Showtime’s Dexter to Hit Video Game Consoles

NEW YORK, March 5: Marc
Ecko Entertainment has inked a production deal with Showtime Networks to design
a video game based on Dexter.

The Dexter game will be developed for interactive media in
close collaboration with the network to guarantee its faithfulness to the
series. Currently, the game is in pre-production with both parties in talks
with a handful of developers. More details will be announced at a later date.

Dexter follows Dexter Morgan, a forensic blood-splatter
expert for the Miami Dade Police Department whose perfectly respectable persona
hides a dark compulsion: he is a serial killer who hunts down people who have
escaped justice.

Marc Ecko Entertainment is
the video game production unit of Marc Ecko Enterprises, the global fashion and
lifestyle company. The unit developed 2005’s Getting Up and is currently working on an untitled project
with developer Human Head.

“Dexter is the extremely rare TV show with enough layers
of action and tension to translate perfectly into a compelling video game,”
said Marc Fernandez, the VP of Marc Ecko Entertainment. “Our game designers,
writers, and artists are going to give Dexter’s morally complex world the kind
of interactivity that gamers will love.”

"Dexter is one of the most popular shows on Showtime with
a particularly strong fan base among gamers,” said Len Fogge, the executive VP
of marketing, digital media and research at Showtime Networks. “It’s a very
logical jump to create a game with the website IGN.com naming it 2007’s ‘Best
Television Program.’ We’re confident Marc Ecko Entertainment’s team has the
unique talents to take Dexter
to the interactive space in the right way.”

—By Ned Berke