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[Draugoth]

Upcoming medieval time travelling action strategy game Kingmakers is getting a live action film from the studio behind myriad upcoming video game adaptations such as the Tomb Raider animated series and Dredge film.

Media company Story Kitchen has announced a collaboration with Kingmakers developer Redemption Road Games and publisher TinyBuild to bring the highly anticipated game to the big screen, asking the question: "What if Braveheart had time travel?"

The film doesn't have a release date yet, though neither does Kingmakers itself beyond a vague 2024. "Go back in time to a war-torn medieval era with a vast arsenal of modern weapons, change the course of history, and save the future in this action/strategy sandbox," reads the game's official synopsis. "Build your kingdom, grab a gun, and lead an army of thousands into massive, real-time simulated battles."

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[DenchDeckard]

 

[eats]

Wow, so many games are being made into movies/shows these days.

 

[March Climber]

A game that hasn't released yet.

 

[Kadve]

A game that hasn't released yet.

Announcing a movie before the game is released? Admire their confidence but has that ever turned out well for a company?

 

[DenchDeckard]

A game that hasn't released yet.

That was bonkers! Thx

 

[March Climber]

Announcing a movie before the game is released? Admire their confidence but has that ever turned out well for a company?

Honestly I've never seen such a thing actually make it past the planning stages. There have been moments where a company would lay out a strategy for a big roll I.P. out, but once one pillar fell, whether the game, toys, movie, book, etc. They would usually put a pause on everything else.

One of the most memorable examples to me was "Swordquest" that AVGN famously covered in his early years:

Where they tried to do everything including a big contest to win big prizes, but the game series failed and they hit the brakes on it all.