Summer Game Fest: ‘Batman: Arkham Shadow,’ ‘Mortal Kombat 1’ Trailers, Blumhouse Reveals 6 Titles and Tim Robinson Teases EA’s ‘Skate’
variety.comJennifer Maas TV Business Writer Video game expo Summer Game Fest was packed with announcements and first looks Friday, featuring big IP including “Batman,” “Mortal Kombat,” “Power Rangers,” “Among Us” and “Harry Potter,” as well as indie titles — including an inaugural slate of games from Blumhouse.
During the two-hour Summer Game Fest, which took place at the SoFi’s YouTube Theater in Los Angeles, trailers were revealed for “Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions,” “Batman: Arkham Shadow” and “Mortal Kombat 1‘s” marquee matchup between “The Boys” character Homelander and “Invincible’s” Omni-Man, the seventh “Civilization” game was confirmed, a new “Power Rangers” video game was announced, and PlayStation revealed its debuting “Lego Horizon Adventures” across PS5, Switch and PC. “I Think You Should Leave” star Tim Robinson teased EA’s upcoming “skate.” in a spoof trailer about how the in-game company M-Corp is definitely not up to anything nefarious. “Tim came into the picture pretty early on for us; as soon as we knew the vibe of what we were going for, it was really a no-brainer,” “Skate” brand director Mike Bell and creative director Mark Renken told Variety. “‘I Think You Should Leave’ got many of us through the pandemic years and we wanted to bring that unique brand of comedy to our world.
There were a few late nights and many laughs drafting initial passes of the script, but we always knew we wanted to get Tim and Zach [Kanin]’s hands all over it.
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