Video Game Adaptations: What’s Coming in 2024
The world of video game adaptations is heating up, with numerous projects in the works for 2024. From TV series to movies, here’s a rundown of what’s coming next.
Halo Season 2
The second season of Halo premiered on February 8, 2024, on Paramount Plus. The new season follows Master Chief as he takes on the alien threat of the Covenant, trying to prove their impending attack on Reach.
Halo Season 2
Fallout
The highly-anticipated Fallout series, a video game adaptation by Amazon Prime, premiered in April 2024. The show is co-created by Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner and features actors Ella Purnell, Kyle MacLachlan, and Walton Goggins. The series follows Lucy, one of many Vault Dwellers who survived the nuclear war in an underground bunker, as she ventures into the wastelands of L.A.
Fallout
Knuckles
Paramount Plus’ next video game adaptation is Knuckles, a TV series spin-off of the popular Sonic the Hedgehog movies. Idris Elba once again plays the warrior echidna in a series set to bridge the gap between the second and third movies.
Knuckles
Borderlands
After being in development hell, the Borderlands movie adaptation is finally emerging in August 2024. The film is directed and co-written by horror legend Eli Roth and stars Cate Blanchett, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Bobby Lee.
Borderlands
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
Another Netflix video game adaptation, Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft is an upcoming animated series by Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics, set to drop in 2024. Hayley Atwell will voice Lara Croft, with the story taking place in the same universe as the Survivor trilogy reboot of the game series.
Tomb Raider
Like A Dragon: Yakuza
Amazon Prime Video dropped the announcement for new TV show Like A Dragon: Yakuza, based on the iconic series of Sega video games. The show is reportedly eight episodes long, with each set to run for about an hour.
Like A Dragon: Yakuza
Arcane Season 2
Arcane season one blew onto the scene in November 2021 and was almost immediately renewed for a second season, becoming the first video game adaptation to win both Annie Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards. The animated League of Legends adaptation follows the story of sisters Vi and Jinx amidst the backdrop of rising tensions between the utopian city of Piltover and the slum-like underbelly of Zaun.
Arcane Season 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
After a bumpy reception to the trailer of the first Sonic the Hedgehog movie and then a quick correction based on audience reactions, Sonic the Hedgehog found major box office success, spawning a sequel and now a third film coming in December 2024.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep
While The Witcher Netflix cinematic universe is of course based on the book series, given how closely intertwined the fandom and story is with the iconic games, it gets a look-in on this list of upcoming video game adaptations. Revealed during Netflix Geeked Week, The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep is a spinoff animated film featuring Geralt of Rivia and voiced by The Witcher 3 voice actor, Doug Cockle.
The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep
Devil May Cry
Capcom’s action-adventure franchise is getting the Netflix anime treatment, with Castlevania showrunner and executive producer Adi Shankar again taking the reins. Studio Mir, the team behind the animation of The Legend of Korra, The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, and Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts are working on the animated series.
Devil May Cry
Return to Silent Hill
Return to Silent Hill is a psychological horror movie directed by Christophe Gans and is set to star Jeremy Irvine and Hannah Emily Anderson. This video game adaptation is based on Konami’s Silent Hill 2 and follows the story of James as he returns to the town of Silent Hill after receiving a letter from his lost soulmate – only to find everything has changed and reality has shifted.
Return to Silent Hill
