Dark Horse Games, the aptly named brand-new gaming and digital division of the popular Dark Horse Comics, has arrived. The American comic book and manga publisher is currently looking to expand its reach and bring some of its most popular comic books to video game life. What Is Dark Horse Games' First Project? To no one's surprise, Dark Horse is going with Hellboy first.
VentureBeat was the first to report on Dark Horse Comic's move into the video game industry. Dark Horse games will reportedly be based in Oregon and Shanghai. It was established to help make video games out of its most popular properties come true. This includes the likes of Sin City, Hellboy, Umbrella Academy, and 300, among numerous others.
Dark Horse Games general manager Johnny Lee detailed that the company plans on working with AAA development studios to create video games based on the most popular Dark Horse Comics projects. However, Lee also explained that Dark Horse created Dark Horse Games so that it can also explore creating video games based on older lesser-known books and newer properties.
Lee specifically singled out Hellboy as one of Dark Horse's "evergreen properties'. Lee says that Dark Horse's works will always generate interest in terms of "making games and doing collaborations".
In fact, according to Lee, Dark Horse is currently in "late-stage discussions" with prominent game developers. Lee adds that, if everything goes well, fans can expect to see some of Dark Horse's characters make their way in video games as soon as Q1 of 2022.