As news goes, the Video Game Awards are more about the future games they will tease than the existing ones they honor. Kotaku will be in Los Angeles on Friday covering the gala. Here is an internal chatroom discussion among Stephen Totilo, Luke Plunkett, Mike Fahey, Kirk Hamilton and yours truly as we try to pin down the most expected unexpected announcement of the evening.
Stephen T.
so I'm speculating but I must say that I love my theory that Rocksteady will debut their new game during the VGAs
Stephen T.
Geoff [Keighley] lines up tons of WBIE exclusives for each show, he got Arkham City in 2009 and I think again in 2010. Rocksteady HAS to be due for a new game in 2013...
Fahey M.
Justice League
Luke P.
Superman?
Fahey M.
video game poison!
Owen G.
Aquaman
Fahey M.
Ecco the Dolphin: Now There's a Guy
Stephen T.
There is a Superman movie coming out in the summer....
Luke P.
exactly
Owen G.
What was it that tipster said
Owen G.
Red Dead Rebellion gets a trailer?
Kirk H.
I know it was debunked but I still want Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Fahey M.
It would not be Superman?
I am 1,000 percent sure.
Stephen T.
yeah, I think it'd be Worlds' Finest, at most
Luke P.
tmnt is dead
Fahey M.
Mmmm, World's Finest. That would be lovely.
Luke P.
The Flash
its an iOS runner game
Owen G.
hahahaha
Fahey M.
TMNT will get a Wayforward platformer tied to the new TV show
Kirk H.
yeah I remember
debunked
sad
Luke P.
why dont you think superman?
Fahey M.
The only way a Superman video game would ever work is if it were based on Krypton and he stole cars.
Owen G.
+1
Luke P.
same arkham engine, gameplay built around saving others instead of taking damage, until you reach enemies using kryptonite. easy
Fahey M.
Right. So he can bust through walls?
Punch down mountains?
Owen G.
Exactly. It's a game about limiting the unlimitable in a believable way
Fahey M.
No one wants to play Superman with his powers shackled.
Luke P.
its less a matter of how accurately they can portray him
and more that, hey, WB has a superman movie coming out
Luke P.
these guys have a rep for DC games
lets do superman
Fahey M.
They'll do a mobile game
Fahey M.
Maybe something downloadable
But there isn't going to be a full movie-based Superman game
Luke P.
it wont be movie-based
arkham wasn't movie based
Stephen T.
not sure. a Flash game would be totally workable and it's a bummer no one has made it.
Kirk H.
flash would be amazing
Luke P.
cos games need to make money, and nobody cares about the flash
Kirk H.
mirror's edge + bullet time + arkham brawling
Owen G.
as a console game? my limited imagination is getting into the way
i see flash more as brawling + fast travel
Fahey M.
Flash don't Arkham brawl.
Kirk H.
I just mean like cool fighting
Fahey M.
He's punching people 20 times on his way to the donut shop
Kirk H.
I just meant they have a good fighting system they could use!
Fahey M.
He likes donuts.
Luke P.
which is why it'll be superman
Luke P.
he tones it down and incapcitates dudes
Fahey M.
I bet it's Arrow.
They are pushing the fudge out of Green Arrow lately.
Owen G.
Green Fucking Arrow?
Luke P.
no way
for a studio with that rep
its either justice league or superman
anything else is a step down
Fahey M.
Wonder Woman!
Luke P.
...
that could work
yup
Fahey M.
Now I want that game. v.v
Kirk H.
still remember when they were talking about that new wonder woman movie. wonder if they'll ever make it
I liked the idea of a joss wonder woman with Morena Baccarin but it could've been a total disaster too
Owen G.
i have a screenplay treatment written up about the Flash, rebooting him as a rodeo performer living in Idaho, if anyone wants to read it
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