Ron Perlman, the actor who brings Mike Mignola's Hellboy character to life in both the live action and animated movies, has agreed to work with Konami to bring Red to video games in Hellboy: The Science of Evil. According to Sci Fi, Perlman told them in an e-mail interview he agreed to voice Hellboy for the game partly because of director Guillermo del Toro's involvement.
Perlman is working with del Toro, who's an avid gamer, and Mignola on the new video game for the Xbox 360. Like the animated movies, the game features a new adventure for Red and the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense not tied to the upcoming sequel film, Hellboy II: The Golden Army.
Hellboy: The Science of Evil is scheduled to ship in June.
Title and descriptions: Gaming Today, Shawn, January 14th, 2008
Following last week’s look at the Top Ten Games Based on a Movie, this week’s Sunday Special feature is about to turn things upside down, this week looking at the top ten worst videogames based on a motion-picture release. As bad as some games based on a movie licence may be, at least most them are playable. But not these abominations.
This week's episode of Distributed failure features discussion on Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, Rune Factory: Frontier, Patapon 2, Plants vs. Zombies, Legendary, Hellboy: The Science of Evil, and much more! They follow that up with some gaming news including the closure of Factor 5 studios and the possible announcement of a "slim" PS3. After that, they dive into the "Sausage Dump" and chat up some movies, as well as the Lost finale.
Thunderbolt Games: "It's safe to say that I'm quite a Hellboy fan. The world created in the two movies is fantastic, and I just love the character - even taking the time to dabble in the comic books. Hellboy: The Science of Evil dips in to both these mediums, creating a universe more suited to the comics whilst also borrowing elements from the films. Sadly, it fails to live up to the name, descending to a place far worse than hell itself… mediocrity."
