Movie studio and normal leisure juggernaut Lionsgate needs to make a big-budget videogame based mostly on the John Wick motion pictures, and has been getting energetic proposals for it from sport studios. Studio government Jon Feltheimer informed buyers that Lionsgate was excited concerning the mission in an earnings name.
“I don’t wish to get forward of myself right here, however we imagine there’s a massive AAA sport to be made out of ‘John Wick.’ We have now been fielding proposals. We definitely are interested by transferring that ahead, however I don’t wish to say something extra about that presently,” stated Feltheimer, as transcribed by IndieWire. (opens in new tab)
There have been three motion pictures within the John Wick collection, all successes, every concerning the titular unstoppable murderer’s quest for revenge towards those that have wronged him. The collection thus far stars Keanu Reeves, who I believe everyone knows is down (opens in new tab) to be in a online game. A derivative film starring Ana de Armas is within the works, and a fourth John Wick film is ready to launch in March of 2023. There’s additionally a prequel collection within the works.
That is in fact the second to notice that John Wick did have already got a sport, the excellent tactical puzzle of John Wick Hex, which launched in 2019. It was a smaller sport by Bithell Video games, however its slow-mo turn-based puzzles excellently captured the rhythm of Wick’s gunfights. “At its finest John Wick Hex feels such as you’re pirouetting from one enemy to the following in a swish dance of demise,” Robert Zak stated within the John Wick Hex PC Gamer evaluation. (opens in new tab)
Good spot, VGC. (opens in new tab)
