Pan's Labyrinth Director Dives Into Gaming With THQ
Pan's LabyrinthTHQ has made it clear that they will only collaborate with top talent in the near future. Well, movie director Guillermo del Toro certainly qualifies.
It was first reported by MTV News that the "Pan's Labyrinth" director was teaming up with a "big video game company" to work on multiple projects. Now, the Los Angeles Times says the game company in question is THQ. The announcement should come in a few weeks time; the games del Toro are apparently working on are "technically and narratively very interesting" (as one might expect). For the record, THQ has yet to reveal anything on the issue but del Toro's involvement in this industry isn't exactly revolutionary. Film legend Steven Spielberg already worked with EA to deliver the colorful Wii puzzle games, Boom Blox and Bash Party. In all honesty, we're hoping del Toro is a bit more ambitious in regards to taking advantage of all the technology this industry currently has to offer. But we really don't know what these projects are; none of them may come to any PlayStation product.
By the way, if you haven't seen "Pan's Labyrinth" on Blu-Ray, you're definitely missing out. It's one of my favorites.
Tags: pans labyrinth, del toro, thq, del toro games
8/5/2010 9:09:07 PM Ben Dutka
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Fatcat3788
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Jawknee
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Lawless SXE
Friday, August 06, 2010 @ 2:14:46 AM
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Peace.
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Jawknee
Friday, August 06, 2010 @ 9:43:50 AM
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___________
Friday, August 06, 2010 @ 3:51:07 AM
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THQ have become my favorite 3rd party publisher, every single one of there games are fantastic!
devils third looks epic to say the least!
red faction Armageddon looks 10 times better than RFG and i really enjoyed that!
hopefully ones a survival horror game, we really are in a drought of horror games.
the last game that i could really call scary would be doom 3.
the last game i could call really, really, REALLY spine tingling pants wetting scary would be the suffering back on the ps1 for gods sake!
scariest game ive ever played!
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Fatcat3788
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Jawknee
Friday, August 06, 2010 @ 9:42:00 AM
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___________
Friday, August 06, 2010 @ 10:25:37 AM
n, yea ive played dead space a fantastic game!
though i was disappointed it really is not scary.
its like alan wake, it creates the suspense the tension but it lacks that BOO! factor.
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Ultimadream
Friday, August 06, 2010 @ 11:53:57 AM
If you like moments that make you jump, i recomend Preoject Zero II: The Crimson Sisters (in the US its called Fatal Frame II)
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___________
Saturday, August 07, 2010 @ 8:28:53 AM
atmosphere is one thing, atmosphere is creating the tension, making you feel uncomfortable, making you want to not play the game anymore.
for example i could not play doom 3 at night with the speakers on it just created unbearable tension!
to actually be scared, you need something to jump at ya, thats why dead space never scared me it just got me ready for the scare.
the suffering was on ps2, but the original game, the one i played was on the original playstation.
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Fatcat3788
Friday, August 06, 2010 @ 4:53:40 AM
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I remember I once read an interview with him talking about videogames. He said one of his all time favorite games was Shadow of the Colossus. I think this definately seems to be a good omen.
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kraygen
Friday, August 06, 2010 @ 7:12:06 AM
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Pan's Labyrinth is an amazing movie, I bought it on blu ray for real cheap thinking it looked interesting and man, it was great. It's original, something most movies are missing.
Can't wait to see what he can do for gaming. Especially since I haven't been overly impressed by some of THQ's line up.
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Jawknee
Friday, August 06, 2010 @ 9:40:02 AM
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You should watch the Orphanage Ben. Another good one by Del Toro.
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, August 06, 2010 @ 10:21:32 AM
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Saturday, August 07, 2010 @ 8:31:31 AM
its so different to other shooters, 99% of shooters you just duck under cover and take everyone out from there but this one actually lets you use your creativity!
come on if using the nano forge to fire a magnet on a enemy, than firing another magnet on a strip of steel causing the steel to go flying face planting into the enemy does not get you excited than DAM what does!?
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BTNwarrior
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Thursday, August 05, 2010 @ 10:10:36 PM
Though I could see konami giving him the reigns of silent hill being a good idea, due to his ability to come up with some truely weird stuff. Though that won't ever happen due to his being at THQ