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Codemasters has taken an almost stealth approach to their handling of Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust. The latest game in the mature-themed humor adventure game series was originally to be published by Vivendi Games before the title was dumped by the new Activision Blizzard management in 2008.

Codemasters bought the rights to the Team 17 developed game but didn't make any official announcements. Indeed the publisher only just admitted via a press release that they plan to release the game next week in the UK (retailers have a March 31 release date for the US). So we have some doubts that this title will have the legs that the classic Al Lowe-created games have had. Codemasters has finally released some screenshots from the game. However their lack of marketing and PR for the title makes us think they are just trying to get this thing finishing without a lot of fuss.

A few weeks ago we reported on rumors that Codemasters was planning to publish Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust, the latest game in the adult-themed adventure series. The title was a previous Vivendi Games release but the merger of that company with Activision to form Activision Blizzard left that title, like so many other orphened.

Now it looks like the Codemasters rumors are in fact true. While the publisher has yet to send out a press release the game is now listed on the company's official web site as coming out this April for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 with a "M" rating from the ESRB. Develoed by Team 17, the game as you playing the original Larry's nephew Larry Lovage as he helps his uncle in the movie business. According to the header on the Codemasters game page the new Larry title will be handled by Codemasters' casual game label Funsta.