New Judge Dredd Game May Be On the Way

[MrBoBo]

"Sniper Elite developer Rebellion, which owns comic publisher 2000AD, has announced plans to open up its back catalogue of characters for other studios to use in games, including the comic's most iconic creation: Judge Dredd.

Rebellion co-founder Jason Kingsley made the announcement at the 2000AD 40 Years Of Thrill-Power Festival over the weekend. According to Bleeding Cool, Kingsley also said that the game studio had something big to announce later this year.

Dredd is an incredible character that seems like he'd be a natural fit for videogames but, with few exceptions, the history's a bit of a dismal one. I remember a 2D platformer on SNES that was alright, but the less said of Dredd Vs. Death the better. It would be amazing to see a British studio like Rocksteady or Ruffian taking on Dredd, giving us an open-world version of Mega City One and a Lawmaster to rocket around on.

Rebellion has made a few titles themselves, like the aforementioned Dredd Vs Death and Rogue Trooper, but many other great 2000AD characters have been left untouched - the ABC Warriors, Nemesis, Slaine, the list goes on. Fingers crossed some great games come from this. But yeah: Ruffian doing Dredd. Crackdown with a killer license. Just a thought."

http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2017/02/13/quiet-creep-new-judge-dredd-game-may-be-on-the-way

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

Crackdown with a killer license. Just a thought."

I was just thinking that a Judge Dredd game would probably be like Crackdown crossed with Batman Arkham City (but not necessarily in a good way).

 

[baddude1337]

So basically they've just opened themselves up to outsource the rights to other devs? Far away from a Dredd game being announced, but still I am hopeful.

 

[Zykon TheLich_v1legacy]

Has there ever been a good Dredd game? I dunno, always seemed to me that Dredd himself was one of the most boring characters in 2000AD, it's the stories of Mega City One that we see through him that make it interesting. Not that that's a particular bar in a computer game.

 

[Tautology]

Dredd Vs. Death was okay. Hopefully the next Dredd game will be better. If we actually get one, that is. Maybe we'll get the Ballad of Halo Jones?

An Xcom style Judge Dredd game would be pretty cool. Or an openworld FPS/RPG where you play as a rookie judge rising up the ranks.