Koch: 'High hopes for Prison Break game'

Koch Media has expressed its high hopes for the forthcoming Prison Break video game, despite the television show being off the air since last year.

Titled Prison Break: The Conspiracy, the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC title will feature voice acting from the show's main cast members when it is released in March.

Developed by Zootfly, the story will roughly follow events from the first season of Prison Break, with players becoming Company agent Tom Paxton as he travels to the Fox River State Penitentiary to discover why Michael Scofield got himself locked up.

Speaking to MCV, Koch Media's sales and marketing director Paul Nicholls said that strong DVD sales and a committed Prison Break fanbase will hopefully boost the game's fortunes.

"Even though the series concluded last summer, there is still a huge amount of Prison Break enthusiasts thirsty for more to experience," said Nicholls.

"The TV series' official Facebook page run by Fox has almost 1.5 million users that are still actively discussing the show and the cast on a daily basis. Our own Facebook page for the game has seen an increase of 'friends' in the past few weeks alone."

Nicholls also revealed that Koch Media is working with rights holder Fox to lay down the foundations for further Prison Break games in the future.

"We're building European-wide relationships with Fox as the licence holder for the brand, and we hope to turn this into a long-term worldwide relationship," he said.