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On Licenses That Should Be Made Into Games

Posted by simoniker on from the slashdot-a-good-choice dept.

Ant writes "GameSpy has an article discussing their favorite ideas for licenses that should be made into games, but haven't made the transition yet." The piece, thankfully, notes that we "often get slammed with hideously inappropriate or just badly implemented and misbegotten licensed creations", but also argues: "For every Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Pirates of the Caribbean, or Superman for the N64, we'll occasionally get a Tron 2.0, or Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic", before picking The Road Warrior, Lone Wolf and Cub, and Ender's Game, among others, as licenses they'd like to see made into games. Which licenses do you think could survive the transition to games intact?

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  1. One license that should really be made into a game by 3141 · · Score: 5, Funny

    THE GPL!

  2. As Gabe and Tycho put it... by Emexies · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they're ever going to develop an Ender's Game, uh, game, I sure hope that the developers doesn't read this Penny Arcade strip.

  3. Re:Dune by SScorpio · · Score: 3, Funny

    First off Black Isle made Planescape Torment; however, both Neverwinter Nights, and Baldur's Gate were made by Bioware. Black Isle published Baldur's Gate through Interplay, and they even helped in development which is why Ice Wind Dale, and Planescape Torment use the Baldur's Gate engine. Neverwinter Nights was released after Bioware broke away from Interplay due to contract disputes. It was published under the Atari brand name which is now owned by Infogrames. Interplay killed off Black Isle last year which killed Fallout 3 which was reported to be far into production. Some of the former Black Isle employees have formed a new studio and are currently working with Bioware to develope new games. Finally there was a recent Dune game made about a year or two ago. It was developed by Dreamcatcher; however, it sucked. Who knows maybe someone will pickup the rights to the Dune series and do a good job again some day.

  4. SPACE BALLS THE VIDEO GAME! by Major+Scud · · Score: 5, Funny

    Space Balls the first person shooter! Space Balls the real time strategy! Space Balls the turn based strategy! Space Balls the massively multiplayer online roleplaying game! Space Balls the role playing game! Space Balls the fighting game! Space Balls the racing game! Space Balls the kart racing game! Space Balls the platformer! Space Balls the flight sim! Space Balls the vehicular combat game! Space Balls the stealth espionage action game! Space Balls the point and click adventure game! Moichandizing! Moichandizing! where the real money from the video game is made.