Sony prepping new Michael Jackson game?

Sony may reportedly be working on a new video game featuring the likeness of Michael Jackson as part of its multi-million dollar rights deal with the star's estate.

Last week, it emerged that Sony Music has agreed a seven-year deal worth up to $250m (£166m) for a variety of entertainment properties featuring the late Jackson.

According to reports, the massive seven-year agreement includes rights to release ten albums of music by the star, along with DVDs, films and video games.

Speaking about possibilities for the deal, Sony Columbia Epic president Rob Stringer told CVG: "There may be theatre. There may be films and movies. There may be computer games."

Possible video game options could include an edition of Singstar devoted to Jackson or some sort of tie-up with the forthcoming PlayStation Move motion controller.

In January, Sony released a Michael Jackson PS3 bundle in Japan, which included the DVD release of documentary feature This Is It.

Sega gained a cult hit in the early 1990s when it collaborated with Jackson to make an action game based on his Moonwalker film.