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Codies picks up Leisure Suit Larry?

So says Germany's ratings body
A listing on the German game rating body's website appears to confirm Codemasters has picked up the publishing rights to Leisure Suit Larry - Box Office Bust.

The sleaze maestro's latest outing was first revealed last year.

At the time Worms developer Team 17 was making the game with ex-Vivendi label Sierra publishing.

However, following the merger between Activision (which is partly owned by Vivendi) and Blizzard the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 title was seemingly left in no man's land without a publisher.

According to this USK listing though, Codemasters might just have swooped in to save the day.

We've left a message with the company to confirm whether this is the case or not.

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Posted by Barca Azul
Why?
Posted by cjw101
Leisure Suit Larry hasn't been good for the best part of 20 years, why are people still flogging this skeletal horse?
Posted by English Shmuppet
Unbelievers...pah!

Any company prepared to at least try and bring Larry back to his prime gets my thumbs up.
Posted by kimoak
Doesn't Al Low have anything to do with these games anymore?
Posted by Dajmin
Codies just seem to enjoy picking up games that are crap. They bought up a load of Korean RPGs that they now run for free because nobody wanted to pay for them. And now the dwindling sales of Larry. It's just the same stuff it was on the Amiga, repackaged and made with better graphics!

Whatever happened to the quality stuff they did 20 years ago? Dizzy, the "Pro <x> Sim" series. I miss the Darling-era Codies.
Posted by The_KFD_Case
Hear, hear! For me personally I'd say that in order for the game to appeal they would have to leave the old "cheese humor" way behind and focus on believable interaction. Everyone daydreams about something sometime. I think we all like to have heroes and idols and sometimes imagine ourselves in their place. This game is in a position to cater to a specific...area..of such fantasizing if done well. Humor is fine. Lame, unfunny attempts at humor with 80's game challenges are not.
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