game news 25 years after a memorable game, this much-copied sci-fi film returns to video games with beautiful people at the controls
25 years after its last adaptation, the wacky universe of Blade Runner is entitled to a brand new video game called Annapurna.
Good news for fans of the Blade Runner saga: Annapurna Interactive, publisher of award-winning video games including Stray and Outer Wilds, has teamed up with Alcon Interactive Group to develop the brand new franchise game Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth since 25 years. Very little information is given about the scenario of the title other than that it will set its frame between the first film and its sequel.
Annapurna Interactive’s Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth game brings the famous franchise back to games for the first time in 25 years.
Set between the original film and the year 2049, following the events of Black Out, Blade Runner 2033 asks the question: what does a blade runner do when there are no more replicants to hunt?
Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth will be the first-ever title from Annapurna Interactive’s in-house studio. Directed by director Chelsea Hash, who has worked on the excellent films Solar Ash and What Remains of Edith Finch.
The last game to make an impact was Blade Runner on PC, released in 1997. This true masterpiece of the 7th generation from Westwood Studios offered us the role of Ray McCoy, a colleague of Rick Deckard, who offered a new, very interesting vision of this universe. The game was eligible for an Enhanced Edition in 2022, which was moderately well received. According to Metacritic, it even ended up in the TOP 10 worst games of 2022.
And a series for Amazon Prime Video
At the same time, remember that Alcon Television Group also recently announced pre-production of a live-action series titled Blade Runner 2099 for Amazon Prime. The details are still being kept secret, but we do know that it will take place 50 years after the events of the second film. The script was entrusted to Silka Luisa (Halo on Paramount+), who also serves as showrunner and executive producer. It is based in particular on the 1982 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. By her side is Ridley Scott, the director of the first film, who served as executive producer.
