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New Tron game planned by Disney

Published on 2nd February 2009 by Joe Martin

The new T2RN game from Disney Interactive is set for a 2011 release, along with the new film.

Disney Interactive is apparently planning to release a new Tron game to tie-in with the upcoming sequel to the 1984 sci-fi movie starring Jeff Bridges.

The sequel to original movie is set to star Garret Hedlund and Olivia Wilde, with Jeff Bridges also making a return. It's idiotically titled 'T2RN' and is listed for a 2011 release.

The game is to enter development shortly and will see a release alongside the film, according to Variety, who express concern that Disney Interactive is starting new projects while also laying off staff. The article also mentions Warren Spector's new project with Disney, which is rumoured to be a platformer starring Mickey Mouse - possibly a remake of The Castle of Illusion.

The world of Tron has long lived hand-in-hand with computer games of course, primarily because the game is about people who get sucked into a computer system. Aside from dozens of Light-cycle games, there's also Discs of Tron and Tron 2.0 - the latter having been developed by Monolith in 2003 to favourable reviews.

Little is known about the new and upcoming game, but it seems reasonable to assume it'll have a light-cycles section and lots of neon lights. It'll probably be a multi-platform title too.

Are you looking forward to the new T2RN film, or are you as put off by the name as we are? Let us know your thoughts in the forums.

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War-Rasta 2nd February 2009, 12:48

I'm not sure neither the film or the movie would work these days, but I really hope they prove me wrong.

Mister_X 2nd February 2009, 13:29

I'm optimistic about the film and the game, but I'm a sucker for that (pseudo) vector graphics thing.

Tron 2.0 was very good too, was a big hit at the LAN party i brought it to. good times...

Redbeaver 2nd February 2009, 13:44

aye, Tron 2.0 was an awesome game.

Nicb 2nd February 2009, 14:15

Oh 1984,.... I was wearing Tron Pajamas.

Omnituens 2nd February 2009, 15:17

All about armagetron advanced tbh

im in ur gaming grid, derezzing ur light cycles.

glaeken 2nd February 2009, 15:53

Tron 2.0 was an awesome game. I just played it last year. I doubt the new one will be very good if it's a movie tie-in.

riggs 2nd February 2009, 16:05

Hmm, not sure about the idea of a game...although Tron 2.0 was pretty sweet.

There's a shakey-cam teaser for the film floating about on the internets somewhere, possibly filmed at a comic/film convention. It shows old JB in a (redesigned) lightcycle trying to outrun a program...

mclintox 2nd February 2009, 16:06

Expect an adult version soon after,PrON

E.E.L. Ambiense 2nd February 2009, 16:39

I thought it was T2ON? Oh well. Aside from the goofy name, the footage from Comicon (I believe?) was really quite cool. And I'm a big fan of the original, being an 80's kid. The game hopefully will be cool too.

Xir 2nd February 2009, 17:05

Well, I really liked Tron 2.0, so maybe the concept isn't totally impossible...

Beeing a tie-in to a disney film though...don't remember any disney tie in's that were FPS like TRON2.0

itazura 2nd February 2009, 17:12

awesome. another person here who loved tron 2.0 as well. excellent game that ;)

Flibblebot 2nd February 2009, 18:06

I'm surprised that nobody's made a comment about Warren Spector designing a Mickey Mouse platformer...:?

I didn't realise the new Tron was so far away - so if game development is starting now, we might see a fairly decent tie-in game...nah, I'm just kidding. It'll be pants. :D

Stompy 2nd February 2009, 18:26

It's actually called TR2N.... makes a bit more sense than the "T2RN" referenced in the article.

HourBeforeDawn 2nd February 2009, 19:53

I have tried and tried and tried to really watch Tron but ugh its sooo horrible, ya Im sure in its day it was a OMG type of movie which well it was but still its no excuse for really bad acting and a poor script.... but hey the Tron 2.0 game wasnt to bad, didnt play it long but it was decent enough to kill some time.

Constructacon 2nd February 2009, 20:42

I hope the sequel is worth the wait. Too many childhood memories rest on this.

TBH the name TR2N is completely pox. E.E.L.'s T2ON would be much better as the 2 could be interpreted as an R and still give the number message. Kind of like SE7EN when it was released.

glaeken 3rd February 2009, 03:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flibblebot
I'm surprised that nobody's made a comment about Warren Spector designing a Mickey Mouse platformer...:?

Maybe because that sounds really lame; especially compared to anything tron.

Yemerich 3rd February 2009, 11:59

Thats because u didn't played castle of illusion when it was out. Twas a great game! And i really miss good old plataform games. Plus i never saw a game tie in with a movie that was at least 'good", so the great news in this article still is "castle of illusion 2" for me (because i already know of the new tron movie).

Red 5 3rd February 2009, 22:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Constructacon
TBH the name TR2N is completely pox. E.E.L.'s T2ON would be much better as the 2 could be interpreted as an R and still give the number message. Kind of like SE7EN when it was released.

This, or T2.0N (in a better font).