Terrifier The ARTcade Game Slicing into Brawler Territory
Horror movies seem to hardly ever get made into video games. Sure, the big names Freddy and Jason have at least one game to their franchise (regardless of quality), there aren’t many more slashers that can claim that. Soon Art the Clown from Terrifier will join their ranks with an upcoming brawler title. Fans of Streets of Rage 2 or Final Fight will want to listen up.
Adapting a Psychopath to Gaming
Freddy last got his own action-adventure game back in the 8-Bit days on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Jason recently had a game based on his adventures delisted and all that fun stuff that comes with digital only releases.
In 2025 we will be able to add Art the Clown and his brawler style game to that list of horror franchises that got a game.
Going with a brawler style game is interesting. As you can see from the video and GIFs, it is going to be bloody. Being based on Terrifier it must be gory and disgusting. I just wonder how far they will be able to push, if at all, the disgusting part in this art style.
There Must Be Blood
Basing a game on a horror franchise is still quite a ballsy move. Gaming is still considered “kids” territory by most adults. People got in a hoopla over Disney integrating Hulu and the plethora of “not kid friendly” content available there into Disney Plus.
Anyone that remembers the outcry over Mortal Kombat knows how fickle parents can be and how little they pay attention to what their kids play. Not all, but the vocal ones.
A movie franchise like the Terrifier series dials the blood and guts up to 11 and has no qualms about it. The game must as well.
I just wonder if going with such a pixelated look will work in the favor the license or not. I know it will lend a lot more comedic elements to the blood and guts, maybe that is what they are going for here. Cartoon violence is easier to register than realistic looking stuff.
Terrifier The ARTcade Game is coming out in 2025 for Steam, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series X/S.
What other horror movies have been given their own games? Got any? Let me know in the comments below.
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