Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon Game Is Repeating Our Favorite '90s Trend

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Zack Snyder recently teased that his upcoming film will receive a massive video game adaptation, which brings to mind one of the coolest ‘90s video game trends: movie tie-in video games. Some of the most iconic games of that decade were adaptations of blockbuster movies, such as for the N64. However, the trend started to fade in the '00s after the release of plenty of less-than-desirable games, but the RPG could bring this trend back.

Movie tie-in games have a long history in the industry, tracing their legacy back as early as the ‘70s. The output in this sub-genre is so prolific that there are hundreds of movie tie-in video games. Tie-in games were used as a marketing strategy to boost ticket sales for the movies they adapted. This took off in the ‘80s with games in franchises such as. The trend continued into the ‘90s, which resulted in some incredibly memorable games, like Disney’s,, and the beloved. Now, Zack Snyder's may see the return of great movie tie-in games.

The 2000s also saw the release of tons of movie tie-in games. For example, the games based on Sam Raimi’s trilogy are some of the most influential games ever made. In particular, 2004’s was a smash hit with a legacy of inspiring games released today, such as Insomniac’s and beyond. However, despite the success of the movie tie-in games, they were not the norm. The reality is that the vast majority of movie tie-in games were not good, and they became increasingly difficult to justify as a marketing tool with the increases in the budgets required to produce the games. Hopefully, theRPG will see a return to good, quality movie tie-in video games.

Despite the soured reputation of movie tie-in games, some have been released in recent years, but fewer than