EA has announced that it has been granted the exclusive worldwide rights to the works of Robert Ludlum, and that Swedish team Starbreeze Studios are currently developing the first game in the multi-year agreement.

“Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne is the most exciting action hero to emerge in decades, thrilling audiences around the world,” said Mike Quigley, group vice president of marketing, EA Games Label. “EA is excited to enter into a long-term relationship with Ludlum Entertainment, bringing the action, intrigue and intensity of Robert Ludlum’s fiction to life for casual and core gamers around the globe.”

“The continued global popularity of Robert Ludlum’s works is a testament to the care he lavished on his characters and storylines,” said Jeffrey Weiner, chairman and CEO of Ludlum Entertainment and executor of the Ludlum estate. “Robert Ludlum made thrilling stories accessible and real. EA has brought that same level of realism to the gaming world. We are confident EA‘s unparalleled production ability and marketing reach will establish the Jason Bourne Series in games as powerfully and successfully as it exists in books and film.”

No further details on the upcoming Bourne game were released.

Other than the new Bourne title, Starbreeze are currently working on the impressive looking Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, due for release this Spring.

The previous Jason Bourne game, Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy, which was developed by High Moon Studios and published by Sierra, received mediocre reviews when it launched in summer of last year.

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