Billions of millions of ports, we no longer expected it. If Tintin has had many adventures, from the small to the big screen, going through translations into almost all languages, or even podcasts and merchandising, we haven’t known about his immersion in video games for a long time. He will return through a video game in 2023.
In 2012, Ubisoft obtained the rights to adapt Steven Spielberg’s film, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. Since then, the Belgian reporter had shown no signs of life in video games. It must be said that before that, four titles had been more than mixed success on PC and consoles, more or less rigorous adaptations of various comics (Tintin: The Temple of the Sun, Tintin: Adventure Objective, Tintin in Tibet, Tintin on the Moon).
With the dubbing of Moulinsart
The most famous powder puff character in comics and his trusty dog Snowy will return to service in 2023 in Tintin Reporter: Cigars of the Pharaoh. The game, edited by Microids who have made a particular specialty in video game adaptations of comics (the marsupilami, Asterix and Obelix, XIII, the blue robes…), is co-produced with Société Moulinsart, holder of the rights to Hergé’s work.
It was necessary that to obtain the right to carry on consoles and PCs a version taken from the BD of the same name. The Spanish studio Pendulo Studios was in charge of the mission. We owe him such successful titles as the Runaway franchise, Yesterday and Recently Blacksad: under the skin O well Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo whose story is inspired by the work of the British director.
Readers familiar with the album. Pharaoh Cigars You will find some familiar faces and the same mission: find the tomb of Pharaoh Kih-Oskh and discover his secret. To do this, Tintin and Snowy will have to cross several continents and disrupt drug trafficking.
A revival for 2023
Microids and Moulinsart reveal the first images of this adventure game scheduled for PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and PC consoles next year. We discover a decidedly more modern version of Tintin and Snowy, but also a game that wants to “honor Hergé’s work” to “offer fans the adaptation they have always dreamed of”, promise Microids and Pendulo Studios, which He been working on the title for several years.
A way also to extend the legacy of the most famous reporters in the new media, to win over young followers.
Tintin Reporter – Cigars of the Pharaoh will be available in 2023 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC in 2023.
Source: BFM TV
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