The final couple of years have seen a number of well-received Godzilla motion pictures launched, and guardian firm Toho is trying to develop that success past the silver display. The Japanese studio has introduced that it’s going to make investments $830 million in new video games, anime, and different initiatives primarily based on its IP, together with Godzilla console video games.
Toho plans to spend $490 million on content material growth alone, which can concentrate on a broad vary of media because it pivots towards rising its model abroad (through Bloomberg). Along with an undefined variety of Godzilla console video games, the studio may also concentrate on animation, theme park points of interest, and cell video games as a part of its model enlargement technique.
While Godzilla appeared in quite a few video video games over the a long time, the final couple of years have seen the kaiju king relegated to crossovers and cameos. Video games like Fall Guys have supplied Godzilla cosmetics to gamers, whereas Name of Obligation: Warzone featured Godzilla as an environmental hazard and enemy as a part of its Operation Monarch occasion.
Just lately, Godzilla has starred in a number of cell games–and a turn-based technique sport closely impressed by Into the Breach in 2022 known as Godzilla: Voxel Wars–but the final massive sport that includes the titan was 2014’s Godzilla for the PS4, which was later launched in Europe and the US in 2015. That sport was met with adverse reception upon launch, and it has a median critic rating of 38 on GameSpot sister website Metacritic.
“Godzilla commits so many sport design sins that they grow to be not possible to rely, however the biggest horror of all of them is that such large monsters might be so boring,” Kevin VanOrd wrote in GameSpot’s Godzilla evaluation, scoring the sport 3/10.
While it’s going to be a very long time earlier than Godzilla stomps his means again onto consoles, the cinematic way forward for the King of the Monsters seems to be brilliant. As talked about above, a sequel to the Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One is in growth, and Legendary Footage’ Monsterverse will see the Godzilla and King Kong franchises crew up for a 3rd time in a film that’s scheduled to be launched on March 26, 2027.