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2022 was a warning shot for the big-budget games industry
As the rebooted show shoots for international success, now is the time for a big-budget Doctor Who game
Doctor Who is regenerating. When I say that, I’m not just talking about the in-universe concept of the lead character’s cells re-growing to cheat death, the canon justification for a change in actor. I’m talking about the show as a whole: it’s morphing, changing. It’s about to be something very different and very new, with a dash of the familiar all the same.
This isn’t all that uncommon with Doctor Who. More so than with its similarly long-running American rival Star Trek, the ‘blue box show’ can be divided fairly neatly into eras depending on the creative teams in charge and the actors portraying the Doctor. Nevertheless, this is a bigger change-over than most – in part because it marks the return of legendary TV writer Russell T Davies to the top job as showrunner, but also and more importantly because it sees the series welcome in American money and influence.
Davies’ return is important because he’s the man that revived the show in 2005 after over a decade off-air, going on to deliver some of the series’ biggest popularity. He’s also a canny writer, deftly weaving biting real world commentary into family-friendly science-fiction romps. But the money, naturally, is even more important – and this time, Doctor Who has the backing of Disney.
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Hasbro Has A Big-Budget G.I. Joe Snake Eyes Game In The Works
After making its name in toys and board games, Hasbro is the latest big company trying to break into the video game industry. With six video game studios now under its belt, the company is making games based on its impressive stable of franchises, which reportedly includes a “big-budget” game centered around the G.I. Joe character Snake Eyes.
The news comes as part of an Axios report into Hasbro’s video game projects, which also include projects under subsidary Wizards of the Coast. One of the company’s studios Atomic Arcade, which is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and led by former Warner Bros. dev Ames Kirshen, is developing a “big-budget action-adventure game” starring the G.I. Joe universe’s Snake Eyes.
Snake Eyes was also the star of a 2021 film by the same name, which served as an origin story for the character and is intended to be the first in a rebooted G.I. Joe film franchise. While it’s possible the game could tie into the film universe, no more details on the game have yet been released.