Treadstone: Multiplayer Bourne Sequel

Alongside Ghostbusters and Brutal Legend, The Bourne Conspiracy is another title which has been marked with a questionable future as a result of the merger between Activision and Blizzard, and its subsequent fallout. But in looking for further details, some other interesting news has surfaced:

“What is Treadstone?” you ask, in your best Matt Damon impersonation. According to Variety “it’s a multi-player online game set in the world of the spy agency that trained Bourne.” We’ll assume that contraction is short for “it was” because, whad’ya know, “production has stopped” on the project. Perhaps once Ludlum Entertainment finds a new publisher for Bourne, whatever work Radical has already invested in “Treadstone” will find a new home, but that sounds unlikely to us. Instead, Treadstone will exist in that one place where They can never take it away from us: our imaginations.” — Christopher Grant, Joystiq

Easy come, easy go? Guess there’s no sense in weeping until we find out if the first game was any good or not.