The director is an external creative director for the project, to help deliver ”unprecedented” storytelling for the horror game. Del Toro’s retains film rights.
As part of this ‘trans-media marriage’ THQ owns the videogame IP outright to inSANE while Guillermo del Toro controls the property in regards to any filmed entertainment.
”THQ is committed to creating great games by identifying the world’s most talented artists and providing them with the creative support to design innovative gameplay experiences,” said THQ core games VP Danny Bilson.
”Guillermo is not only an incredibly gifted writer and film director, but also an avid gamer, and we are excited to bring his talents to our medium. We are confident his unique point of view will create visually stunning adventures, filled with rich and rewarding gameplay.”
”With this new series of videogames, I want to take players to a place they have never seen before, where every single action makes them question their own senses of morality and reality,” added film maker Guillermo del Toro.
”THQ and Volition, Inc. are equally excited to make this vision of a completely new game universe into a reality.” Earlier in the year del Toro said the project with THQ was a ”Lovecraftian” horror game.
”We are talking about huge games, huge world creation and long deadlines,” he said.
”With THQ we’re looking at around a three year developing deadline for each game. Big games. More details forthcoming, but we are truly exploring them in a serious manner. Expect the first game, best-case scenario, 2013.”
”It’s horror…but it’s a very different type of horror game. It’s not survival horror. It’s truly a strange, geeky mix. It’s a Lovecraftian thing. Let’s leave it at that.” The Spike VGAs aired the inSANE world premiere trailer over the weekend - see it below.
