Gamespot: Bible Videogame Submitted to Sony for PS3, PS4, PS Vita

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Upcoming Kickstarter-funded The Bible Videogame has been submitted to Sony for approval across PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita. The game's creators, The Tornado Twins, announced the news in an update to their Kickstarter page.

"Our game is submitted to Sony, pending approval for Playstation 3, Playstation 4, PS Vita," they wrote. "Approval is up to Sony and we're waiting to hear back. The technology is in place to deploy to these devices, so we can't wait to see if they'll let us distribute this epic game on their platforms."

If The Bible Videogame is approved for those systems, it will double the number of platforms the game will available for, joining PC, Linux, and Mac. No plans have been announced for Xbox versions.

The Bible Video Game unfolds episodically (ten installments are planned, including one focused around David & Goliath) that aims to turn the "world's most-loved book into a quality game." Developers say they want to make a "cutting-edge gameplay experience" that will let players virtually experience the stories of the Bible like they never have before. "It will be true to the Bible," they say.

The Tornado Twins, AKA Ruben and Efraim Meulenberg, are perhaps best known for their YouTube channel, which has tallied close to 10 million views to date. To create The Bible Videogame, they have hired various developers who have worked on video game franchises like Lego, Star Wars, and Assassin's Creed.

After meeting with parents at churches across the United States and Europe, the twins say they were inundated with requests by parents for a video game about the Bible. Though other mediums, like film, TV, and books, have covered the Bible extensively, there has yet to be a high-quality video game adaptation of the Bible, is what they argue.

The Twins also heard from parents that they want a Bible game that isn't full of gore, appeals to be a wide range of ages, isn't "cheesy," and is true to the Bible. That's exactly what The Bible Videogame aims to achieve, they say.

To make The Bible Videogame a reality, the Tornado Twins are looking to raises $35,000 by November 1. At press time, funding stands at $26,030. The $35,000 covers the first three episodes, while the Twins note that they will need around $380,000 in total to deliver all ten installments.

Earlier this year, Phoenix Interactive Studios launched a crowdfunding campaign for another Bible-themed game, The Call of Abraham, but it was not successful.

Eddie Makuch is a news editor at GameSpot, and you can follow him on Twitter @EddieMakuch

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Looks like they're a little short of their financial goal for the first 3 episodes, to say nothing of the 380K needed for the whole series. They might have bitten off more than they can chew. If I were them, I would've scaled down the project to "The Jesus game" and focused only on the New Testament. The Old does have more action (murder, deceit, infidelity, etc.), but I've always found it hard to get into.

That character model looks pretty crude, like PS2 era.
 
Andy said:
Looks like they're a little short of their financial goal for the first 3 episodes, to say nothing of the 380K needed for the whole series. They might have bitten off more than they can chew. If I were them, I would've scaled down the project to "The Jesus game" and focused only on the New Testament. The Old does have more action (murder, deceit, infidelity, etc.), but I've always found it hard to get into.

That character model looks pretty crude, like PS2 era.
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I've been saying for years the bible would make the greatest game of all time. Sex, violence, creatures, moral stuff.
 
You know, I gotta say, many of those bible stories would actually make for an interesting and unique game. Seems like they're on the road to getting their game funded. I'm no believer at all, but I'm looking forward to seeing these games. El Shaddai is an interesting religion based game too.
 
I would prefer a videogame bible where successfully moving through the game depends on whether you know videogame trivia and archetypes (check behind the waterfall, look behind you when the level starts instead of just moving forward, bash the rock with the crack in it, etc.).
 
Pureshooter said:
I would prefer a videogame bible where successfully moving through the game depends on whether you know videogame trivia and archetypes (check behind the waterfall, look behind you when the level starts instead of just moving forward, bash the rock with the crack in it, etc.).
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perhaps something like:

Joshua 5:6 - The realtime text adventure..

> Look

You see is wilderness to the north - you see wilderness to the east, you see wilderness to the west, and wilderness to the south..
The time is 16:21, October 3, 1446 BC

> Walk north

You walk north..

> Look

You see is wilderness to the north - you see wilderness to the east, you see wilderness to the west, and wilderness to the south..
The time is 16:22, October 3, 1446 BC

For the people of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished, because they did not obey the voice of the LORD; the LORD swore to them that he would not let them see the land that the LORD had sworn to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
 
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