It really was only a matter of time. Beloved *chokes* video game filmmaker Uwe Boll finished filming his Vietnam war movie 'Tunnel Rats' earlier this year, and now he is financing a game based off of the film. Developed by German developer Replay Studios, Tunnel Rats will be a dark and gritty take on the war FPS, sharing the film's focus on the overall senselessness and madness of war rather than the heroism and bravery most games in the genre tend to highlight. The film's stars Michael "Eddie and the Cruisers" Pare, Nate Parker, Brandon Fobbs and Erik Eidem have all signed on to provide their likenesses for the game, which would be amazingly exciting if I knew who any of them were other than Eddie there.

"Tunnel Rats is a first-person shooter set during the Vietnam War that tells the story of a young G.I. who escapes from a POW camp and journeys through a heavily fortified valley in the Cu Chi province," said Marc Moehring Managing Director and Co-Founder, Replay Studios. "It not only depicts his actual physical path through the merciless jungle and claustrophobic, trap-ridden tunnels, but also his emotional and psychological journey as the horrors he witnesses—and participates in—slowly deprive him of his ideals, morals and sanity."

So basically it is the experience of watching one of Uwe's films recreated in a Vietnam War setting. Plans are to release the game in tandem with the movie early next year, with a possible bundle available once the DVD release hits, most likely a week or so later.

If the laws of irony are still firmly in place, it will end up being the best video game of all time. I sincerely hope not, however, especially considering the closing quote of Game Daily's article on the game.

"If this game does well then we'll keep going with other game ideas," said Boll, who's currently wrapping principal photography on Far Cry. In addition to the original Tunnel Rats film, Boll also completed Seed, a horror movie he wrote starring Pare.

Chilling. Simply chilling.

Boll 'Tunnels' Into Game Business [GameDaily.BIZ]

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