A current replace from movie manufacturing firm Lionsgate means that the PS5 might get AAA video games based mostly on a few of its hottest film franchises.
PS5 may get AAA video games based mostly on Noticed and John Wick films
In a current Lionsgate earnings name (H/T TweakTown), Chairman of Movement Image Group Adam Fogelson talked about the corporate is wanting into creating AAA video games based mostly on a few of its movie franchises. Particularly, he mentions the lauded Keanu Reeves-led John Wick and the long-running horror franchise Noticed. Fogelson additionally mentions that these tasks will likely be introduced “quickly.”
“Our AAA recreation alternatives, and different gaming alternatives round John Wick and Noticed and a few others that we’ll be saying quickly . . . we’re seeing elevated curiosity and elevated alternative, and we stay on schedule,” mentioned Fogelson.
“So I feel in totality, you’re going to see a meaningfully additive monetary alternative coming within the coming years,” Fogelson continued.
Past the point out of John Wick and Noticed, there are not any particulars on what these video games might be. John Wick has acquired online game diversifications not too long ago, together with John Wick Hex and John Wick Chronicles. Again in 2009, Noticed was tailored right into a online game that was launched for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. A sequel titled Noticed 2: Flesh & Blood was launched the next 12 months for a similar console platforms, however by no means acquired a PC model.
A well-liked method main film franchises have prolonged their universes is thru video video games. Titles like Hogwarts Legacy, Batman: Arkham Asylum, and Marvel’s Spider-Man are only a few examples of licensed video games that efficiently adapt a number of the most beloved IP. Lionsgate has tons of commercially profitable movie franchises that might be tailored to a online game, like Rambo, The Starvation Video games, or Twilight.
2026 has a number of extremely anticipated licensed video games coming down the pipeline, together with Marvel’s Wolverine, Marvel Tokon: Combating Souls, Lego Batman: Legacy of the Darkish Knight, and 007 First Mild.
