Wanted Weapons of Fate Review: The Video Game Sequel to the Movie - "If you spend more time on the game, you make it better"

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Wanted Weapons of Fate Review: The Video Game Sequel to the Movie - "If you spend more time on the game, you make it better"

Wanted: Weapons of Fate is a third-person shooter developed by Grin and released as a sequel to the movie in 2009 on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. Based on the comic by Mark Millar, Wanted presented a world with no superheroes. The story was adapted into a movie full of bullet curving assassins which gave us the aforementioned video game tie-in. But does it hit the mark that many licensed video games have missed?

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Video Games in Hollywood: The Most Promising Video Game Movie Trailers

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Video Games in Hollywood: The Most Promising Video Game Movie Trailers

When it comes to Hollywood adaptations, fairy tales, comic books, and stage plays have seen great success in the box offices. However, video game movies have struggled to reach the same achievements due to needing to appeal to the general movie-goer as well as pleasing the fans. While not every video game movie is a hit, a few have managed to beat the “video game movie curse.” We’re highlighting the top 10 trailers from the past three decades of video game movie releases.

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Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World The Game Review: From the Pages to the Big Screen - “No other studio around Ubisoft would pick this up”

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Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World The Game Review: From the Pages to the Big Screen - “No other studio around Ubisoft would pick this up”

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is an award-winning graphic novel by writer and artist Bryan Lee O’Malley. Its publication began in 2004 and ended in 2010 before the release of the movie. It lead to the inspiration of a video game, which is regarded as one of the best beat ‘em ups in the genre and licensed games ever. Although it was delisted from sale, fans’ demands brought the game back for the series’ 10th anniversary — giving fans multiple ways to enjoy the world of Scott Pilgrim.

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Toy Story 3 Video Game Review: Disney's Most Promising Pixar Game - “We knew we couldn’t just do a ‘see the movie, play the game’ kind of treatment"

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Toy Story 3 Video Game Review: Disney's Most Promising Pixar Game - “We knew we couldn’t just do a ‘see the movie, play the game’ kind of treatment"

Pixar Animation Studios has captivated audience’s imagination since 1995 with Toy Story. They’ve continued to create worlds based on everything from bugs, monsters, cars, to even Mexico. With over 20 animated feature films released, everyone’s favorite will differ, but how do the video games fare in comparison to the films? Let’s take a look at Toy Story 3: The Video Game — the last Pixar movie tie-in game developed and published by Disney Interactive Studios before their shutdown.

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Video Game Movies Through the Years - “We're not trying to look like a video game, which is a mistake some video game movies make”

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Video Game Movies Through the Years - “We're not trying to look like a video game, which is a mistake some video game movies make”

Video games haven’t received the best movie adaptations. Historically, they’ve been budget movies that either don’t understand the video game or try too hard to be like the video games they’re based on. Generally these movies have been negatively received by critics and fans while bombing at the box office but a few have managed to stand apart from the “video game movie curse.”

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