I don't know how to react to the news that Studio HIVE has acquired the rights to make a multiplatform game based on the Ong-Bak series. They have a production team working on the project, due out later this year, right now. It's happening.

"Ong-Bak is well known as a powerful international martial arts brand," says Sahamongkol Film International business development director Akarapol Techaratanaprasert. "We are very selective with our licensing partners and found in Studio HIVE the right partner to bring Ong-Bak to gaming platforms. "Their approach to tie in movie and game is the right way to create a perfect interactive entertainment."

Yup, still don't know how to react. I love me some Tony Jaa and think this could conceptually lend itself well to interactive entertainment. But it's probably for the best that we reserve judgment for now.

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handhelds4ever

I might check it out. Anyone know how this other martial art-ish (though, it was more gun related) game turned out?

CaptainHowdy

I don't know if this will fit as a game. But in the world of video games anything can happen.

LeSneeze

So....yeah.

Konnery

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MrOrpheus

That's just really weird. I'm not very sure at all that this has even the slightest chance of being wortwhile, but hey, you never know. Hopefully I'll have to eat my doubting words like the slovenly cynic I am.

PsychoSoldier

My body is ready

TronKim

Considering a certain art style that Studio HIVE has got going for them, it's a wonder why they don't start making ZOE3 since Kojima isn't going to do it anytime soon.

SirNinjaFace

What the fuck! Well alright, I love Thai martial arts movies and Ong Bak is one of my alltime favorite movies! Now how about making Raging Phoenix : The game? I would buy that... Especially if the actors did all the mo cap stuff.

ersatz

WHERE'S MY ELEPHANT?

josmeister

What

Dan Owst

Great prime matter for a beat'em up I think.

zombie wheelchair racing

If you can tiger knee motherfuckers off choppers, I'm sold.

Davidfoundation

This better be the jet li rise to honor spiritual successor I've been waiting for.

Scott Glasgow

this needs to be a muay thai simulater for the Kinect! :-D

PhilKenSebben

Make it either a 2d sidescrolling beat em up, or go for a God hand meets Prince of Persia. Also, make it not suck. That's my 2 cents anyway.

Narishma

They should make it into a brawler/beat'em up like the recent Batman games.

twdaw

The game I never knew I wanted.

Just please don't be based on the last two films.

twdaw

On that note however, is the "TRI" in the background of the image telling me it's based off of the entire trilogy?

skullskullskull

Was that really necessary?

Lowlander2

@ersatz

Ha I remember that one.

Stevil

I really miss Tony Jaa's promising career.

KingSigy

If it's anything like the films, the first will be mind-blowing and the sequels will royally suck. I really like Tony Jaa, though.

Mrdraven

@handhelds4ever

The most recent game that reminded me of Stranglehold was "Wet", both of which I liked, but I am a huge Inspector Tequila and Eliza Dushku fan.

I'm curious what this will be like. Anybody remember "Bruce Lee:Quest of the Dragon" on the original Xbox?

fetusmilk

when i first saw his first movie i was amazed at his stunts etc. if done right this could be cool.

Epic-Kx

Jet Li Rise to Honour 2 or GTFO

TheRedComet

DAT NAME. So many consonants, so many syllables!

dtomek

No, really: What's an Ong-Bak?

Quiotu

Hey, long as it's about the first two and not about the last. I bought Ong Bak 3 goddamnit... clearly Tony Jaa was trolling his fanbase.

But like someone said, this needs to be Rise to Honor without the shooting parts. Instead you just shoot flying knees at your enemies.

BoomingEchoes

@handhelds4ever

Pretty sure the consensus on that game was that it was decent. It got mostly 7's. personally though I don't remember the reviews being all that favorable, but thats just me going on memory.

Occams electric toothbrush

@dtomek: An Ong-Bak is when put two fingers in her butt and two fingers in her cooch and tap morse code inside her that says, "Me love you long time".

Sir Tobbii

I prefer Tom-Yum-Goong over Ong-Bak, in fact, when I was watching Tom-Yum-Goong (or The Warrior King as it was called then) me and my friend kept pointing out how it would be an awesome beat-em-up game.

SirNinjaFace

@Sir Tobbii

Yeah I like Tom-Yum-Goong too, great film. They're actually making a sequel!