{"id":330542,"date":"2025-10-19T15:21:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T15:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2164534"},"modified":"2025-10-19T15:21:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T15:21:46","slug":"theres-a-jumanji-video-game-based-on-the-original-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/theres-a-jumanji-video-game-based-on-the-original-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"There’s a Jumanji video game based on the original movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Someone is making a video game version of the original Jumanji board game featured in the classic 1995 film. <\/p>\n

So, to be clear, it’s a video game based on the game in the movie. Not on the movie itself. Or on the newer movies, or the Jumanji video game in those. Got it?<\/p>\n

Work is underway for PC and Nintendo Switch at Marmalade Game Studio, a small outfit which has previously converted more traditional board games like Monopoly and Cluedo. <\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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