Looking Forward to the Mad Max Videogame

Of all next-generation video game talk going around, the only question on my mind is, when will the Mad Max game come out? Well, to be fair, that and along with Kingdom Hearts III, but that game seems to be going the way of the fourth Mad Max movie in just never quite coming out (I sincerely hope we finally get Mad Max: Fury Road, a movie that been in development for so long the project is older than my younger sister, who is thirteen). I don’t care about Ryse, Dead Rising 3, or even Halo 5 for that matter (I didn’t enjoy Halo 4’s campaign story and I don’t play online), I just want to see the post-apocalyptic Australian outback rendered in an adventure that gives us the highest highs of The Road Warrior and the thrilling action set pieces along the lines of the one featured in Thunderdome.

From what is known of the game, the story will be about Max’s journey through the desert in search of the most valuable property he has ever known besides his deceased family, The Interceptor.

While this isn’t the first video game to be based on the Mad Max film franchise, as a Nintendo Entertainment System game based on The Road Warrior (but named Mad Max nonetheless) was released in 1990, this particular Mad Max games looks to be something special. Cory Barlog, game director for God of War II and III along with the director of the cinematics for the most recent Tomb Raider is involved in the production along with collaboration from film franchise creator George Miller (although the extent of his involvement is not necessarily known at this point, this knowledge has been passed on to me by an article on polygon.com.

To keep you tied over until the release of this game (sometime in 2014), here is the gameplay trailer…

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