Tom Hanks has produced a trivia game for Apple Arcade, Gris launches on Apple Arcade, and the latest announcements of video games being adapted for television.
Tom Hanks trivia game debuts on Apple Arcade
Tom Hanks fans can prove how sincere they are by playing Hanx101 Trivia, a new quiz game that launched on Apple Arcade last week. In fairness, Hanx101 Trivia isn’t just testing facts about the actor, but is a more generic trivia game with questions in topics like celebrities, sports, and politics.
Of course, you also get Mr Hanks cheering you on by saying things like, “Way to go!” and, “You’re looking good!”
Also coming to Apple Arcade this month is Gris, published by Devolver Digital and originally released for computers and the Nintendo Switch in 2018. The game was ported to iOS a year later, and is now free to play by anyone with a subscription to Apple Arcade.
The platforming adventure game is elevated by the art and score, which evokes feelings of grief and melancholy, hope and wonder.
The latest on video game adaptations for television
Netflix might have cancelled Resident Evil after one season, but the streamer has found success in The Witcher, heading into a third season, and the animated Castlevania adaptation, which ran for four seasons and is getting a spin-off series, Castlevania: Nocturne.
And the ten-episode kid-friendly series based on the Canadian-developed Cuphead is tracking well.
In the past couple of weeks, we’ve learned of a couple of other video game franchises that are being adapted for Netflix.
Bioshock is being made into a film with a script from Michael Green and direction from Francis Lawrence.
Horizon Zero Dawn is another blockbuster franchise that Netflix hopes to turn into an equally popular series. Steve Blackman, who has been showrunning the Umbrella Academy for Netflix, is co-creating the new series with Michelle Lovretta.
The Umbrella Academy writer/director/executive producer Steve Blackman has extended his creative partnership with Netflix.
— Netflix (@netflix) August 25, 2022
Next he will adapt the global interactive gaming phenomenon Horizon Zero Dawn — as well as an original concept called Orbital https://t.co/kdr3WqmtBJ pic.twitter.com/RS2YVVq2nH
The ten-episode animated series for adults, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, premieres on September 13.
Meanwhile, from the Sony catalogue, The Last of Us is coming in the spring to HBO, Sony’s God of War has been picked up by Amazon Prime, and Twisted Metal season one has completed filming for Peacock, the NBC streaming platform.
That’s a wrap on season one! pic.twitter.com/XpZLaXq7iK
— Michael Jonathan (@beardymcwhisker) August 27, 2022
And John Wick director Chad Stahelski has been tapped to film Ghost of Tsushima, and he intends to cast the film with Japanese actors and film it in Japanese.
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