If you ever wondered what a Blade Runner videogame could look like in today's gaming landscape, the above CryEngine 2 mock-up should be sufficient. According to a recent report from OXM, Gearbox could have been the developer to supply us with such an experience.
"One of my partners, Brian Martell, had Blade Runner on the list [of IPs we wanted to use]," said Gearbox president Randy Pitchford. "We chased it down and we coulda had it."
So, why then are we sitting here in the year 2009 with no Gearbox-developed Blade Runner game? It was a matter of making enough of a return on the investment, which Pitchford felt the studio wouldn't be able to pull off.
"You're going to spend 25 million, there's another 10-15 risk just in the publishing process, and then you got another 10-15 million marketing, and we didn't think that we could make that back. So that's too bad."
Who knows -- perhaps we'll one day see another game based on the film from a different development team? Crazier things have happened in this industry.
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2:00 AM on 11.18.2009
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*I'm sure if I put some thought into it I could think of one. Maybe. Probably not.
I can't wait to run another Voight-Kampff test on someone. MAKE THIS GAME!
http://crymod.com/thread.php?threadid=18699&threadview=0&hilight=snatcher&hilightuser=0&page=1
Though it's going really slowly :-p
C'mon, who the hell wouldn't want to play this.
Too bad EA hosed them during the dark age of takeovers.
I love that freakin' game.
If there is to be another Blade Runner game in the future, I'd prefer someone like Bioware handle it.