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Bruckheimer Inks Vid Game Deal With MTV

Action maestro will make games the way he makes movies

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 19, 2007 9:07 AM CST

(Newser) – When MTV heard that Jerry Bruckheimer wanted to make video games, the company jumped to sign him. Sure, Bruckheimer’s never made a video game before, but he doesn’t think it’ll be too different from making Pirates of the Caribbean or "CSI.... Read full story »

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