Get some 60s San Fran love with Codemasters’ HEI$T

Codemasters announced that it will be giving fans a chance to go back to the year 1969 and rob banks all across San Francisco. Aside from stealing all the Benjamins, players are also encouraged to raid various establishments like bars, restaurants, strip clubs, and armoured cars in order to acquire bigger and better tools needed to penetrate the more difficult banks.

But wait! Don’t get ahead of yourselves as all of these are just in-game of course. The celebrated publisher just unwrapped the covers of its upcoming “open world” video game HEI$T, currently under the reins of developer inXile Entertainment. In this title, players will be in-d in charge of ex-convict Johnny Sutton and his group of renegade criminals.

Creative Director at inXile Entertainment Maxx Kaufman explained that HEI$T is being designed so that players can feel how it is like to be a part of the best robberies and car chases from classic movies. Speaking of which, after every bank robbery, players are required to make a quick getaway lest they want to end up again in jail or worse. Kaufman remarked,

Everything from the different types of jobs to pull and the reckless pursuits by the police through the streets of San Francisco, to the sarcastic banter back and forth between the members of the crew, gives HEI$T the action and style of the great attitude and rock-driven films of the 60’s.

HEI$T is scheduled to be released on platforms Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 (PS3), and Games for Windows (PC). Codemasters mentioned that the video game will be available in Q4 2007.

Codemasters announced that it will be giving fans a chance to go back to the year 1969 and rob banks all across San Francisco. Aside from stealing all the Benjamins, players are also encouraged to raid various establishments like bars, restaurants, strip clubs, and armoured cars in order to acquire bigger and better tools needed to penetrate the more difficult banks.

But wait! Don’t get ahead of yourselves as all of these are just in-game of course. The celebrated publisher just unwrapped the covers of its upcoming “open world” video game HEI$T, currently under the reins of developer inXile Entertainment. In this title, players will be in-d in charge of ex-convict Johnny Sutton and his group of renegade criminals.

Creative Director at inXile Entertainment Maxx Kaufman explained that HEI$T is being designed so that players can feel how it is like to be a part of the best robberies and car chases from classic movies. Speaking of which, after every bank robbery, players are required to make a quick getaway lest they want to end up again in jail or worse. Kaufman remarked,

Everything from the different types of jobs to pull and the reckless pursuits by the police through the streets of San Francisco, to the sarcastic banter back and forth between the members of the crew, gives HEI$T the action and style of the great attitude and rock-driven films of the 60’s.

HEI$T is scheduled to be released on platforms Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 (PS3), and Games for Windows (PC). Codemasters mentioned that the video game will be available in Q4 2007.