Sin City game to use novels as inspiration

By Robert Purchese Published 7 March, 2008

Going deeper and darker.

Red Mile has revealed that it is going back to the graphic novel roots of Sin City for inspiration.

"We decided that the Sin City graphic novels, with their dark images and non-linear stories, would work better as the basis for an interactive game," Glenn Wong, boss of Red Mile, told GameDaily.

"We don't have to track the linear movie screenplay and try to translate it into a game; we prefer to create an original story based on the characters from the books which, we think, will make for a longer, deeper video game experience."

The relatively unknown publisher secured the rights to Sin City in May 2007. Australian outfit Transmission Games has been working on the Unreal Engine 3-based project for six months, and aims to release it on 360, PS3 and Wii.

Sin City creator Frank Miller and good friend Flint Dille - writer of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay - are on board.

"All I can say is that it will be heavily story- and character-driven, with multiple crossing story lines, and it will contain the same kind of violence, the same kind of sexiness, the same kind of edginess that are the hallmark of the graphic novels," said Dille.

"There will be a wide variety of things for the gamer to do, from fighting to shooting to driving. We're trying to deliver it all in a very stylized, very bold, very surprising way. What makes this so dangerous a project is that, quite frankly, the source material is so damn good. It sets a very high bar for us to hit."

The Sin City game has a rough release date of Christmas 2009 - although it has nothing to do with the film sequel - and Red Mile is aiming for the top of the charts and hopes to establish a gaming series that will last for years to come.

"We'd like to finish game No. 1 in a year and a half, and then turn out a sequel every other year after that," added Wong.

"The beauty of Frank Miller's work is that it's so rich with so many characters that, once a gamer gets a real good taste of Sin City, they're not going to say, 'OK, I've seen it all.' They're going to say, 'So when do I get more?'"

We rather liked the 2005 film, although nearly everyone we know shouts and screams and tells us the graphic novels are much better.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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  • SeesThroughAll #1 4 years ago

    Sin City creator Frank Miller and good friend Flint Dille - writer of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay - are on board.

    Good :)

  • Freek #2 4 years ago

    Let the milking begin.

  • asphaltcowboy #3 4 years ago

    "Red Mile has revealed that it is going back to the graphic novel roots of Sin City for inspiration."

    Well you would hope so wouldn't you really, otherwise what would be the f-ing point?! Is this news?

  • Olemak #4 4 years ago

    I liked the comics a lot, but the movie sorta felt like an overdose. Same with 300, really. I have absolutely no desire to see either film again on DVD or Blu-Ray; I just feel like I'm finished with both films. Fun while it lasted, moving on.

    It's a bit odd: I, being both a gamer and a fan of Miller's work in general, and having seen all the film's he's been involved with as well (including abysmal stuff such as Robocop 2 & 3 and Daredevil) several times (exept, as I mentioned, Sin City and 300) - I have zero interest in this game. Very odd.

    Maybe I just grew up?

  • thisisatempaccount #5 4 years ago

    The news is that this isn't going to be another generic, horrible movie franchise crossover game. Or so they say - talk is cheap. But nothing said in this article makes me want to cry, so I am indeed more inclined to follow the project's progress than I was five minutes ago. For what it's worth, I really enjoyed the film.

  • xAx #6 4 years ago

    I kept reading this as Sim City and was just like "What?"

  • dr_shambles #7 4 years ago

    @Olemak

    Agree with you about the film.* I thought it was a load of misogynistic twaddle, but the comics didn't have the same vibe and were entertaining examples of graphic noir.



    * Mind you that could be Robert Rodriguez's fault. He's always had problems with women.

  • dk_rare #8 4 years ago

    @xAx

    Same here as reading it as Sim City ^_^ Sim City with a novel style story line, going deeper and darker....

    I lawled

  • JayeM #9 4 years ago

    The film is brilliant but I don't have high hopes for the game.