Scarface (novel) Scarface (novel) Scarface is a novel written by Armitage Trail in 1929 and published in 1930. The 1932 film "Scarface" was based on it. The twenty-eight year-old author died suddenly of a heart attack in 1930. The book's storyline is heavily inspired by the real life gangster Al Capone whose nickname was also "Scarface". It concerns the rise and fall of Tony "Scarface" Camonte, who after performing a hit on mob leader Al Springola, moves in to take over the illegal alcohol business in Chicago during the Prohibition Era. He is ultimately shot dead by his brother (who concurrently rises
Scarface: The World Is Yours Vivendi president Phil O'Neil intimated there were plans to turn "Scarface" into a multigame franchise, saying "a "Scarface 2", a "Scarface 3", a "Scarface 4", and consecutive iterations of that product [are] a really important component of what we're trying to do here." When the rights to the property were transferred to Activision Blizzard in 2008, however, "Scarface 2" was not included in their list of upcoming games. Although the rights were later transferred back to Vivendi, no further news was heard. Scarface: The World Is Yours Scarface: The World Is Yours is a 2006 open world action-adventure video game