Interactive video games coming to Patriot Place
BY MICHAEL GELBWASSER SUN CHRONICLE STAFF
Friday, November 20, 2009 1:56 AM EST
Games created by Attleboro High alum
FOXBORO - Patriot Place is getting into the international spy game - and maybe a little wet.
"Espionage" and "20,000 Leagues," two new interactive, 60-minute video game-style adventures, are shooting for a spring opening at the 1.3 million-square-foot shopping and entertainment complex next to Gillette Stadium on Route 1.
Matt DuPlessie, a 1995 graduate of Attleboro High School, created the games.
DuPlessie was the mastermind of "Tomb," a 45-minute, life-size Egyptian-themed gaming adventure that has been based near Fenway Park in Boston since it launched in 2004.
In that game, groups of two to 15 "amateur archeologists" follow a costumed guide through dark passages and chambers searching for clues to Pharoah's riddles. Every physical and verbal response sends them down a different path.
In Espionage, players will be international secret agents who are "descrambling audio," said Lucas Neily, general manager of 5 Wits, DuPlessie's company.
"You're breaking into places. You're infiltrating places," Neily said.
In 20,000 Leagues, players become undersea explorers who must solve deadly puzzles.
Espionage and 20,000 Leagues will be housed in about 11,000 square feet of vacant space next to the CBS Scene Bar and Restaurant in the Patriot Place north plaza.
"I think we'll fit in well with the offerings of the different tenants there," Neily said. "They're an entertainment and shopping destination, and we're definitely entertainment."
Patriot Place General Manager Brian Earley said he played DuPlessie's Espionage at the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.
"You really feel like you're being chased. You have to do these things to get yourself out of trouble," he said.
The outcome of the games change with the players' decisions, he said.
"It definitely brings people back to experience it, because the outcome can be different," Earley said.
Neily estimated the games installed at Patriot Place will be almost triple the size of Tomb's.
There also will be concessions and cafe seating for about 40 people, he said.
A guide will lead players in both games.
"It's the closest thing to being in a video game," he said. "You'd be hard-pressed to find anything like us anywhere."
Ticket prices aren't set, but will be similar to those for Tomb, he said: $20 for adults and $16 for children ages 12 and younger.
A combination ticket will be available for guests who want to play both games the same day.
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