Netflix will launch later this year Rebel Moonsci-fi universe created by Zack Snyder, who along with the two films directed 300 in Justice League rely on novels, comics, podcasts and other worksas a cooperative video game and a a board role-playing game. It was the last one canceled after several months of work, and Service streaming was sued in this way.
Company Games of evil geniuseswell-known publisher Everyday heroes and TTRPGs set in movies like Escape from New York in Pacific Rimstarted working with Netflix beginning of 2023 with the aim of publishing the game around the release Rebel Moon Part 1: Firewhich arrives on the platform on December 22.
however, Netflix unilaterally terminated the agreement in May because Evil Genius Games allegedly violated a confidentiality agreement and demanded that the studio stop using “Netflix intellectual property”; They allege the company offered them $50,000 to “essentially walk away, forgive Netflix for taking the project outright, and give them the game,” according to the lawsuit shared by IGN.
Netflix cited the studio’s breach of a confidentiality agreement as its motivation for terminating the contract talk about the project at the industry fair displaying concept art not approved by the Service streamingbut the study states that Netflix approved these materials and even had representatives companies at the event, sharing them among those present, reports Diversity.
Evil Genius Games put all of their current projects on hold to begin working on a universe that only had one scenario at the time, “some rough ideas about the universe Rebel Moon“ and some visual documents. The study claims that they are They created much of the background, including the names of some of the alien races and planets.the lineage of the main characters and “the precise scale of how the universe Rebel Moon“.
Zack Snyder called the RPG “exciting, intense and huge”
Overall, the goal was to create a player’s guide of approximately 430 pages and a guide for the owner 337 pages, plus a World Bible which, in fact, was mentioned by Zack Snyder himself in the podcast, where he described the role-playing game as “crazy, very exciting, intense and huge.”
The study says that Netflix intends to claim sole ownership of all such content and publish it at your own expense without credit or financial compensation from Evil Genius Games. This is not the only game. Rebel Moon: is under development action video game for four players by Super Evil Megacorp, the creators Vain glory in Black catalyst.
