14 DAY TRIAL // Turning Point: Fall of Liberty is the upcoming alternate-reality WWII shooter in development at Spark Unlimited, as if the video games world didn't have enough WWII-based titles already. Nevertheless, both publisher (Codemasters) and developer have agreed they want to do a great job, thus hiring award-winning interactive game composer Michael Giacchino to create the score for it.
As the official press release informs, Giacchino's credits include the popular television series Lost, Alias, renowned game soundtracks for the Medal of Honor and Call of Duty franchises, as well as feature films such as Mission Impossible III, The Incredibles and Ratatouille, just so you know what style of music you'll be hearing in Turning Point: Fall of Liberty.
"I love working with Spark because they're a group that's focused on fusing innovation, quality and narrative into an intensity of game experience very few can create," stated Michael Giacchino. "For this game, we've taken an interesting approach that will allow the score to be more unique and emotionally personal to the player."
The dynamic score will be driven in part by the player's actions, as you may have imagined already. Hopefully, not as sudden as in Tomb Raider Anniversary, not that the two games have anything in common, I'm just trying to point out that "dynamic" shouldn't be transformed into annoying.
"I consider it an honour to be working with Michael once again," said Scott Langteau, Chief Operating Officer of Spark Unlimited. "Together with Michael, we have developed a system that will evoke mood, setting, and emotional involvement with a dynamic structure to deliver musically on Turning Point's themes: the dissonance of an occupied state, the chaos that comes from resisting an unstoppable oppressing army, and the heroic feeling of making a difference as an individual."
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty will be released Q4 '07, published by Codemasters and developed by Spark Unlimited. The game will be available for owners of an Xbox 360, PS3 or PC. That's all for now. Hopefully we'll get to hear some of the pieces before they get implemented, so gamers can have an opinion and maybe even share some impressions and demand a certain something. No wait, those would be spoilers...