By Mathew Kumar

Toronto is going to play itself in the upcoming Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, but just as exciting is the news that you’ll be able to play in Toronto in the upcoming Scott Pilgrim vs. The World video game, to be developed by Ubisoft. The news has been floating around the wires since Bryan Lee O’Malley let it slip during a San Diego Comic Con panel, and Ubisoft (who only recently announced their intention to found an 800 person–strong game development studio here in Toronto) expect the game to launch roughly the same time as the film (in 2010). O’Malley himself states “no platform has been announced yet,” but promises “it’s being made by huge fans of the books and it’s a passion project for a lot of people … So just sit back and wait and every time they announce some information you’ll be like ‘OH MY GOD WOO.’” Our only hope is that it maintains all the retro-cool of the mock-up screenshots from the back of volume five…