Devolver will begin publishing sport variations of movies, comics, TV reveals and “cult heroes” underneath the label Huge Fan, the corporate introduced as we speak. Like Devolver itself, Huge Fan will concentrate on indie studios, which is able to presumably result in extra dangerous (or at the very least extra realistically budgeted) variations. Assume stuff like John Wick Hex, which was not coincidentally revealed by Devolver subsidiary Good Shepherd.
That will not end in extra area of interest variations, thoughts: Huge Fan is already “actively working” with some heavy-duty companions together with Disney, Darkish Horse Comics, Riot and Lionsgate, and the workforce has expertise engaged on properties together with Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Blair Witch, Dune and extra. Most of Huge Fan is, in reality, Good Shepherd, simply with a special identify and a extra centered mission assertion.
“We consider (and have seen firsthand) that nice video games that propel current franchises can supply a reference to a fan that solely an interactive expertise can supply,” Devolver’s announcement reads. “Unbiased video games created in these universes can discover them in new and sudden methods, and it’s our aim to boost the bar of what followers can count on.”
The announcement additionally, maybe ill-advisedly, invitations individuals to get in contact if they’ve any concepts. It does not say they should be good, so go nuts. (Because you’re listening, Huge Fan, I feel a Telltale Video games strategy to Curb Your Enthusiasm could be a multi-billion-dollar vendor, and Larry David is unquestionably a “cult hero”.)
Some related titles previously revealed by Good Shepherd or Devolver have now been relabeled underneath the Huge Fan title, together with the aforementioned John Wick Hex, but in addition Hellboy Internet of Wyrd and Reigns: Sport of Thrones. As for what Huge Fan has within the pipeline, representatives from the studio confirmed with Gamesindustry.biz that there are six energetic initiatives.
Videogame variations of movies, TV, comics—you identify it—used to have the status of being soulless, half-assed cash-ins, however the final decade has seen a marked shift from that narrative: assume the Arkham trilogy, the Spider-Man video games, and so forth. Whether or not that is as a result of studios making movie tie-ins have woken as much as scent the daisies, or simply that sure mass market leisure properties have turn out to be extra punishingly ubiquitous during the last twenty years, is a topic up for separate debate.
