GOWII dev working with Just Cause dev

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 23 September, 2010

On a Mad Max game?

God of War II director and writer Cory Barlog is working with Just Cause 2 developer Avalanche Studios on an unannounced game, Eurogamer can reveal.

We have known for a while now that Barlog is hard at work on an action game based on the upcoming flick Mad Max 4: Fury Road.

It now looks likely that the Stockholm studio is the developer behind it.

"I can't comment on the projects we are working on," Avalanche founder and original concept creator of Just Cause Christofer Sundberg told Eurogamer, "but Cory is working here with us in Stockholm as you have probably read on his Twitter recently."

So, Christofer, when will you comment on the projects you're working on?

"That is out of my hands I'm afraid and in the hands of our publishers," Sundberg replied. "Sometime early next year most likely for two of them and later next year for the last one." Wait, Avalanche is working on at least THREE unannounced games? What?

Let's have a look at some of Barlog's tweets, all posted on 6th September.

"The game is going to be awesome, I can say that:)."

"We are busy working our way out of preproduction. We probably won't have much out for a bit. I will keep posting tho!"

"More info to come soon! No details on platforms but I promise I will keep you all posted!"

And, "We are planning to release somewhere near the film...exact date TBD. We won't be putting anything out for a bit, sorry:("

According to the Internet Movie Database Mad Max: Fury Road will be released in 2012.

In March last year George Miller, the Australian film director of the Mad Max series, said the Mad Max game was around two years from completion.

"It's a hybrid game. I'm really interested in both the gameplay but the actual emotional engagement. I'm curious how much you can engage with the characters through the gameplay," he said.

Development of the game itself was confirmed in March 2008.

Eurogamer's attempts to contact Barlog have so far been unsuccessful. Cory, if you're reading this, why not drop us a line? We'd love to chat.

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Comments (11) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • OnlyMe #1 2 years ago

    I have little faith in Mad Max movies without Mel Gibson. But a game could be interesting.

  • metalangel #2 2 years ago

    I hope it's based on the facist cops vs biker gangs of the original rather than the spiked leather and battlecars of the sequel. The reason being that while the "crazies" thing was great at the time, it's been copied and diluted in other media so much that a lot of the impact and appeal is gone.

    In the meantime I recommend the Genesis/MD game Outlander for your Mad Max fix. Avoid the inferior SNES version.

  • kinky_mong #3 2 years ago

    Stop using the abbreviation GoW!! There's too much ambiguity between whether you mean Gears of War or God of War!

  • menage #4 2 years ago

    I love GOW 1 and 3, but 2 is the most overrated POS I've played in a long time. I tried it back then on the PS2, but I just bought a 360 as well so I figured it was down to wanting the new wave of games, but after playing it on the collection again I can say for 100% it's shit. Really strange, cause 1 and 3 are awesome, but 2 just felt off and boring, and the combat sucks if you're not constantly harassed by pulling levers and switches. What am I, a greek janitor or something.

  • Meho #5 2 years ago

    Oh.. I actually think GoW 2 is the best out of all...

    Otherwise, I thought Avalanche were going to be doing more casual games after JC2. This being a film tie-in doesn't inspire much confidence either. But I guess Barlog's involvement might help...

  • neems #6 2 years ago

    So who is in the movie then? I think they should get Mel back and have him as an ageing but even madder Max.

  • Gambit1977 #7 2 years ago

    Isn't the guy out of inception in the film?

    Anyway, nice to know a licensed game is in development for more than a week :D

  • beastmaster #8 2 years ago

    Just Cause 2 engine is superb. If they use that, then they're onto a winner.

  • waynenot #9 2 years ago

    Mad Max without Mel Gibson is just plain old Max.

  • mkreku #10 2 years ago

    I really, really hope they use the Just Cause 2 engine in more games. It's the most impressive piece of tech I have seen, it would be a horrible waste to use it in one game only.

  • Haloboy #11 2 years ago

    Just Max.