{"id":293952,"date":"2025-10-13T02:22:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T02:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2159473"},"modified":"2025-10-13T02:22:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T02:22:55","slug":"district-9-director-neil-blomkamp-is-working-on-a-video-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/district-9-director-neil-blomkamp-is-working-on-a-video-game\/","title":{"rendered":"District 9 director Neil Blomkamp is working on a video game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/district-9-director-neil-blomkamp-is-working-on-a-video-game.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Neill Blomkamp, best known for science fiction films District 9 and Elysium, is joining Gunzilla Games as chief visionary officer, supporting the studio in its development of its first game. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/neill-blomkamp-game-developer-gunzilla-multiplayer-shooter-narrative\">IGN<\/a>, Blomkamp described his role as &#8220;an egalitarian version of being a film director&#8221;, using his skills from Hollywood to lead the &#8220;aesthetic of the game&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>Gunzilla Games opened in November 2020 with $25m funding to &#8220;create a new generation of AAA shooters.&#8221; It has an impressive and exhaustive list of talent that previously worked for the likes of Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, THQ, Crytek, and more. It has also hired author Richard K. Morgan who has written Altered Carbon, and Olivier Henriot who has written for games in Ubisoft&#8217;s Assassin&#8217;s Creed, The Division, and Far Cry series.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-07-20-district-9-director-neil-blomkamp-is-working-on-a-video-game\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-07-20-district-9-director-neil-blomkamp-is-working-on-a-video-game\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neill Blomkamp, best known for science fiction films District 9 and Elysium, is joining Gunzilla Games as chief visionary officer, supporting the studio in its development of its first game. Speaking to IGN, Blomkamp described his role as &#8220;an egalitarian version of being a film director&#8221;, using his skills from Hollywood to lead the &#8220;aesthetic of the game&#8221;. Gunzilla Games opened in November 2020 with $25m funding to &#8220;create a new generation of AAA shooters.&#8221; It has an impressive and exhaustive list of talent that previously worked for the likes of Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, THQ, Crytek, and more. It has also hired author Richard K. 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