Empire have agreed a deal with Sony pictures which allows them to develop another game based on the Starsky & Hutch licence.

The new game will include “new city locations, enhanced graphics and classic music tracks from the 70’s and a key new game play feature, which will allow villains to be chased on foot together with new spectacular car chases”.

Ian Higgins, CEO of Empire said about the licensing deal: “After the recent success of Starsky & HutchTM we are delighted to have acquired these sequel game rights. This is an important franchise for the company and with the new Hollywood movie due next spring the awareness and interest will increase significantly. We look forward to building this into an even bigger hit than the original game.”

“We’re very pleased to be continuing our licensing deal with Empire Interactive for the Starsky & Hutch property,” said Al Ovadia, Executive Vice President, Sony Pictures Consumer Products. “Empire really captured the essence of the Starsky & Hutch property in the first instalment of the video game and we’re confident that the new game will further the property’s global appeal.”

A release date has yet to be announced, but the game will appear on PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube and PC.