Players Enter the Conflicted World of “The Dark Defender”
Marc Ecko Entertainment has announced it has entered into
a production agreement with Showtime Networks to design a videogame based on
the Emmy® and Golden Globe® winning hit television series “DEXTER”, currently
airing on ITV1. Marc Ecko Entertainment will develop the property for
interactive media in close collaboration with Showtime Networks to guarantee
its faithfulness to the spirit of the groundbreaking show.
DEXTER follows Dexter Morgan, a forensic blood spatter expert for the Miami
Dade Police Department whose perfectly respectable persona hides a dark
compulsion: he is a serial killer who hunts down people who have escaped
justice.
“DEXTER is the extremely rare TV show with enough layers of action and tension
to translate perfectly into a compelling videogame,” said Marc Fernandez, Vice
President of Marc Ecko Entertainment. “Our game designers, writers, and artists
are going to give Dexter’s morally complex world the kind of interactivity that
gamers will love.”
“DEXTER is one of the most popular shows on SHOWTIME with a particularly strong
fan base among gamers. It’s a very logical jump to create a game with the
website IGN.com naming it 2007’s ‘Best Television Program’,” said Len Fogge,
Executive Vice President, Marketing, Digital Media and Research at Showtime
Networks. “We’re confident Marc Ecko Entertainment’s team has the unique
talents to take Dexter to the interactive space in the right way.”
Marc Ecko Entertainment handled the production side of 2005’s game “Getting Up”
and is currently working on an untitled project with developer Human Head. The
Dexter game is in pre-production and Showtime Networks and Marc Ecko
Entertainment are in talks with a handful of developers to bring the game to
life. More details will be announced in upcoming months.
