Block Island… dead ahead

Matt has completed his new suspense novel -- Block Island -- and delivered it to his agent.

For now the plot must remain under wraps….

Two new trailers for Just Cause 2…and a movie in the works

Just Cause 2 -- due 2010 --- has two new trailers. See them here:
» http://www.gameslave.co.uk/newscomments.cfm?news=8398&title=Just-Cause-2-Trailer
» http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/21356/Just-Cause-2-No-Ordinary-Mission-Trailer-Screens/

Written by Matt and Neil Richards, JC2 features the further improbable adventures of agent Rico Rodriguez who has to overthrow the evil dictator of Panau, Baby Panay, and confront his former boss, Tom Sheldon. TeamX-Box had this say about the game…”No ordinary mission, no ordinary hero…no combat scenario will feel ordinary either.”

And the movie news? IGN reported this from Variety:
“Eidos Interactive's Just Cause is set to become a movie, according to trade paper Variety. Producer Adrian Askarieh, who also set up the Hitman and Kane & Lynch films, has landed the rights to the game. Variety has the developers describing Rodriguez as a mix of Bourne, Bond, Wolverine, Rambo and apparently a "touch of Enrique Iglesias.".”

G-Force Reviews


The innovative 3-D game G-Force, with story and script by Matt, has been getting some great reviews.
Here are a few …
"G-Force is a well-thought-out, impressively constructed and will keep kids who are fans of the movie enraptured for ages."
from:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2009/jul/27/g-force-xbox-ps3

“I thoroughly enjoyed the graphics, control, gameplay, and innovations found within, and I know I’m not the only one that enjoyed it as you all will see soon enough when the video interview and demo of G-force is published in the near future.”
from
andPop.com

“I'll be honest – I’m not a fan of Disney films and come to think of it, I am not much of a fan of guinea pigs either. So when G-Force landed on my desk I was half tempted to sling it out the window. Then, when I was told I had to review it, I considered slinging myself out of the window. Fortunately I didn't, as rather surprisingly G-Force is quite a remarkable game.”
From:
http://www.streathamguardian.co.uk/leisure/4535494.print/

Manchester Game Event

Matt spoke on October 28th for the UK’s Northewest Vision and Media.
From the press release….

“The event, part of Northwest Vision and Media's Visionary Sessions, will see Costello leading a discussion that aims to help bring together scriptwriters and games developers.
Held at the BBC Club at the broadcaster's Oxford Road base on 28 October, the session should give the audience an insight into how Costello has established his name through writing best selling video games. NVM will also use the gathering to launch its new scriptwriting for video-games course, which will be run through International Hobo.

To register for the event head over to http://narrative-in-games.eventbrite.com “

Picnic 2009

Matt hosted this year’s Picnic 2009, and it turned out to be a sold-out event, called by co-founder Marleen Stikker ‘the best Picnic ever!”. Matt’s duties included interviewing the mayor of Amsterdam about games and his city, and Nicholas Negroponte about his One Laptop Per Child imitative.

In between, Matt introduced a dizzying array of speakers and panels that provided the always- amazing Picnic mix of creativity, awareness, innovation -- and fun.

You can see news of the conference, with videos and updates, here:
www.picnicnetwork.org.