Netflix Unveils Plans To Develop Original Shows Into Video Games (hollywoodreporter.com) 57
At the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) on Wednesday, Netflix shared details of its plans to develop its original shows into video games. Hollywood Reporter reports: Among the program of upcoming games, Stranger Things 3: The Game was highlighted, described by Netflix as "an adventure game that blends a distinctively retro art style with modern gameplay mechanics to deliver nostalgic fun with a fresh new twist." Playing as a character from the show, the user will be tasked with solving puzzles and battling the Mind Flayer. Dave Pottinger, CEO and co-founder of BonusXP, shared that the game will feature old-school graphics.
Two characters from the game were revealed at the panel: Max, who will exhibit karate kicks and the ability to add fire damage to those kicks; and Eleven, described by Chris Lee, director of Interactive Games at Netflix, as "the most powerful character in the game" -- she will have psychic push power. The game will launch on July 4 and be available on Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, Xbox One and other consoles. In addition, a special announcement was made at the panel about a Stranger Things mobile hybrid RPG/puzzle game that will launch in 2020. The game is a collaboration with Next Games, which is based out of Helsinki, Finland. Stranger Things isn't the only show that's planning to have its own game. "Netflix show The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics is also set to become a 'turn-based tactics' game challenging fans to recruit an army and act as their commander in a series of campaign battles," the report adds. "No specific date was mentioned, but the game will launch this year on various consoles."
Two characters from the game were revealed at the panel: Max, who will exhibit karate kicks and the ability to add fire damage to those kicks; and Eleven, described by Chris Lee, director of Interactive Games at Netflix, as "the most powerful character in the game" -- she will have psychic push power. The game will launch on July 4 and be available on Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, Xbox One and other consoles. In addition, a special announcement was made at the panel about a Stranger Things mobile hybrid RPG/puzzle game that will launch in 2020. The game is a collaboration with Next Games, which is based out of Helsinki, Finland. Stranger Things isn't the only show that's planning to have its own game. "Netflix show The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics is also set to become a 'turn-based tactics' game challenging fans to recruit an army and act as their commander in a series of campaign battles," the report adds. "No specific date was mentioned, but the game will launch this year on various consoles."
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Back to the nursing home, grandpa!
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Back to the nursing home, grandpa!
Dude my dad plays Counterstrike and he is 77!
More than just video games... (Score:2)
Not sure if many here have read about Secret Cinema in London - but later this year, Secret Cinema is doing a whole interactive acting experience based around season 3 of Strange Things, in conjunction with Netflix!
If anyone is around London they may want to check that out, as other Secret Cinema events I've been to have been fantastic - they go all out to set up a whole world you inhabit, and have attendees dress up for that world as well.
Oh if you had any idea... (Score:2)
Only a fag would enjoy that type of gay shit.
That's what lots of men say about dancing too.
But do you know what you find a whole lot of at these kinds of events you mark as "gay shit"?? You find women. A lot of them. Mostly straight, while indeed a higher percentage of the men around you are gay...
I'm sure even an AC can do the math on what that means for a straight guy who enjoys meeting women.
Or, is it a case of doth protest too much I wonder... so maybe you should go anyway, for the other participant
You are utterly wrong... (Score:2)
Fat women, with huge tats, body piercings
Do those people dane, or go to outdoor events where they dress up in costume, especially outdoor events?
No.
Hint, if you want to see women who like to dress in costume, look at the cosplay women...
If I could offer just one bit of advice to my younger self it would be to go to even MORE things like this, as much as possible. Y'all have no idea what you are dismissing here. You just keep on trying to meet women at bars or whatever other sausage fest you currently enjo
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If anyone is around London they may want to check that out
Sounds like LARPing.
No thanks.
To each his own, but holy fuck, if I had the chance to go to London, that is like the last fucking thing I would be doing.
Lets see?
How about a couple of days, just in the British Museum.
Then hitting the pubs/clubs at night, etc;
turn-based tactics? Age of Wonders has that better (Score:2)
turn-based tactics? Age of Wonders has that better then heroes of might and magic that peeked at 3
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Why ? (Score:2)
Name one game based on a book, show or movie that has EVER been worth a damn.
One.
Yeah, I couldn't come up with one either.
Stick to what you know Netflix lest you jeopardize the whole operation.
Re:Why ? (Score:5, Informative)
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
Dune II
GoldenEye 007
The Witcher
The Simpsons Hit & Run
The Lord of the Rings Online
The Lord Of The Rings: The Battle For Middle-earth
Middle-Earth:Shadows of Mordor
Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic
Star Wars Jedi Knight
Star Wars Rogue Squadron
Star Wars: Empire at War
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The Castlevania series was heavily influenced by vampire stories and movies, albeit not a single specific one with the same name.
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Yep, those sorts of properties rarely are made into worthwhile games. And in fairness, the opposite seems to hold true as well. Very few videogames have been made into great movies. Maybe it's just a specialization of Sturgeon's law ("90% of everything is crap"), in which a successful title doesn't promise any greater chance of success in another market.
These licensed properties are often shunted off to studios who haven't found success with their own IP. The movies studios often stymie the creative pro
X-wing (Score:3)
Name one game based on a book, show or movie that has EVER been worth a damn.
The X-wing games [wikipedia.org] back in the 1990's were actually really quite good so at least it is theoretically possible to do it well but I think that is about the only example.
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Adapting other media to games isn't a problem. It's when the try to adapt a game to a movie that it all falls down.
Re: Why ? (Score:2)
Metro 2033
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There were a couple of decent Indiana Jones point-and-click games. Fate of Atlantis I recall being particularly good.
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I can do even better and name a good game inspired by a Netflix show... The Stranger Things Android/iOS mobile game released to promote Season 2 was very well done, fun, and completely free. You could pay for games that are far worse. The Zelda-inspired 8-bit retro graphics were a perfect complement to the show's 80's retro themes too.
Go play it yourself: https://play.google.com/store/... [google.com]
Superbly shitte (Score:2)
Two characters from the game were revealed at the panel: Max, who will exhibit karate kicks and the ability to add fire damage to those kicks; and Eleven, described by Chris Lee, director of Interactive Games at Netflix, as "the most powerful character in the game" -- she will have psychic push power.
I can't wait to not play that.
This doesn't just sound like crap - this sounds like burning-dumpster-fire, Street Fighter: The Movie levels of crap.
Netflix made their first hire in this endeavor... (Score:2)
His name is Llob Ewu.
You think their shows were bad before... (Score:2)
NF has totally jumped the shark.
You think the plots and action sequences were formulaic and boring before?
Fuck Netflix. (Score:1)
The service has started promoting pedophilia through more than one transvestite show aimed at kids, and other shows that sexual kids at younger ages. I've never had an account in my name, I married my wife who already had one and I've just about got her convinced to cancel it.
I don't care what Netflix does from this point out, after promoting the sexualization of children count me out of it. [duckduckgo.com]
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Now, dancing does frequently have a sexual component to it. It's not entirely inaccurate to say that these children are
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Justify it however you like, you sound like a proud-pedo to me.
When there's little boys dressed as little girls twerking it for the camera you can heap all the "artistic" and "progressive" labels on it you like, the reality is it's sexualized kids performing for the camera.
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However, if you want to take the position that children shouldn't dance, that's fine. That's not the problem here. It's extremely prudish, but prudishness has its place. It take all kinds. No, the problem here is this: "you sound like a proud-pedo to me." You know
13 Reasons Why... (Score:1)
starts with your death. Then you spend 10 hours being so self centered that you think making others feel even worse because their tiny interaction with your being a complete b*tch will make you live on in their memories.
Only to forget the game was ever installed about 3 months later and life moved on for them... but not you... 'cause you dead.