2019-04-01 PC Gamer

FAR LEFT:Blade 2

wasunabletousethe

likeness of the actor

Wesley Snipes.

LEFT:After Warner

Bros found out that

thepeoplebehindthe

PC version ofHarry

Potter and the

Philosopher’s Stone

had contact with J.K.

Rowling without their

approval, the devs

were forced to

remove Hedwig from

the game.

LICENSED LEGENDS Licensed successes that made a mark on the universes they are attached to

MIDDLE-EARTH:

SHADOW OF WAR

Taking liberties with the Lord of the

Rings canon brought change to a

familiar universe, for better (playable

black badass Baranor) and worse

(human Shelob).

ALIEN: ISOLATION

Treated like a valid addition to the Alien

mythology and disconnected from the

schedule of any other media, Alien:

Isolation injects a gorgeous, sprawling,

and terrifying interactive experience

into the margins of the Aliens universe.

THE DARKNESS

An adaptation of comics published by

To p C ow, g a m e s a b o u tThe Darkness

ditch much of the wider supernatural

machinations of its world in favour of

grounded, hyper-violent, surprisingly

smart talesofemotionandmadness.

BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM/
CITY/KNIGHT
The Batman: Arkham series created a
distinctly gritty version of the character
and his rogue’s gallery, to the point that
new media was able to be licensed from
Rocksteady’s twist on the franchise.
DISCLAIMER

As a profess ona deve oper am on fr end y and/or work ng terms w th part es ment oned n th s p ece

The devs of The

Sopranos: Road to

Respect were told not

to “screw up” plans

for future seasons

of the show, despite

not being told what

those plans were.

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