After previously being spotted on Epic Games Store’s backend, it is now seemingly official: the Scarface: The World Is Yours is coming back to digital storefronts with a Steam page now being live. Or, at least, I hope it’s official. Especially considering you can buy it right now on Epic for £24.
Among the sea of PS2-era GTA clones, Scarface: The World Is Yours was one of the roughest around the edges but still one of the best — and not just because of its balls meter.
Add a balls meter to GTA 6, Rockstar, and my life is yours.
Due to licensing issues — what with the movie rights, music rights, image rights for Al Pacino, and so on — it’s always been unlikely that Scarface: The World Is Yours would ever get released again. And yet it seems that EC Digital are up to the task. But who are they?
Here’s what they had to say about the news:
We are EC Digital, the publisher of Scarface™: The World Is Yours (2006) — a classic action game that many of you remember fondly. We’re excited to confirm that a Steam version is on the way!
Due to a technical issue during backend configuration, the game was unintentionally pushed live on a different platform earlier than planned. We want to clarify that our intended long-term release platform includes Steam, and we’re now accelerating our efforts to finalize this version.
As such, you may notice that the current Steam page includes placeholder content. This will be updated leading up to the official release.
When the game officially launches on Steam, it will include an optional HD graphics upgrade, offered as a free DLC. This enhanced mode uses AI-assisted techniques to improve certain visual elements while keeping the core experience intact. The use of AI is completely optional. Players can choose to play in original or enhanced visuals at any time.
Thank you for being part of the journey.
There are a few questions here. The AI stuff is not ideal and does scream of cutting costs, but then again how does a publisher with zero digital footprint even afford or get this license? Especially one so tangled up in copyright issues? The Hong Kong-based publisher doesn’t seem to have done anything else before, so to come out of nowhere with a port of a 2006 game is a bit of a strange one.
Other platforms weren’t announced apart from Steam and Epic, and neither was a release date for the Steam version. The more I think about this one, the more skeptical I get. I’d love it to be legitimate, but also I’d love it to not be a cheap port using AI, which is what it seems like so far.
In this country, you gotta get the license first. Then when you get the license, you get the port. Then when you get the port, then you get the wishlists (and use that to sell something to shareholders).
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