The new Conan the Barbarian film will launch August 19. While there is no spin-off movie game, film producer Frederik Malmberg is fully on board with the idea of games as art.
“Hell, yeah!! Games are definitely an art form. So much passion goes into games, both from players and from people who make them, said Malmberg. “Hollywood is seriously looking at games but has a hard time understanding the business. I don’t think games threaten Hollywood; in my experience gamers are usually uber-consumers when it comes to movies, too. We may spend hours gaming and be almost physically exhausted, but a great film is an inspiration both visually and emotionally that can carry long beyond the experience.”
Despite the fact that there’s no full, separate licensed title for Conan, the MMO Age of Conan will release a content pack in The Savage Cost of Turan around the time the movie releases. “I personally worked with the Age of Conan team from the start as well as with the whole creative team of the feature film. It was natural for me to introduce Age of Conan to the film design team, play the game with the writer and guide the director through some playfields, said Malmberg, who added, “For example, to rate a movie R is not the easiest [decision] in today’s marketplace, but with over a million sold Age of Conan boxes sold in retail it helped to convince us. The gamer audience is an important component of our own, and the action in the film needed that amped up visceral feel you get in the game.
Source: Eurogamer
