your typical third-person shooter game". There was a large selection of weapons, such as a rifle, a shotgun, and a grenade launcher. There was also a feature called the "rage meter" that would go up while the player kills enemies. When it reached the top, the player would automatically kill every enemy on the screen. Another feature was also planned where an auto-aim system would make the player's crosshair stick to an enemy for a limited amount of time. The longer they held it, the more vulnerable the enemies would be. Enemies could also be used as human shields by the player.[3][1] The game was intended to be released in October 2004 on Xbox and PlayStation 2 and was shown at E3 2004.[3]
Cancellation
On September 1st, 2004, Acclaim Entertainment went out of business and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Its assets were liquidated.[4] This also meant 100 Bullets was cancelled.[5] No playable demo of the game has surfaced, though multiple screenshots and videos showing footage from the game have surfaced.[6]
D3 Publisher of America
In May 2006, almost two years after the Acclaim Entertainment version of the game got the axe, Warner Bros. and D3 Publisher of America made a deal to create a game based on the comic for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, and the Wii.[6] After this announcement, nothing of the game was heard for years. D3 does not have their game listed on their list of games on their website.[7] In a 2009 interview, Brian Azzarello called the game "dead".[8] However, at the time, he still expressed excitement on creating another game in the future.[9] But, in 2013, he stated that he did not think the game could be made anymore, as he thought it was "a little too intense to get off the ground".[10]
Videos
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 An IGN article describing the game. Retrieved 24 Apr '19
- ↑ A Eurogamer article talking about D3 acquiring the license to 100 Bullets, with a brief mention of the Acclaim version. Retrieved 24 Apr '19
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A GameSpot article on Acclaim's version of the game at E3 2004. Retrieved 24 Apr '19
- ↑ A GameSpot article on Acclaim's bankruptcy. Retrieved 24 Apr '19
- ↑ Unseen64 article on the game. Retrieved 24 Apr '19
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 An IGN article on the many cancelled Xbox games (mentions the Acclaim version and also mentioned the then-upcoming D3 version of the game). Retrieved 24 Apr '19
- ↑ An archived 2012 list of D3's games. Retrieved 24 Apr '19
- ↑ An article on both cancelled game adaptations of 100 Bullets. Retrieved 24 Apr '19
- ↑ Interview with Brian Azzarello from 2009, around the time the comic book series ended. Retrieved 24 Apr '19
- ↑ A 2013 interview with Brian Azzarello where he states he has no plans to create a game on the comics. Retrieved 24 Apr '19