Movie Games Losing Their Appeal to Game Publishers

The New York Times (registration required) has an article on the relationship between games and movies, as regards movie tie-in games. While efforts like Spider-Man 2 or Escape from Butcher Bay prove that quality games based on movie properties are possible, game developers and publishers are beginning to realize the inherent dangers involved in attempting to capture a movie as a game. From the article: "Another factor adding to the risk is that the development process for most major games is now 18 to 24 months, longer than that of many movies. The long development time puts publishers under pressure to make their picks when a film is just a script. And still, not all games come out on time for a movie's release..."

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Re:12 months for some

[Ayaress]

Hey, hey, now, KOTOR was a damn fine game. KOTOR2 would have been so much better if they'd spent, say, another four or five months on it.