Daniel Vavra, an trade veteran identified for the Mafia and Kingdom Come franchises, has introduced he’s altering roles at his firm, Warhorse Studios, and can now give attention to serving to to make a Kingdom Come movie.
Following Czech media experiences, Vavra himself confirmed that the information is true. He jokingly added that the “gaming world is lastly saved from my controversies.” That’s probably a reference to Vavra’s feedback up to now about GamerGate and “historic accuracy” in video video games with respect to depictions of variety. Extra lately, Vavra spoke enthusiastically about generative AI, which led to additional controversy.
Warhorse CEO Martin Frývaldský advised CzechCrunch that Vavra “made three video games that have been a world success; he has been eager to attempt one thing totally different for a very long time.”
Vavra’s new function will see him engaged on “transmedia alternatives” for Warhorse, a spokesperson confirmed to PCGamesN, and it will embrace a Kingdom Come film.
“Now we have been transferring the Kingdom Come model away from video video games for a while now,” Frývaldský stated. “Thus far now we have been in comics, live shows, and tourism, however the movie has attracted us essentially the most. That’s the reason Dan and I are engaged on getting it onto the display screen or the large display screen. There’s additionally a draft script.”
The CEO added that the goal is for the Kingdom Come film to be launched “within the subsequent few years.” There isn’t any phrase but on a director or forged, however presumably the story would give attention to one thing within the medieval interval.
“You will not see [Vavra] within the workplace day-after-day anymore, however in a broader sense he’s nonetheless a part of Warhorse,” Frývaldský stated.
Warhorse continues to be making video games, after all, and these initiatives will probably be led by Warhorse veterans Prokop Jirsa and Viktor Bocan; they’re changing into the studio’s new inventive administrators.
Vavra leaving his publish in sport improvement to give attention to filmmaking just isn’t a complete shock. In spite of everything, he stated in 2025 that he was very irritated that making video games takes a lot time. He stated he has “extra concepts than I’ve time,” and that is a part of the rationale why he stated he was optimistic concerning the “AI revolution” serving to builders to make video games “simpler and sooner.”
Vavra acquired his begin in gaming at Phantasm Softworks, the place he labored on 1999’s Hidden & Harmful. He would discover extra success with 2002’s Mafia, for which he was the author and director. He then labored on Mafia II as its designer and author, earlier than splitting off and beginning his personal studio, Warhorse. The unique Kingdom Come got here out in 2018, with the sequel launched in 2025. The second sport was a much bigger success than the primary, promoting greater than 5 million copies in a yr.
An enhanced model of the unique Kingdom Come shadowdropped lately. Warhorse doesn’t have any future video games within the works which were introduced. The studio is owned by Embracer.