Early Friday morning a new Michael Jackson video game was announced. The game, being handled by Michael Jackson's own company MJJ Productions, would make use of the Pop Star's musical catalogue and even feature dialogue from the legendary singer which he had already recorded some of. Also involved would be David Perry, legendary game designer behind Earthworm Jim and Wild 9.
To put this project into perspective, this new MJ game would basically be the equivalent of a new album release. Perry desribed the project saying, "I was working with Michael on an idea to release a brand new album as a game. It was one of those "big" ideas and would have introduced millions of new players to the video game industry, that was the goal. He was going to help promote it on a grand scale. We worked on a design and I even brought an industry friend up there to Neverland to help with the work. The timing was terrible however as this was when the 2nd round of allegations happened and everything went to a standstill." However, Perry is thrilled that the game will stil see the light of day.
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David Perry also had some kind words to say about the recently deceased King of Pop that are very bitter sweat in light of recent events. "I'm really honored to have spent time with the guy, any gamer would get along with him, he really loved the same kind of stuff we do. I also was lucky as I was given free roam of Neverland and have played even his Moonwalker arcade machine, and watched movies in his theater, I'm really happy to hear there's a game coming, it's sad he won't be able to really promote his love of gaming when it launches."
While not much is known about the game outside of the few facts listed at the beginning of this article, once more information pours in we will surely pass it along.
