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Activision recruiting for Secret Service

Publisher wants Xbox 360, PS2, and PC players willing to take a virtual bullet for the president in budget-priced game coming later this year.

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The US Secret Service has proven fertile inspirational ground for films, having been the subject of thrillers such as In the Line of Fire and To Live and Die in LA, to name a few. However, the federal law-enforcement agency doesn't get nearly as much play in the world of games.

Activision is doing its part to change that, given that the publisher announced today Secret Service for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, and PC. The game puts players into the president's security detail on Inauguration Day, right as the capital comes under attack from unknown parties. Activision is promising a twisting story that will require players to kill and/or subdue threats as the Service attempts to ferret out the reasons behind the attacks and the people responsible.

If that sounds familiar, it might be because Vin Diesel's Tigon Studios announced its own Secret Service game nearly four years ago. That project was to be made in collaboration with X-Men and Usual Suspects director Bryan Singer, but has not materialized. However, Activision representatives told GameSpot that this project is in no way related to Tigon's Secret Service, and is being developed by Slovakian studio Cauldron, the outfit behind last year's Soldier of Fortune: Payback.

Activision's Secret Service will launch later this year for $39.99 on the Xbox 360, $29.99 on the PS2, and $19.99 on the PC. The game has not been authorized by the actual US Secret Service.

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Wait what?! NINJAS?! FINALLY! No stupid, cheesy terrorist organizations capturing the president! It's about time someone had the balls to add ninjas in the fray!

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i got the ps2 version and its really lame. graphics are more like the first "doom" lol

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Looks cheap and stupid. Hehe. :D

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Hope it comes with a map editor at least.

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Does this game have anything to do with the older Secret Service games that Activision Value did?

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This will be interesting:lol:

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How completely unrealistic. How many gunfights have the Secret Service that guard the president been in in the last 8 years? Zero. I ain't playing this game.

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Ninjas kidnapped the president, are you a bad enough Dude to save the president?

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ballz

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i expect another 4-5 score.

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Will the president character model look like George W. Bush? Or will they wait till Nov. 4th and put in either Obama or McCain, depending on who wins?

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"Cauldron, the outfit behind last year's Soldier of Fortune: Payback" Soldier of fortune sucked, I doubt this game will be any better

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Make a game that focus's on SAS, or Mossad, and ill go crazy... it's boring how it is aaalways Americans... SAS and Mossad is a million times better!

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hmmmm....thinking...thinking..

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"...the outfit behind last year's Soldier of Fortune: Payback." You could have lead with that so I would have known to stop reading.

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I think this could be interesting, though I'm not a huge fan of activision's games. We'll have to see where this goes.

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be cool for online, one team has to try to kill the pres. and the other has to protect. use like car bombs to sniper. pry will suck but could be a good idea

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wow here activision goes again. take somebody elses game idea and try to get it out there cheaper and faster. i can't believe they haven't been sued for all of they're theivery. ps: nobody wants to die for the president.

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Thank you Gamespot. For telling us in advance not to play this game. Of course, I could've heard the title and known to stay away from it. Sounds like one of those budget PC games that doesn't even deserve a whole box but rather just a cheap little CD case. lol. This will never see the inside of my 360.

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defend the white house all the time?......thats.....lame.

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Scheduled for the PS2 ? Gotta be kidding me right ? I'll pass, sorry

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This isn't news.

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not a very interesting concept 4 a game, ill pass

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Doesn't look too bad, if it turns out to be at least a good game at $40 it won't be a bad buy (better at $40 than a full $60 like a movie game) but I'd imagine it will have a lot of elements from SOF, bad, short story, little multiplayer and sub par graphics.

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considering its only 40 bucks i dont think it will be very good, normal games are 60. Might be worth a rental at least

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Who gives a damn if the SS authorize the game?

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sof3 wasnt THAT bad it was fine if you just rented it though, this might be good ill give it a rent atleast, can't judge a game by it's screenshots (but then again the screenshots look pretty good for the budget especially)

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sounds like a decent idea for a video game :)

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sof3 was the worst game i ever played, this game will most likely suck, but guess you gotta give it a chance.

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I somehow doubt they'll be able to make a Secret Service job interesting... And besides, SoF3 sucked.

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Taking a bullet for the pres? Guess it depends on which pres is in the game.

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I wish this would be good, but it wont

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The cheap price tag means they haven't put as much money into the game, so you know what that means.

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O god there making it low priced...this sounds like NARC all over again i remember that game was $29.99 when it came out, this is gonna be ugly

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dang finally we get to play a very high end spec ops group hope it play just good as well of rainbow six Vegas and GRAW 2 [edit update] never mind a very low price for a new game will mean it will suck... but we will see what people gives it when it comes out

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Oh yeah, shooting going on around the White House. This will defenitly not go over well with politicians.

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Wonder what Secret Service thinks of this? "It's nothing like that." Yeah, wouldn't be surprised if this comes on the news.

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Alright! a craptastic game for a craptastic time in our economy woo!

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looks like it will be pretty low budget/plain bad.

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will there be online play? lolz

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I bet this game will suck.

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$40? Are they expecting this to be a whiff or is it really short or something? $40 for a quality game would make Tigon my new favorite developer. (Sorry Ubisoft. You'd be close, though.)

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The way the world is going these days, I'd probably get more satisfaction out of losing this game than winning it.

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Not really sure what to think of this. I guess it could be cool, though the story is going to have to be fantastic.

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this isn't going to go over well with the non-gaming public... probably why the price is so reduced

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