The founder and director of the GameCity Festival, Iain Simons, has said that indie game development needs the kind of evangelising oompf once provided to the US film industry by legendary producer Harvey Weinstein.
Here, then, we've tried to round up those films with a shot of a cinematic release, even appreciating that many of the films we're about to discuss are bogged down in development. Heck, only one of them is confirmed, and the rest? Well, most will happen one day, but they're certainly taking their time
I wouldn't pay to see any of these. Being immersed in a game and exploring and experiencing everything at your own pace is what makes games great. The choices we make often times affects the outcome. Movies can't capture that.
It flat out admits that some are no longer in production while others haven't have any news for several years. Anything for hits a I guess.
"27 videogames that at some point were considered being turned into films" - much more accurate
