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Dark Knight video game coming with the DVD? I doubt it
The blogosphere is abuzz over the possibility that there will be a "Dark Knight" video game coming out soon, possibly with the DVD release. The evidence is this G4 clip, since pulled by the network from its website but captured in very low quality on GameTrailers, in which the host says the game is "rumored to be released later this year along with the DVD." They then have a brief interview clip with Gary Oldman (Commissioner Gordon in the movie) talking about how they game developers are trying to build a gliding mechanism. (video is embedded below or you can watch it here)
I haven't been able to confirm anything in my reporting, but I'll go out on a limb here and say it's (virtually) impossible that a "Dark Knight" game is coming out with the DVD. Variety's home entertainment reporter tells me that the DVD will come out by December at the latest (to take advantage of holiday shopping, natch) and what do you think are the odds that a major publisher like Warner Bros. (the rights holder, with its own vidgame operation) or EA (which published the "Batman Begins" game in 2005) would have a AAA console game coming out in under five months that it hasn't yet announced?
Given that Warner Bros. just started talking about "Watchmen," which is a downloadable game that comes out next March, and EA was showing off what they claimed to be their full lineup for the year at E3, I'd say it's extremely doubtful.
Yes, Gary Oldman clearly had seen some kind of videogame tie-in being developed. It could be a game concept that never took off. It could be a "Batman" tie-in coming further down the road (since there will inevitably be a "Dark Knight" sequel given the mega-box office numbers). But a "Dark Knight" videogame coming with the DVD this year? I'd bet a lot against it at this point.
Chris Morris reports on the business and culture of video games and offers analysis of recent events and industry trends.
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Posted by: cheap gw gold | March 11, 2009 at 11:07 PM
I think that is pretty likely that this rumor is true. I could see how they would not want to simply make a mediocre movie tie-in like most movies (and what happened with Batman Begins). It is more likely that they are putting a lot of effort and polish into the game to ready it for the holiday season, where they would make a killing along with the DVD release.
Posted by: Devin | July 28, 2008 at 07:06 PM
also movie games ussually come out while the movie is in thearters.
Posted by: johnson | July 27, 2008 at 02:45 PM
I really wouldnt care how much it would cost but the game coming out with the movie would be very rare....
Posted by: Dark Knight lover` | July 27, 2008 at 02:36 PM
that would be cool but how much would it cost?
Posted by: johnson | July 26, 2008 at 07:31 AM
There's a first time for everything. I'm optimistic.
Posted by: Ian | July 25, 2008 at 10:45 AM
Do we really expect "The Dark Knight" to be a AAA game?
Posted by: Derek | July 24, 2008 at 11:56 PM