There’s no two ways about it, games are becoming more cinematic. Be it the engaging and witty dialogue of the Uncharted series to the Michael Bayhem of the COD franchise. Hell, Heavy Rain even made a stab at being an adult thriller. This generation has managed to produce narrative entertainment in ways that would have been nigh-on unimaginable on last generation’s consoles.
But there are two problems with this. Firstly, some games want to be considered as works of art so badly, they forget to tell a decent story and end up looking a bit try hard and dim, like the aforementioned Heavy Rain. Secondly, if games do eventually become the best way to craft a tale or universe, what will happen to all those hard-working film directors?
So what can be done to remedy this situation? Let’s get our favourite film directors making some of our favourite games.
It's important in life to maintain a broad palette when it comes to culture and the arts. Hideo Kojima agrees, as he continues to use video games like Death Stranding to introduce people to music and other elements they might not otherwise discover.
Mojang has partnered with Merlin Entertainments to build the world's first Minecraft theme park in the UK.
A three-episode live-action adaptation of the first two Yakuza video games will debut Tuesday, March 17 exclusively IGN. Each episode is about an hour long and will stream on IGN.com and IGN’s YouTube channel.
Who would you want to make the next Resident Evil?