The boom in animated video games continues to thrive even amid the recent economic downturn, as Amazon is joining the production team behind a Netflix animated sci-fi anthology series. Love, Death and Robots Perhaps something similar could be done with video games, bringing some of the biggest artists in the gaming industry into reality.
According to Deadline, Prime Video is working with Tim Miller and Blur Studios to Secret Levelis an anime anthology series meant to bolster its lineup of adult anime. Little is still known about the series, but industry sources say the show will feature multiple video game franchises throughout the episodes, including some indie platform/roguelikes. Spelunkyand from Amazon Games’ publisher library, the not-so-good colonial MMORPG New World.
Considering that there isn’t much else to Amazon Games, game Adapting — Amazon’s future The Lord of the Rings While being an MMO Ring of Power It’s still happening, so it’s no surprise Secret Level Apparently, they will also branch out to adapt games from other publishers, and according to Deadline, the series will initially be enriched with a series of adaptations of famous PlayStation franchises.
It hasn’t been revealed which PlayStation games will be part of the series, but Sony has plenty to choose from. Obviously, we’re already seeing The Last of Us HBO and Amazon themselves are already working on live-action adaptations. God of WarBut the latest plan horizon A Netflix adaptation was scuttled following allegations against a co-producer. The Umbrella AcademyWith Steve Blackman of Netflix directing, there’s at least a chance that Aloy could make it into the world of animation. Ratchet & Clank or Astro Bot It’s perfect for animation. Unknown World Why not try adapting it to fire while you’re at it?
It’ll be interesting to see what scale this show will take, but it’s already an intriguing idea, especially if it can provide a platform for dramatization of game series that are being pushed to explore formats outside of games that don’t necessarily follow a long-form TV adaptation. Secret Level A more official announcement will be made at Gamescom next week, but in the meantime, let us know in the comments if there’s a particular franchise you’d like to see animated here!
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