Former THQ executive Danny Bilson has announced an ambitious new game and movie concept which will work in a similar fashion to Syfy and Trion's Defiance.
Bilson made the announcement at the GameHorizon conference in the UK today and revealed that we would be working with Hellboy, Watchmen and Tomb Raider movies producer Lloyd Levin. The project does not yet have a name but Bilson is "very close" to announcing a distributor.
"So Lloyd and I got together and we said let's make a micro-budget film series for streaming, because the hardware now enables us to play the game and watch the film on the same device. And let's launch let's say three episdoes a year – these are two-hour episodes – and in-between, thank you Telltale Games, we will do a narrative of three or four chapters, but we're going to go one step up, we're going to add a bunch of different features and a littble bit more interactivity," Bilson commented.
"And let's take the fan from the film through three chapters of the game right into the next film. We've got the writers of the film writing the game narrative. We've got the actor's likeness, voice, and the players – fans – can participate in the narrative, up to a point, and then rejoin the film narrative and it's all delivered on the same devices: the PC, the pads or any digital device.
"This is where we're going. They're all science fiction fantasy horror stuff that makes good gaming," he added.
The project will combine "what I've been doing my whole life" Bilson said, reflecting his work at both THQ and EA as well as his work in the movie industry.
You can watch Bilson's full comments in the video below in which he explores much of his career in the game industry.
