Video games based upon movies have been around almost as long as the gaming industry has existed, and for almost as long they’ve had a reputation for being poor in quality. James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game was sadly not an exception, perpetuating the same issues of poor communication between game makers and movie studio heads.
[Developing movie-themed games] can’t be studio-driven, said Avatar movie producer Jon Landau at the 3D Gaming Summit. It has to be filmmaker-driven. I think [game companies] need to go find the Jim Camerons, Steven Spielbergs and Peter Jacksons of the world and develop the relationships with them.
Despite the growing pains that are still going on between the movie and gaming industries, Landau thinks that 3D in games will become as common as it’s becoming in movies. 3-D is the cheddar on the ice cream sundae, he said. Down the road everybody s going to expect it for every game.
Source: Wired.com
