The development agreement covers PlayStation® 2, XboxTM and NintendoTM GameCubeTM versions of the game and Blitz CEO Philip Oliver is excited by this latest deal: "We're looking forward to the opportunity of working with the great team at Empire on such a high-profile movie license. We're sure that Blitz's vast experience of creating games based on blockbuster movies will bring a wealth of skills and enthusiasm to the Bad BoysTM II license."

Empire CEO, Ian Higgins also commented: "Blitz have excellent multi platform technology and are also very experienced at developing games based on well known licenses. We are very happy, therefore to be working with them on such an exciting title".

Blitz recently released their Warner Bros adventure Taz: WantedTM, Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in ParadiseTM and the US release of original title ZapperTM. The first quarter of 2003 will see the release of Cubix: ShowdownTM (based on the hit TV series) and the European release of Zapper.