2008 Volatile Games
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC (+ potentially others)
Volatile Games was a division of Blitz Games, created with one goal in mind: to make games for a mature audience. Their first real step into this world was Reservoir Dogs, a video game adaptation of Quentin Tarantino’s cult classic. While it didn’t set the world on fire, it proved that Volatile Games could handle darker, more violent themes. It was their way of dipping a toe into deeper waters.
After Reservoir Dogs, they set their sights on something bigger – Possession, a zombie apocalypse game. Unfortunately, after months of production, that project never saw the light of day. But tucked away in their history is another title that has gone largely undocumented : Hannibal the Conqueror. Continue reading