Take Two Signs Austin Powers

Electronic Arts may have locked up James Bond, but the silver screen's other big name spy is signing with Take Two. New Line Cinema and Take Two Interactive have entered into a four year deal granting Take Two exclusive world-wide rights to create interactive software titles based on the Austin Powers characters and films. Take Two will hand development responsibities for a range of products across all platforms to it's Rockstar Games division. "The development team at Take Two's Rockstar Games clearly understand the creative possibilities of this franchise and we are looking forward to working with them on what we all hope will be exciting new interactive gaming concepts,'' said New Line marketing co-chaiman Bob Friedman.